List of club DJs

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List of club DJs

This is a list of notable club DJs. This list consists of professionals who perform or are known to perform at large nightclub venues, or who have been pioneers in the development of the role of the club DJ.

Notable club disc jockeys

John Ceglia (1960 -) Played for the largest crowd of the disco era, 14,000 people in 1979 at The World's Largest Disco in Buffalo, NY.

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Notable club disc jockeys

John Ceglia (1960 -) Played for the largest crowd of the disco era, 14,000 people in 1979 at The World's Largest Disco in Buffalo, NY. Later went on to play at legendary clubs such as New York-New York (NYC), The Underground (NYC), Studio 54 (NYC), and Fire Island Pavilion (NY), among many other notable clubs. Best known for perfecting the art of the long overlay in the classic disco era.

Dj Cube (Poland) - famous electro-house DJ - www.myspace.com/djkubaakadjcube

Andy C

Andy C

Andy C, real name Andrew Clarke, is an English DJ and record producer, and co-founder of record label Ram Records ....
is a famous drum & bass DJ and owner of Ram Records

Ram Records

Ram Records was the name of two different record labels:* Ram Records , a Shreveport, Louisiana based label* Ram Records , a British drum and bass label...
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Carl Cox

Carl Cox

Carl Cox is a British techno and house music disc jockey....
(1962 -) Carl Cox is the first person to be named number one DJ in the world on DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJ poll when he won in 1997.

John Digweed

John Digweed

John Digweed is a English people disc jockey and record producer....
(1967 -) is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
progressive house DJ.

Fabio

Fabio (DJ)

Fabio is a drum and bass DJ and Record producer from the United Kingdom. He presents a show on BBC Radio 1 and runs the Creative Source record label....
is a British

United Kingdom

Drum and bass

Drum and bass , also known as jungle, is a type of electronic dance music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast Break #Break beat , with heavy sub-bass lines....
DJ who hosts a show on BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a United Kingdom international radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in current popular music throughout the day, with a slight bias to Rock music & Independent music music....
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Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim

Norman Quentin Cook , better known by his stage name Fatboy Slim is a British disk jockey, big beat musician and Record producer. Cook has achieved considerable success in UK single and album charts, first as a member of the Housemartins and then most notably as Beats International, Freak Power, Fatboy Slim and The BPA....
(1963 -) British DJ.

Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a pioneer and producer of trance music, in addition to being a world-renowned Disc jockey and remixer....
. One of the world's pioneer and top Trance DJ and producer from Holland now fusing electro, pop and trance together.

Francis Grasso

Francis Grasso

Francis Grasso was an USA disc jockey from New York City, best known for inventing the technique of slip-cueing and later beatmatching which is the foundation of the modern club DJ's technique....
(1948 - 2001) Popularized several new disc jockey techniques, including beatmatching

Beatmatching

Beatmatching is a disc jockey technique of pitch shifting or timestretching a track to match its tempo to that of the currently playing track. This allows beatmixing, smooth mixing between the tracks without stopping the beat or changing the tempo....
, slip-cueing

Slip-cueing

Slip-cueing is a DJ technique that consists of holding a Gramophone record still while the platter rotates underneath the slipmat and releasing it at the right moment....
and programming.

Goldie

Goldie

Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie is an England electronic music artist, disc jockey, and actor. As a musician he works mainly within the jungle and drum and bass genres, and has helped to promote these styles globally....
is a jungle

Jungle

Jungle usually refers to a dense forest in a hot climate, such as a tropical rainforest. The word Jungle originates from the Sanskrit word Jangala which means a desert or uncultivated land....
and drum and bass

Drum and bass

Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Grooverider

Grooverider is the stage name of a drum and bass Disc jockey from London.Grooverider began his DJing career at illegal rave partys and warehouse parties in United Kingdom in the late 1980s, and rose to prominence with partner Fabio through his innovative sets at influential club nights such as Rage....
is a famous drum and bass

Drum and bass

Judge Jules

Judge Jules is a United Kingdom dance music Disc jockey, although he has been known to claim to be Republic of Ireland at times.Due to his DJing prowess and popular radio show he has achieved global success and in the years 1997-2006 he didn't finish outside the top 20 in DJ Mag's "Top 100 DJ's" poll....
(1965 -) One of the U.Ks top House/Trance DJs, who has a radio show on BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

Mark Kamins

Mark Kamins is a New York club disk jockey.He is best known for helping launch the career of one-time girlfriend Madonna by presenting a demo to Seymour Stein of Sire Records....
is a DJ/mixer/producer from the New York club scene who played in Danceteria, Studio 54, Underground, and other notable clubs.

Kaskade

Kaskade

Kaskade , is an United States Disc jockey and record producer....
(1972 -), born Ryan Raddock, an American DJ and formerly an A&R

A&R

Artists and Repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists....
assistant with Om Records

Om Records

Om Records is a United States-based record label, established in 1995 in music, which releases electronic dance music such as House music, Downtempo, Nu-jazz and Lounge....
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Keoki (1969 -) is a techno musician, portrayed in the 2003 film Party Monster.

Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles is an United States disc jockey, record producer and remix musician. He played an important role in developing house music as a Chicago DJ in the 1980s and he helped to popularize house music in the 1990s, with his work as a producer and remixer....
(1955 -) helped to develop and popularize the electronic, disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music that originated in and was initially popular among African American, gay and Hispanic and Latino Americans communities in the United States in the late 1960s....
-influenced dance music style called house music

House music

House music is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discoth?ques catering to the African-American, Latino, and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City and Detroit....
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Manny Lehman

Manny Lehman

Manny Lehman is an internationally acclaimed house music disc jockey and Record producer. In addition to his production and DJ work, Lehman is one of the most requested remixers presently, transforming many songs into club hits....
one of NYC's most famous DJs.

Larry Levan

Larry Levan

Larry Levan was a Disk jockey who spun discs at the New York City night club Paradise Garage. The club has been described as the prototype of the modern dance club, because it was entirely focused on dancing, and was the first to put the DJ at the center of attention....
(1954 - 1992) was an early and prolific re-mixer and the DJ at the 1970s discotheque The Paradise Garage

Paradise Garage

The Paradise Garage was a nightclub notable in the history of modern gay culture and nightclub cultures and in dance music and pop musics. It was founded by Michael Brody, its sole proprietor, and was located at 84 King Street, New York City....
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David Mancuso

David Mancuso

David Mancuso is the creator of the famous "by invitation only" parties in New York City which have come to be known as "The Loft". The first such party was held in 1970 and was called "Love Saves The Day"....
(1944 -) was the founder of New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
's first underground party, called The Loft

The Loft

The Loft is the location for the first underground dance party that was created by David Mancuso on February 14 1970 in New York City. Since then, the term The Loft has come to represent Mancuso's own version of a non-commercial party where no alcohol, food, or beverages are sold....
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Jeff Mills

Jeff Mills

Jeff Mills is an influential Techno music DJ and music producer from Detroit....
(1963 -) a techno DJ, famous for his fast style of mixing.

Erick Morillo

Erick Morillo

Erick Morillo is a Colombian-United States DJ, music producer and record label owner. Having produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers De la Funk, The Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, RBM, Deep Soul, Club Ultimate and Li'l Mo Ying Yang, Morillo is best known for his international wo...
(1971 -) American DJ, music producer and record label owner. Also helped in the production of the famous dance hit "Move It" by Reel 2 Real.

Tiguru (1979 -) International House DJ, music producer.

David Guetta

David Guetta

David Guetta is a France Disc jockey. He began mixing his first vinyls at home at the age of 13, and organised parties in his basement at 15. Two years later, he was working as a DJ in a club called 'Broad', based in Paris....
(1967 -) (born 7 November 1967 in Paris) is a French DJ.

Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold is a record producer and a popular Trance music DJ....
(1963 -) is British record producer and remixer.

Jonathan Peters

Jonathan Peters

Jonathan Peters is a New York City based Disc Jockey, remixer and Record producer....
New York's famous underground DJ. One time resident to the now defunct "Soundfactory" (one of the most famous clubs in NYC), and now resident DJ of Erick Morillo's club "Pacha" in NYC; an offspring to Ibiza's most famous club under the same name. Peters remixes and blends famous as well as underground dance tracks live at his venues with his DJ system known as SAMANTHA.

Peter Rauhofer

Peter Rauhofer

Peter Rauhofer is a remixer and record producer who formerly went under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he is famous for his remixes of a number of Madonna 's songs including "Nothing Really Matters" and "American Life"....
Austrian-born DJ, former DJ at the Roxy

Roxy

Roxy, may refer to:...
in NYC.

Sasha

Sasha (DJ)

Sasha , is a Wales disc jockey and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s, and became a central figure in the development and popularisation of electronic dance music....
(1969 -) voted among the top ten DJs in the world by readers of DJMag every year since 1997.

Seb Al Faired (1978 -) First Kazak DJ to play CD's in 2008. Breaking through in the Dubai scene.

Rick Squillante

Rick Squillante

Rick Squillante was a nightclub Disc Jockey and Record Industry representative and producer who rose to fame during the 1980s as the principal DJ at the famed Starck Club in Dallas, Texas....
(195? - 2001) was a DJ/producer from the Dallas club scene who helped to promote house music

House music

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a United Kingdom record label founded by England entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972 in music. It was later sold to Thorn EMI, and then, in the US, merged with Capitol Records in 2007 to create the Capitol Music Group....
America and the creation of a dance music division.

Tiësto

Tiësto

Ti?sto is a Netherlands Trance music disc jockey and record producer. He has become one of the world's most famous people in the trance and electronic dance music scenes....
(1969 -) One of world's leading trance music DJs, voted 'No. 1 DJ in the World' for the third consecutive year in 2004 by DJMag
DJMag

DJ Magazine is, as of January 31 1991, a monthly magazine dedicated to Electronic Dance Music and Disc Jockeys. The magazine is translated monthly to Portuguese language, Polish language, Ukrainian language, Lithuanian language, Chinese language and Bulgarian language....
's top 100 DJ list.

Tall Paul (1971 -) a Trance DJ in the UK; in 1998 he was voted "Muzik" DJ of the Year.

tyDi

TyDi

tyDi is an Australian disc jockey and Record producer. He is currently listed as Australia's #1 DJ, and #2 producer, according to the Sony inthemix Top 50 DJ Poll 2008....
(1987-) A DJ and producer, ranked Australia's #1 DJ by the Sony inthemix Top 50 DJ Poll 2008.

Armin Van Buuren

Armin van Buuren

Armin van Buuren is a trance producer and DJ. He was born in Leiden, but grew up in Koudekerk aan den Rijn. In 2007 and 2008, he was voted number one DJ in DJ Mag's annual Top 100 vote....
(1976 -) Dutch Trance DJ/Producer, voted No. 1 DJ in the world by "DJMag
DJMag

DJ Magazine is, as of January 31 1991, a monthly magazine dedicated to Electronic Dance Music and Disc Jockeys. The magazine is translated monthly to Portuguese language, Polish language, Ukrainian language, Lithuanian language, Chinese language and Bulgarian language....
's top 100 DJ list" in 2007 & 2008; also voted No. 3 for three years in a row 2003-2005.

Paul Van Dyk

Paul van Dyk

Paul van Dyk is one of the world's leading electronic dance music disc jockey and record producer. He was a Trance music producer in the early 1990s, but has since stated in an interview that he no longer defines his music as trance....
(1971 -) a trance DJ who earned DJMag
DJMag

DJ Magazine is, as of January 31 1991, a monthly magazine dedicated to Electronic Dance Music and Disc Jockeys. The magazine is translated monthly to Portuguese language, Polish language, Ukrainian language, Lithuanian language, Chinese language and Bulgarian language....
's top 100 DJ list No. 1 DJ award in 2005 and again in 2006.

Sven Väth

Sven Väth

Sven V?th is a Disc jockey who has produced an extensive range of work since his career began in 1982. He was also one of the founders of trance music labels Harthouse and the now-defunct Eye Q, as well as being among the first DJs to play trance records....
(1964 -) He was one of the founders of legendary trance music labels Harthouse and the now-defunct Eye Q, as well as being among the very first DJs to play trance records. In 1995 Mixmag rated his album Accident in Paradise one of the top 50 dance albums of all time. Today he is the owner of the Cocoon Event Media GmbH, which contains his new Label, Cocoon Recordings. He is also the owner of the Cocoon Club in Frankfurt.

Darude

Darude

Ville Virtanen , better known by his stage name Darude is a Trance music Record producer and Disc jockey from Eura, Hinnerjoki, Finland. Debuting in 1995, he released in late 1999 the hit single "Sandstorm " and subsequent album Before the Storm ....
(1975), Originally from Finland. Widely known as having the #1 dance track of all time with "Sandstorm." Has had several global #1 hits, and was the first electronic dance DJ to be featured live on MTV Spring Break.