Live Techno Sets From Spain (2000-2010)

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Uncut - Midnight (Marcus Intalex And ST Files Remix)

Wyrus & Mario Montero - Turning The Page (Dylan Drazen Remix)

Performed live at Club Fabrik - Madrid, Spain - 12.19.2009

Fabrik (2009)

Recorded live at Industrial Copera - Granada, Spain - 01.16.2010

Industrial Copera (2010)

This mix spans the whole 18 years of the Hospital Records back catalogue since 1996. The mix is structured in chronological order and includes releases from every single year Hospital have been active (except 1997 sorry Son of David !) 

Tracklist 

Harp of Gold - Peter Nice Trio [1996]
Dirty Dozen (Original) - London Elektricity [1998]
Do You Believe (10 Speed Shimano Remix) - London Elektricity [1999]
Round The Corner (Origin Unknown V.I.P mix) - London Elektricity [2000]
Dub My Dreams (feat. Robert Owens) (Original) - London Elektricity [2001]
Down Low (Original) - London Elektricity [2002]
Global Love (Calibre Remix) - High Contrast [2002]
Global Love (Calibre VIP Remix) - High Contrast [2009]
Laughing Gas (Original) - Dagga [2002]
Touch (Original Mix) - Lee, Dkay [2002]
All Points West (Original) - Cyantific [2003]
Quiet Star (Original) - Cyantific [2004]
Nation 2 Nation (Original) - Q-Project [2004]
Lovesick (Original) - High Contrast [2004]
Fast Soul Music (Nu:Tone remix) - London Elektricity [2004]
Together (Original Mix) - Logistics [2004]
Move On - Seba & Paradox [2005] 
Free My Soul (Original) - SKC & Safair [2005]
Pulse 101 (Original) - Cyantific [2005]
Racing Green (Original Mix) - High Contrast [2004]
When Pilots Eject (Original) - The Cambridge 4 [2006]
Bounce (Original) - Logistics [2006]
Depth Charge (Original) - Logistics [2006]
Starting Over (Original) - Blu Mar Ten [2007]
Good Weather (Original) - Cyantific [2007]
If We Ever (Original Mix) - High Contrast [2007]
Tread Softly (Original) - High Contrast [2007]
Empty Streets (Original Mix) - Cyantific [2008]
Reincarnation Dub (Original) - Cyantific [2007]
96 (Original) - Logistics [2008]
Shock Out (VIP) - Danny Byrd [2008]
Jungle Music (Original) - Logistics [2009]
Warehouse (Original) - Logistics [2009]
Iron Heart - Netsky [2010] 
New Technique - Nu:Logic [2010]
Everyday (Netsky Remix) - Rusko [2011]
Last Frontier - TC [2011]
Missing Link - Nu:Tone [2011]
See the Light - S.P.Y [2012]
Oldy - S.I.N [2012]
The License (Break Remix) - Krome & Time [2012]
Blaze the Fire (Rah!) feat. General Levy (Stray Remix) - Danny Byrd [2012]
Wasteman (Original Mix) - Taelimb [2013]
Rise Again feat. Suku of Ward 21 (Original Mix) - S.P.Y [2013]
Mucky Business - S.P.Y [2014]
Lost Orbit (feat. Diane Charlemange) - S.P.Y [2014]
Triangles - Logistics  [2014]

Putting this mix together, I have come into a completely new appreciation of this amazing record label. I am sure some omissions will seem controversial, what would you have included? Any tunes you had forgotten about? Drop me a comment below. 

Happy 18th birthday Hospital !

Hospital Records - 18 Years History Mix [Drum & Bass]

The Techno Files is 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.

Inaugural episode includes music from: Ignition Technician; Paul Mac; Len Faki; Chris Liebing; Technosforza; DJ Olive & 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 | 001

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

Not letting up the gas on episode 004 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.

Consider this an extension to the last episode with equal intensity, with more tracks from “High Heel Techno” as well as my 2002 followup “No Carrier” with most tracks falling between 2000 and 2002.

Featuring music from: Deetron; DJ Shufflemaster; Clemens Neufeld; Stigmata; Michael Forshaw; Umek & 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 | 004

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)

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

Urban Kaos (2010)

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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)

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)

Hard techno set performed live in the Basque country.  Tens, tens, tens, tens, tens across the board!

Recorded live at Club Play, San Sebastian, Spain - 05.20.2006

Distek - Lonely - More Phunk Than Funk
D.A.V.E. The Drummer & KN - Work The Groove - Apex
D.A.V.E. The Drummer vs Marcello Perri - Hydraulix 33
DJ Preach - Oxygen - Relic
Eric Sneo - Ghostbuster - GS2
Eric Sneo - Mankind - Masters Of Disaster
Balthazar & Jackrock - Rockin' Dancefloor (Eric Sneo rmx) - Techhead
Eric Sneo - Holon - Masters Of Disaster
Melchior Sultana - Outside Business - Algophobia
Ogi - Obala - Patterns


Play (Part 1) (2006)

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)

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)

DANZA is a voyage of deep, tech, funk and soul, merging electronic cultures from around the globe.

Music by:
Dylan Drazen
Danny Valencia

This set was recorded live on:
Friday, February 22nd / 2013 at Bolivar (South Beach, Miami)

DANZA 1 - 22 Feb 2013 - Dylan Drazen & Danny Valencia

Here is Volume 3 of my Calibre Mix series, with all tracks from 2003.  This was certainly a vintage year from Calibre, and the year he started Signature Record.  Enjoy!

01. Calibre - Brother  [Defunked]
02. Calibre - Run Around  [Defunked]
03. Calibre - Soul 80
04. Calibre - Twister  [31]
05. Calibre - South Self  [Signature]
06. Calibre - Train Version  [Creative Source]
07. Toto - Amigo (Calibre Remix)  [Outcaste]
08. Calibre - Acrobat  [Signature]
09. Calibre - Its...  [Soul:r]
10. Calibre -  Rejack  [Creative Source]
11. Black Rain - Tonight (Calibre Remix)  [Scale]
12. Calibre, Zero Tolerance & Beta 2 - Layd Off  [Defunked]
13. Calibre -  Got To Have You  [Signature]
14. Calibre - Need It Want It  [Defunked]
15. Calibre - Makes Me Wonder  [Signature]
16. Calibre - Just Fine  [Creative Source]
17. Klute - Now, Always, Forever (Calibre Remix)  [Commercial Suicide]
18. Calibre - Peso  [Signature]
19. Calibre - Rockafella  [Critical]
20. Calibre - Hold Back - Jah  [Creative Source]
21. Mist:i:cal - Mistical Dub Part 2  [Soul:r]

More Mixes @ www.soundcloud.com/dozer

Calibre Vol.3 - 2003

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

Dylan Drazen Presents Miami Sessions: Vol. 1

What happens when the owner of a French restaurant in an exclusive part of Miami calls Dylan in a panic because his piano player called in sick? Chill, Bro!

Chill, Bro!

The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 - 2:00 AM UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music. The show has been presented since its inception by Pete Tong and features an uninterrupted two-hour mix from a different artist each week, overlaid with occasional continuity announcements delivered by Tong. With a broadcast run in excess of 25 years, the Essential Mix is one of the longest-running programmes in the current BBC Radio 1 schedule, and is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.

2004

Essential Mix 2004-03-21 - Marky & XRS

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.