EPM Podcast 141 comes from UK producer, Blueprint label runner and DJ James Ruskin. A bastion for British Techno, Blueprint Records was originally founded in 1996 by James and the late Richard Polson and since then has continued to be at the forefront of cutting-edge labels. Entering its 25th year with a series of 3 12” EPs we are also delighted to have James involved with our own 20th celebrations this year with his track ‘There Was A Time’ as showcased in this new mix. Taking a more restrained and experimental techno path this set sees Ruskin bring the likes of VC-118A, Surgeon, Mal Hombre, Bambounou, Kerrie, Planetary Assault Systems (PAS), Shifted, Vril, Anodyne and more into the frame. 

Consistently releasing quality material through Blueprint since the label's mid-'90s foundation, Ruskin has also issued several full-lengths and EPs through German institution Tresor, including 2001's ‘Into Submission’ and 2008’s ‘The Dash’. In addition to releasing collaborations with Surgeon and Oliver Ho, Ruskin has also worked with Regis (Karl O'Connor) as O/V/R, and produced more experimental, IDM-leaning material with Mark Broom as the Fear Ratio with several albums featuring on Manchester’s iconic Skam label as well as the duo’s new Deadhand moniker which recently saw an EP released on Seagrave feat. DJ Prime Cuts and rapper Sensational. As a series of EP releases drops as part of the label’s 25 year celebrations and with several album projects in the pipeline, 2021 sees James firmly back in the production hot seat. Watch this space…

The Truncate and Ruskin EP ‘Sketch’ is out now whilst the Ruskin and Broom EP ‘Basement Jams 2’ (Blueprint) is released 11 June and EPM20 – EP1 (EPM) 28 May.

To read to the exclusive interview click here https://s.epm-music.com/3h4Ga42 

EPM Podcast 140 – Tracklist

James Ruskin - Drums Eyes
Shifted - This I Know
Surgeon - Berlin Disease
Two Shell - LabBaby
VC-118A - Lost
Mal Hombre - Periapsis
Bambounou - Craig Py
Kerrie - False Idols
Ruskin & Broom - Zone
PAS - Say It Loud
Truncate & Ruskin - Sketch 3
See Mask - Breathing Method
James Ruskin - Hang Up
Vril - Alte Seele
Skee Mask - Collapse Casual
Anodyne - We Are Not Ok (Primary Node Remix)
James Ruskin - There Was A Time
Ruskin & Broom - Latch
Mal Hombre - Aphellion
HLX-1 - Come To Me (13130 Space Project Remix)
Truncate & Ruskin - Sketch 1
Kaap - Razor
Rian Treanor	 - Vacuum Angle
Code 6 - Tempest
Ruskin & Broom - Twister
Anodyne - We Are All We Have (Autechre Mix)

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 EPM podcast # 141 - James Ruskin

EPM Podcast # 141 - James Ruskin

BEN SIMS pres SYNCHRONICITY. THE MIX
1. Gabriella Vergilov - In A Circle			     
2. Dotdat - In Circles		     
3. Eric Fetcher - OC24.3			     
4. Juan Sanchez - Q3 			     
5. ANNĒ - Monograph			     
6. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Ufna			     
7. Yakup Demirci - Tegmentum			     
8. Lisa Oakes - Warrior			     
9. Elyas - The Rock 			     
10. Insolate - Night Love			     
11. Rebecca Delle Piane - Yobe			     
12. George Tounisidis - The Tunnel 			     
13. Pushmann - Human Reactions		     
14. FLAWS - Harmony 			     
15. Anika Kunst - Mental Shaking		     
16. Kerrie - Dorians Groovebox			     
17. Elisa Bee - Miss Operator 			     
18. Anthony Doria - Tribute		     
19. Szmer - Old Fella			     
20. Gotshell - Sphyraena		     
21. Black Girl / White Girl - Galaxian		     
22. Paula Cazenave - Datura		     
23. Hemka - Great Basin 		     
24. Yant - Iridescence		     
25. Ritzi Lee - Tunnel Effect		     
26. Blasha & Allatt - Take Seven			     
27. Inox Traxx - Point Of No Return			     
28. Johannes Volk - Density			     
29. Private Press - Wiadomo Driven		     
30. Arnaud Le Texier - Bite The Hand		     
31. The Lady Machine - Swelter 		     
32. Lady Starlight - h09		     
33. Linear System - Redemption			     
34. Vinicius Honorio - All Bark, No Bite			     
35. Hemissi - Section AH		     
36. Joaquin Ruiz - Bounce		     
37. Industrialyzer - Jam 3			     
38. A Thousand Details - Rectifier Direct 			     
39. Cailin - One More			     
40. NDR - Under Calima

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BEN SIMS Pres SYNCHRONICITY : THE MIX

This is the CLR Podcast 323 with a set by Dispar Vulgo. Enjoy!

@dispar-vulgo

Tracklist - CLR Podcast 323 I Dispar Vulgo

Milo Raad - Turnover
Rene Wise - Tell Me
Phara - Six Is A Charm (Original Mix)
RONY Group - Lynx
Kerrie - Theta State
Ø[Phase] - Wire
KMYLE - Catharsis System (Drumcell Remix)
Linear System - Habitat Natural (Original Mix)
Psyk - Ritmico
Troy - The Rite
Temudo - Bully's Dead (Original Mix)
Pfirter - Iron (Original Mix)
Arthur Robert - Charisma
Dispar Vulgo - Daydreams of a Megalomaniac
Regent - Oil Rigger (Original Mix)
Toru Katsuta - Javelin Throw (Ø[Phase] Remix)
David Löhlein - Seyla
Phase Fatale & Silent Servant - Crashed Communion
Decka - Suplhur
Psyk - Spires
James Ruskin - From The Ashes 1
Kenji Hina - Stuck Off The Realness

CLR Podcast 323 I Dispar Vulgo

100% Jeff Mills for the festive break

Featuring: 

X-101
THE PURPOSE MAKER
OUR MAN IN HAVANA
BLADE RUNNER
X-102
THE BEAT MASTER
BAD ROBOT
LIFE LIKE
STEAM PIT

And more . . . 

Jeff Mills for Xmas [mix]

Trying something a little different this week, and dipping my toes into some modern waters on episode 005 of The Techno Files.

This time on the dark and atmospheric side, I’ll be giving a modern take every 5th episode for perspective and to keep things interesting. At the halfway mark I share a funny encounter I had while playing this very set at an odd private event in Miami.

Featuring music from: Linear System; S-File; _asstnt & Roll Dann; Justin Schumacher; Inigo Kennedy; Hertz & 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 | 005

Hypnotic Techno, German style techno influenced  Ben Klock, Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills, Drumcode, Amelie Lens

The Dark Trust - Single

The Dark Trust

Track: Tell the World About It (Rkeat remix)
Artist(s): Rkeat
Label: Exitus Records
Catalog: EXT009
Format: Digital + Vinyl
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Mastering: Eternal Midnight

Artist links: 
Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/S8JVpmcFDinpshhrys
Bandcamp: https://rkeat.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_rkeat/


Label links:
Soundcloud: @exitus-records
Bandcamp: exitus-records.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/exitus_records/




GTG Premiere | CucaRafa - Tell The World About It (Rkeat remix) [EXT009]

2025-08-08_Postrtraum

Here's a recording of myself and Sandrien playing b2b all night at London's Pickle Factory last June for the Kabuki night.

The next Kabuki takes place at London's Five Miles venue on May 11th with myself and Randomer all night long.

Tickets: http://bit.ly/SimsRandomerKabukiRA
Facebook: http://bit.ly/SimsRandomerFB

Ben Sims And Sandrien B2b @ Kabuki, Pickle Factory. London. June 2017

Surgeon DJ Set @ Aquasella 2019 (16 August - El Bosque_Carlsberg)

Stay Home Soundsystem 17
youtu.be/lC4gA8ImpK0

Jeroen Search x Speedy J live

Looking for the perfect beat.

@jeroensearch
@jochempaap

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SHS 17 Jeroen Search x Speedy J live

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.