Most famous djs in the world
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Sasha
Famed British hard house DJs Sasha and John Digweed first gained fame through club appearances and through innovative remixes, including the acclaimed Renaissance series. In 1996 the duo signed to the Ministry of Sound label and released a double album called Northern Exposure, distributed in the U.S. through Moonshine Records. A second two-disc compilation, Northern Exposure 2, followed in 1997 When an ordinary person is recognised at a young age for doing extraordinary things, it is easy to be misunderstood. Sasha, a musician in every sense of the word
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold is the DJ, remixer, and producer who did more than anyone else to break house music in Britain during the late ’80s. During 1987-88, Oakenfold hosted a series of crucial club-nights which introduced thousands of Brits to house music. Just a few years later, he helped push the new dance crossover into the charts by master-minding hit productions by Happy Mondays (among others) and forming one of the most successful dance labels of the 1990s, Perfecto Records
Tiesto
Tijs Verwest was born on 17 january 1969 in Breda. His interest for music started very early,at the age of twelve he already created music. When he reached twenty it became very serieus. Now a days he is one of the most famous and beloved DJ ’s in the world, according to Paul Oakenfold the “Godfather” of the English dancescene. Since november 1999 he monthly performes as a resident in Gatecrasher at Leeds, the most popular club of England. In february of that same year he has a break trough with his spectecular set at Innercity
Carl Cox
So much has been said about one of the greatest DJs in the world. Carl Cox has excelled as a producer, artist, remixer, radio DJ, businessman, and ambassador for dance music. In the UK he is a full-blown ‘Pop Star’. As anyone who has met him will attest, Carl Cox is the living embodiment of the perfect gentlemen, the DJ diplomat and progressive music pioneer. Carl Cox began 1996 with the launch of his own record label, Worldwide Ultimatum, releasing his debut self-produced album ‘At The End Of The Cliche’. This album was more infos
Pual Vandyk
Originally from East Germany, Paul van Dyk is known around the world for his soul-awakening music uplifting clubbers and critics alike. He broke into the club scene as a DJ in Berlin in 1991 and released his first record in 1992. With production skills that matched his prowess behind the turntables, PvD remixes and original tracks earned him gigs across Europe.
John Digweed
Sussex, England. Now part of the jet-setting DJ elite, John Digweed has paid his dues by working from the bottom up. He is now an in-demand name at clubs and events throughout the world and, along with occasional partner, Sasha, is synonymous with intelligent, progressive house music. In the UK’s DJ magazine’s Top 100 of 1998, Digweed was voted number 7. Growing up in Hastings on England’s south coast, Digweed’s DJing ambitions began while he was still at school and he would spend evenings practising
Bad Boy Bill
Hard-house DJ Bad Boy Bill was born and raised in Chicago, and began mixing records at the age of 14. An avid fan of Chicago radio station WBMX’s Hot Mix Five mixing team, Bill landed his big break when none other than Farley Jackmaster Funk gave him his first broadcast gig; he went on to emerge as one of the hottest turntablists on the Windy City scene, and in 1988 took top honors more info
Danny Tenaglia
Since the release of his debut album Hard & Soul in 1995, and his subsequent beat-mixed dance compilations (Mix This Pussy, Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?, Gag Me With A Tune, and Color Me Danny), the DJ-remixer-producer has traveled the globe spreading the gospel according to house music.
