It is a pleasure and a privilege to play Pig Dance at Ramrod in Fort Lauderdale. My last one was 18 months ago, which was another 18 months after I decided to come back onto the DJ scene. This 5-hour set turns my Ramrod residency upside down as I attempted to take the best of what has worked there over the last year, giving them the kind of consistent energy levels that’s difficult to maintain for a full night. The evening did not disappoint!

Pig Dance 2 (May 4, 2024)

Dylan Drazen Sets

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Stroke. Obey. Edge. Drool

This isn't just music-it's a stroke ritual built to brainwash and break you.

Gooner hypnosis. Bator training. Techno filth. Cum denial.

By the end, you're not even stroking anymore-

you're worshipping the fucking beat.

No safe word. No escape. Just the spiral.

Built for pigs, baiters, doms, drones, and the boys who can't stop touching

Feral Beat

TECH HOUSE

Cool mixes

Gay Gym Bops

Tracklisting from #Pooliepfr

Unknown 727' (WHITE LABEL)
Mr. G 'G Beatz 4 Yo Mind' (PHOENIX)
Olav Basoski 'Opium Scumbag' (WORK)
G Flame 'Take My Back' (ALPHA)
Jamie Anderson 'Can't Stop Jammin' (ARTFORM)
Mr 9 'Bomb' (JERICHO)
Bad Boy Bill 'Funk' (WHITE LABEL)
Lil' Louis and The World 'I Called U' (WHITE LABEL)
unknown 'Psykik' (WHITE LABEL)
Insense 'Gennelex' (TRI LAMB)
Mathmos 'Mathmos' (FFRR)
DJ Shufflemaster 'Slip Inside You' (TRESOR)
Electric Deluxe 'Plus 8' (PLUS 8)
Stay 'Where My Guerillas At?' (RAID)
Ben Simms 'Manipulated' Hairgroove edit (PRIMATE)
Ben Simms 'Manipulated' remix 1 (PRIMATE)
Samuel L Session 'A Bastard's Work Is Never Done' Deetron Playmate rework (PHONT MUSIC)
Samuel L Session 'Centrarique' Samuel L's Vibe mix (CYCLE)
SL5 'Cato Groove' (WHITE LABEL)
unknown '7th Question' (WHITE LABEL)
unknown 'Funk' (WHITE LABEL)
Insense 'Bushwacka' (TRI LAMB)
Jake and the Electric Nude 'Reposession' (BLUE FACE)
Rino Cerrong 'Optical Way' (RELENTLESS)
1st Bass 'Slam Me Down' (WHITE LABEL)
SR1 'Energie' (NEUTRIN)
Unknown Join In The Chant' (WHITE LABEL)
V/A 'Recycled By Umek' (WHITE LABEL)
Marco Cannata 'Controsenso' (WHITE LABEL)
Monika Kruse 'Ware 2' (WHITE LABEL)
Hardgroove 'Busy' (HARDGROOVE)

Essential Mix 2001- Richie Hawtin, Live At Sankey's Soap, Manchester

1. LIZOT ft. Holy Molly - Menage A Trois (Sagi Kariv remix)
2.  Jackinsky Feat. Suzanne Palmer - Heaven In You (Sagi Kariv remix)
3. Kim Petras - Future Starts Now (Sagi Kariv remix)
4. Shakira - Don't Wait Up (Sagi Kariv remix)
5. Little Mix - Confetti (Sagi Kariv remix)
6. Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd - Moth To A Flame (Sagi Kariv remix)
7. Sagi Kariv & Micky Friedmann Feat. Daniel Yafe - Self Control
8. Latifa - Fil Kam Yom ili Fato (Sagi Kariv remix)
9. Narcotic Thrust - The Sound Of Violence  (Sagi Kariv remix)
10. Amber - Sexual (Sagi Kariv remix)
11. Sagi Kariv Feat. Bjorn - Spin
12. Sagi Kariv  Feat. Chen Aharoni - Forever Young

Sagi Kariv - Welcome 2022

Mix recorded on MODEL 1 @ The Warehouse Project - Manchester, UK 16.10.2021
Sound Mastering by Konstantinos Georgiou aka Kostas Richter

Tracklist
1. Raul Young - Hangar C (Original Mix)
2. Hybrasil - Nera - HBL
3. Francesco Terranova - Resilient
4. Uto Karem & Hollen - Dance
5. HOF - Dark Passenger (Original Mix)
6. Layton Giordani - Hyper World (Original Mix)
7. Arjun Vagale - Stigmata
8. Thomas Schumacher - Hype (Original Mix)
9. Skov Bowden - Nimby (Original Mix)
10. Eats Everything - Space Raiders (Luciid Remix)
11. Monovsn - Vanishing Point (Original Mix)
12. Coyu - This Is Raw Motherfucker (Original Mix)
13. Pablo Wesler - Laurie Strode (Original Mix)
14. Drunken Kong feat. Theo Nasa - The Feeling (Original Mix)
15. Ben Champell - Filthy Chords
16. HISS - Confess
17. HISS - Inquisition
18. Jay Clarke - Functionalism (Chontane's Defunction Mix)
19. ASKE - Lipperhey
20. Ben Champell - Brainworm
21. DJ Dextro - Not An Influencer (Original Mix)
22. Cassulle - Crasso I
23. Franz Jäger - Animales Males
24. Levon Vincent - Bells Phase (Original Mix)
25. Shekon - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (Original Mix)
26. Monobox - Forwardbase Kodai (Robert Hood Re-Plant)
27. u.r.trax - Dying Generation
28. Ocktawian- After The Ice A Rocky Core
29. Clouds - Fossil Archive

Sound Mastering by Konstantinos Georgiou

Richie Hawtin -The Warehouse Project - Manchester, UK 16.10.2021

Palm Springs Jacks Poenisify slow bate audio

Recorded live at Eagle in Wilton Manors, FL

With music from: Franck Roger; Kevin Yost; Rick Silva; Felix Leiter; Ben Walsh; Mark Franciulli & more.

For the full 5-hour set, head this way: https://www.mixcloud.com/dylandrazen/eagle-uncut-apr-2022/

Eagle (Apr, 2022)

Techno craftsman Andrei Morant holds a focus as sharp and abductive as his sound.  A paramount figure in the Houston underground since the early 90s, the North American artist also known as Jack Mackrel quickly established himself as a professional.  Morant started DJing in 1986, and only three years after his first gig in 1990, embarked on his production career.  Over 50 releases later, he is now recognized world round for his catalog of insurgent beats, and is featured on respected labels such as Planet Rhythm Records , Starkstrom Schallplatten, and Gynoid Audio.  Never faltering in his commitment to innovative techno, Morant unleashed a creature of his own machination – Scope Recordings.   His new label and recent production endeavors reflect his weighty history, as well as his knowledge of avant media and style, resulting in a finely tailored, powerful impression.

*Tracklist not available

5 Questions Interview:

1.  You've been around as a DJ for a long time, starting in 1986.  What was the impetus for starting back then and what kind of music were you playing?       

I started playing the drums at a very early age, 3 or 4 years old i think, by the time I was 15 I had really gotten into dance music, being introduced to it by my older brother and his friends, they where avid clubbers and collectors of records. I basically became the resident d.j. at all of their house parties, which where about twice a week.  I was playing all the typical 80's dance tracks from the time.

2.  Fast forward 28 years and here you are, still at it.  In fact, this Studio Session you just played at a certain well known club in Berlin is clear evidence.  How was that show, and in all your time as a DJ, how does it rank?       

It was great, staff is extremely professional and accommodating. The crowd is intense and very responsive, everyone there dances their ass off!!  I will say that playing from 9 am till noon on a Sunday afternoon is a different experience all together.  As far as how I would rank it, man I really have no idea.  I've had so many great gigs over the years, it's really hard to make a list.  But it'd definitely be way up there.

3)  Being involved in DJing and producing Techno for as long as you have, are there times where you've ever wanted to walk away from it?       

Yeah, actually I have walked away twice.  The first time was in about 1993 I quit for about three years, I still dabbled in the studio but was not really active in the music scene. Then in 2004 I quit again, I had extremely busy years before and kind of got burnt out.  The lifestyle is a lot harder then most people imagine.  I think it's important to have a balance  between family life and your music career, and I feel now i can do it the way I want, take the gigs I want, make the music I want ,when I want to.  Music is not my career it's my hobby now and I have a lot more freedom and have a clearer head, no pressure.

 4)  What's your message to people when it comes to staying inspired and interested in all things Techno?         

For me it's just finding those tracks, you know the ones you hear and you say to your self "Well shit, back to the drawing board for me". Those are the thing that keep me inspired.  There are thousands of great techno producers out there and everyone of them is an inspiration to me.

5) Here at From 0-1 we are happy to have you on board as an artist, not only for this exclusive podcast, but also as a remixer for Milkplant's 'This is not Reality' 12" EP coming midyear.  Are there any other notable releases you have in the works you can leak to us right now?

Ha ha, you should have asked me two months ago, I had tons of releases , 'Falling Down' on my imprint Scope Recordings, and 'Density' also on Scope.  A great E.P. 'No Sterile Plans' on Take More Music, also I just had my debut release on Naked Lunch "Game Over".  A remix for DJ Shiva on Different is Different, remix for Unn on Teggno, pretty much all in the last 6 weeks. I do have about 4 E.P.'s I'm compiling for other labels right now but I can't really go into them. Oh! I'm returning to one of my my old label groups run by a very good friend of mine from the late 90's, currently working on some 133 bpm bangers that will be sure to "PUNISH" some dance floors. Very excited about that. All in all i can say that I am having a blast, and really excited about the future.


Andrei Morant (Live in Berlin)- From 0-1 Studio Session Vol 067

When you say Techno, you say Ben Sims! Simple as that, prove me wrong! Here are some of his finest Hardgroove Techno sets from the past! Enjoy!

With over 20 years experience under his belt, Ben Sims has a well-deserved reputation as one of the world's most in-demand and leading techno DJs - a tight, energetic mixer who skilfully weaves together his own distinctive blend of tough funk and hardg..
From early formative days earning his stripes spinning hip hop, house and rave on pirate radio, and at parties around Essex and East London, through the 90's as an ever more in demand DJ, and on into the new millennium as a label boss, producer and internationally recognised techno legend in his own right, Ben Sims has spent all his conscious life exploring all facets of underground dance music 

Throughout that time, the man has honed his reputation as a tight, energetic mixer who skilfully weaves together his own distinctive blend of tough funk and hardgrooves, often using three-deck wizardry and plenty of dexterity.  Be it at clubs like Fabric London, Atomic Jam, Berghain, Florida 135, or any number of festivals around the world, Sims' sets are powerful, memorable, and unique, while constantly pushing the boundaries of a DJ set - utilising a   mesmerizing blend of vinyl, CDs, and software.

As well as carving a reputation as one of the world's leading techno DJs, Ben has curated many of his own revered labels over the years.  Chief amongst them is Theory - an imprint this year celebrating it's 40th release, that counts amongst it's supporters contemporary connoisseurs like Marcel Dettmann, Ben Klock, and the old guard of Dave Clarke, Robert Hood, Rolando and more - proof, then, that Sims is on the form of his life production wise.

Riding high on the wave of critical acclaim from his cultured debut long player on Drumcode, 2011's Smoke & Mirrors, an album that voyages into Sim's unique take on techno, coupled with authentic house outings, thanks to guest appearances from Chicago's Tyree Cooper and Detroit's Blake Baxter, whilst also showcasing plenty of dubbed-out and grainy textures.

Sims has put his name to more than 50 releases in the last two decades.  During those years, there has also been a steady stream of high profile remixes of scene heavyweights, including Jeff Mills, Adam Beyer, Kevin Saunderson and Chris Liebing, on labels du jour like AXIS, KMS, CLR and Drumcode, all of which have won as much critical praise as they have crossover success. 

Despite his veteran status in the scene, Sims has always been keen to evolve.  Alongside Kirk Degiorgio, he is co-founder & curator of Machine - a clubnight which focuses on new, unreleased, & upfront music; it's primary home in London, but with editions all across Europe each year. His 'Run it Red' radio show, broadcast via NTSlive and podcasted afterwards, also serves to solely highlight new music.

Ben Sims @ Zoo Club - Cuenca - Spain 05-02-2010 

Ben Sims Live @ Zoo Club, Cuenca Spain 05-02-2010

Room Full Of Penisboys

A couple hours from my all night set at Ramrod FTL’s Underground Invasion party, containing more drummy deep-tech and sweaty tribal.

With music from: DJ Wady; Rick Silva; Stanny Abram; Danny Snowden; Luigi Rocca; Manuel De La Mare & more.

For the full 5-hour set, head this way: www.mixcloud.com/dylandrazen/underground-invasion-oct-21-2023/

Underground Invasion (Oct 21, 2023)

DJ Zinc - Ska

DJ Zinc - Casino Royale

I wrap things up with more NY inspired tech-house, a few updates on some of my favorite classics, followed by some nostalgic melodies. By the very end, the small group that remained paid me an ovation that left me a little stunned and emotional. It takes years to cultivate local support like this, and it’s something I’ll never forget.

With music from: M.Rodriguez; Frankie Bones; Todd Terry; Angel Heredia; Mabel Caamal; DJ Gregory & more.

Pig Dance 2 (Part 3: For Me)

The meat of the night features the nastiest tech, tribal, ny_drumz and jackin’ house I could dig out my library from over the past year, along with some fresh goodies, bookended every hour or so with a progressive breather. I hit them over the head with all kinds of energy and exactly what I’d want to feel if I were dancing in the middle of that sweaty mayhem.

With music from: David Tort; Siwell; Rossweisse; DJ Wady; Chris Child; Johnny Vicious & more.

Pig Dance 2 (Part 2: Furious Jumping)

I usually need to open my all night sets at Ramrod more gradually as the crowd slowly shuffles in. Not so during the monthly Pig Dance, where the club is visually and sonically transformed into a more high profile affair. The place was packed by 10:30 and the opening couple of hours of this set represents my vision of what opening tracks should be on a big night. Certain sounds that hype and beckon the crowd in, setting up what’s to come during peak hours.

“Here They Come!” is a quote from a documentary about Junior Vasquez during the peak of his career in the early 90s when he’d play Sound Factory every Saturday. He was filmed from the booth shouting this to the camera early in the night. There is something special about being the only DJ on the night, and as his crowd filed in early as well, he knew what he was going to deliver to those happy folks some hours later.

With music from: Matteo Dentone; Norty Cotto; Rick Silva; DJ PP; Italobros; Gabriel Rojas & more.

Pig Dance 2 (Part 1: Here They Come!)

Ed Rush & Optical - Pacman (Ram Trilogy Remix)
Virus Recordings
VRS010
2002
http://www.discogs.com/Ed-Rush-Optical-Universal-Project-Pacman-Ram-Trilogy-Remix-Vessel/release/43123

Buy: http://www.trackitdown.net/genre/drum_and_bass/track/497759.html

Ed Rush & Optical - Pacman (Ram Trilogy Remix)

Here comes episode 002 of The Techno Files, a podcast showcasing the golden era of techno that drove me hard from the late 90s through the mid-2000s. All tracks are remastered hifi encodings from my personal vinyl library.

On this one we go a little deeper and darker to ramp things up because episode three is going to get a little nuts. But these more minimal tracks come through so warm and punchy. I’m very happy with the overall sound of these digital transfers.

This episode features music from: Olga+Jozef; Steve Stoll; Patrik Skoog; Mike Humphries; Raoul Delgardo; Fanon Flowers & more.

For full tracklistings and more, head to my website: www.dylandrazen.com

For No Talk All Techno version, head exclusively to my Mixcloud page: mixcloud.com/dylandrazen

The Techno Files | 002

Let the madness begin with episode 003 of The Techno Files, a podcast showcasing the golden era of techno that drove me hard from the late 90s through the mid-2000s. All tracks are remastered hifi encodings from my personal vinyl library.

Now we’re getting into the meat of my collection, and some manic tracks that really defined the sound I was touring with between 2000 and 2004. A few of these also appeared on my 2001 mix “High Heel Techno.” Some pretty beat up vinyl required lots of TLC but they come through sounding as clean as ever. I close it out focusing on the mad genius called Invexis from Germany.

This episode features music from: Gennaro Le Fosse; Gaetano Parisio; The Advent; Andreas Kremer; Paul Damage; Invexis & more.

For full tracklistings and more, head to my website: www.dylandrazen.com

For No Talk All Techno version, head exclusively to my Mixcloud page: mixcloud.com/dylandrazen

The Techno Files | 003

Free Download

Mike Stud - Leave The Night On Remix (produced By Louis Bell)

100 guys in a warehouse space, circled up in chairs and benches, going deep on it...

GSwine coaches 100 bators @ live party, Dec24

Total Science - Nosher (Baron's I Know A Little Spot Remix)

After attending so many years, what a privilege it was to play my first Bang Tech 12 party at Bookies in Detroit, an annual tradition the day before the Movement Festival. This was an hour of some of my favorite “Techno Files” bangers, freshly cleaned for the podcast, so it was nice to really play them out. No looping, edits or effects, just me & a bag of vinyl on 2 decks.

Bang The Book (May 23, 2025)

Matrix & Fierce - Tightrope
Metro Recordings
MTRR007
2000
http://www.discogs.com/Matrix--Fierce-Tightrope-Climate/master/18471
Buy: http://www.beatport.com/label/metro-recordings/1248


Matrix & Fierce - Tightrope

It's strange that I never made a third Equator mix, since the two of these were pretty popular.  I was just coming down from the tribal bug that bit me pretty hard in 2001, and these mixes were basically my personal answer to where I thought it should go.

In 2003, I wrote:

"equator 2 was recorded on a friday night after eating some bad food. my stomach in knots, i made it a mission to do something constructive with the evening as it was cut short by a rare burger in 90 degree weather. it's best to mix when i don't know where my head is at, and here you have it. one part cunty beats, one part trippy minimal strangeness."

Recorded live at Tetanus Studio, Brooklyn 06.28.2003 

Serious Intention - You Don't Know (Joeski Dub) - Maya 
Tribalation - Do It To The Music - Big Chief 
Dub Monsters - Timewarp - Poodle 
Kevin Freeman - Musicinmylife - Low Pressings 
Logic Box - Home Car - Visitor 
Freaks - I'm An Angry Instrument - Wash House 
LawnChair Generals - One Thing - Westbound 
J&S Productions - The Lift Part 1 (Lance Desardi rmx) - Court Square 
Outta Limits - Mission Control (Montanari & Ruberto rmx) - Azuli 
Dr. Pompeii - Wish - 4th Floor 
Echomen - Thru 2 You (Nova Scotia rmx) - Hooj 
Loudeast - Sonido Profundo (gpal sweet amx rmx) - Shinichi 
Loudeast - Sonido Profundo (gpal etheral rmx) - Shinichi 
Loudeast - Sonido Profundo (loudeast rmx) - Shinichi

Equator 2 (2003)

Tibetan Mantra Bate

DAN SLATER - WHITE PARTY BANGKOK 2020 OFFICIAL PODCAST

AGM - The Big Opening Party
Friday, December 27th 2019 | 8pm till late
Dan Slater + Oscar Velazquez
GMM Live House @ Central World

White Party Bangkok's 5th Year Anniversary presents GARDEN OF EDEN with ADAM & STEVE

It all began in the ancient world with mythical creatures and mesmerizing nature, a magical place where the divine beauty of men was created along with the forbidden fruits! We're taking you back to the ORIGIN...where it all started.

Tickets: www.whitepartybangkok.com/tickets

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DJDanSlater

Instagram: www.instagram.com/danielsl8r

Bookings: info@DJDanSlater.com

DAN SLATER - WHITE PARTY BANGKOK 2020 OFFICIAL PODCAST

In advance of one of the biggest gay festivals in the world, I'm turning out a huge primetime set full of soaring vocals, epic melodies and my signature intensity in full effect. Catch me live during Sydney Mardi Gras at Sydney's Biggest Underwear Party on Thursday February 27th.

FREE DOWNLOAD
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PR057 :: DAN DE LEON :: SYDNEY MARDI GRAS << FREE DOWNLOAD

Re-recorded following my February set at BEYOND AFTERHOURS - WOOF XTRA
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BEYOND Afterhours

BEYOND WOOF XTRA (Feb 2020)

streamed with xxx visual during the online event Corona d'Amore 06.06.2020

DJ Popper Trainer - Satanic Hypno Sex

I Love Techno - Flanders Expo, Gent Belgium - 11-11-2000

From 19;00 hrs - 07:00 hrs

Line Up:

Red Room:

Dave Clarke
Jerome
Marco Carola
Rush
T-Quest
Technasia

Yellow Room:

Marco Bailey
Monika Kruse
Psychogene
Richie Hawtin
Speedy J

Blue Room:

Freddy F
Hell
Jeff Mills
Pierre
Valium

Orange Room:

Chess
Justin Berkovi
Miss Djax
Steve Rachmad
Sven Väth
Toni Rios

Green Room:

Carl Cox
Ghost
Pako & Frederik
Yves De Ruyter

I love Techno Gent Belgien  11.11.2000  CD 1

Jeff Mills Live @ I Love Techno, Flanders Expo, Gent België 11-11-2000 part 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.