Keepsakes
Keepsakes, the alias of British-New Zealand producer and DJ James Barrett, has been a strong and distinctive voice in techno since rising to fame through his Stygian Concrete Works and Weapons Grade Manic EPs back in 2014. Since then he has showcased his powerful and menacing, yet often cheeky and playful, productions on influential labels including Boys Noize Records, Turbo Recordings, KAOS/OAKS, Perc Trax, South London Analogue Material, MORD, and Earwiggle.
Furthermore, he founded the Haven club night alongside Jaded Nineties Raver in Tāmaki Maraukau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand) in 2015 - aiming to introduce clubbers to the experimental and harder side of techno in a city completely devoid of this music. In 2018 Haven also expanded into a vinyl-focused record label - going on to release many leading international artists including VTSS, Tommy Holohan, New Frames, Peder Mannerfelt, Ayarcana, Ansome, and Ryan James Ford, as well as becoming the main home for Barrett’s own productions.
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Now located in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa (Christchurch, New Zealand) - following several years living in Berlin hitting the European club circuit - he is focused on bringing his tough and eclectic sound to dance floors worldwide, with regular appearances at international techno institutions providing a platform for his formidable DJ sets.
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Records out on Turbo Recordings, Perc Trax, Boysnoize Records, Earwiggle, Mord, Mindcut, TXTRL, Obscuur, Tripalium Records and Green Fetish Records. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
- Mon 23 NovTresor / Globustheir 3rd night · Tresor Club, singularity.bln22 going
2026
- Tue 13 OctOXItheir 2nd night · euf-berlin
2025 — 4 nights
- Sat 15 Nov 2025Latitude Record Storefirst time
- Mon 20 Oct 2025Tresor / Globustheir 2nd night · Tresor Club, singularity.bln
- Tue 30 Sep 2025OXIfirst time · euf-berlin
- Sat 13 Sep 2025Tresor / Globusfirst time · Tresor Club
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2025, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- OXISep 2025 – Oct 20262 nights
- Tresor / GlobusSep 2025 – Oct 20252 nights
Once each: Latitude Record Store.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- Inverse ElementTresor / Globus ×2, OXI ×1 · Sep 2025 – Nov 2026 · together again Mon 23 Nov3 nights
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