mate, hearing what you are saying brings tears to me.... those moments.... cannot be replicated anymore... we were all lucky end of 1990s and starters of 2000s.... what a period....novadays I am begging for techno like this ....

dylan tiene un don, siempre lo ha tenido, se reconoce su música...

Techno Files by Dylan Drazen

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.

Live At Tresor Berlin Solid

Rolando Live @ Tresor, Berlin Germany 14-07-2002

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

Back to the modern landscape before we take a hiatus on episode 010 of The Techno Files.

That’s right, The Techno Files will be on hiatus until Q1 2025. Some exciting changes are afoot personally and professionally. For more on that tune to the end of the episode.

But for this mix, I’m raw dogging it once again with some deep, driving & atmospheric techno, which is where this old schooler’s modern tastes have been gravitating. It’s been a pleasure getting to know all these new artists & labels and many have reached out to me after being featured. This project has been highly rewarding and I don’t plan on stopping.

Featuring music from: Flug; Ramon Tapia; Michel Lauriola; Patrick DSP; Giacomo Stallone; Shlomi Aber & 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 | 010

March's Run it Red is here! Full tracklist, as always, is below so check the labels/artists where you can 👊🏻

Hit the charity links if you can, too...

Charity Link: fanlink.tv/Charities
Spotify Playlist: bit.ly/RUNITREDSPOTIFY
Upcoming tour dates: bit.ly/BenSimsBIT

BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 120. March 2025 (SC)

1. Smith & Mighty - Step Forward. Bristol Archive
2. Marshall Jefferson, Steve Mac & Sleezy D - In The Night. Nu Groove
3. Tom Carruthers - Zone. Synchrophone
4. Truncate - Where Do We Go. Activity FM
5. DJulz - Narcissistic Scratch (The Other Mix). Phonogramme
6. Anane - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Moplen Remix Drums Tool). Nervous
7. Satoshi Tomiie & Dopeus - 430am. Phonogramme
8. London Modular Alliance - A155. Private Parts
9. Kosh - Whiplash. Synchrophone
10. Tal Fussman - Waiting. COD3 QR
11. Christopher Rau - Duck Tales. MUJA
12. Santos - Lounge Sabotage. Tulpa Ovi
13. Insomniast - Lost All Track. W133
14. Olive T - Not A Dyke. Freeride Millenium
15. Zolpelar - Conga. Clone/Jack For Daze
16. Samuli Kemppi - Looking For A Way Out. Concrete
17. Alexi Delano - Lunar Illusion. Thoughts
18. George Cross - Weeping Tom. UKR
19. MERV - Stylus. Synchrophone
20. Tal Fussman - Life Itself. Rekids
21. Jen Cruz - Tubular. Raw Quarter
22. Urban CC - Shayga. Berg Audio
23. Rustal - Flower Brick. Blackcat
24. Lidvall - Overdosed. Ucker
25. DisX3 - Black Shadows (Oliver Rosemann Remix). Recorded Things
26. Arkan - Perception. Drawner
27. Pushmann - One Carnival. Truncate
28. Ecilo - Fractal Mesh. Voyager
29. Ricardo Garduno - Unknown Addiction. Thoughts
30. Small Solar System Body - The Higgs Mechanism. SoHaSo
31. Planetary Assault Systems - Rip The Keys (Luke Slater Reassembly). Mote Evolver
32. Endlec - Facing The Unknown. Renegade Methods
33. A. Paul - Constrain. Planet Rhythm
34. dc11 - Terribly Partial. TH Tar Hallow
35. Dmux - Distress Signal. Unknown
36. Tal Fussman - Release (Deetron Remix). Seven
37. ANNĒ - Unknown Signals. Different Sound
38. Yoikol - Penalty. Off Recordings
39. Rob Strobe - On the Horizon. Audio Emissions
40. Phil Berg - Menace. WSNWG
41. Cari Lekebusch - Freakout. Mind Medizin
42. Small Solar System Body - Quantum Chromodynamics. SoHaSo
43. DJ Surgeles - Fanfare For The Common Man. Recorded Things
44. Fhase 87 - Minimalism 01. Symbolism (Forthcoming)
45. NNE - XX 23. Molecular
46. Arthur Robert - Schwartzschild Radius. Anima
47. Kashpitzky - Elevate. Be As One
48. dc11 - A Vast Reserve of Indifference.  TH Tar Hallow
49. Alexander Johansson, Mattias Fridell - Skura. MORD
50. Alexander Johansson, Mattias Fridell - Spanaren. Lomsk
51. Seddig - Stoke. Symbolism (Forthcoming)
52. Mark Broom - Do It Right. RAW.
53. DJ Sun - Layers Of Emptiness. Otium
54. DisX3 - Collision. Recorded Things
55. Deano - Grit. Knowledge Imprint
56. Slam - Infiniti Spaces. Soma
57. Fixon - Funky Business. ANOAH
58. Zolpelar - 909 Samba. Clone/Jack For Daze
59. Ben Sims - 808 Flex. Unreleased
60. Dario Zenker - Vitalizer. Ilian Tape
61. Small Solar System Body - Particle Pulse. SoHaSo
62. Oisel - Mote. EVOD
63. DJ Plant Texture - Cycles. Tresor
64. Surgeon - Triple Threat	. Tresor
65. K-Deey - Manifesto (Arnaud Le Texier Remix). Void Rhythm
66. Slam - Morganatic. Soma
67. Seddig - Gravity Defier. Hardgroove
68. DJ Plant Texture - Ripetitivo (Stretch Mix). Tresor
69. Surgeon - Soul Fire. Tresor
70. A. Paul - Secular. Planet Rhythm
71. Oisel - Netto. EVOD
72. Dextro - Beautiful Day. Mutual Rytm
73. DJ T-1000 - No Victims Only Volunteers. Activity FM

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Run it Red episode 121 is here.  There’s some killer new beats from Truncate, Seddig, Dan Curtin, William Artist, Steve Bicknell, Arjun Vagale, Voiski and more in this drop - the full tracklist is below. Much love for the ongoing support for the show, don’t forget to check the artists/labels too 🤓

Hit the charity links if you can, too...

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Spotify Playlist: bit.ly/RUNITREDSPOTIFY
Upcoming tour dates: bit.ly/BenSimsBIT

BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 121. April 2025 

1. Darryn Jones - Psyco Killa. Smoke & Mirrors
2. Gombeen & Doygen – Sequel. Wah Wah Wino
3. Jordan Zawider - Axolotls. Disctechno
4. Deon Jamar - Ayyyo. Disctechno
5. Garcia (The Latin Rogue) – Let's Do It. Dirty Blends
6. Thomas Xu - School Street. Disctechno
7. Mark Grusane - The Recoil. Disctechno
8. Truncate - Random Acid	2. 4 Track
9. Gettoblaster, Chip E - Time 2 Jack (Edit). Aliens on Wax
10. Sandwell District - Citrinitas Acid. Point of Departure
11. Deenamic - Moonbus. Syncrophone
12. Mathimidori- Kingston Riddim (Sato Reinterpretation). Freund Der Familie
13. Joachim Spieth - Chain. Balders Audio
14. MERV - Viper. Syncrophone
15. Drop-E - Serendipia. Ucker
16. PWCCA - Refractive. Warm Up
17. Milo Raad - Yawara. MORD
18. Oliver Rosemann & Jonas Kopp - Syncing Frequencies. Recorded Things
19. Casual Treatment - Ionized. Semantica
20. Jesterr - Subtlety. Newrhythmic
21. Casual Treatment - Orion. Semantica
22. George Cross - Bending Metal. Diffuse Reality
23. Vinicius Honorio and Ackermann - Gyst (Elisa Bee Remix). Liberta
24. Sandwell District - Will You Be Safe. Point of Departure
25. Vinicius Honorio - Three Hearts. Clergy
26. Milo Raad - Bushido. MORD
27. Oliver Rosemann & Jonas Kopp - Mindwave Convergence. Recorded Things
28. Luca La Rocca - Speed. Children of Tomorrow
29. Deano - Revisions. Knowledge Imprint
30. Steve Bicknell - The Telecommuters. KR3
31. DJ Sodeyama - Interplanetary	. Sungate
32. FAIG - Logg. Planet Rhythm
33. Jerical - Rotor. MindTrip
34. Planetary Assault Systems - Engage Now To Surface (Luke Slater Reassembly). Mote Evolver
35. Seddig - Tonk. Hardgroove
36. Thisisthx - Messier 51. Illegal Alien
37. Off / Grid - The Movement. Self Reflektion
38. Jen Cruz - The Internal Line. Raw Quarter
39. Oliver Rosemann & Jonas Kopp - The Space Between Waves. Recorded Things
40. Slam - Dark Channel. Soma
41. Electric Rescue - Uojibijou. Hardgroove
42. Dan Curtin - Trust Blind. Detuned
43. Mark Williams - Relentless Groove. Unreleased
44. MasCon - Sundries. Snork Enterprises
45. William Arist - No Horns In The Jungle. Anima
46. Fhase 87 - Yamorato. Illegal Alien
47. Seddig - Altitude (6 O’Clock in the Mornin, On and Onin). Hardgroove 
48. Kike Pravda - Fragments Of Time. Senoid
49. Emmanuel - Mascara (Shed Remix). ARTS
50. Planetary Assault Systems - Surface Noise (Oscar Mulero Reassembly 2). Mote Evolver
51. Steve Bicknell - Easing Info Tomorrow. KR3
52. Alexey Dunchyk - Oscuro. Soma Selects
53. DJ Plant Texture - Seq21. Tresor
54. Joton - Quantum Gravity. Skryptom
55. Milo Raad - Detour. MORD
56. FAIG - South West. Planet Rhythm
57. Rob Strobe & Apro - Ostermarsch II. Audio Emissions
58. Erotic Drum Club - Action 76 (Mark Broom Edit). Unreleased
59. Mark Williams - In The Groove (Edit 2). Unreleased
60. Uncertain - Ground. Beard Man
61. Dani Balaguer - Vortex. Asymmetrical
62. Slam - Infinit Spaces. Soma
63. George Cross - Who Twang. Diffuse Reality
64. Lidvall - No Expectations. Domu
65. Arjun Vagale - Spektron. MindTrip
66. Electric Rescue - Aygo. Skryptom
67. FAIG - Deep Within. Planet Rhythm
68. P.E.A.R.L. - Unknown. Fallen Ethics
69. Oliver Rosemann & Jonas Kopp - The Unified Field. Recorded Things
70. Albert Salvatierra - The Long Rail. ANOAH
71. Electric Rescue - Control Your Mind. Hardgroove 
72. Slam - Use It Lose It. Soma
73. Truncate - Falling Ash. Synthetik Sounds
74. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Snoken. Lomsk
75. Voiski - Sunspill. Super 95
76. Ancestral Voices - Annwn. Samurai Music

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Jeff Mills Red Box Dublin 2nd June 2002 Part Two

Jeff Mills Live On Radio 1 (Fergies Show)

JEFF MILLS-YOKOHAMA ARENA

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.

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

powered by :

Technics , Pioneer , Allen & Heath , Korg , Roland , 
Nativ Instruments , Rekordbox , Mac Book .

Please ask me here by mail for booking !!!!

The Techno Files | 010

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