Tresor Records is pleased to announce the new reissue of James Ruskin's seminal Point 2 album.

First released in 2000, it marked a fine debut that entrenches the minimal sequences, utilitarian funk and eerie hypnosis found within Ruskin's body of work. As Tresor's relationship with the UK sound grew stronger across the course of the '00s, it was Ruskin, the label owner of Blueprint Records, who played a critical part in this. Throughout the trio of LPs released over that decade, inspirations of the sci-fi minimal Detroit sound lie abundant, rendered through corporeal slammers typical of the UK vein.

Point 2 was the first of Ruskin's trilogy for Tresor, and brought a direct and uncompromising vibrancy to the fore, from the aquatic symphony featured on 'From Over The Edge' to the pinpoint gaze of 'Subject'. Gurning loops beat against alien samples, drained into refined abstractions of pure techno.

Newly remastered and featuring two tracks previously not cut onto vinyl, this upfront and bold classic is set to span dancefloors once again.

Buy on Tresor Store

James Ruskin - Point 2 (Tresor.145)

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🔭 Welcome to episode number 107 of Observatory by Sungate Records
☄️ For this edition, Italian producer and deep techno master Dino Sabatini delivers a hypnotic and immersive session, blending atmospheric textures and layered rhythms.
🛸 Sungate co-founder Moy Santana takes over for the second hour, exploring a sophisticated selection of deep, spatial and low-end frequencies that bridge techno and leftfield electronica.
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Observatory 107 - Sungate [Dino Sabatini & Moy Santana]

Nog Zone w/ Anthony Child: 1st July '25

A veritable staple of the Japanese scene and founder of the Protection label, Haruka joins our series with two hours of delightful, liquiform groove recorded live from Kyoto. Expansive yet dialed in with tireless precision, Haruka’s set transitions between eyes-down introspection and buoyant, infectious energy with ease. To witness this level of craft enveloped by such a warm and vibrant aura is an absolute pleasure, and it’s easy to imagine oneself suspended weightless in Haruka’s element. Thank you Haruka!

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Artwork by Camille Ferdinandus.

Sure Thing Mix 144: Haruka

Joachim Spieth makes a welcome return to our series for episode 476.

He continues to build upon his reputation as a prolific producer and masterful DJ with releases spanning all manner of outlets coupled with performances around the world.  For Monument he has prepared an intricate dubby trip sure to envelope the listener with its building energy and floating atmospheres.

You can catch him in person performing at this years Monument festival.

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Tracklist :

Adhémar - morning In The Canopy (Luigi Tozzi Shaman Rephase)
Joachim Spieth - Longing
WK7 - Higher Power (hardcore PCK Mix)
Joachim Spieth - Drip
Studio1 - Lila
Round Four - Found A Way
Joachim Spieth - Sensual
Wax - 10001 2
Vainqueur - Elevation 2 (Reduced)
SCB - 20_4
Substance - Relish (Shed Remix)
UZB - Spectres
Hatikvah - in The Spirit (Rod Modell / Deepchord Detroit Kinematic Mix)

MNMT 476 - Joachim Spieth

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Truancy Volume 352: Biocym

Hello scorching summer, 

It's time to unveil the new podcast in the series by the fabulous Taiwanese artist Vice City!
Shi Ting Chen is an environmental activist, DJ, producer, party organiser with the Sssound Without Borders collective and Rave & ‘Punk Solidarity Front For Palestine’. She is also a label founder and has signed her music to excellent labels such as Siamese Twins Records, Diffuse Reality, Melifera, Huinali, Oslated, Companion, Jin Records and MISBHV. ...This artist sees art as a committed means of placing herself at the heart of living issues and questions about the relationship between humans and natural environments. Sonically, her touch is directly identifiable by her taste for detail and a unique approach to storytelling, as well as her use of complex rhythms. This mix, which could be described as chlorophilic and ritualistic, is an ode to the living and a breath of fresh air in these times when the world is on fire, so enjoy your listening and see you soon!

@vicecitybeats

Accents Podcast Series #034 - VICE CITY

Brando Lupi at Dommune, Japan 2013

Recorded by @illuvia for The Memoir, 2025.
All tracks written and produced by @illuvia, except ‘Jalada (Illuvia Inversion)’, originally written by Daniel[i].

Remixing and additional production on ‘Starlight Skin (Ayaavaaki’s Bionic Luminescence)’ and ‘Starlight Skin (Ayaavaaki’s Blue Gods Invocation)’ by Alexander Lux.

Remixing and additional production on ‘Starlight Skin (Ayna Kali’s Transmutation)’ by Ayna Kali.

00:00 Illuvia - Messenger (Epilogue) [self-released]
03:26 Illuvia - Starlight Skin (Ayaavaaki’s Bionic Luminescence) [LILA ली ला ]
10:32 Illuvia - Phobos [LILA ली ला ]
12:37 Illuvia - Vale of Shadows {fragment} [A Strangely Isolated Place]
15:38 Daniel[i] - Jalada (Illuvia Inversion) [Whispering Signals]
19:00 Illuvia - Veil of Mist [A Strangely Isolated Place]
25:00 Illuvia - Stellar Darkness [Hypnus Records]
26:41 Illuvia - Cirkula [Hypnus Records]
31:37 Illuvia - Chandra’s Mirror [LILA ली ला ]
36:49 Illuvia - Nereides [A Strangely Isolated Place]
43:35 Illuvia - Tundra (The Snow Walker) [Eternell]
49:07 Illuvia - Starlight Skin (Ayna Kali’s Transmutation) [LILA ली ला ]
55:40 Illuvia - The Night Beckons [Hypnus Records]
1:00:46 Illuvia - D’Arc (Xaltation) [Hypnus Records]
1:03:54 Illuvia - Starlight Skin (Ayaavaaki’s Blue Gods Invocation) {fragment} [LILA ली ला ]
1:06:11 Illuvia - The Wings Forgotten [Hypnus Records]
1:09:42 Illuvia - Illuvia (Exaltation) [Eternell]

Love and light

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Tresor Records is glad to announce two releases by James Ruskin, coming in November 2019. The brand new Siklikal EP featuring four new productions, along with the remaster and reissue of Point 2 - Ruskin’s debut album on Tresor. 


First released in 2000, Point 2 marked a fine debut that entrenches the minimal sequences, utilitarian funk and eerie hypnosis found within Ruskin’s body of work. As Tresor’s relationship with the UK sound grew stronger across the course of the ’00s, it was Ruskin, the label owner of Blueprint Records, who played a critical part in this. Throughout the trio of LPs released over that decade, inspirations of the sci-fi minimal Detroit sound lie abundant, rendered through corporeal slammers typical of the UK vein.

Point 2 was the first of Ruskin’s trilogy for Tresor, and brought a direct and uncompromising vibrancy to the fore, from the aquatic symphony featured on ‘From Over The Edge’ to the pinpoint gaze of ‘Subject’. Gurning loops beat against alien samples, drained into refined abstractions of pure techno.

Newly remastered and featuring two tracks previously not cut onto vinyl, this upfront and bold classic is set to span dancefloors once again.


James Ruskin follows up with a bold new EP entitled Siklikal.

Right from the outset, Nepte draws in by vast sonics and laser focus, unruly synths distort over a skipping beat that hits hard in the right places. As the beat takes a backstep but no less rhythmic, Kn Te3 is one for adventurous DJs, recalling the minimal loops that Ruskin is known for, seeped in industrial melancholy that fizzes a granular decay.

On the b-side, Nocke brings the beat back to the forefront with a muscular UK techno sound, highly effective and pounding. Closing the EP is Kn Am3 which retains the industrial sinew of its near-namesake Kn Te3, exposing raw synth excursions over brutalist machinations. This EP symbolises Ruskin’s dynamic approach, pushing at boundaries yet never without a strong grip over the dancefloor.


Tresor.145 and Tresor.314 release November 1st and 8th on 180g. 2LP and 12" vinyl respectively.

James Ruskin - Detached (taken from "Point 2" - Tresor.145)

Point 2

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James Ruskin - Connected

James Ruskin - Version

James Ruskin - Subject

James Ruskin - If

James Ruskin - Before The Calling

At midnight, on March 13th 1991, a basement door opened at Leipziger Strasse 126, Berlin. Through this door, many passed, on their way to defining new terrains in electronic music. There they found a dance floor in the vaults of a closed-down department store, with a unique sound bound to dense fog, building night after night a history that was also a vision of the future. 

This history has seen in Jeff Mills’ first sets on three turntables, Underground Resistance's first live appearances in Europe, grandiose Tresor Park parties, to various chapters of the Loveparade with Sven Väth in the 90s and since then countless generation-spanning parties. These moments represent the highlights of infinite personal clubbing experiences. It is the manifestation of the Berlin spirit, emerging from its considerable strife. This history is not without its complications - from temporary closure by the authorities and several raids in the early years to closure and demolition of the old location in 2005. What followed was years of wandering in exile and, finally, resurrection in the new home in Kraftwerk Berlin.

These stories, conversations and shared experiences within our walls forge a resilience that drives towards a shared ideal, the Tresor sound: community, resistance, and the world to come. This was observed in the newly re-unified German youth, who danced and celebrated together from the club’s inception, and into the present day through ongoing community work in Detroit. 

Tresor Records was founded in the same year and began to serve as a platform for exporting the new sounds associated with Tresor all around the world. Emergent musicians from Michigan, such as Juan Atkins, Underground Resistance and Drexciya, were pivotal in shaping these early years. Their visits to Berlin would kick-start dialogue between the youth movement in Europe and these musicians. This story is one of friendship and community-building, inextricably linked with cities like Detroit, Birmingham or Edinburgh, where like-minded friends built something truly special, where revelatory rhythms soundtrack decaying industry in corrupted metropoles. 

Tresor Records has been the fertile soil for dozens upon dozens of creative minds, from the very luminaries of the scene who developed electronic music over the last three decades through to contemporary protagonists who are currently defining the sound of the future -  A more than 300 strong catalogue displays an unmistakable identity - the Tresor spirit.

To those that have danced before, and to those that will dance in the future: the light at the end of the long Tresor tunnel is a signal. A flicker amidst the fog. This is our future. This is our place.

James Ruskin - Connected

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