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Destructo

Destructo is the stage name of Gary Richards, an American DJ and producer known for G-house music who founded the HARD festivals and the Friendship cruise.

Detlef

Detlef is the stage name of Alexandros Georgiadis, a Greek tech-house DJ and producer whose 2017 single "Swagon" hit number one on Beatport, and who holds a residency at Jamie Jones' Paradise parties in Ibiza.

Detroit techno

Detroit techno: electronic dance music genre created in early-1980s Detroit by the Belleville Three (Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson), named via Atkins' 'Techno City' on a British compilation, spread to Europe via Transmat's 'Strings of Life' and the 1988 Techno! compilation.

Detroit Techno Militia

Detroit Techno Militia (DTM) is a Detroit-based collective of DJs and producers and a record label, founded in 2002 to preserve and promote Detroit techno heritage worldwide.

Devarra

Devarra is the performing name of Adi Devara Bachtiar, an Indonesian tech house DJ and producer from Jakarta who won Heineken Thirst Indonesia in 2005.

Devault

Devault is the performing name of Sage DeVault, an American electronic producer from Orange County, California, whose debut LP Stay arrived on Geffen in 2018.

DGTL Festival

DGTL Festival, also billed as DGTL Amsterdam, is an electronic music festival founded in 2013 at the NDSM shipyard in Amsterdam, held each Easter weekend and known for its circular-sustainability program.

Dickster

Dickster (Dick Trevor) is the psytrance alias of British producer Richard Trevor, formerly of Green Nuns of the Revolution and active since the 1990s Goa trance scene.

Digital Newcastle (music)

Digital is a nightclub at Times Square in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, opened in July 2005, converted from the Powerhouse club and nicknamed "The Fabric of the North".

Dillon Francis

Dillon Francis (Dillon Hart Francis, born 1987) is an American DJ and producer from Los Angeles, pioneer of moombahton and moombahcore, known for "Get Low" with DJ Snake, albums Money Sucks, Friends Rule and Wut Wut, and his DJ Hanzel alias.

Dimitri K

Dimitri K, the stage name of Demis Dimitri Kanakis, is a Dutch uptempo hardcore producer and DJ from Utrecht, born in 1998, known for his heavily distorted saw kick.

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike (Dimitri and Michael Thivaios) are a Belgian EDM DJ duo formed in 2006, twice DJ Mag Top 100 winners (2015, 2019), known for Tomorrowland and Smash The House.

Dimond Saints

Dimond Saints is an American bass music duo from Oakland, California, formed by producers An-Ten-Nae (Adam Ohana) and Releece (Reece Rosenfeld), known for Hype Machine-charting remixes and festival sets.

Dion Timmer

Dion Timmer is a Dutch-born electronic music producer, born in 1999, who has released dubstep and bass music since 2014 on labels including Monstercat, Deadbeats, and Subsidia.

Diplo

Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz, born 1978, Tupelo, Mississippi) is an American DJ and producer behind Major Lazer, Jack Ü, Silk City, and LSD, with three Grammy wins from 13 nominations.

Dirty South

Dirty South is the stage name of Dragan Roganović (Драган Рогановић), a Serbian-born Australian DJ and record producer, twice nominated for Grammys and ARIA Awards.

Dirtyphonics

Dirtyphonics is a French electronic music duo from Paris, formed in 2004, consisting of Charly Barranger and Julien "PitchIn" Corrales, called the biggest drum and bass act to come out of France.

Disciple Records

Disciple, formerly Disciple Recordings, is a British-American bass music label founded in 2013 in Bristol, England, by Ross Burr and Rob Talbott, later based in Los Angeles.

Disclosure (band)

Disclosure are an English electronic duo, brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence from Surrey, formed 2010. Known for house and UK garage hits "Latch" with Sam Smith and albums Settle, Caracal, Energy, and Alchemy.

Disco Lines

Disco Lines is the stage name of Thadeus Labuszewski, an American house DJ and producer from Colorado, known for the viral TikTok hit "Baby Girl" (2022), the label Good Good Records, and collaborations with Tinashe and Ship Wrek.

Disco Presents

Disco Presents, known until 2024 as Disco Donnie Presents, is an American EDM event promoter founded by James "Disco Donnie" Estopinal in New Orleans in 1994.

Distance (musician)

Distance is the stage name of Greg Sanders, a British dubstep producer and DJ from London, active since 2003 and known as an originator of the original dubstep sound.

Distinct Motive

Distinct Motive, the stage name of Phil Shore, is a Canadian dubstep producer and DJ from Ontario making dark, minimal, dub-influenced music at 140 BPM.

District 8

District 8 is a Dublin electronic-music club and promoter founded in 2014, which ran the Tivoli Theatre until 2019 and now operates Index and the District X festival.

Dixon x Jimi Jules

Dixon x Jimi Jules (Dixon & Jimi Jules) is a back-to-back DJ collaboration between German DJ Dixon and Swiss DJ Jimi Jules, first billed at Coachella 2025.

DJ AM

DJ AM, born Adam Michael Goldstein (1973-2009), was an American DJ, Crazy Town turntablist, and open-format pioneer who became the first million-dollar Las Vegas DJ before dying of an overdose in 2009.

DJ AniMe

DJ AniMe is the stage name of Barbara Palermo, an Italian hardcore and hard techno DJ active since 1998, billed as the "Queen of Italian Hardcore."

DJ Assault

DJ Assault (Craig De Shan Adams, born 1977, Detroit), also Craig Diamonds, is a ghettotech pioneer who with Mr. De' ran Electrofunk and Assault Rifle, made "Ass N Titties," and rejects the ghettotech label for Detroit booty music.

DJ Awards

The DJ Awards, also known as the Ibiza DJ Awards, is an annual ceremony honoring electronic music DJs and producers, held in Ibiza since 1998 and called the "Oscars of dance music".

DJ BoBo

DJ BoBo is the stage name of Swiss singer, rapper, dancer and producer René Baumann (born 1968, Kölliken), the Eurodance star behind "Somebody Dance With Me" (1993) and "Chihuahua" (2003), with about 14 million records sold and the 2026 Great Adventure arena tour.