Techno Files by Dylan Drazen

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After her phenomenal set at Stone Techno Festival, Adriana Lopez also delivers the next 60 minutes for our T3R Hyperspace series. The Colombia-born Barcelona-based artist is taking us on an exciting excursion through musically dark spheres accompanied by powerful drum structures. Get in and experience an incredible ride!

T3R Hyperspace 43 - Adriana Lopez (Grey Report)

Tresor (German for safe or vault) is an underground techno nightclub in Berlin and a record label.

History:

The club was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former department store Wertheim at Leipziger Strasse 126-128 in Mitte, the central part of East Berlin, next to the Potsdamer Platz. The history of the club goes back to 1988 when the electronic music label Interfisch opened the Ufo Club in Berlin. Ufo was the original centre of Berlin house and techno, but due to financial problems that club closed in 1990.
After Ufo closed, Interfisch's head, Dimitri Hegemann, and some investors in the club found the new space in East Berlin. This was advantageous timing, as it was only a few months before Germany unified. The vaults under the Wertheim department store proved to be the perfect location for a club, and Tresor quickly became the place to be in Berlin. Tresor continued to be a popular club, having expanded and reconstructed continuously several times to include an outdoor garden area, and a second "Globus" floor. The Tresor floor in the basement was reserved specifically for hard techno, industrial and acid music, while Globus was featured mainly more mellow house sound. The record label Tresor Records was founded soon after the club first opened, in October 1991. Featured artists on the label include Jeff Mills, Blake Baxter, Juan Atkins, Robert Hood, Drexciya, Stewart Walker, Joey Beltram, DJ Surgeon, Pacou, Cristian Vogel and many others.
In 2004 the documentary "Tresor Berlin: The Vault & the Electronic Frontier" was released. Directed by Mike Andrawis, it features interviews with Hegemann, Carola Stoiber, and DJs & artists associated with the club & label. The film covers the period from Hegemann's involvement with the Fishladen and UFO clubs in Berlin-Kreuzberg to the final months prior to Tresor's closure.
Tresor closed on 16 April 2005, after several years' prolonged short-term rent. The city sold the land to an investor group to build offices on the Leipziger Straße location. It was open for each night of April 2005, with the final event starting the Saturday night with queues stretching all the way down the road, and still going Monday morning.
Tresor reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the combined heat and power plant Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte in Köpenicker Straße. 
Since November 2019 the club has a subsidiary in the city of Dortmund called Tresor.West. 
In September 2022, Tresor published a photobook, Tresor: True Stories, to document the past 30 years of its history.

Christian Wunsch Live @ Tresor, Berlin Germany 14-02-2004

Hold on tight and listen back to 90 minutes of wavering fierce techno by The Advent, live-recorded at Circolo Amelia: you are in for a treat!

The London-based veteran can be described in many ways: a pioneer, a sound designer, an icon, an outsider... Mostly though, he is known for his interpretation of what we call Techno, as he represents everything about it that we’ve learned to love.

The Detroit aficionado offers clobbering compositions, scratchy textures, and punishing mechanical rhythms: his sets are packed with peak-hour frequencies, driving loops and a whole lot of renegade, merciless energy.

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CLOSERcast #076 - THE ADVENT

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

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

Digging deep into the 90s crates on episode 006 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.

I wanted to do an episode of some earlier “pre golden era” techno, to give a sense of the experimentation that went on before the scene exploded, sampling sounds that survived the test of time. It’s easy to forget where we came from, but these formative beats were the underpinnings of what would become.

Featuring music from: Petar Dundov; Bandulu; DJ Ze Mig L; Marco Carola; Cari Lekebusch; Dylan Drazen & Tim Xavier; and 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 | 006

An hour of my finest peak hour material on episode 008 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.

If you were to ask me to close my eyes and imagine a pile of my strongest peak hour records from the golden era, most of these would make the cut. I should be spreading them across multiple episodes, but I just couldn’t help myself. I toured and played with these bad boys so many times. Very proud of this group of effective bangers! They belong together forever.

Featuring music from: DJ Shufflemaster; Jörg Henze; Alexander Kowalski; Marco Zaffarano; Rob Acid; Sascha Müller & 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 | 008

Speedy J at Dalma Festival
6-7 December 2024

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Speedy J at Dalma Festival 2024

On every 2nd sat to sun night from 02.00-04.00h, I present you fresh tunes in my monthly Radio Show on the Irish national and biggest Radio Station RTE 2FM.

THE S FILES WITH S-FILE - 16.03.2025  #80
01. Temudo - When I Grow Up [Fuse]
02. Uncertain - Collapse [H-Productions]
03. Mark Broom - Swarm [Beard Man]
04. S-File - Clipz [GND Records]
05. Uncertain - Dirt [H-Productions]
06. Mark Broom - Wasp [Beard Man]
07. SLV - Signature [Mitsubasa]
08. Uncertain - Outline [Illegal Alien]
09. DisX3 - Collision [Recorded Things]
10. Br!nk - Twentyfourhours [Splatter]
11. The Miller - Arges [H-Productions]
12. S-File - Squash [GND Records]
13. DisX3 - Black Shadows [Recorded Things]
14. Uncertain - Harm [H-Productions]
15. Dynamic Forces - Moralism [Dark Machine Funk]
16. Insolate - Full Disclosure [Out of Place]
17. Luciano Esse - One of Us (Mark Broom Remix) [Beard Man]
18. Roku - Acid Amnesia [Hardgroove]
19. Truncate - Dust 3 [Truncate]
20. Altinbas - Venus Ballroom [Token]
21. DJ Plant Texture - Swingers [Emerald]
22. Mark Williams - Your Eyes [Hardgroove]
23. Contakt - Contrast [Malör]
24. Ben Sims - Light The Fuse (Firecracker Mix) [Fuse]
25. Mark Broom - Ranger [RSPX]
26. Phara - Sorry, I'm Overslept [Fuse]
27. Border One - Motion [Fuse]
28. Forum - Claymore [Emerald]
29. Mark Williams - Take My Love [Hardgroove]
30. Uncertain - Pains [Kneaded Pains]
31. Mark Broom - Roots [Beard Man]
32. Operator - Deliberate [Illian Tape]
33. Contakt - Misconception [Malör]
34. The Miller - Compact
35. Casual Treatment - Not The One You Thought (Locked) (Vinyl Version) [TH Tar Hallow]
36. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Det Duger [Symbolism]
37. Operator - Mall to Beach 80 [Illian Tape]
38. Remco Beekwilder - Antiruffa [Emerald]
39. Mark Broom - Ditch (Broom's Tweaked Remix) [Beard Man]
40. Gene Richards Jr - Slanging [Truncate]
41. DJ Deeon - Freaks (DJ Bruce Lee Edit) [unreleased]
42. Gary Beck - Video Siren (Mark Broom Remix) [BEK Audio]
43. Dave Angel - May I Have This Dance [RSPX]
44. Downside - Cosmos in Motion [Fuse]
45. Private Press - Big Shell Incident [Hardgroove]
46. Uncertain - Advice [Xerie]
47. Deano & Faretrade - DFT001A1 (Border One Remix) [Knowledge Imprint]
48. Justyn Nell - Amaranth [Token]
49. Metapattern - Tracers [Float]
50. Rheak - Suction Mouth [Aesir]
51. Jamie Bissmire - Metronomic Mindset [Molecular]
52. Sev Dah - Futura [OOM]
53. Phase - Rideout (Mark Broom Remix) [Modwerks]
54. Hurdslenk - Span [Unterwegs]
55. Deetron presents Soulmate - Filter (Body Mix) [Ilian Tape]
56. Deetron - Pulse [QR]
57. Ryan James Ford - Dimples [Clone Basement Series]

The S Files

The S Files with S-File [RTE 2FM] (16.03.2025) #080

XRDS REC013 — Assailants (Ben Sims b2b Truncate)

Recorded live at the 'Viaduct' stage during XRDS festival 2024.

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Assailants (Ben Sims b2b Truncate) at Viaduct — XRDS24

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KNINE
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Mastered by: 
Nicolas Vogler 
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Grimace

Far From Reality [NBF 025] // Orbital  EP

Minimalistic tension rendered in sonic form. Charged textures shimmer beneath the surface, intertwining with subtle rhythms. A track for moments of quiet anticipation, when breath is held and the unknown awaits.

As night falls, the sounds of nature grow louder – even on distant planets. Echoes of unknown creatures pierce the darkness, while a long-dwelling surveillance unit quietly responds: all systems normal – for now.

Ventomora

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.

25 years in business 
Vinyl + Diggi + Roland Groovebox + Sampler
Techno , Hard , RAW , Deep , Groove , Detroit, etc.

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The Techno Files | 008

Dylan Drazen

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