The Berlin based techno label was started in July 1991 by Dimitri Hegemann, taking its name from the techno club set up in an underground vault following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tresor has achieved somewhat legendary status through being the first - and in some cases only - European label to publish music by the likes of Jeff Mills, Robert Hood, Drexciya or Blake Baxter. Both label and club contributed significantly to the popularity of Detroit techno in the early 90s, whereas from the mid 90s on more and more British producers like Cristian Vogel, Neil Landstrumm or Matthew Herbert were signed to the label. In 2005, after 14 banging years, the Tresor club was forced to close at its original location, making room for a high-rise insurance building. Two years of dedicated parties in various Berlin locations followed, until the Tresor reopened in 2007 in a former power plant in central Berlin. The club's and label's mission has thereby remained unchanged in representing the true sound of techno, from Detroit and beyond.