Press

Date / Friday, 17 May 2013
Time / 23:00 – 06:00
Venue / District 4
Address / Langstrasse 83, 8004 – Zürich, Switzerland

A new chapter opens for our international showcase series, as we inaugurate our first appearance in Zürich, Switzerland, in collaboration with District 4. For this special occasion, we are glad to be hosting a legendary artist that has marked [...]

Are you ready for Maschine Camp?
For the very first time we open the doors of Tresor.Labor at Schaltraum with a special audio-
workshop to transfer the knowledge about Maschine from Detroits´ producer Mike Huckaby straight forward to you. Mike will teach you an essential lesson to get full control of your own Maschine.

This will be a [...]

Artist: Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald
Title: Borderland
Format: CD / 3 x 12″
Release: 10.06.2013
 
After more than two decades of behind the scenes collaboration – Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland – their debut collaborative album to be released this summer on Tresor Records.
 
The album – made up of 8 sequences, which seamlessly blend [...]

For over two decades, Tresor Berlin has stood as a bastion of techno and house for the world. In 2013, the club begins its showcase residency in London with a slew of warehouse parties. The first took place in a secret east London warehouse location with a line-up that typified the sound the club had [...]

 
Tresor Honey Production (German version below)
 
Between May and July of 2012, curious activities were observed here at Tresor; thousands of bees were seen following very distinct routes, flying in, out and around the roof of Köpenicker Strasse 70.
 
Following the installation of several beehives on the top levels of the Kraftwerk which houses Tresor, the bees [...]

 
Tresor was ready for the 2012 edition of Amsterdam Dance Event and pleased to present a full-blown label showcase on Saturday October 20th at Hotel Arena. Created in collaboration with Deeply Rooted House this night was outstanding and the crowd had a good time with us.
 

Saturday, Oct. 20th
Hotel Arena – 23:00
 
Tresor meets Deeply Rooted House
 
Room [...]

During the RomaEuropa Festival 2012 which was taking place in Rome, Brancaleone was hosting an exciting night which was featuring the screening of our documentary “SubBerlin – The Story of Tresor” (Released: 2012, duration: 89 min.) followed by a 3 hours DJ Set by Jeff Mills.

SubBerlin tells the story of how Tresor became one of [...]

Wuha, what a great journey into Detroit sound again – Mike Huckaby made it back to Berlin and this for a very good reason:
On Saturday 14th of July 2012 it was the Tresor Record Release Party, Tresor.252 – The Tresor EP by Mike Huckaby. And just before the night started, Mike was spinning the deep [...]

This is an interesting interview with David Brown made by Inverted Audio. The artist is giving insights into the story behind the album “S_W_Z_K /Tresor.253” that was released earlier in June 2012 on Tresor Records.

In the video, David talks about the development-process of the album, his connection to Tresor, and shares some of his knowledge [...]

Berlin demonstrierte gegen die GEMA Tarifreform 2013
Gemeinsam gegen GEMAinheiten – für faire Tarife
Anlässlich der Jahreshauptversammlung der GEMA, vom 25.06. bis 27.06.2012, rief die Berliner Initiative „FAIRplay – Gemeinsam gegen GEMAinheiten“ zur Demonstration für den sofortigen Stopp der GEMA Tarifreform 2013 auf, öffentlich diskutiert wurden die Gefahren und Folgen der geplanten Tarifreform. Parallel dazu fand im [...]

The Tresor exhibition at Red Gallery London started with a packed night on Thursday, 7th of June 2012. The openingnight included not only a very nice selection of photoprints, but additional we installed two monitor-video-installations, we were running a video-lounge, we had the “Im Klang der Familie” book-reading with a chapter ´bout Tresors first days, [...]

 
19.04. -01.05.2012 at MUMA Kraftwerk Mitte
 
German Version below
 
data.anatomy [civic] is a new audiovisual installation by the acclaimed Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda, arising from a unique collaboration with Mitsuru Kariya, the development leader of the new Honda Civic.
 
Exhibited as a 3-screen video projection, data.anatomy [civic] immerses viewers in an intricate yet vast audiovisual composition derived from [...]

 
Before this summer is coming up, it´s time for a review that reminds us of a perfect day, a perfect crowd and an outstanding moment in time!
 
Jump back in Time.
 
For the four essentials about the tracks check the credits in the end of the clip: it´s featuring Surgeon (Tresor 085), Dave Tarrida (Tresor 154), Sender [...]

Open publication – Free publishing – More anonymous
 
Yes, the mag attack is back! With issue #009 Tresor.iginal is making the bridge between the past, the present and the future. March 2012, Tresor becomes 21 – and this time the magazine made it to a very nice printversion with a limited version of 100 pieces!  
 
So [...]

 
For those who missed this crazy audiovisual set of The Anonymous in the hall of Trafo on NYE 2011 – here is the review clip which is made of more than 1250 pictures and some additional footage of the night.

 
There are polls for DJs, for Liveacts, for Labels and on and on. Most of the polls are difficult to judge from an external view, as taste and connections are never under control and always different. And then there are polls for the best Clubs.
 
Now Partysan has made it´s clubvoting “Best Club in Germany” official [...]

 
 
To all friends of the Tresor.China project,
 
The Tresor.Beijing project will be discontinued as of now.
Even though we found a unique venue and completed its architectural design, we had to put back our plans to establish a permanent space.
A solid financial foundation will be needed to bring Tresor.Beijing back to life.
We have been highly committed to [...]

 
In a recent interview for the blog of the Independent – one of UK’s most influential daily newspapers, Mike Huckaby talks about his 20th Anniversary Mix for Tresor Records and what technology he has been using over the years for his production.
 
Click here to read more on the Independent.

 
For New Year’s Eve 2011 we brought together some artists who have truly impressed us over the years. Those who were present for the outstanding sets by Cari Lekebusch, Joel Mull and Pär Grindvik know what we mean: the techno sets from the Stockholmers shackled the listener to the dancefloor for hours; their love for [...]

 
To start 2012 with a new mission is on the list for nearly everbody worldwide. Tresor takes the chance to let this dream come true for an outstanding crew that´s most of the time the unseen creative team behind the club – responsible for all lightingsolutions and interior designs: The Core.
 
Tonight we are happy to [...]

The startingpoint was hard to top. But judge for yourself by taking a look on a week fully packed with highlights of electronic music and beyond.
The exciting Berlin Music Days (BerMuDa) festival exploded city-wide and found distinguised evenings in our house. With an illustrious 30-year career under his belt, Thomas Fehlmann is an artistic force [...]

On the page of style.com you can find a feature about the German Fashion-Magazine Achtung Mode which had a visit to the club together with Nadja Auermann – check out the clip they filmed in the vault, which features Auermann at Berlins Techno legend, “…the club where techno was born”, set to “Code Blue,” a [...]

 
Littlewhiteearbuds, is a reference platform with outstanding articles about electronic music and its creators. Long time journalist Richard Brophy went to meet Dimitri Hegemann and Mike Huckaby for a very interesting and inspiring interview.
 
Read the full interview here.
 

 
Hype, Lies & Gossip. When you read this claim as a headline you´re probably already scrolling through the pages of ibiza-voice.com, an international blog about electronic music and all its belongings and circumstances. The Ibiza-Voice came up with a fresh feature with four interviews of the creators, who work behind the curtains – the components [...]

French magazine Trax is coming up with a nice feature about Tresors history with a story that is simply titled:
“Tresor. Das ist ein Club.”
 
A nice collection of pictures from the past up to now, an overview of the essential releases of the label and a personal talk with Dimitri Hegemann round it up to a [...]

 
Rüdiger Müller is a longtime member of the Tresor family and when I bumped into him today in the office we ended up in a chat about his recent work, basically bundled in his online photo-portfolio. The main focus within his work was put on an amazing documentation series about the works of Oscar Niemeyer, [...]

 
Scan7 aka Trackmaster Lou is a wellknown Detroit campaigner who still comes up with a great liveset and a great attitude after being more than 25 years involved in Techno-business. He´s not only featured in the latest Tresor.iginal magazine #008 with a fulllenght interview and a report about one of his essential analogue machines – [...]

 
This week Berlin Music Days will be uniting—and inciting—the city’s electronic community with a dizzying array of daytime and club events. As part of the four-day fanfare Tresor will be delivering a top-notch program of showcases, cherry picked from its pool of residents, local and international talents. On Wednesday Berlin veteran Gudrun Gut will bring [...]

The nights are getting darker and you can spent more and more hours in front of your monitors, now with another good excuse: the bilingual magazine for all lovers of Techno, Tresor-stories and illustrations far beyond is out now. Featuring Scan7, Alan Oldham, Mad Max, Mike Huckaby and Yamahas RX 5 within the Tresor.iginal #008 [...]

 
Dwarfs, body painting, lights and most importantly—quality music: Tresor’s latest signing, Puresque AKA Mocca and veteran Paul Brtschitsch, will be launching their new residency at the club this November. OK, so we can’t exactly vouch for the first three things, but what’s certain is that this aint going to be an ordinary affair. Disillusioned with [...]

 
On the highest peak of power, the bootlegs of MT EDEN DUBSTEP taken from Madonna or e.g. The Prodigy or Burial find worldwide recognition. So its premier for MT EDEN DUBSTEP to play in Berlin, booked as the highlight for 16 years PARTYSAN Berlin Magazine partying this anniversary at Tresor. After the first successfull tryout [...]

 
In view of his 20th Anniversary Mix for Tresor Records, Pulse Radio asked Mike Huckaby to pick and talk about his five all-time favorite classics on the label. Click here to read the full feature.

 
What would Tresor be without Dimitri? Exactly, not Tresor.
 
Last weekend we had some people from SMAG Magazin in the house, who made an interview with Dimitri – another time about his story and the Tresor-Cult. An interesting talk, which could be extended for hours, but there are too much things waiting in the queue.
 
You can [...]

 
Berlin:Detroit – reconquering industrial ruins. An interesting talk about the relationship between Detroit and Berlin comes up with “The Creative Class” project of Martina Guzman. Personal perspectives of Berlin and Detroit based artists and creators show up the variety within this “axis of good“.
There comes a short output that features Dimitri Hegemann, Chris Graefensteiner (painter), [...]

 
 
What happens if your flight is cancelled? Right – you stay at home. And what happens if you catch the plane but your record-bag somehow doesn´t? Right – this sounds wrong.
Anthony “Shake” Shakir was in the house and only had one chance to fill this gap with a recordbag of one of our residents.
So going [...]

 
Oh yes, this was worth a try. Three nights in a row were packed with highlights and the crowd celebrated the twentieth birthday of Tresor Records together with us like there´s no tomorrow.
We have been celebrating the 20th anniversary of Tresor Club all year and now it was about time to give it up wildly [...]

For more than two decades Tresor Records has been active in the fields of exploring and expanding the electronic frontiers. What started 1991 as a sublabel of Interfish Records was like a new music-revolution in the early nineties. On the shoulders of Carola Stoiber and the Tresor family, lots of music made it to [...]

RA.278 Mike Huckaby
“These are the records that I want to hear for the rest of my life. This is also my last podcast for 2011. So the best has been saved for the last, so to speak.”
The Detroit veteran shows off his ‘grade-a deep house’ side with this all-vinyl mix for RA. Listen to the [...]

 
1988-1992: How Berlin became the capital of techno
 

By Thomas Theodore

 
How did a genre of music unique to Detroit find its heartland on the other side of the world? Thomas Theodore explores the early days of Berlin’s electronic musical landscape in the company of two pioneers.
 
During the 1980s West Berlin felt like an island. Adrift from [...]

Recently interviewed by RA, Tobias Rapp presents his interesting insight on Berlin in the ’90s and Tresor’s essential role in the development of underground culture.
 
“The author of ‘Lost and Sound: Berlin, Techno and the Easyjetset’ explains how the city came to be such an important hub for the genre.
 
For Berlin, the destruction of the wall [...]