Dylan Drazen

Recorded live at Industrial Copera - Granada, Spain - 01.16.2010

Industrial Copera (2010)

Pig Dance at Ramrod Fort Lauderdale was the most important gig I had since deciding to come out of DJ retirement 18 months ago, never preparing so hard for an all night set. It’s the culmination of 18 months of learning, by trial and error, curating the best of what has worked, knowing I didn’t have to hold back—and I didn’t.

While I’m fairly new to playing for gay crowds, I have the benefit of literally decades of experiencing the gay nightlife in multiple cities around the world, but mainly all those New York experiences that have left their indelible mark. This set brings all those experiences together, culminating with these recent months of living life as a local DJ, something I’ve always wanted to experience.

Hopefully those who have stuck by me have benefitted in some way. I did not come up in the DJ world playing gigs like this. It’s definitely been a learning experience but it has made me stronger. The narrative in this set is the vision I’ve had for many many years of what I’d personally want to experience at a major gay party. Some of the tracks in this set you might not expect from me, but I’ve been holding onto them in my back pocket with this vision in mind.

I know it’s long, but there isn’t some peak 1-2 hour stretch I could edit out for your convenience. It stands alone as a single statement.

Pig Dance (Feb 4, 2023)

This is Dylan's first attempt at creating a mixtape. He was 19 then, fresh and new full of ideas. Even then you could see he had his tastes set out - comparing the mixes from today to this one shows lots in common. Part one is hard and fast, while part two shows his early influences of the detroit style - the melodic and soulful techno sound from the early '90s. 

dd01 - No Hope (Part 1) - 1995

dd01 - No Hope (Part 2) - 1995

Getting relentless with techno, gearing up for some years of fun..

Performed December 1997 on The Serpentine, NYC

 side a

Sphere - Aurora - Focus 
Joel Mull - B2 - Code Red 02 
User - Urgionomics - Organised Noise 
Tony Montana - Cocoroach - !K7 
Reproach - Reconstruct - Jerk 
C&G South System - B1 - Drumcode 11 
Andreas Krämer - Treibjagd - Construct Rhythm 
Succion - Man Pocket - Element Communications 
Anorak 3 - Precautions - Absense 
Electronic Home Entertainment - Hitchcock - Delerium Red 
40 Ft Puma - Jaguars Breath - Planet Rhythm 
Clemens Neufeld - Death Thrills - Missile 
Brother's Yard - Kumarika - PV 
Surgeon - Krautrock Version III- Tresor 
Ben Long - Expressing Possibility - Potential 
Chris Liebing - A - Audio 07 

 side b

Reck - 7th Year Cycle - Eukatech 
20 Eyes - Down The Train - Labworks 
Chance McDermott - Dark Clouds - Sativae 
David Caretta - Moon Walking - Thrust 
The Entity - Aphridite - Construct Rhythm 
Crusty Mills - 01 - Techno Slut 
Recapture - Tones & E-Facts - Construct Rhythm 
40 Ft Puma - Stalking - Planet Rhythm 
Subjective - Tremmer - Rotation 
The Vectif - Octan - Spectron 
Mass Retain - Hammer Drill - Subjective 
Virtualian - Looped - Thrust 
Tomito Satori - Futureperfect - Exhibit 
Obscurum - Seaborn - Element Communications 
C&G South System - A1 - Drumcode 11 
Aura Exiter - Metalik - FTSound 
Sphere - Atmosphere - Primate

dd13 - Level 1 (1997)

Performed December 1998 in The Cervix, Brooklyn

 side a

Semblance Factor - The Force of the Factor - State of Mind 
PartyCrashers - Short and Sweet - Klang 
Paul Brtschitsch / André Galluzzi - Klick-Klack - Taksi 
Paul Mac - Filtered - Stimulus 
Soul Mate - Playmate - Phont 
Li Ve Su - Basewalk - Subsounds 
Cherry Bomb - A Drift - Music Man 
Levantine - Prong - Monoïd 
DJ La Monde - A - Søk 11 
DJ Rush - Spitball - Prox 
Dylan Drazen - It Hz - Tektite 
Stanny Franssen - Between The Lines - Conform 
Virtualian - Progress - Thrust 
Miro - Frequence Man - Adrenacrome 
The Anxious - After the Storm - Embryo 

 side b

Fenton & Thomas - Ultra - Advanced 
Visco Space - Part 1 - Konsequent 
Reducer - User Killer - Instillation 
Nuca - Mass-Production - Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten 
Tomito Satori - Monochrome.. - Exhibit 
Fumiya Tanaka - Phase - Torema 
Marco Carola - 2nd:B1 - Question 
Groof - Turbo Sex - Fieber 
Structure - A2 - Surface 8 
Pounding Grooves - AA - Pounding Grooves 04 
Filter - Rechteck/Sägezahn - Auftrieb 
Gnork - Nama Rupa - Braintist 
AB/CL - A2 - Code Red 06 
Icarus - Summertime - Jericho 
Smoked - Polis - Jerk 
Fumiya Tanaka - Move - Torema 
Dylan Drazen - outro. 

dd17 - Level 2 (1998)

Things were getting hot and heavy in Spain, and the music was getting relentless.

Performed April 1999 in The Cervix, Brooklyn

 side a

Martial - Meteorite Wave - Taka 
Oxia - Fresh - GoodLife 
Grain - B2 - Fat Cat 
Sapiano and the Partycrashers - Body Parts - Klang 
Punisher - Extinction - Seismic 
Chris Jackson - Make 'Em Work - Resource 
Visco Space - Part 3 - Konsequent 
Pitch Invasion - In The Box - Core 
Petter Fripp - Structural Pump 
South Operations - Draining Faces - Evil Deception 
Cari Lekebusch - This Way - Access 58 
Olga + Josef - A1 - OJ 002 
M. Lloyd - The Jump - Sub Octave 
Clemens Neufeld - Impact - POD 10 
Smith & Selway - Thunder - Primate 
Raoul Delgardo - Steelworks - Sheep 

 side b

Alba Patera - Tog - Monoïd 
Umek - Halcion - XS 
Inigo Kennedy - Preliminary Statements - Aesimetrik 
Cio - Talkin' With Juanito - Ongaku 
Oszillator5 - S8084#02 - Planet Pump 
VCO - Mind Test - Thrust 
Stanlee - Klangphase - Planet Pump 
Icepack - Schwama - Solid 
P. Leroy - Outlast - Gelstat 
Tomito Satori - Manalive - Exhibit 
Olga + Josef - A2 - OJ 002 
Clemens Neufeld - Inappropriate Relations - Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten 
Musicolor - Violet - Musicolor 
Photonic - Impact - Universal Prime Breaks

dd19 - The Matrix (1999)

This mix is in a tie with "No Carrier" for my favorite techno mixes.  I believe 2001 was the renaissance period for European hard techno.  From the original description:

"With clubbier styled sounds fused together with the harder elements lately, the title "high heel techno" seemed apt, as my techno roots are firmly planted from watching the drag-queens do their thing on the Limelight club's dance floor in NYC. Back and forth, these thin, muscle-bound monsters would show each other who could strut their shit the best in 1992."

Performed January 2001 at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn

Trace Element - Falling Logs - Elestik 
Frankie Vega - The End, a Means and False Imspirations - Remains 
Paul Nazca & Ultracolor - Loom - Scandium 
The Reaver - Potion No.6 - Glyph 
Do you like the way you feel when you shake? - A Squared 
Rino Cerrone - Optical Way - Relentless 
Signal Electrique & Noise Builder - A2 - OG 
Genie - Night Walker - Convolute 
DJ Ze Mig-L - Happy Tribe - Djax 
Dylan Drazen - Beacon - Remains 
Elastik Trikery - Beatbox - Insert 
Basic Implant - Brain Circle - Søk 
G-Man - 70-4 - Fieber 
Métier - Body Electric (James Ruskin mix) - Coda 
Gecko - Flugmaschiene - Delirium Red 
Rob Stow - Curve Pusher - Hydraulix 
Tuttle - EG Decay - Anlx 
Tekno Résistants - Cataclysme - Resistance3 
Michael Forshaw - Nerve Hammer - Red Seal 
Alex K. Katz - Seek + Destroy - Jerk 
G. McAffer & D. Preece - RAW 004 
Ural 13 Diktators - Chernobyl Reaction - Lazer Attack 


dd21 - High Heel Techno (2001)

More incredible tracks from techno's renaissance period of 2001.  It's a trick, get an axe!

Performed January 2002 at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn

Byron Bogues - This Place Is Everything - Choke 
Byron Bogues - Hydra - Eruptive 
Tobias Knobloch - Goodmorning - Episode 
Rexxx - S.O.S. - D Records 
Coming Soon - Ozonic - EC Records 
Paul Mac - Elvis Beats (Ben Sims edit) - Stimulus 
Deetron - Robotics - Phont 
Regis - White Stains - Downwards 
Si Begg - Welcome (Gayle San rmx) - Compressed 
Greg Gow - Project 004 - Default 
Electronic Home Entertainment - 24.24 - Federation of Drums 
Dylan Drazen - Engine - Remains 
Subhead - Q Hey (Shufflemaster rmx) - Subhead 
Zank + g/b - Health Meter - Housedust 
Immersion - Nose Tikkla - Routemaster 
Sutramat - Rythmic Assault - Automat 
Pistoloco - Ghost Copy - No Entry 
Mark Tyler - Craka Wacka - No Entry 
Dylan Drazen - Baba - Remains 
Switchblade - Hard - 4x4x10 
Diego - Execution Manual - Do Something 
Switchblade - Deep - 4x4x10 
Rhythms of Nature - Spirit Catcher - Fullspectdrum 
Sharpside - Wave Cruising - Rotation

dd23 - No Carrier (2002)

I truly felt bit by the tribal bug in 2003, and had to give a little bit of that here.  I tried to include all the genres I like to play in one mix and found it so complete, I decided to stop the "dd" numbering system, since I wasn't making actual mixtapes anymore either.  This was also the final CD I mass produced, as the Internet started to become the main way everyone shared mixes.

Performed May 2003 at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn

Fiendish House I - Mean Love - RPO 
Coloursound - Small Phatt One - Vapour Limited 
UDG - Workshop of Devil - Garbage 
Babilonia - Impress Me - Stop & Go 
Unplugged - Future of Sound - Plastica Red 
Eddy Airbow - Tribal Contact - Traveller 
Mr. Free - Energy - BeatFreak 
Undisputed Truth vs Rebel Funk - Begin - Creative 
Electric Tease vs Mosquito - Sensation - Distraekt 
Nightdrums - Voodoo Element - Gentrax 
Mr. Free - Architedhosue - BeatFreak 
Marcelo Castelli - Southamerica - Musiq 
Bass & Penn - Communicate - Urbana 
Dr. Kucho - Shadow Troopers - Disc Doctor 
Dr. Kucho - It Must Be Love - Bonus Tracks 

dd25 - Tagged (Part 1) (2003)

I truly felt bit by the tribal bug in 2003, and had to give a little bit of that here. I tried to include all the genres I like to play in one mix and found it so complete, I decided to stop the "dd" numbering system, since I wasn't making actual mixtapes anymore either. This was also the final CD I mass produced, as the Internet started to become the main way everyone shared mixes.

Performed May 2003 at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn

Dr. Kucho - It Must Be Love - Bonus Tracks (cuntinued) 
Dr. Kucho - Belmondo Rulez 2.0 - Disc Doctor 
Kay Maan - Got To - Boo 
Magik Johnson - Los Halinos - Blaktrax 
Richard Earnshaw - Joyride - Soulfuric Deep 
Kemit Sources - Bor Dlan (I:Cube rmx) - Versatile 
Triesté - Too High In The Sky (John Ciafone dub) - Junior 
D'Wachman & HD Substance - Jump (Mateo Murphy rmx) - Atlas 
Pulse - Cariño 2002 (Pascal F.E.O.S. rmx) - Frisbee 
Hertz & Hardcell - Electrons - Sway 
Submode vs Basoon - Aibo - Delirium Red 
65d Mavericks - Abstractions - Matrix 
Gaetano Parisio - Norman Expression - Design 
Patrik Skoog - B1 - Mankind 16 
Henry Cullen - Grilled Chicken - :body:art:form: 
Praxis - Roy Rogers - Omniscient 
Dylan Drazen vs Tim Xavier - The Benz - Blueline 
Archae and Grovskopa - Ex - Maracas

dd25 - Tagged (Part 2) (2003)

What was originally created as a promotional requirement for a small gig in Budapest became one of my more talked about mixes during the hard techno years.  I don't play like this anymore, but I can still appreciate the insanity.

In 2002, I wrote:
"this little promotional mini mix CD was given to the first 100 entrants into the coldwar party in budapest, hungary on december 14, 2002. it's unsettlingly hard."

recorded at tetanus studio, december 2002 - brooklyn 

AeoX - Nuclear Winter - Null 
Boss - Jahoda - Palica Vonzvreca 
Andreas Kremer - Rock Them (DJ Boss rmx) - Lifeform 
Dylan Drazen - Baba - Remains 
Simon Krach - Current Value - Null 
Polytechnique - Free Mind - Salpeter 
Next Level feat. Dylan Drazen - Doch - Unreleased 
Henrik B - Seven A - Illgo Rhythm

20 Minutes of Hell (2002)

In 2002, I wrote:

"67 minute techno mix originally recorded for dj dionysos's show on uk based pirate radio, broadcasted on 08.22.02. this is a spontaneous mix patched through the effects returns of my studio's mixing console, which gave the signal a strange compressed feeling."

recorded at tetanus studio, 08.07.2002 - brooklyn

Rob Acid - Mars - Shot Tools 
Mr. G - Mine U Bassbins - Duty Free 
Soultek - Chapter One - Kompute 
Smooky - Super Ugly - Electronik Weed Crew 
Mateo Murphy - Love Express (Umek rmx) - Turbo 
Hertz & Johan Bacto - Hektadrone - Zync Grooves 
Stanny Franssen - Object/Scene - Genetic 
Pounding Grooves - 26A - Pounding Grooves 
DJ Misjah - B2 - Mankind 15 
Invexis - Chrysanthemum - Kazumi 
Fabio MC - Prisma - BXR 
Mauro Picotto - We're Back - Sacrifice 
Fabio MC - Tortured - BXR 
Mario Piu' - Sensation - BXR 
Axel Martsch & Asem Shama - Drumfiles 2.0 - Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten 
Component - Memory Loss - Konsequent 
DJ Bold - Rooftop Views - Symbolism 
Component - Losing It - Konsequent 
Peter Dundov - Feelings - Musicman 
Component - Who Cares? - Konsequent 
Echomen - Truth (Weekend World rmx) - Hooj Choons

Blazin (2002)

In 1995 I was quite taken with trance. This is one of my very first attempts at making a mixtape. I believe it was recorded before dd01, just as trance was fully taking hold of our scene in the US. The audio is encoded off a cassette, but I did my best to remaster it back to life. I gave this mix to very few people. There is no track listing.

Trance '95 (1995) (Part 1)

Trance '95 (1995) (Part 2)

Recorded live at Awakenings - Rotterdam, Netherlands - 05.12.2007

I decided to break out some favorite hard classics for this one.  Can't find the flyer anywhere.  If anyone has it, let me know!

Awakenings (2007)

This was recorded at the old Aries club in Valladolid, rebranded as Technoflash.  I had a double gig that night, so I had to play early to a thin crowd.  As a result I played my version of "opening techno," or in 2002, as I put it: "hypnotic, slow techno. no flashy tricks, no dumb vocal stabs, just long, smooth blends focusing on the tracks."

Recorded live at Technoflash - Valladolid, Spain 06.08.02 

Thor 54 - Aliens Don't Boogie - Missile 
Code And Structure - Hypnotic - Choke 
Rino Cerrone - B2 - Rilis 08 
Danilo Vigorito - A1 - Orion 01 
Per Condelius - Model 1 - Energy Industries 
Regis - Untergang - Sandwell District 
Regis - Facilities - Downwards 
Hardcell and Johan Bacto - Create and Distort Part Two - Devils Choice 
High Rollers - A1 - TST9 
Hertz - A1 - Mankind 12 
DisX3 - Wave_1.3 - Konsequent 
Angel Molina - Special Projects 05 - Central 
DJ Misjah vs Kouichi Okamoto - _In the Sky - ReRun 
Angel Molina - Special Projects 05 - Central 
B. Bommersheim - Safety Recover (Rob Acid mix) - Junkfood 
Abe Duque - Last Night Changed It All - Abe Duque Records 
Halidated - Techno De Fuck - Smitten 
Noxious Element - Zapping - PhutureWax 
Rotary Outputs - 001 - Refill 03 
Tim Xavier - Boxcutter - Music In Formation 
Mescalinum United - We Have Arrived 2002 (Advent rmx) - Acardipane

Flatliners (2002)

Live at Danzoo - Club Space - Feb 26, 2010


Macumba (2010)

Dylan's birthday set performed at the infamous Fabrik in Madrid on July 28, 2012.

Code.083 (2012)

My first live performance in Holland in three years, this set was played on 100% vinyl, comprised of my favorite techno from the last decade. I went through my entire record collection and found the best of the best. Apologies for the crappy sound quality; the turntables used at the event must have been shot, despite having new needles.



Dylan Drazen - Concept - Live at Ahoy, Rotterdam

Hard working music enthusiast ..miss the old but hope for the new ! Be good to each other !!