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Delft boss and current Berliner LA-4A joins The Bunker’s Bryan Kasenic for a session, live from our NYC studio.

At the end of 2013, a 12” on a label called Delft, by an artist called LA-4A, landed in record store bins. An unknown producer releasing on an unknown label might not be notable in and of itself, but the music didn’t sound like the work of someone just starting out – it betrayed the dancefloor knowledge and sophisticated production work of someone better-known than they were letting on. LA-4A, as it turns out, was Kevin McHugh, a Berlin-based American who’d been recording since the mid-2000s as Ambivalent – he let the cat out of the bag by “signing” an Ambivalent track to Delft, joining the likes of Matrixxman, Vin Sol and Alden Tyrell on his own roster. Whatever name he’s using, the project has given McHugh’s career a jolt, and his perfectly executed, acid- and electro-inflected tracks have become indispensable for myriad DJs. McHugh will join The Bunker’s Bryan Kasenic to flesh out the LA-4A sound with a DJ set and interview, live from our studio in New York.