Dylan Drazen

soulfull hose sessions

House / funky / electro / deep / classix

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AURRA "Satisfaction" Album Sampler

Recorded live at Industrial Copera - Granada, Spain - 01.16.2010

Industrial Copera (2010)

01. Felipe Avelar - Love You No More (Skibblez Remix)
02. DJ Zimmo - Disco Momma
03. James The Cat - Be With Me
04. Joey Chicago - Stay With Me
05. Kava Groove & Tom Forester - Get On High
06. Kobe & Wise D - I Like It
07. Fierce City - X Beat
08. The Phantom's Revenge - Charlie
09. Maxim Lebedev  - It's Just Magic
10. Syntheticsax - Ky Ky (Funky Truckerz Remix)
11. DJ Dan - Whores Play
12. Rick Marshall - Thinking About You (Dirty Freek Remix)
13. ATFC - Bad Habit (Stanton Warriors Remix)

House Mix 29.03.14

SOULFULL HOUSE MIX 02 04 2014

A recreation of the set I played on the Sunset boat party in may plus a couple more jams at the end. 

Mayday Mix

linkwood - nectarine - prime numbers
ben klock, precious system - in a while / the voice from planet love - dixon edit - innervisions
move d - untitled a1 feat. fragment - workshop
alland byallo - my city - alex kid remix - missive music
manuel tur - flanchetto - delusions of grandeur
henrik schwarz - chicago - mood music recordings
gadi mizrahi - can't stop this feeling - simple records
anton zap - basement groover - quintessentials
zepp001 - giraffe - delusions of grandeur
secondo - doktor pangloss - dreck records
phonogenic - my alesis - mood music records
the revenge + craig smith - the soul part 2 - delusions of grandeur
linkwood - r.i.p. - prime numbers

Kenneth Scott - Summer Mix

can't ever have enough of the local talent. as we say goodbye, here's a handful of true classics for some perspective on how long we have come. love is the only way. 

Presence feat. Shara Nelson - Sense Of Danger - Pagan 
Yolanda Wyns - I Know You, I Live You - Suburban 
Monday Michiru - Sunshine After The Rain - MAW 
Abstract Truth - Get Another Plan - Streetwave 
Can7 - Windjammer - ProgCity 
Larry P. Rauson - Love Is The Only Way - Vinylicious 
Tortured Soul feat. Christian Urich - I Might Do Something Wrong - Central Park 
Sun Kidz feat. Chance - Rescue Me (MAW mix) - white 
Kerri Chandler - Rain - Nervous 
Lil' Louis and the World - New Dance Beat - Polygram 
Double Exposure - Ten Per Cent (Ken Lou mix) - Salsoul 
Michael Jackson - Rock With You (Frankie's Favorite Club mix) - Epic 

Barbecue (Part 5) (2001)

I admit it, this set was not actually recorded live at a beach party, despite my old website's claim of it being "performed live at Jones Beach Field 6, June 2009."  In fact, it was one of the very first mixes I made using Ableton Live.  I forced myself to learn because I was laid up in bed for a week hopped up on pain killers after having all four wisdom teeth extracted.  I made good use of my time.

Gregory Del Piero - I Love You More (Laura Seduces Dylan) - Del 
JT Donaldson & Giom - Let's Make A Recrd (Lucas Keizer Remix) - Kolour 
Johnny Fiasco - The Message - Control 
Roed Svensk feat. Diana Waite - All Love You Need.. 
..(Raul Moros Old Skool Dub vs. Dylan's Message Beats) - Reelgroove 
Rasmus Faber feat. Dyanna Fearson - Give It To Me - Farplane 
Phunk Investigation feat. Kwesi - The Promised Land 
Sylvia Tosun & Loverush UK - 5 Reasons (Original Club Mix) - Sea To Sun 
Michael Woods feat. Inaya Day - Natural High (Dino Lenny Mix) - Legato 
Fruitcake feat. Ann Yung - Fudge (Stonebridge Club Mix) - Stoney Boy 
Lily Allen - The Fear (Stonebridge Club Mix vs Dylan's Fudge Beats) - EMI 
Hott 22 feat. Bonnie Bailey - No Promises.. 
..(Thomas Gold Mix vs Dylan's Fudge Beats) - Gossip 
Liquid Nation feat. Andrea Britton - Breathe Life - Hit! 
Rochelle - Fer De Lance (Cahill Remix) - Southern Fried 
ATFC feat. Rae - Give Me Luv (ATFC's Ocean Trench Mix) - Defected 
Cevin Fisher feat. Loleatta Holloway - You Got Me Burning Up - Stereo 
Giofriddo Brothers - The Music That We Play - Kult 
Meck feat. Dino - So Strong (Inpetto Remix) - Frinetic 
Sylvia Tosun & Loverush UK - 5 Reasons (Arnold T Dub) - Sea To Sun 
Schumann & kloss - Shabuka (Cressida Remix) - Euphonic 
Natasha Bedingfield vs. Chicane - Bruised Water (Adam K Dub) - Modena 
Jerry Ropero feat. Cozi Costi - The Storm (Inpetto Remix) - Positiva 
Deadmau5 + Kaskade - I Remember - Mau5trap 
Chymera - Umbrella (Beatless Mix) - Ovum

Beach Party 5 (2009)

No artwork, no tracklist, no nothing.  Just a spur of the moment mix I made in '99 as a bit of a precursor to Ultimately Deep.  The track at 18m remains one of my biggest influences.  I was a white label by I think Pal Joey.

Happy! (1999)

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)

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)

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

This one is for all my people who sing the stevie wonder song on birthdays!! (the song is really meant for Dr. Martin Luther King birthday,but black folks put a spin on it like usual lol)

Enjoy

Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday (KikupJ Remix)

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.