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Dirty Epic welcomes aboard @insolate_official for its forty third episode of Amplify Series.

A veritable powerhouse of the Croatian techno scene Insolate has been
establishing a global presence as a DJ and producer for over 20 years
delivering as both a label boss at Out Of Place and the creative force
behind their electrifying TRAUM events.

Hailing from Osijek, Croatia, on the wide Croatian East – a town that at
first glance a heavy industrial atmosphere overshadows, she is making
her first steps as a DJ back in 1997 before taking over European and
worldwide clubs.

Her list of clubs and partys she played is impressive and includes
Berghain, Rex, Tresor, Under Club, Club d’Anvers, Unter, Exit Festival,
Tomorrowland, ADE and Dimensions Festival. Amongst many European
clubs she played numerous tours in Colombia and recently added USA,
China and Argentina to the list.

As a producer, she's had a string of releases on highly respected labels
including Ellen Alien’s Bpitch, Ben Sims’s Symbolism and Machine, DJ
Deep's Deeply Rooted, Marcelus’s Singular and Developer’s Modularz -
supported and played by some of techno's finest including Laurent
Garnier, DVS1, Dax J and Ilario Alicante. Also she released the stellar
Obscure Object Of Desire EP on JoeFarr's new User Experience imprint, EP
for a Suara and beautiful EP for Proletarijat, label run by Sev Dah. She
also contributed to Ben Sim’s compilation Tribology among giants as
Planetary Assault Systems, Oscar Mulero, Steffi etc. and also made super
interesting collaboration with french producer Arnaud le Texier and
released EP with him for Prodigal Son.

In 2019. she announced her debut album. The album Order is Chaos was
released as a double vinyl and contains 10 tracks with extremely interesting collaborations with MATRIXXMAN and singer SARA RENAR.
DJ Mag (UK) described album as “exciting journey thru trans-dimensional
vocals, acid drenched sequences and floor obligated bangers.”

In 2021. she started Online Production Masterclass right after attending
1U4 Leadership Academy when everything went online during pandemic
and no one could access classrooms - so we all switched to the virtual
ones.

Insolate is also a major contributor to the Croatian techno scene, so much
so that she was in Ibiza to receive the award for "Dance Nation of the
Year" at the DJ Awards on behalf of her nation. Her and long-time partner
in crime Volster also run the event series TRAUM in her native Osijek.
TRAUM events have cemented their place in the clubbing calendar with
quality artists like Paula Temple, Antigone, Cassegrain, Janice, Etapp Kyle
and Milton Bradley, just to name a few. The success of the TRAUM nights
caught the attention of Red Bull Music Academy and Dimensions – both of
which they have hosted official events for.

Insolate being an international messenger of techno was recognised by
Ambassador award that gave her a title "Croatia’s ambassador overseas"
for 2017 and also 2019. when she won 4 awards for the best DJ, single of
the year, remix of the year and again, ambassador overseas.

As a DJ, Insolate is well known for her no-compromise, pure-bred techno
sets. It's clear to anyone who's seen her perform that she's an artist with
a lot of experience but also plenty of inspiration and ambition, and a deep
knowledge of techno. She is simply a natural presence in a DJ booth. If
you've seen her play, you will know exactly what this means.

LINKS:

INSOLATE:
Soundcloud: @ insolate_official
Facebook: www.facebook.com/insolate.official
Instagram: www.instagram.com//insolate_official
RA: ra.co/dj/insolate

DIRTY EPIC:
Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DirtyepicLA
Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

Amplify Series 043 - Insolate

Episode 28 from Insolate, Live @ Peti Kupe (Zagreb, Croatia)

Insolate:
SC - @insolate_official
IG - instagram.com/insolate_official/
FB - facebook.com/insolate.official

MINDCAST 28 By Insolate

Polish Techno.logy | Podcast #243 | Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell
24.05.24

Legendary Duo

BIO:

Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell have been working together for 25 years and released their first record back in 2002.
Throughout the years, they have appeared on numerous classic, and legendary labels, either with solo work or as a duo, showcasing their broad spectrum of the techno genre.

Tracklist:

1  The Sixth Sense - Uhus Like To Smoke (ANAOH)
2  D.Dan - Organic Mechanism (summerpup)
3  Rene Wise - Caging Green (Moving Pressure)
4  Cari-Lekebusch - Flipping (H-Production)
5 Brackish - Toy Deathmarch (Unreleased)
6 Orion - Aulophobia (Absence of Facts)
7 Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Fuffens (Symbolism)
8 NØRBAK - Sopro (Token)
9 Downside - Untitled (XYS)
10 PS11 - Collapse (Selfe-Release))
11 BR!NK - Reach (EvilGroove)
12 AG-KW_Quadrizeps (Audiolabor)
13 Gonzalo MD - Aura Nova (MS)
14 Luis Ruiz - Regigantibus (Umgal)
15 Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Distansminut (Blueprint)
16 Kristian Heikkila-Shake It (Sway)
17 Lakej - Withdrawal (Solitär)
18 David Reina- TrES (Warm Up)
19 Mark Broom & Gene Richards Jr (Beardman)
20 Glenn Wilson & Staffan Ehrlin - Arghhh Yeah (Submissions)
21 Wetworks & Tatianna - The Arch Bishop (Darkmode)
22 DJ Godfather - Love, Detroit (Rolando bumpin' down Vernor Remix)

Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell:

https://soundcloud.com/alexanderjohansson
https://soundcloud.com/fridell
https://www.instagram.com/mattiasfridell/

Polish Techno.logy | Podcast #243 | Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell

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

Mila Black is a DJ specializing in groovy hypnotic techno, marked by an evolving sound that is sexy and dark. Her sets incorporate intricate rhythmic patterns and layered soundscapes, engaging listeners on the dance floor. Mila actively experiments with new sounds, pushing the boundaries of the genre while maintaining a focus on rhythm and groove.

Instagram 
https://www.instagram.com/milabl4ck/
SoundCloud 
https://soundcloud.com/milablack

LUST Series #54 Mila Black

Blank Code Podcast 194 – Luis Flores live at Interface | Scene Detroit 2015

Nuevos adictos a sus maquinas aparecen en Mecanofilia para dar un lanzamiento muy mexicano y lleno de desidia. Los sonidos son extraidos de el compilado de noise "Me Vale Verga" hecho por Red Hills, artista de mexicano, cuyos sonidos resonaron de más en el oído de Oneiromancer. No solo sus sonidos, sino este sentimiento compartido que no podría expresarse de otra manera más que con esta frase tan latina: ME VALE VERGA.

Sonidos extraños llevados a los territorios mentales propios de cada remixer, incluyendo el Techno offbeat más duro del mexicano Yurei, pasando por un Techno con tintes de Psy único como el de Blackjack. Bajando la intensidad con el remix de Reflective Surface (aka Magnum Opus) con tintes de Trap y Trip Hop, muy psicodelico. 
Cerramos el circulo con el sonido de Red Hills, quien reinterpreta según los laberintos de su mente en un noise con tufo a Autechre.

Support the label:
SC: https://soundcloud.com/mecanofilia
IG: https://www.instagram.com/m.e.c.a.n.o.f.i.l.i.a
BC: https://mecanofilia.bandcamp.com/music
BP: https://www.beatport.com/es/label/mecanofilia/128884


Support the artists:
SC: https://soundcloud.com/oneiromancer666
IG: www.instagram.com/o.n.e.i.r.o.m.a.n.c.e.r2/

SC: https://soundcloud.com/yurei1312
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yurei1312/

SF: open.spotify.com/intl-es/artist/1…t7ChukdnLy5AzBxD
IG: www.instagram.com/blackjack__dj

SC: https://soundcloud.com/magnum-opus-opus
IG: https://www.instagram.com/mgnumops

SC: https://soundcloud.com/rdhlls09?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
IG: https://www.instagram.com/rd_hlls09/


Release date: 27/11/2025

1. Oneiromancer X Red Hills - Me Vale Verga

Breath

Breathe (FREE DL)

revenge

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.