DJ Dan

DJ Dan first took up the decks amid the early-'90s rave circuit in Los Angeles before assuming the central DJ role for San Francisco's Funky Techno Tribe. He went on to headline raves throughout the United States and abroad, while also delivering remixes for dance acts including Cirrus and issuing albums and singles through Ultimatum, Kinetic, and Moonshine—among them 1998's Beats 4 Freaks, 1999's Funk The System, and 2000's Put That Record Back On.

Raised in Seattle, he later made his home in Pasadena and San Francisco, where the contrasting sounds of high-energy music, hip-hop, and rap from Los Angeles alongside disco and house from the Bay Area shaped his sensibility. Although he had majored in fashion design, he set that pursuit aside once music became his clear direction. His first mix CD, Loose Caboose, appeared in 1996. After establishing a local DJ profile, he moved into production, an area that gained momentum with his remix of Orgy's cover of "Blue Monday." The 1998 Moonshine mix CD Beats 4 Freaks was followed in 1999 by the club tracks "That Zipper Track" and "Needle Damage," whose impact grew through Terry Mullan remixes and the accompanying Funk the System collection. Those releases secured him a place on a worldwide tour alongside label-mate Carl Cox and led to further production work for Moonshine artists such as Cirrus. The 2000 release Another Late Night, paired with the single Put That Record Back On, continued to advance his trajectory.