b. 21 August 1961, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Born of Puerto Rican parents, Morales is one of the USA's premier remixers. His style, melodic house with a strong disco influence, belies his personal physique and presence, that of a pencil-bearded, tatto…

Singersongwriter multi-instrumentalist and Interlochen Arts Academy graduate Casey Stratton began his musical tutelage at the age of eight After years of disciplined training in the classical field he began to explore popular music -- Joni Mitchell P…

If live electronic music is boring in concert dull people behind laptops and synths no guitarists who jump around why would The Sydney Morning Herald name the electronica unit Infusion not the Best Live Dance Act award but the all-around Best Live Ac…

Dutch blues guitarist singer and songwriter Hans Theesink has been carving a niche for himself in the US market through the late 1980s and early 1990s Its no easy task growing up in the Netherlands and teaching oneself the blues but perhaps thats the…

The Nightcrawlers are a cover organization for the activities of house producer John Reid (b. Glasgow, Scotland). As he summarizes it, "I see us as a collective of people and I'm the mouthpiece and the driving force behind it.' The Nightcrawlers" fir…

b. Kristine Weitz, Pasco, Washington, USA. A veteran of the European dance music scene, Kristine W. first came to prominence in 1994 when Mel Medalie, the head of UK label Champion Records, saw her perform in Las Vegas as a lounge act while attending…

b. Yasmin Evans, 19 May 1963, Shepherd's Bush, London, England. Dance-pop singer who began her career in the music business as part of a quickly forgotten act, the Biz. After becoming a catwalk model and working as George Michael's stylist, she laid …

b. Rupaul Andre Charles, 17 November 1960, Dan Diego, California, USA. A seven-foot tall (in heels), transsexual American diva package. At the age of 15 RuPaul took himself (as he then was) off to Atlanta, where he associated with the B-52's and appe…

Though he was born in Chicago this DJ found his spiritual and musical home in San Francisco by way of Salt Lake City and New York He is currently one of the most influential people in the San Francisco house scene as well as one of the hardest-worki…

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Chicago-born Suzanne Palmer became a high-profile dance music diva after teaming up with New York-based producer Peter Rauhofer and joined his project Club 69 adding her dazzling vocals on Much Better Alright Twisted and a house version of Diana Ross…

A prolific US remixing, recording and producing outfit, Washington, DC-based Deep Dish comprises Iranian-born Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia (b. 1971 Iran), and Sharam Tayebi (b. 1971, Iran). They met in 1991, DJing at the same party. In 1992, they formed …

Madonna is arguably the most popular female pop singer in American musical history. Although she began her career in the late 1970s as a dancer and as drummer for new wave group the Breakfast Club, Madonna has touched upon many different styles throu…

Highly regarded by both DJ Magazine and ultra-loyal fans DJ Tisto due in part to his legendary six-hour energetic live sets has been elevated to mythical status as one of the worlds foremost trance DJs A native of Breda Netherlands born Tijs Verwest …

b. Hamburg, Germany. Formerly the vocalist with 90s electro-dance unit Electribe 101, dance diva Martin has enjoyed commercial success as a solo artist. She spent time in London, England before making her first forays into music as singer with the so…

Junior Vasquez (not his real name, he is in fact a German-American from Philadelphia, but declines to provide further details) found his induction into the world of dance music as a (reluctant) dancer at Larry Levan's Paradise Garage. He soon decided…

Formed in the mid-1980s, the British electropop dance duo Pet Shop Boys neatly summed up the age of WALL STREET player Gordon Gecko's greed-is-good dictum and Ronald Reagan's trickle-down economics policy in one of their early singles, "Opportunities…