Genre: Electronic-Dance
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Richard Masters, aka masters, is a 32-year-old producer based in Montreal, Canada. Having been involved in electronic music and parties for more than 10 years now, Masters has consistently produced a stream of quality progressive house cuts and his vision takes in new...
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Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
The production duo of Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton released several of Britain's most respected and enjoyable progressive house anthems of the '90s from their base in South London. Before they met (at a Thames riverboat party organized by Buxton), Ratcliffe grooved to the deep Latin funk of War and George Duke while Buxton was turned on to... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Dancefloor experimentalist and top Detroit techno producer Carl Craig has few equals in terms of the artistry, influence, and diversity of his recordings. Few others have recorded so much quality music in such a variety of styles as has Craig, who jammed distorted beatbox samples into lo-fi electro riggings, crafted epic house tracks like his... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
In similar company with new-school French progressive dance artists such as Motorbass, Air, Cassius, and Dimitri from Paris, Parisian duo Daft Punk quickly rose to acclaim by adapting a love for first-wave acid house and techno to their younger roots in pop, indie rock, and hip-hop. The combined talents of DJs Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
In similar company with new-school French progressive dance artists such as Motorbass, Air, Cassius, and Dimitri from Paris, Parisian duo Daft Punk quickly rose to acclaim by adapting a love for first-wave acid house and techno to their younger roots in pop, indie rock, and hip-hop. The combined talents of DJs Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Best enjoyed out of direct sunlight, Defective delivers distinctive progressive house and trance tracks that fuse a range of influences and styles. Defecive signed to SoDevious Records in October 2007, with debut releases When You're Alone, Intro, and Get Back setting the scene for what's to come.
Genre: Electronic-Dance
"House with a twist of electro-techno-tribal "
More info about DJ Gerard at www.myspace.com/djgerard
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
A prime house-pop group and consistent club act, Faithless is at its core a duo of producers Rollo and Sister Bliss. Before the group officially came together in 1995, Rollo had produced a previous club hit ("Don't You Want Me" as Felix in 1992), plus an album for Kristine W. and remixes for the Pet Shop Boys, Björk and Simply Red. Sister Bliss,... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
New York City Energetic & Funky Dance/House Producer, DJ & Artist!
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Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Green Velvet, initially created by house don Cajmere (aka Curtis Jones) as an outlet for his non-vocal productions and frequent DJing gigs, grew to become even more popular than the man himself, thanks to club singles like "Preacher Man," "Answering Machine" and "The Stalker." Each were infectious, undeniably fun records with simple vocal... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
An American producer who simultaneously possessed European hit singles, a major-label album contract, consistent contact with the dance mainstream, plus the requisite underground credentials, Josh Wink appeared to lack for nothing at the peak of his success in the mid-'90s. Part of the East Coast/Philadelphia dance scene, Wink recorded three... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
One of the most celebrated DJs and remixers of his time, house music innovator Junior Vasquez was also the co-founder of the legendary Sound Factory dance club. Born Donald Mattern in Philadephia, Pennsylvania circa 1946, he first entered a career in fashion illustration and design, but later decided upon life as a DJ; while working as a clerk... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
One of the most gifted and focused production teams in the New York house underground, John "Roc" Mateo and Eddie "E-Z" Matos were both educated in the warm vibe of disco first-hand by listening to classic DJs on New York radio during the late '70s, among them Shep Pettibone, Tony Humphries and Jonathan Fearing. That original link from disco... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Napolitan roots but Barcelona based Davide Squillace's own label. Davide's thought is to develope a crossover genre between techno, minimal and electronic music, with a funk groove in a quality and innovative way.
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Moby was one of the most controversial figures in techno music, alternately praised for bringing a face to the notoriously anonymous electronic genre, as well as being scorned by hordes of techno artists and fans for diluting and trivializing the form. In either case, Moby was one of the most important dance music figures of the early '90s,... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
Although born in London, Morgan King started his career in Manchester (UK). His first band, "Illustration", appeared on the Some Bizarre album of 1981, which also featured the first recordings by the likes of, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Blancmange and The The. After a few years honing his musical skills Morgan moved to Chicago in the late 80's,... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
The toast of the American house underground during the 1990s, Cuban-American producers Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon stand behind several of the decade's best house tracks, dark numbers whose soulful vocal lines and high charting position bely an acid-tinged ruggedness at odds with the candy-floss arrangements of many dance hits. Most were... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
From early Berlin techno and house through to progressive trance, producer/DJ Paul Van Dyk has soundtracked the German electronic dance scene ever since he moved to the city and began mixing in 1988. A native of a German town near Frankfurt, Van Dyk first heard house music on the radio during the mid-'80s. Soon he was experimenting with a... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
One of the few DJs whose career at the hub of dance music (New York) spanned the 1970s,'80s and '90s, Tony Humphries is one of the most important names in the evolution of house. His status is especially vaunted, considering his role in the development of garage music (also known as the Jersey Sound, in honor of Humphries' work at Newark's Club... [+] Read More