Romans vinyl

For more than a decade, The Bunker New York has been a nexus point for the transnational techno community. A chance meeting at The Bunker in 2011 brought together Gunnar Haslam and Johannes Auvinen (also known as Tin Man), who became fast friends and collaborators soon after, conceiving a joint project called Romans. 'The Roman theme opens a world to explore beyond both of our past endeavours,' says Auvinen, explaining the conceptual genesis of the collaboration. 'In the same way Ennio Morricone may have conceived the 'Spaghetti Western' genre by fusing together various contemporary motifs and moods to conjure the spirit of a past era, we're imagining stories and scenes from the Roman era, trying to manifest narratives while celebrating the distortions we see looking through the murky lens of time.' And while Morricone may be a conceptual reference point for Romans, their sound is anything but—instead offering up murky, psychedelic acid-etched cuts.