List of artists by letter «d» - Biography and discography, all albums and songs | Pages: 3

DJ Hype (real name Kevin Ford) is a British DJ, producer, and one of the founding figures of the jungle / drum & bass genre. He was born on 6 August 1968 in London. Hype is regarded as a key architect of the 1990s UK sound, a resident of major rave events, founder of Ganja Records, and a member of the iconic project Ganja Kru. He is known for his razor-sharp scratching technique, legendary radio shows, and production work that helped define the face of the early d’n’b scene. Early Years and Beginnings Kevin Ford grew up in London at a time when hip-hop, reggae, dub and sound-system culture were shaping the city’s musical landscape. He began his career as a hip-hop DJ and turntablist, performing at competitions and club nights. In the late 1980s, he became part of…

DJ Jazzy Jeff (real name — Jeffrey Allen Townes) was born on January 22, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA — an American DJ, producer, sound engineer, and one of the most technically influential masters of hip-hop scratching. One of the founders of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, a two-time Grammy winner, a pioneer of hip-hop party DJing, and the creator of the classic “transform scratch” technique. Early life and musical roots Jeffrey Townes grew up in West Philadelphia — a city known for its strong DJ culture. He began DJing as a teenager, inspired by local block-party events and early hip-hop pioneers. Already at 10–12 years old, he experimented with his father’s turntables, and by 14 he was performing at school events.…

DJ Jean — легендарный диджей и продюсер из Нидерландов, ставший всемирно известным благодаря своему знаковому треку "The Launch". Этот хит 1999 года вывел его на международный уровень и закрепил за ним статус одного из самых влиятельных диджеев своего времени. Ранние годы и начало карьеры Настоящее имя DJ Jean — Жан Хендрик Гепперт. Он родился 7 мая 1968 года в городе Влицен, Нидерланды. С детства увлекаясь музыкой, Жан начал свою карьеру диджея в 1980-х годах. В это время он работал в клубах Амстердама, где быстро стал популярным благодаря своему умению миксовать треки и создавать уникальную атмосферу на танцполе. Прорыв: "The Launch" Кульминацией его карьеры стал выпуск трека "The Launch" в 1999 году. Композиция мгновенно стала международным хитом, заняв первые места в…

DJ Kool Herc is the person from whom the story of hip-hop begins—not simply as a genre, but as a cultural engine. His impact can’t be measured in charts or sales: he shaped the very principle by which the culture works—rhythm, the break, the street, sound, and community. Origins and early years His real name is Clive Campbell. He was born on April 16, 1955, in Kingston, Jamaica. In the late 1960s, his family moved to New York, settling in the Bronx—a borough that would experience a steep social decline in the 1970s. The construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway effectively cut the area in two, triggering a large-scale middle-class exodus, rising poverty, and escalating street violence. In that environment, DJ Kool Herc’s parties became an alternative to…

DJ Mad Dog (real name Filippo Calcagni; born November 2, 1980, Rome, Italy) is an Italian DJ and producer, one of the key figures on the global hardcore and gabber scene. His career spans over two decades: he has performed at the biggest festivals, released genre-defining anthems, and runs his own label. Early years and path formation Filippo grew up in Rome. He became interested in music as a teenager, mainly electronic and club sounds with a strong, high-energy battle vibe. In 1995, at the age of 15–16, he formed a group called Hardcore Terrorists together with two friends. The project released its first EP and gradually gained recognition within the Italian hardcore scene. At a young age he was already organizing raves and playing in Roman clubs, including one of his first…

DJ Marky is a Brazilian DJ, producer, musician and founder of Innerground Records. His real name is Marco Antonio da Silva. He was born on June 14, 1973, in the Cangaíba district of São Paulo. DJ Marky achieved international recognition as one of the leading figures in Brazilian drum & bass and as a highly skilled club DJ. Together with XRS, DJ Patife, Drumagick and other musicians, he helped shape a scene that combined British breakbeats and bass music with the rhythms, melodies and musical heritage of Brazil. His greatest commercial success was LK (Carolina Carol Bela), recorded with XRS and Stamina MC, which reached the UK Top 20. DJ Marky is known for far more than his own productions. A significant part of his reputation rests on his DJ sets: fast and technically…

DJ Matrix (real name — Matteo Schiavo; born June 16, 1987, Schio, Province of Vicenza, Italy) is an Italian DJ, music producer, songwriter and performer whose career is primarily associated with Italian dance music, Italodance and contemporary electronic pop. He began making electronic music as a teenager, first gained recognition through Tu vivi nell'aria and La tipica ragazza italiana, and later consolidated his success with Voglio tornare negli Anni 90, the long-running Musica da giostra series and numerous collaborations with Italian artists. Unlike many European electronic producers of his generation, Matrix did not build his career primarily around the international festival circuit. His music is closely tied to Italian popular culture: clubs and summer resorts, television,…

DJ Melloffon (real name — Yuriy Melofon; also performed under the name MLFN) was a Ukrainian DJ, music producer and electronic music artist. His work was primarily associated with house and dance-pop. Melloffon released his own tracks, created club versions and remixes for Ukrainian artists, and collaborated with Moon Records. Among the musician’s most notable works are Forget, «Рай» with Katia Rudelman, First Be a Woman, «На краю земли», «Осколки», The Sun, the album One Love and the track «Героям Слава!». Remixes for Lavika and the band «Скрябін» became an important part of his career. DJ Melloffon: early releases and remixes Relatively little reliable information has survived about the early years of Yuriy…

DJ Noiz is a DJ, sound producer and remixer who is actively working on the club scene across Europe and the CIS. He gained wide popularity thanks to his signature remixes in styles like G-House, Trap / RnB, and Deep House, which have become an essential part of club sets, TikTok challenges and radio rotations. His work is characterized by tight bass grooves, hit-ready sound design, smooth vocal pitching and a highly recognizable rhythmic signature. Since the late 2010s, DJ Noiz has become one of the most in-demand remixers in Eastern Europe, and his name is consistently associated with quality dance production. Early years and career beginnings DJ Noiz started his career as a club DJ, performing at local parties and working on his first original remixes. As social networks and…

DJ Olive (real name Gregory Gilmore, born 1961, Boston, USA) — an American electronic musician, DJ, producer, sound artist, and one of the pioneers of illbient, a style that helped shape experimental electronic music of the 1990s. Olive is known as a multi-genre sound artist working at the intersection of dub, ambient, trip-hop, sound art, field recordings, and audio installations. Early years Gregory Gilmore was born in Boston, but in the early 1980s he moved to New York, where he immersed himself in the atmosphere of underground clubs, avant-garde art, performance art, and early hip-hop culture. The New York context became the foundation of his future sound philosophy. Shaping his artistic identity In the early 1990s, Olive became one of the key figures of the Brooklyn…

DJ Pierre (real name — Nathaniel Pierre Jones) is an American DJ, producer, composer, and one of the founders of the acid house genre. He pioneered the sound that shaped modern electronic music and had a massive influence on the development of house, techno, trance, and EDM. DJ Pierre is the name behind the birth of the 303 sound and the global rave culture. Early Life Nathaniel Jones was born on July 18, 1965, in Chicago (USA) — one of the key birthplaces of house music. From a young age, he showed interest in music, listening to funk, disco, jazz, gospel, and soul. He was deeply influenced by artists like James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Herbie Hancock, and Giorgio Moroder. During the 1980s, Chicago experienced a booming club culture, where early house sounds emerged…

DJ Piligrim is one of the first and most successful musical projects in Central Asia, blending national traditions with modern electronic sound. Its founder, Ilkhom Yulchiev, became not only a popular artist but also a symbol of the musical globalization of the late 1990s — an era when cultural boundaries were rapidly dissolving. The work of DJ Piligrim is a vivid example of how local identity can harmoniously coexist with the universal rhythms of the global dance scene. Context and Cultural Significance In the musical history of the post-Soviet space, much attention has traditionally been focused on Moscow and St. Petersburg as centers of innovation and the music industry. Yet, beyond these metropolises, other significant cultural processes were emerging. Central Asia, with its…

DJ Pointless is the Swedish electronic musician, songwriter, and producer Samuel Jabrail Rogström. He also works under the names Sace and Silent Boy, using them to distinguish the production, vocal, and collaborative sides of his work. The DJ Pointless catalog includes atmospheric electronica, wave, darkwave, alternative electronic songwriting, and music connected to the contemporary angelcore scene. The musician’s best-known recordings were created together with akiaura and LONOWN. They include XVI, If You Care, and Firstclass Misery. On these compositions, DJ Pointless does not appear as a guest DJ in the traditional sense, but as a full participant in the recording: a vocalist, lyricist, and creator of the songs’ central phrases. Other important works include Cold…

DJ Screw (настоящее имя — Роберт Эрл Дэвис-младший, Robert Earl Davis Jr.) родился 6 июля 1971 года в Смитвилле, штат Техас, и стал культовой фигурой американского хип-хопа, навсегда изменив звуковой ландшафт южного рэпа. Он прославился как создатель уникального стиля, получившего название "chopped and screwed", в котором треки искусственно замедляются и дополняются скретчами, повторами и другими техниками для создания густой, затянутой атмосферы. Ранние годы DJ Screw начал заниматься диджеингом ещё в подростковом возрасте, экспериментируя с кассетами и проигрывателями. Переехав в Хьюстон, он стал частью бурно развивающейся сцены южного хип-хопа, черпая вдохновение из регионального звучания и уличной культуры. Его первые миксы пользовались популярностью в округе, а затем стали…

DJ Shadow (born Joshua Paul Davis; June 29, 1972, Hayward, California, USA) is an American producer, DJ, and a primary architect of instrumental hip-hop. He became a global icon by radically redefining sampling as a standalone artistic language, proving that a producer can be a complete auteur without the need for vocalists. Early Years and Formative Style Joshua Davis grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area—an environment where punk, hip-hop, funk, and electronic music intersected. In the early 1990s, while attending UC Davis, he worked at the KDVS radio station. It was there that he began systematically collecting vinyl and experimenting with multi-layered sampling. The Solesides label (which later evolved into Quannum Projects) served as a crucial platform for his development,…

Андрей Леонидович Ширман, более известный под псевдонимом DJ Smash, — российский диджей, композитор и музыкальный продюсер, родился 23 мая 1982 года в Перми в семье музыкантов. Его отец, Леонид Моисеевич Ширман, был джазовым музыкантом и преподавателем, а мать, Лариса Алексеевна Петрова, — хормейстером и заслуженным работником культуры РФ. С раннего возраста Андрей проявлял интерес к музыке. В шесть лет он начал обучаться игре на фортепиано, а в восемь — сочинять собственные композиции. В 14 лет выпустил свой первый альбом «Get Funky» тиражом 500 экземпляров, что стало его первым шагом на профессиональной сцене. В 2000 году Андрей переехал в Москву, где работал аранжировщиком и продюсером в студии звукозаписи «Депо». В 2004 году он стал…

DJ Snake (real name — William Sami Étienne Grigahcine; born 13 June 1986, Paris, France) is a French DJ and music producer of Algerian descent, and one of the most successful figures of his generation on the global electronic music scene. His music sits at the intersection of EDM, trap, dubstep, hip-hop, reggaeton and other areas of club and popular music. He gained international recognition through tracks including Turn Down for What, Lean On, You Know You Like It, Middle, Let Me Love You, Taki Taki, Loco Contigo, Magenta Riddim and Disco Maghreb. DJ Snake’s career is distinguished by a rare ability to work across several musical environments at once. He began within Parisian hip-hop culture, received his first serious studio commissions as a producer for other…

Real name: Alexey Sergeyevich Tsvetkov Date of birth: October 21, 1978 Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR Stage name: DJ TsvetkoFF Professions: DJ, composer, producer, radio host Main styles: electro house, progressive house, progressive trance, dance Status: one of the key figures of the Russian dance and radio scene of the late 1990s–2000s DJ TsvetkoFF and “Radio Record”: at the origins of dance radio DJ TsvetkoFF is a figure inseparably linked to the history of “Radio Record”. He stood at the origins of the station from its founding in 1995, at a time when dance music in Russia was only beginning to take shape as an independent cultural environment. It was his author’s show “Dancefloor”, launched in 1995, that became one of the…

DNDM is an Uzbek electronic music project created by producers and composers Doniyor Ahmedov and Davron Ahmedov. The duo’s work is primarily based on melodic deep house, vocal house and other melodic forms of contemporary dance music. The project gained international recognition through digital platforms, extended music mixes and compositions such as Dubai, Morocco, Eastern Love, Odyssey, Only Love and Where Is She. Formation of the project and early work According to DNDM’s official Spotify biography, Doniyor and Davron Ahmedov began creating music before the project’s main discography emerged, and in 2021 they focused on deep house. It was during this period that DNDM began to take shape as an independent electronic music brand with a recognisable melodic aesthetic.…

Doja Cat – биография, карьера и успех Doja Cat (настоящее имя Амала Ратна Зандиле Дламини) – американская певица, рэпер, автор песен и продюсер. Она стала известной благодаря вирусному хиту Mooo! и укрепила свою популярность с альбомами Hot Pink и Planet Her. Обладательница множества музыкальных наград, включая Грэмми, Doja Cat славится экспериментальным стилем, эксцентричными клипами и уникальным звучанием, сочетающим хип-хоп, поп и R&B. Ранние годы и начало карьеры Doja Cat родилась 21 октября 1995 года в Лос-Анджелесе, Калифорния. Её мать, Дебора Элизабет Сойер, художница, а отец, Думисани Дламини, – южноафриканский актёр и продюсер. С детства она увлекалась музыкой и танцами, играла на пианино и изучала вокал. Подростком Амала начала записывать треки в…