Bryan Kasenic (aka Spinoza) is known in the electronic music world for throwing many successful parties, playing adventurous DJ sets, launching an influential newsletter, and starting Beyond, his own booking agency. He started DJing in 1996, playing psychedelic soundscapes in chillout rooms and on college radio shows (Carnegie Mellon, Rutgers, and New York University). Slowly but surely, he became more obsessed with all forms of dance music, and at this point plays dance music in New York City at least twice a month, mainly at his own Bunker and House-n-Home parties.

Spinoza has thrown a ton of parties and weeklies in New York City, including a 5-year stint at Halcyon with the Undercity weekly. He has put most of his energy into The Bunker since January 2003, eventually turning it into the premier techno weekly in North America, which morphed into a bigger monthly party in 2009. In 2005, he started doing all the booking for the Wolf + Lamb space in Williamsburg, and went on to curate and help throw many larger warehouse and loft parties with Wolf + Lamb. In 2008, he founded the House-n-Home loft party series with Anthony Parasole, which quickly became one of the hottest house music parties in New York City.

Kasenic’s latest endeavor is the Beyond Booking Agency. He is helping to build the electronic music scene nationally by booking his friends and allies in other North American cities. His roster includes the Underground Quality crew (DJ Jus-Ed, Black Jazz Consortium, DJ Qu, Levon Vincent, and Anthony Parasole), The Bunker crew (Derek Plaslaiko, Jan Krueger, and Eric Cloutier), Kate Simko, and Insideout.