It's not every day that a talent like Mike Bryant shows up in New York, but
it's also not every day that talent on this level actually stays in New York for
good. You constantly hear about a new DJ or producer moving to Berlin, but once you have invested the amount of time and energy into a city you love like Mike has, your in it for life.

Hailing from the mid-west, dominating the early Rave scene, Mike made the
jump to the big city per some advice from long time friend and collaborator,
Troy Pierce of Minus fame. Not soon after Mike's arrival, he got his first
big break, DJing at the infamous Antique Boutique retail store. In the 90's
this was the place to get all your Rave gear, tickets, or anything dance
music related. The boutique may have been a retail store, but it was also
set up like a full on club. Neighbors 10 stories up would often complain
about the club sized sound system that Mike got to play on every weekend.
He soon built a reputation as one of New York's most liked new DJ's,
which forced Antique Boutique to take action. That action was in the form of
2 commercially released mix CDs, programmed and mixed by Mike . These
CDs would go on to become classic mixes played at after hours, in cars, and
living rooms world wide.

Not long after the first Boutique mix CD, Mike got his foot in the door at
New York's most infamous mega-club, Twilo, where he was fortunate enough to play the main floor at it’s peak, as well as the upstairs on numerous occasions. These gigs and other notable guest appearances around NY helped spawn all
sorts of travel, both domestically and internationally. Mike was playing
anywhere from Liquids in Miami to Dominican Republic, Greece, Berlin, and
all over Europe. With all the traveling on the weekends, Mike did what
every great music lover should do, and what every great DJ would kill to do,
work in vinyl distribution. Being a record buyer for the legendary
Intergroove defiantly had its perks.

Around the same time as Intergroove, Mike also took the next logical step
for his career, he started a label. Intrinsic Design was born in 1997 with the help of Alexi Delano, and the label quickly blossomed into something that was
in high demand by DJ's world wide. While running the label and being
working at Intergroove, Mike continued his residencies across the
US, DR, Mexico and playing one off gigs in Europe. With all the experience Mike had
at the time, he took another leap with long time friend Robb Jeter and
started his own distribution company, Rhythmic. After a few years with
varying success, unfortunately the vinyl market started to fall to the
digital age, so Mike chose to close Rhythmic and focus more on his
production.

Over the last few years, Mike has had remixes and releases on Minus, Mo's Ferry, Area Sur, Sub Trak, Thoughtless Music and a recent release ep on his own Intrinsic Design imprint .
But while he’s coming into his own as a producer, Mike is first and foremost a DJ – some would say a DJ’s Dj – who continues to stick to his roots playing
a mix of Detroit techno and Chicago House, coupled with a modern minimal/tech house aesthetic . Maybe you’ve heard the name, most likely you haven’t – but one thing is for sure, whether it’s a seedy afterhours club in NYC, or a 5,000 person rave in South America, when Mike is behind the decks he’s delivering the goods