Live Techno Sets From Spain (2000-2010)

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Techno - alasandre banera/  I don't give an X

Performed live at Club Fabrik - Madrid, Spain - 12.19.2009

Fabrik (2009)

Exclusive Techno podcast by Aleksandre Banera
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Aleksandre Banera - I Don’t Give An X February podcast (EXCLUSIVE)

Pascal Feos - Birthday Techno Beats / DJ Mix 11032014

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So our good friend Allie Williams recommended this CD ages ago and it's taken a while for us of get it of him... (or in this case not!) so we bought it ourselves. As fellow huge Derrick Carter fans it's safe to say this is another excellent mix cd and takes it's well deserved place in The Classic Mix CD Series. Cheers for the recommendation Ali, turn it up, and enjoy the mix.

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083 - Derrick Carter presents 'About Now' (2002) recommended by Allie Williams

Recorded live at Industrial Copera - Granada, Spain - 01.16.2010

Industrial Copera (2010)

I Don't Give An X radio show by Aleksandre Banera

IDGAX 0614 #005

And here we go with the fifth episode of the "I Don't Give An X" radio show. 
For this month I gathered some of the best tunes of the techno scene. Names such as Steve Mulder, Nonnus & Porter Rhodes, Spiros Koloumenos, Alex Di Stefano, Alen Milivojevic, Christian Varela, Len Faki and also myself. 
Hope you'll like it, otherwise turn the volume up! :)

If you wish your Techno track to be involved in the next IDGAX radio show, submit it via Soundcloud or send it to my promo email.

And don't forget, be yourself, love what you do!

Enjoy the show!

If you wish to follow the show online, check radio shows on my website www.aleksandrebanera.com/#radio-show


Check out which radio station "doesn't give an X" today:

- Overdance Radio: REPEAT every 1st Tuesday @ 8:10 PM (CET)
- Gravy FM: every 1st Wednesday @ 10 PM (CET)
- Cue-Radio.com: every 2nd Saturday @ 10 PM (CET)
- Overdance Radio: every 3rd Tuesday @ 8:10 PM (CET)
- Gravy FM: every 3rd Wednesday @ 10 PM (CET)
- Amplitude Radio: every 3rd Friday @ 8 PM (CET)
- Radio Ettlingen: every 3nd Saturday @ 10:15 PM (CET)
- Inferno Radio: every 3rd Saturday@ 11 PM (CET)
- Overdance Radio: REPEAT every 4st Tuesday @ 8:10 PM (CET)
- Inferno Radio: REPEAT every 4th Tuesday @ 11 PM (CET)
- Kittikun Minimal Techno: every 4th Friday @ 7 PM (CET)
- Overdance Radio: REPEAT of the 5th Tuesday @ 8:10 PM (CET)
- Electrosound.tv: every month @ random
- Enation FM: every month @ random


Track ID:
01. Aleksandre Banera - Boiling Point (Original Mix)
02. Steve Mulder, Rafa Barrios - Mokum (Original Mix)
03. NDKj - Fat Plus (Tomy DeClerque Remix)
04. Nonnus & Porter Rhodes - Break Your Control (Original Mix)
05. MdS, Andres Gil - Slump (Spiros Koloumenos Remix)
06. Andrea Frisina, Slackers Project, Pirania - Wave Of Madness (Alex Di Stefano Remix)
07. Urig & Dice - Eyes (Alen Milivojevic Remix)
08. Christian Varela - Pornogames (A.Paul Remix)
09. Dustin Zahn - Stranger (To Stability) (Len Faki Podium Mix)
10. Tomy DeClerque - 9 Bit Nest (Original Mix)
11. Aleksandre Banera - We Come From Heaven (Original Mix)

Aleksandre Banera - I Don't Give An X radio show 0614 #005

Mixed Live - Donald Glaude 2nd Session

I Don't Give An X radio show by Aleksandre Banera

IDGAX 0814 #007

And here we go with the seventh episode of the "I Don't Give An X" radio show.  For a great radio show we have the greatest artists. Names such as: Alen Milivojevic, Adrian Hour, D-Deck, Devilfish, Mattew Jay, Lutzenkirchen and also myself to make this hot summer even hotter.

The Boiling Point album is still fresh and free!
Mix it in you DJ set, share it with your friends or simply listen to it and feel the power of the Boiling Point!
You can get your copy at this link: 
aleksandrebanera.com/boiling-point/

If you wish your Techno track to be involved in the next IDGAX radio show, submit it via Soundcloud or send it to my promo email (promo [@] aleksandrebanera.com).
And don't forget, be yourself, love what you do! The rest will come.
Enjoy the show!

If you wish to follow the show online, check radio shows on my website www.aleksandrebanera.com/#radio-show

Check out which radio station "doesn't give an X" today:
- Overdance Radio: REPEAT every 1st Tuesday @ 8:10 PM (CET) 
- Gravy FM: every 1st Wednesday @ 10 PM (CET)
 - Cue-Radio.com: every 2nd Saturday @ 10 PM (CET)
 - Overdance Radio: every 3rd Tuesday @ 8:10 PM (CET) 
- Gravy FM: every 3rd Wednesday @ 10 PM (CET) 
- Amplitude Radio: every 3rd Friday @ 8 PM (CET)
 - Radio Ettlingen: every 3nd Saturday @ 10:15 PM (CET) 
- Inferno Radio: every 3rd Saturday@ 11 PM (CET)
 - Overdance Radio: REPEAT every 4st Tuesday @ 8:10 PM (CET)
 - Inferno Radio: REPEAT every 4th Tuesday @ 11 PM (CET)
 - Kittikun Minimal Techno: every 4th Friday @ 7 PM (CET) 
- Overdance Radio: REPEAT of the 5th Tuesday @ 8:10 PM (CET)
 - Electrosound.tv: every month @ random - Enation FM: every month @ random

Track ID: 
01. Lutzenkirchen - The Imp (Original Mix) [Straight Up!]
02. Alen Milivojevic - Dementio (Steve Mulder Remix) [Yin Yang]
03. Adrian Hour - Chordgresion (Original Mix) [Freshin]
04. Aleksandre Banera - Protrudo (Original Mix - DEMO) [unreleased]
05. Mattew Jay - Nightlife In Broklyn (Original Mix) [Intec]
06. D-Deck - Not Yet (Original Mix) [KD Music]
07. Tomy DeClerque - Restart (Original Mix) [Intec]
08. Gabriel D’Or, Bordoy - Maudit (Original Mix) [Alleanza]
09. Devilfish, Drumcomplex, Roel Salemnik - Manalive Dark (Original Mix) [Bush Records]
10. Tomy DeClerque - 9 Bit Nest (Original Mix) [Music Is The Answer]

Aleksandre Banera - I Don't Give An X radio show 0814 #007

I Don't Give An X 0115 #012 by Aleksandre Banera (EXCLUSIVE)

LIVE SESSION AT CITYHALL BARCELONA 27-12-2014

CityHall2

160 minute techno set performed live at club reset in madrid.  i came form vegas to do this one, and well worth it; the vibe was amazing in there.  check the track video!

Recorded Live at Club Reset - Madrid, Spain - 13 Feb 2009

Deadmau5 - Duo Cad Sordid - Mau5trap 
Patric La Funk - Restless (Tim Weeks Remix) - Opaque 
Nagano Kitchen - GSXR 810 (Adam Beyer Remix) - Apotek 
Paul Boex & Marco Rane - LK Remix Part 1 - Naked Lunch 
Deckmonsters - Unbreakable (A. Paul Remix) - Naked Lunch 
A. Paul - Convey - Naked Lunch 
R-Play - Twisted - Naked Lunch 
DJ Ferro - Moribayassa (A. Paul Remix) - Naked Lunch 
DJ Ferro - Zibra (A. Paul Remix) - Naked Lunch 
A. Paul - Cydonia (2008 Remix) - Naked Lunch 
Elton D. & Snoo - Drumfunk (Daisychain Remix) - Patterns 
Hertz & Johan Bacto - Muzaka - Sway 
Ignition Technician - Still Worqin It - Wedafuqawi 
Elton D. & Snoo - Saga - Patterns 
Elton D. & Snoo - Glitches - Patterns 
Peppelino & Odessa Soundfreaks - Reflections (Vitamin D Remix) - Toyfriend 
S.K.A.T.I. - Incomplete - Now We Do... 
Ivan Devero - Brasylia - Reset 
Carl Falk - Bull-Shot - Patterns 
DJ Ogi - Septicka - Brother Convention 
DJ Ogi - Kamen - Armatura 
Patrick DSP & DJ Pauze - Quirky Project - Hardsignal 
Wavemother - Marathon - Audio Assault 
Wavemother - The Pretenders - Audio Assault 
Reeko - Divina Venganza - Mental Disorder 
Paul Boex & Marco Rane - What Would It Be Like (Bas Mooy Remix 1) 
Paul Boex & Marco Rane - What Would It Be Like (Bas Mooy Remix 2) 
Vegim - Bad Butcher - TMM 
Rekka & SKT - Spinal Flux - Don't Look 
Chris De Seed - Falcon (Dave Schiemann Tribality Remix) - Selecta 
Andy B - Insolent Ungodliness (Korekt Remix) - 4Beat 
Korekt - Klima - Distract 
DJ Kodex - System Underrun - Distract 
Korekt - Monton - Distract 
Korekt - Palack - Distract 
Korekt - Katedra - White 
Monocore - Sudden Drop - Hardsignal 
Peter B - Akin - Submissions 
Patrick DSP - Khur Rhok - Submissions 
Bilro & Barbosa - Frequency - Naked Lunch 
Extortion Group - To Mosh - Naked Lunch 
Bilro & Barbosa - Supercharded - Naked Lunch 
Bilro & Barbosa - East Hemisphere - Naked Lunch 
Mike Dehnert - Live PA (Cut 2) - Fachwerk

Reset (2009)

Donald Glaude ‎– Mixed Live: Buzz @ Nation, Washington D.C.
Genre:Electronic
Style:House, Tech House
Year:2001

Tracklist
1–Twisted Pair - Horny Hustle	2:16
2–Cristian Varela - La Pinata Contraataca	3:19
3–Donald Glaude - Soul Cha Cha	4:45
4–Nick Holder - Make You Mine	3:05
5–Paul Johnson - Get On My Camel (Johnny Fiasco's Old-School Foolin' Remix)	4:35
6–Kelly Reverb vs. Sergio Techini - Fine Ladies Only	3:48
7–David Garcia & Tony B! - Robo Funk (Hooligan Filter Da Funk Mix)	2:36
8–Filter Science - Darkness Falls (Joey Beltram Mix)	3:26
9–Antoine Clamaran Presents D-Plac	Get It Up (It Doesn't Matter) (Antoine Clamaran Mix)	5:05
10–Jelo - Chaos Bringer	4:44
11–Clay Ivey - Classic City Disco (Chris Anderson Mix)	3:47
12–Jelo - Effective	3:33
13–Joshua Ryan - Pistolwhip	4:58
14–Indart*, Wally* & Kucho* - The Devil	3:47
15–Player Three* - Player Three	3:04
16–Onionz & Master D - Synthetic	3:40
17–Smitty & Eric Davenport - Shake It Up (Original Mix)	5:55
18–Donald Glaude - To The Soul (Bomb Mix)	6:36

Donald Glaude ‎– Mixed Live: Buzz @ Nation, Washington D.C.

Gibson Secik Tresorowy 2001_12.mp3

Live at Urban Kaos in Almeria, Spain - May 15, 2010

Urban Kaos (2010)

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Carl Cox

512 - Mixed Live 'Carl Cox 2nd Session' - Area2 Detroit (2002)

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Off the Hook

534 - Donald Glaude - Off The Hook (1999)

aha..

techno set performed live at code, madrid, spain, 06.2007

Ortin Cam - Godlovesugly - Pocket 
Steve Porter - Nordica - Fade 
Victor Calderone - Let Me Set You Free - Ultra 
Ignition Technician - Worq - Wedafuqawi 
Ivan Devero - Brasylia - White 
Carl Falk - Cuidado - Hard As Funk 
Darkrow - Ribesada (Carl Falk Remix) - Code 
Chriss Zimmer - Lost Generation - Cutz 
Peppelino - Area 51 - White 
Dynamix & Miss Michie - Revolution And Rise (Simon Digby Remix) - White 
Tim Davila - Flying Skunk - White 
Peppelino - Alienator - Butterfly Effect 
Odessa Soundfreaks - Memories - White 
DJ ESP - Window Of The Soul - White 
Dylan Drazen - Beacon (2007 Remix) - Lost In House 
Groundhogz - Sparx (Nana Killa Remix) - Kamikaze 
Dias Mallon - Rainbow (Tim Davila Remix) - Brazil Underground 
Phantom Force - Vaporize - Expedition 
Shudder Sounds - Say Yes - Cutz 
Shandro - Document 133 (Tim J Remix) - Soup

Anticlub (2007)

Aries was one of the first techno clubs in Spain.  It was only open for a few years but the gigs were always intense.  This is the club where it all began.  Valladolid is the birthplace of the Spanish techno scene.

Recorded live at Aries, Valladolid, Spain - 10.07.2000

Aries (2000)

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)

Full & luxurious techno set recorded at a Jetlag event in Madrid.

Recorded live at Jetlag Events - Madrid, Spain - 10.11.2004


Manuel Fuentes - Northern Darkness - Fast Food 
Player Eighteen 
SF & KB - Buggin' On Lionel - Patterns 
Valentino Kanzyani - Sala Global - Recycled Loops 
Warren Fellow - Rushing To The Middle Of It - Smoke 
Loop Killaz - Voodoo Slut - Wet Musik 
Hertz - Bonafide - Wet Musik 
Remerk - Something That You Can Do With Your Fingers - Expanded 
Dylan Drazen - Beacon (rmx) - Remains 
Patrik Skoog - Bleed - Humanoid 
Headroom - Solar - Patterns 
Player Eighteen 
Eric Sneo - Going On - Terminal M 
Chris Liebing - String Theory (Picotto & Ferri rmx) - clr 


Jetlag (Part 1) (2004)

Recorded live at Circus Techno III - Granada, Spain - 02.14.2009

Circus Techno III (2009)

Recorded live at this itty bitty but really respected and famous club in downtown Madrid called Specka in January, 2006.

Soul Preacher - Body Slave - Q Records
Hertz - Breaker (Brian Cox Rmx) - Sway
Soul Preacher - Tantra - Q Records
Ignition Technician - Burn All The Liars - Pro-Active
Klang & Dalek - Quetzalcoatl - Flesh
Marcilinho Cic - Made In Chaka - Fuck Babe
Kobaya - Douglas Track - Recon Warriors
Olivier Giacomotto & Alec Marqx - Split - Yin Yang
Technosforza 6
Tom Jafman & Submission - Yfek - Esquisi-Tekk
Jim Larson - Groovy - Esquisi-Tekk
Tom Jafman & Submission - Vértice - Esquisi-Tekk
Olivier Giacomotto - Darko Barko (B. Moody & V. De Wit Rmx) - Audio Assault
Ian Lehman - Eidolon - Compound
AMF - Safety (M-Mix) - Staub
Monokilla - Brothers - Ghostwriter
Andre Walter - Templer - Enable
Andre Walter - Misty Circles - Highland Beats
Andre Walter - Boreas - Wicca
Andre Walter - Outside - Highland Beats
Andre Walter - Zephyrus - Wicca
Chris Liebing & Ben Sims - Work It - CLR
Eric Sneo - Practice What You Preach - Masters of Disaster
Lars Klein - Tribute 1 - LK Rec
DJ Rush & Robert Natus - Traunt - Bitshift
Lars Klein - Tribute 2 - LK Rec
Sascha Müller - Peng! - Northbeatz
WJH - Quiver - Supersonic Combustion
A. Johansson & M. Fridell - Renascent - Audio Assault
Olivier Giacomotto - Up North - Mankind
Cave - Speleon - Spilo

Walk (2006)

House Calls was a weekly party on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where I played lots of classic house music for the locals.

House Calls 2 (Part 3 - My Roots) (2010)

Live at Danzoo - Club Space - Feb 26, 2010


Macumba (2010)

Performed at WMC Miami in March 2012 and originally published for Spain's Technopedia Magazine podcast.

http://www.technopedia.es/technopedia-podcast-vol-viii-dylan-drazen/

Agoria – Speechless (Whisper Dub) – Infiné
Jordan Peak – Brutal Life – Tsuba
Kerri Chandler – Chaos (Jamie Jones Edit) – White
Danny Ocean – Backstage – Desolat
Oliver Klein & Peter Jurgens – Hey Baby – Kling Klong
Sergio Fernandez – Vivan Las Lolitas – Toolroom
Philippe Ralos – Sweep (Massimo Girardi Remix) – Fresh Lemon
Romano Rapeso – Not A Nightmare (Massimo Girardi Remix) – Teknologik
Peter Horrevorts feat. Eric Harrary – Play One (“Freak” Edit) – Lost In House
Phillip Arruda – Cassanova – Rawthentic
David Bocanegra – Hijos De La MMMM (Massimo Girardi & Deltano Remix) – Aella
Stereophonic – Question (Massimo Girardi Remix) – Lophanta
Davide Giugliano – MWAK (Audio Junkies Remix) – Human Garden
The Junkies – Werq This – SCI+TEC
Keith John – Shook 1 – Rawthentic
Nicole Moudaber – Tears Of Civet – Intec Digital
Filthy Rich – Perico (Massimo Girardi Remix) – Takt
The Junkies – Tuco – SCI+TEC
Robert Guerrero – Ayahuasca (Dylan Drazen Remix) – Selëctry Recs
The Junkies – Thug Life – Rawthentic
Jose Castillero – Belle Epoque (Luke Creed Big Bass Dub) – Technologika
Horn Porn – Sioux (Diarmaid O Meera Remix) – Naked Lunch
Dylan Drazen – One Night Outside The Tunnel – Tetraedrums

WMC Miami (2012)

It took some years to find the right music for the sequel to 2007's Eleganza. I usually don't play entire sets of emotional music like this, as I would normally include a track or two after a set of intense melodyless beats. That was the idea behind part 1 as well.

This mix holds sentimental value, as it was the final one recorded at Triboro Studio in NYC before making the trek down to Miami with my cat Ouisie, who passed away the day before posting this.  As I was packing away, I'd work on this to offset the moving experience over the course of a month.

So I dedicate this mix to you, Ouisie, my techno kitty, for putting up with over 10 years of beats.  You must have been bred with a taste for electronic music, as you'd nap like a champ over my loud studio year after year.

--

Thanks to Frisky Radio for premiering this set on April 20, and the 5000+ listeners who tuned in!

Eleganza 2 (2012)

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

Code.083 (2012)

Cristian Vogel Mix Tresor Tour @ Aufschwung Ost 30.9.95

Live at Tubetech Festival - Guadalajara, Spain - September, 2012

My first time with Traktor, this is the full set which was featured on the following podcasts:

Naked Lunch
http://www.mixcloud.com/nakedlunchradio/naked-lunch-podcast-023-dylan-drazen/

Corrupted Sessions
http://www.mixcloud.com/Corrupted_Sessions/corrupted-sessions-18-dylan-drazen-october-2012/

Tracklisting:

Playin 4' The City - Hall 3 - Straight Up 
Sheldon Drake - Sordei - Liquid Sky 
Cristian Glitch - Sculpture (Gabeen Remix) - Plastiq 
Datamatrix - Metro Line (Darmec Remix) - Carnage 
A.Paul - Driving Force - Naked Lunch 
Eric Sneo & Klaudia Gawlas - Bubbles - Masters of Disaster 
Eric Sneo & Klaudia Gawlas - Nostalgia - Masters of Disaster 
Argon & 3000krieger - Tito B. - Plastiq 
Billion Jaguar & Andrew Live - Dirty Brake (Dorian Knox's Remix) - Techno Pulse 
Gabeen - Insanity (Dorian Knox Disorder Version) - Plastiq 
Dorian Knox - Ground Zero (Gabeen Remix) - Plastiq 
Gabeen - Fucking Noise - Plastiq 
Gabeen - Fucking Noise (Vegim Silent Remix) - Plastiq 
Vegim - The Rioter (Luke Creed Remix) - TMMR 
Cristian Glitch - Technomachine - Road Trip 
Elvio Neto - Logic - Naked Lunch 
Andreas Kremer & DJ Update - Animal - Naked Lunch 
Visco Space - Saves The World - Konsequent 
DJ Ogi - Sars - Techno Factory 
DJ Ogi - Sars (E. Pravdica Remix) - Techno Factory 
Jean Simon - Drumcoding - Another Techno 
Davik Sekera - Tauro (Pryde Remix) - White 
Sergy Casttle - The Tunnel - Xtiluxe 
Jean Simon - Ciento Trece (Dylan Drazen Remix) - Another Techno

Tubetech (2012)

Performed at Club Spazio - Miami, FL - April 6, 2013

Dylan Drazen Presents Miami Sessions: Vol. 1

No discussion of underground techno purism and technical DJ mastery would be complete without the mention of Dylan Drazen’s uniquely remarkable life and career, and the myriad of musical influences it has brought. Conforming to no one person, genre or entity, Dylan has fiercely charted his own path since his sonic journey began over thirty years ago.

With the outset of Drazen’s path arriving in the early 90’s at the age of 18, a crescendo would already manifest by the late 90’s when Spain took note of his visionary methods and pioneering sound during the earliest days of the Internet, and he quickly became an originating stalwart of its nationwide underground techno scene for years, putting in over a million air miles commuting from his New York base, crisscrossing the Iberian peninsula many times over, as fans couldn’t get enough of his relentlessly energetic, organic and authentic rhythms that were so novel to a generation of partygoers.

Yet at the height of all this in the mid 2000s Dylan became swept up in the worldwide poker boom and found himself at a crossroads with dual careers. Maintaining both for nearly a decade, he decided to relocate to South Florida in 2012 to take poker more seriously and music took a back seat. By 2020, Dylan’s poker talent would bring him over $1 million in cash and tournament winnings. Then the pandemic hit, the world ground to a halt and everything was reset as he noticed fans begging for his return, bringing him to yet another crossroads…

So let’s reset.

Dylan’s exposure to multiple forms of music began at the age of 16 getting his first job working at his local record store on Long Island, NY. He quickly gravitated to electronic music, heavily inspired by what New York’s FM airwaves had to offer well before the hiphop era would take over. That summer he would sneak out to NYC and into his first club experience, The Limelight, where he instantly fell in love with its debaucherous environment and DJ booth, which he vowed to get into.

By graduation in 1993 he was beyond hooked. Before heading off to college, he took that summer to intern at a few Manhattan based labels: Todd Terry’s Freeze Records, as well as Astralwerks and Instinct Records. All the while insatiably crate digging through NY’s various vinyl shops, Dylan’s teen self was already swimming in local contacts and influences.

But college awaited, and throughout his time at Boston’s Emerson College (obtaining a degree in audio engineering) he launched a weekly radio mix show called “Underground 88” on WERS 88.9 FM through 1997, working his contacts and continuing to hone his technical skills live on air. During these formative years Dylan maintained working at various vinyl shops in NY and Boston doggedly advancing his exposure to every genre imaginable, thus contributing to his encyclopedic knowledge of electronic dance music and all of the wide-ranging influences it would bring him. As a byproduct, his position enabled him to recommend tracks to and influence the taste of bedroom DJs and a myriad of luminaries alike.

Through these years, he even made good on his promise to play at The Limelight before it shuttered, as well as other infamous New York megaclubs like The Tunnel, Twilo and Save The Robots. And thanks to his stint as assistant engineer at The Looking Glass Studios where David Bowie was recording his latest album in 1997, Dylan was hired to DJ Mr. Bowie’s private 50th birthday party after his sold out birthday performance at Madison Square Garden.

But by the turn of the millennium it was off to the races and Dylan was spending more time on the road than at home, as he found himself in demand not only in Spain, but also in The Netherlands headlining the Awakenings festival three times, as well as other major events and festivals in Germany, Brazil, Japan, and Colombia, spreading his unique form of techno gospel one city at a time. 

Between journeys Dylan made the most of his audio degree by building out his own studio in Brooklyn, releasing a handful of original releases and remixes on some of America’s more influential labels of the era: François K.’s Clicktracks; Ascend; Blueline; Remains; and Ultra Records. Even after moving to South Florida in 2012, Dylan continued to work on remixes for other Spanish and European labels.

Then as Dylan began to go dark quietly diving head first into South Florida’s world of high stakes poker, he made sure to finalize the curation of his life’s work on his website and SoundCloud page, with that nagging feeling he would one day return…

That day arrived in 2021 when Dylan decided to look for work as a local DJ in Fort Lauderdale and its saturation of gay nightlife. His bimonthly residency at the legendary Ramrod helped pave his way back, growing just as comfortable in today’s booths as he did 20 years prior.

After a couple years of this and then launching The Techno Files podcast, he realized it was time for more. So in 2025 Dylan decided to relocate once again, this time to the birthplace of where it all began: Detroit.

Within his first year as Detroit resident, Dylan was already playing events for Detroit Techno Militia & Bang Tech 12, along with multiple appearances at Spot Lite, Spkrbox & TV Lounge.

New York-born, Miami-tested, now Detroit-welcomed: Dylan Drazen is primed and ready to return to the world’s electronic stage showing modern audiences how 30 years of sonic mastery, experience and musical influence can be put on brilliant display in a single set.