Four tracks deep it is a mature and diverse representation of what will become the artist’s calling card – a deep ominous funk that combines bouncy percussion, rising bass llines, moody synths, and disembodied soul vocals.. a sound influenced by the energy of 80s funk and disco, the harmony and passion of 90s R&B and New Jack Swing and the dark corners of Detroit techno and Chicago house… and, as such is unlike anything else.

There would be no Culprit without Lee Foss.

The night was July 7, 2007, the setting – the famed Avalon night club in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Droog favorite Jamie Jones was about to play the closing set on the main stage, just as it finished its set on the Terrace. That night, as fate would have it, was also the first meeting between Lee Foss and Droog.

Avalon 4 AM..Jamie Jones unleashes a new brand of house music on an unsuspecting LA audience. Post Club 7 AM…We crawl back to Droog’s place and begin what by now seems like old hat; but not then, that day there was something fresh in the air as many of our now core crew of droogs and devotchkas got loose, for what some might call our first ever proper afterhours. Downtown L.A. 1 PM…Jamie plays an impromptu set at the famed Downtown Standard Rooftop, at that point a mystical locale where only Justin Sloe had graced the decks. Back in West Hollywood 10 PM… smiles on faces, a tangible feeling that..one could get used to this.

And funnily enough, from that point forward, an unholy alliance could be felt; like-minded souls from the United States over, whether from Chicago, Detroit, New York, or even Tampa; it really didn’t matter..slowly but surely a new generation of mobile youth began gravitating westward.

Now, some hundred Saturdays later, Lee Foss is set to unfurl his own sound, one developed through years of hard work in Chicago before even setting foot on California soil. Lee took a leap of faith, leaving his friends, his family, and his place as the most versatile DJ in Chicago (and four weekly residencies to boot) and moved to a city with a rich rave past but without much connection to the euro-centric movement in underground house and techno. Transporting his full studio to the (West Coast) Bunker and setting up shop, in the process laying the foundation for a new label and movement.