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Artists, groups, and people: Electronic dance music (EDM) and rave culture

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DJ Marky & MC GQ

DJ Marky & MC GQ is the live billing under which Brazilian drum and bass DJ Marky (Marco Antonio da Silva) performs with English MC GQ, documented since 2007.

DJ Pierre

DJ Pierre, stage name of Nathaniel Pierre Jones, is an American house producer from Chicago, best known as a founding member of Phuture and co-creator of acid house.

DJ Qbert

DJ Qbert, stage name of Richard Quitevis, is a Filipino-American turntablist from San Francisco who won multiple DMC world titles in the early 1990s and pioneered the crab scratch.

DJ Rashad

DJ Rashad (Rashad Hanif Harden, 1979–2014) was a Chicago footwork and juke pioneer, DJ Spinn's partner in Ghettoteknitianz and Teklife, whose 2013 Hyperdub album Double Cup brought footwork worldwide.

DJ Sammy

DJ Sammy, born Sammy Bouriah in 1969, is a Spanish DJ and producer best known for the 2002 trance hit "Heaven", which topped the UK Singles Chart.

DJ Spinna

DJ Spinna, born Vincent Williams, is a Brooklyn-born DJ and producer active since the 1990s across hip-hop, house, and soul, known for the Wonder-Full Stevie Wonder tribute party.

DJ Sprinkles

DJ Sprinkles is the deep house DJ persona of Terre Thaemlitz, an American producer and cultural critic based in Japan, best known for the 2008 album Midtown 120 Blues.

DJ Stingray

DJ Stingray is the performing name of Sherard Ingram, an American techno DJ and producer from Detroit, founder of Urban Tribe and former Drexciya tour DJ.

DJ The Prophet (musician)

DJ The Prophet, born Dov J. Elkabas in 1968, is a Dutch hardcore and hardstyle DJ called the "Godfather of Hardstyle" and founder of Scantraxx Recordz.

DJ WEF (musician)

DJ WEF is the stage name of Wafae Kefi, a Dutch DJ born in 1994 who mixes hiphop, dancehall, afro, and house, and won FunX's Best DJ of the Year in 2020.

DJ YAGI

DJ YAGI is a Japanese psychedelic trance DJ and producer based in Niigata City, active since 2002 and a six-time performer at ULTRA JAPAN through 2025.

DJ Zinhle

DJ Zinhle, born Ntombezinhle Jiyane, is a South African house DJ, producer, and businesswoman from Dannhauser, KwaZulu-Natal, known for hits like "Umlilo" and Africa's number 1 female DJ.

Djantrix

Djantrix is the psychedelic trance project of Martin Georgiev from Skopje, North Macedonia, releasing on Digital Om since 2015 and playing major psytrance stages, including Boom Festival 2025.

Djenny

Djenny is an Austrian/Bulgarian psytrance producer and DJ on Bliss Bless Records whose 2024 debut album Confluence topped the Beatport psytrance album charts, with festival sets at Ozora and Fusion.

Djrum

Djrum (Felix Manuel) is an Oxford-based British electronic DJ and producer blending techno, jungle, breakcore, and jazz piano. Known for three-turntable DJ sets and the acclaimed 2025 album Under Tangled Silence on Houndstooth.

Dlala Thukzin

Dlala Thukzin, born Thuthuka Zindlovu in 1997, is a South African DJ and producer from Durban known for popularizing 3-step and for "iPlan", his double Platinum 2023 hit.

Dmitry Molosh

Dmitry Molosh is a Belarusian progressive house DJ and producer from Brest whose hypnotic tracks appear on Sudbeat, Hope Recordings, and Proton Music, and who founded the label Proportion.

Dog Blood

Dog Blood is an EDM duo formed in 2012 by Skrillex (Sonny Moore) and Boys Noize (Alex Ridha), whose debut single "Next Order" topped Beatport's Techno chart.

DOIL

DOIL is the stage name of Vebjørn Berg-Jørgensen, a Norwegian dubstep and bass music producer releasing music since 2021, whose track 'Ruckus' reached number 17 on Beatport.

Dom Dolla

Dom Dolla, stage name of Dominic Matheson, is an Australian tech-house producer and DJ from Melbourne who broke through with "Take It" (2018) and "San Frandisco" (2019).

Don Diablo

Don Diablo (Don Pepijn Schipper, born 1980) is a Dutch future house DJ and producer, founder of the HEXAGON label and Hexagon Radio, creator of the Control Alt Delete alias and the billion-stream album FOREVER.

Dr. Alban

Dr. Alban, stage name of Alban Uzoma Nwapa (born 1957, Oguta, Nigeria), is a Sweden-based Eurodance singer and former dentistry student behind 1990s hits "It's My Life" and "Hello Afrika", with over 5 million albums sold worldwide.

Dr. Dru

Dr. Dru, also known as Doctor Dru, is a German house producer and DJ from Hamburg, best known for "Juicy Fruit" and "The Voice of Dru".

Dr. Fresch

Dr. Fresch is the stage name of Tony Fresch, a Los Angeles-based DJ and producer of bass house and G-house, launched in 2013 after winning Insomniac's Discovery Project Contest.

Dr. Motte

Dr. Motte, born Matthias Roeingh in 1960, is a German DJ and producer who founded Berlin's Love Parade in 1989 and now leads Rave The Planet.

Dr. Peacock

Dr. Peacock is the stage name of Stefan Dekker, a Dutch frenchcore DJ and producer born in 1988 who founded Peacock Records and leads the genre's revival.

Drexciya

Drexciya was an American electro and techno duo from Detroit, formed in 1992 by James Stinson and Gerald Donald, known for an Afrofuturist underwater mythology.

DRUNKEN KONG

DRUNKEN KONG is a Japanese techno duo from Tokyo made up of D. Singh and DJ Kyoko, active since 2010 and known for releases on Tronic and Drumcode.

Dubfire

Dubfire (Ali Shirazinia), born in Iran in 1971, is an Iranian-American DJ and producer, one half of the Grammy-winning duo Deep Dish and founder of the techno label SCI+TEC.

Dubioza Kolektiv

Dubioza Kolektiv is a Bosnian band formed in 2003, known for fusing ska, punk, reggae, dub, electronic music, and hip-hop with lyrics confronting nationalism, corruption, and media manipulation.