PEFFER

Played one of my favorite sets ever for my favorite people ever 💚 anticipate the sappy post after I have a chance to hibernate @coalescenewyears 🖤

New Year, new moniker, new mix Forest Bump was never meant to be my permanent DJ alias. As a master of fact, “Forest Bump Sessions” was actually supposed to be a name for a podcast series under my original alias “Neritic Life”. Back then I was mostly spinning liquid dnb until this podcast series, but after my first time playing in front of a crowd and the organizer announcing me as “Forest Bump” I decided to take on the name as I was transitioning out of dnb and into house/techno. The name forest bump came to me before I moved to college out in Northern California. I told myself, “hopefully I can get it bumpin in the forest” and my adhd brain went straight to “Forest bump”. I can definitely attribute some of my early bookings to the originality of the name - with a creative name like that, what’s he going to do behind the decks? After 12 years and having the name pop up in tv / movies, the name has lost its originality with all the For(r)est bump(s) out there now. According to my Grandpa, when my ancestors came to America through Ellis Island, they came with the last name Peffer (or pfeffer). The Americans writing their documents Americanized their last name to Pepper to make it easier for themselves. This mirrors my dj journey as the name “Forest Bump” is a lot easier to digest and remember, but in the end it’s not about me, it’s about the music. Dropping Forest Bump was not an easy decision to make, especially after all these years and the resume built under the name, but I never wanted to keep the alias permanently. My dad offered multiple times to trademark the name, but I always declined knowing I would eventually move on from the name. People still call me “forest” or “bump” and would even surprise people when they found out my actual name wasn’t forest, but it’s time for a new chapter. If you’ve made it this far into reading I just want to thank you for all the support over the years, and hopefully continued support on this new project 🫶 #forestbump #dj #peffer #newchapter

Throwing a 4 day 3 night gathering full of djs, artists, vendors, and contributors is never an easy feat - but there is something so undeniably magic how it all comes together every year 🥲 I always tell people as much planning ahead we can do for every aspect of the event, there’s no way of anticipating the surrealness that everyone together brings. I felt an unmatched energy of love and aspiration that I have never felt on another dancefloor and the fact that we put so much of that love and intention into facilitating such a feeling for ourselves and others to be recieved so clearly will always be a gratitude I can never fully express with words. From the incredible team that brought together their collective efforts to all the smiling loving attendees, we really came together for something special and I will never be able to thank all those involved enough for everything you all do every year 💚 we might not have it all together, but together we truly have it all 🥰 (btw only 20 tags so if I didn’t tag doesnt mean I forgot about you 😘)

Beyond grateful to get behind the decks once again, and only proper that my first set out in Austin was at a renegade 🌉🌀 Big shoutout to @lovejamproductions & @evanguerra__ for having me out for this, can’t thank y’all enough for the time we had!! 🫶🔥 Recording up now on SoundCloud, tracklist on last slide 🫡

Stoked for an old school collab with @evanguerra__ this upcoming Friday, April 3rd on the bridge! Mixing it up with a couple of new-to-Austin seasoned vets for some epic extended sets! These guys are beyond talented, so dont miss it! Can't wait for this one!! Come early, stay late! As always- good vibes only, leave no trace, and open invite for fire, flow, and art homies!! Come get weird with us, yall! See ya on the bridge!❤️✌️

7 Years with my favorite person in the world, so blessed to be so in love with my best friend in life 💖💗💓💕💘💞 Love you so much Em!!!!

Serious Gourmet Shit - Series by @mosayeri Recording now live on SoundCloud 🎛️ #house #minimal #tech #deep #breaks #seriousgourmetshit

We are thrilled to debut our new monthly party in Monterey, flying out the man @forest_bump from his new digs in Austin, TX. A core member of the reflectionsFM crew and the bossman from the renowned @coalescenewyears desert gathering, Forest Bump always comes ready to get the people going. A true master of his craft, he lets the music do all the talking with his extended library of grooving classics and deep retro cuts. Joining him all night is local resident @jgillmusic , pushing funky house tunes and dubby minimal for the masses. These two have been playing music and putting on parties alongside each other since 2017 - it only seems fitting they come together once again for our first night of “reflect” at @compactdisco831 . 8pm - 2am Thursday August 21st Happy Hour until 9pm No Cover, 21+ with ID 📍420 Tyler St, Monterey CA 93955 🎶 ionized values - @signore.ray #reflectionsFM #reflectparty #compactdisco831 #monterey #music #dance #love #djculture #831

Breakfast Blends w/ ya boy Bump Live recording from Curiosity 2025 now on SoundCloud - recorded 4/26 at 8:30AM 🌅 Huge shoutout to the fam at @inquirycollective for having me out once again to bring a new type of flavor to the party 🫶 #house #morning #renegade #grooves

Pics & clips from the @f8sf show earlier this month 🪩 Massive shoutout to @ctrl_b_ for bringing me out to share the decks with some truly legendary artists and all the homies that came out to support! 🫶🙏 #breaks #sf #f8

Frick, they flying Forest out for @f8sf ?!? Stoked to be back in the bay for the first time since our @coalescenewyears takeover at the Midway - Shoutout @ctrl_b_ for bringing me out to rock the decks alongside some sick ass talent, can’t wait to bring the forest bump flavors to the mix 🫠 @ Bay Area homies, I better see YOU!!!! Better squad the eff up on my alien homie gonna blast you 🔫 Let’s get weird #bayarea #tech #bass #leftfield #f8sf

Shoutout the 3AM Thursday senders who stayed up to get down, yall the realest 🫶 🫠 also big shoutout to @nzt_records for having me out for my last set as a California resident, super proper send off 💘 Re-recorded the set, pulled the history to play the same songs in the same order, just blended together a little different (same same, but different) Also getting flown out to SF to play @f8sf on 6/6, keep your eyes peeled for that post coming soon 👀 #renegade #techno #breaks #desert #bump