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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)

PERT is a DJ and producer originally from Buenos Aires. She is the founder of the V.A. cycle. (Various Artists) and hers label GRUVALISMO. In his monthly agenda he covers a large part of the Argentine provinces as well as international dates in Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile. He has shared a booth with international artists such as Insolated Lines and Amazingblaze. In his sets to achieve his musical identity he mixes hardgroove, tribal, Detroit and breakbeats. Her focus on creating hypnotic and groove-filled sessions has made her a constant presence in the biggest clubs like Crobar, Under Club, Niceto, Cocoliche, etc. In addition to her work as a DJ, PERT develops as a producer. His music can be found in catalogs such as Be Techno, Butterfly Records,  La mala noche (Paris), Notko (Quito) TQW, Organic Records, Beatcode y Gig techo, Xelima records.

@micaela-pert

Concrete Tbilisi Podcast 085 - Pert

IMA live from TEMPØ Costa Rica.

Credits:
Event & local production - Unlimited Entertainment
Official sponsor - Red Bull Costa Rica
Video direction & editing - Fabian Seas

IMA Live @ TEMPØ Costa Rica

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)

In 2004, I wrote:

"5.5 hour techno set performed with a fever. no cowbells in all 85 tracks. starts sweet, ends sour. by hour five you'll find that evil has triumphed (for more years)."

recorded live at club factory - valladolid, spain 11.06.2004

Hour 1 

Rob Acid - Something - Treibstoff 
Marco Carola - Sound Influence - do.mi.no 
Memory Lane 03 
Marco Carola - King of Excuses - do.mi.no 
Adam Beyer & Henrik B - The Eye That Sees Itself - Mad Eye 
Warren Fellow - Subway - Smoke 
Paola Peroni - Harem (Kitikoni rmx) - BXR 
SF & BB - Buggin on Lionel - Patterns 
Warren Fellow - Rushing to the Middle of It - Smoke 
SF & BB - Buggin on Percussion - Patterns 
G-Flame & Henk - Boogie Down - Alpha 
Killa Bite - Women Beat Their Men - K.B. 
Spinn: 33 - Instant Rhytm - Frequent 
Devilfish - Tribal Sorcery - Frequent 

Hour 2 

Valentino Kanzyani - Sala Global - Recycled Loops 
Loop Killaz - Voodoo Slut - Wet Musik 
Hertz - Bonafide - Wet Musik 
Paul Mac - swishy - C-Side 008 
Player - whatdidjareallywant - Player Eighteen 
Paul Mac - uknowit - C-Side 008 
Manuel Fuentes - Northern Darkness - Fast Food 
Manuel Fuentes - Flamenco - Gad X-Cell 
Player Eighteen 
Claude Young - Altamirian - MB Selektions 
Danny Casseau - Turn Tracks (Bando rmx) - MB Elektronics 
Heiko Kunz - Harmonic Lies - Ghostwriter 
Memory Lane 03 
DJ Misjah - Adolescence - Mankind 
Patrik Skoog - Bleed (Peter Dundov rmx) - Humanoid 
Adam Beyer & Henrik B - Dark Journey rmx - Polarized 

Hour 3 

The Attack People - Mankind 
Patrik Skoog - Bleed - Humanoid 
Pascal FEOS - Self Reflextion (Andreas Kauffelt rmx) - Planet Vision 
Eric Sneo - Going On - Terminal M 
Headroom - Solar - Patterns 
Patrik Skoog - 66 - GoatHead 
Titanium - Tuxedo (Patrik Skoog rmx) - Titanium 
Alex Bau - Nervous Nights - Clau 09 
Makantonio & Rino Cerrone - Total Impact - Analytic Trail 
Alex Bau - Nervous Nights - Clau 09 
Cole - It Came From The Darkness - Holzplatten 
Masters of Disaster - Babaa - Beat Disaster 
Henrik B - Manwolf - Illgo Rhythm 
Cole - Radio Rage - Holzplatten 
Roku Remixes (Ben Simms/Mark Broom rmx) - PGVR-04 

Hour 4 

Pounding Grooves + Mark Broom - U'll See!! - Fukt 
Ogi - Klan - Giant & Dwarf 
Dean Rodell - Empty Skin - Fresh Grind 
H5 - Demons (Akira Ishihara rmx) - Heroes 
** alan milligan is dead ** 
Arkus P. - Isolator - Hl Series 
Arkus P. - Isabell - Lifeform 
Andreas Kremer - Siamese Twins - Maximum Punishment 
Invexis - Memory Effect - Carnage 
Fishguard - Stempede - Sitcom 
Julian Liberator & Henry Cullen - Retrograde Motion - 4x4 
Leo Laker - Leo vs The World - Ultra Funk 
Matt M. Maddox - The Sparoga - Bitshift 
Leo Laker - Animal Factory - Ultra Funk 
Robert Natus - Rule The Planet - Systemcalls 
A. Crash - Darkness (Sven Wittekind rmx) - Expanded 
Torsten Kissler - Final Excess - Psycho 

Hour 5 

Mayhem Invasion - Lost, Read, Deception, Prelude - Working Vinyl 
Robert Natus - FK's Revenge - Systemcalls 
Switchblade vs L. Laker - Shi Bangers - Working Vinyl 
Andreas Kremer - Everybody Speaks But Nobody Change Something - Carnage 
Plan-E vs Redima - Clitoris Stimulation (Tomash Gee rmx) - Methadon 
Andreas Kremer - Kaustik (Sven Wittenkind rmx) - Working Vinyl 
Hardtrax vs Jackhamma - Geknüppel (Tomash Gee rmx) - Methadon 
Sven Wittekind - From Frankfurt To Hell - Carnage 
Pounding Grooves 34 
Matt M. Maddox - The Sparoga - Bitshift 
Sandy Warez - Abomination - Cluster 
Mario Raneiri vs Arkus P - Hit Below The Belt - Tausendgroove 
Sandy Warez - Site Currently Down - Cluster 
Energun 22 - Global Thrust - Lifeform 
Evil Concussion - Bloodbrain - Psycho Shoxxs 
Andreas Kremer - Machine Rampage (Mario Raneiri rmx) - Lifeform 

Hour 6 

Manuel Fuentes - Australien Bodycare - GAD X-Cell 
Hu - Mary, Hu & Anna - Inceptive 
Andreas Kremer - Do U Love Techno - Lifeform 
Pandemonium - Cumbox With 7 Lives Inside - Maximum Punishment 
Nicklas Samstrom - I Know, It's That A Swedish Chick, Isn't It? - Expanded 
Remerk - Something That You Can Do With Your Fingers - Expanded 
Andreas Kremer - Tor Der Wiederauferstehung - Hl Series 
Chris Liebing - String Theory (Picotto & Ferri rmx) - clr 
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All Night Long - 5 Hour Techno Set (2004)

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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)

In 2003, I wrote:

"easily the biggest gig of the summer, el jardín is one of spain's most infamous clubs on its northern coast. the atmosphere is known to be aggressive, filled with kids who want nothing more than hard as hell beats. walking into that place at four in the morning was like entering a gaggle of a couple thousand hungry lions, ready to shred you apart the moment you made one false move."

I got some angry emails after that one.

Recorded live at El Jardín - Gijón, Spain 07.26.2003 

Ben Sims & Vincent Davis - Freaks - Ingoma 
Gaetano Parisio - Conform 20 
Patrik Skoog - Decay Session A1 - Native Diffusion 
Patrik DSP - Sludge 73 - Maximum Minimum 
Dave The Drummer + Chris Liberator - B - Hydraulix 18 
Patrik Skoog - Decay Session A2 - Native Diffusion 
Chicago Loop II - You Don't Stop - Cluster 
Dave The Drummer + Chris Liberator - A - Hydraulix 18 
Cyborg X - Voodoo Unit - Cluster 
H&R feat. Paul Mac - Landscape Remake - Cetron 
Glenn Wilson & D. Rodell - Sub Tempo - Drumworks 
Patrik Skoog vs The Anxious - Vermin - Blackout Audio 
Steve Rachmad - CLR 10 
Patrik Skoog vs The Anxious - Industria - Blackout Audio 
Some White Label Gun Jack Gave Me - DMO 03 
Glenn Wilson - Blueprints (Chris McCormack rmx) - Heroes 
Electric Envoy - Blizzard - Ascend 
DJ Lenk - 142 LTD (Joel Mull rmx) - Drumcode 
Joel Mull - Sthlm Mainstation - Spirit Fuel 
Rumenige feat. Loktibrada - Der Die Das (Olga + Josef rmx) - Tresor

El Jardin (2003)

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)

Recorded live at Aixa Galiana - Avila, Spain - 02.24.2006

Turbulence (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)

Keikari is responsible for the next in the series. Playing at the famous Paris venues like Rex Club and Machine du Moulin Rouge and resident of Regal Sound since 2016, he’s part of the flourishing and vibrant techno scene in Paris. With releases on EartoGround and recently on Lewis Fautzi’s Faut Section, plus a Tresor debut coming up, we’re excited to see what the future holds.

About @keikari
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Keikari | Artaphine Series 016

Technasia @ Luciano & Friends, Ushuaia Ibiza 31.08.2012

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

Hi... good morning friends 👈
Por aquí os dejo la sesión que realizamos mi gran amigo ▪Juan Carlos aka. #Von y un servidor #MasterBon_Z▪ para lo que fue la preparty (antesala) de lo que fue luego la 1ª fiesta de Voltereta que se realizaría en la sala Groove.
Esta sesión se produjo en la sal #Zenit y se realizado a 4 platos y 2 mesas. La primera vez que realice algo así con un gran amigo y compañero de profesión... y la verdad es que, me encanto... y espero repetir alguna más de esta manera jejejeje...
Aquí la tenéis para disfrutarla cuando queráis, espero os guste...

Master Bon Z aka. Clemente Sanchez

Volte Techno - Club #Preparty Voltereta Techno - Club ·Von Vs Master Bon Z·

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!

Recién salida del horno os dejamos esta sesión que es digna de un bueno warn up, house, vocales trance y alguna joya remember que hicieron de la primera hora de Djs Hoyancos un lujo disfrutarla en la tarde lluviosa de ayer sábado.

A los que lo disfrutamos en directo nos hizo volver al año 2007 cuando nuestro residente se marcaba las primeras horas en Aixa Galiana.

[www.sonidopdf.com]

Dj Mendez - Warn Up @ Djs Hoyancos (06 - 02 - 21)

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.