Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
A perennial favorite as the best DJ in the world according to fans as well as the major mixing magazines, Carl Cox has been a part of Britain's dance scene from the heady days of disco through to the global clubland of the new millennium, with temporary pit stops covering hip-hop, the rare groove movement, and the immense rave revolution of the... [+] 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
Born in Yorkshire in 1971 but transplanted to Belgium when he was only three, CJ Bolland received an early education in dance music; his parents ran a club in Antwerp, and his mother DJed there. He grew up listening to the synthesizer music of several eras -- from Jean-Michel Jarre to Front 242 and the Neon Judgement -- but began devoting most... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Initially pigeon-holed as deep-house producers though their blueprint for house music sweeps across trance, techno, and sub-basement dub, the Iranian-American duo known as Deep Dish produced a multitude of club staples during the 1990s while harvesting a stellar series of productions for their labels (Deep Dish, Yoshitoshi, Fast Food, and Middle... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
"House with a twist of electro-techno-tribal "
More info about DJ Gerard at www.myspace.com/djgerard
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Stockholm based techno producer Henrik Helenius aka Henry Burner has been into dance music for the last decade. It started in the early 90s with inspiration from hardcore breaks, Detroit techno and acid house. He recorded his earliest tracks with a friend in 1993 on basic equipment.
Under the guise...
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Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
With a number of legendary tracks such as "Mentasm" and "Energy Flash" to his name, New York-based DJ and producer Joey Beltram is widely acknowledged as a leading innovator in Belgian-style acid and techno. Although his roots as a DJ lie in Chicago house (he still focuses on the style when he spins at home), Beltram's relentless club tracks... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Although of English and Canadian origins, Plastikman's Richie Hawtin is closely connected with the Detroit techno scene associated with figures such as Kenny Larkin, Stacey Pullen, Eddie Fowlkes, and Derrick May. His Plus 8 label -- co-owned and operated with John Acquaviva -- is one of the most influential experimental dance music imprints, and... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
One of the few producers to pursue a real fusion of jazz and house music, Frenchman Ludovic Navarre began recording in the early '90s using various aliases (Subsystem, Modus Vivendi, Deepside) for a range of French imprints. St. Germain debuted in 1994 for Laurent Garnier's F Communications label and Navarre released his first album, Boulevard,... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Although he's released barely a 12-inch a year and rarely a full-length since getting his start in 1990, second wave Detroit techno artist and DJ Stacey Pullen is one of the techno mecca's leading contemporary artists. Closer to Kenny Larkin and Derrick May in his approach, Pullen's drive to restore the spirituality and soul of techno figures... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Vortechtral (Kai Wiggins) has been producing and performing live electronic music from ambient to techno since early 1998. His sound has been described as having a funky techno core fused with acid house, electronica and ambient influences... He also produces and performs under separate names Vortechtral AM, and Benni Blanco for his jazzier... [+] Read More