It’s tough to say more about DJ Dan than what is most likely known by just about any dance music fan that has ever taken interest in the genre. Just take a look at what some other legends have said:

“Dan is a pivotal ingredient to live DJing and production, a real teacher to all."-DJ Sneak

"The thing I love about Dan is that he's always had a funky spirit and he always pushes the elements of music."-Carl Cox

To those who still may not know all that much on Dan, we’ll help you out from under that rock. As you can tell from just a bit of the praise from musical icons DJ Dan has received, our West Coast bred friend has been around the block a few times (and turning heads all the while). Music has been forever entrenched in Dan’s life, having garnered a superior record collection at the age of 8 that would give Amoeba Records a run for its money. Starting his professional musical career with some smaller clubs in Seattle and then Los Angeles, DJ Dan had a rise to recognition in the dance music community that could be considered meteoric. Forming the Funky Techno Tribe in 1993, DJ Dan fused together breakbeat, house, dub, and techno to create a sound that later was fittingly crowned, “West Coast House”. And with renowned tracks like “Needle Damage”, and remixes for everyone from Depeche Mode to Duck Sauce, Dan’s production prowess is undeniable. The journey that Dan’s talents have taken him on could go on for pages and pages. He has played alongside the likes of fellow legends from Carl Cox to John Digweed with a mission of making club goers unable to fight the urge to dance the night away.

And it’s not just party goers and fellow DJ’s who bow down to Dan, the press have drooled over his music. DJ Mag named DJ Dan the #1 House DJ in 2006 while Urb Magazine named him “America’s Favorite DJ” and “America’s Hardest Working DJ” while he was also DJ Time’s ‘America’s Best DJ’ 2014 Top Ten Finalist. The media has never been more accurate. But one of the proudest moments could be said when THUMP warned partygoers to ‘never fuck with DJ Dan’ much like one unfateful attdendant did this year in Baltimore to which Dan had the most powerful of responses.

Dan’s widely renowned Los Angeles based label Instereo Recordings,has further etched his name into dance music’s core. With TJR, Phunk Investigation, Wolfgang Gartner, DJ PP, DJ Sneak, Hatiras, and DJ Dan being amongst the many artists featured on the Instereo Recordings, the label is hard to ignore in the industry. Dan also has releases on Toolroom, Pacha Recordings, Ultra, Guesthouse, Work, XL Recordings, Magnetic, Rising, and many others. 

In 2014 Dan shows no signs of slowing down. His EDC set was rated as one of the best sets of the weekend by DJOYBEAT.com as well as Magnetic Mag. Similar buzz had Insomniac President/ CEO Pasquale Rotella chiming in:

"We go back since the early 90′s and he DJ’d some of my first warehouse parties. He’s an LA underground staple and music legend.”

And if that wasn’t enough, in the recent major dance music poll ‘America’s Best DJ’, DJ Dan clocked in at #9 in a extremely competitive field; beating out some of the largest names in electronic music.

As this dance music world continues to evolve, it is safe to say that DJ Dan will continue to be one of its strongest voices and most powerful influencers.

Dasha Fyah is a bass music admirer and vinyl junkie, who loves dub and reggae music, oldschool hip-hop, funk, soul, breaks, raggajungle, world music and just about every vibe, that sounds inspiring to her. Besides that she's ocassionally involved in the runnings of various cultural events.
When DJing, she especially enjoys mixing and blending tunes together to create powerful transitional build-ups and unique harmonic sonic and lyrical stories.
Dasha comes from the Czech Republic and in her mid-teens started travelling around parties with local soundsystems, starting her own DJ story around 2001 alongside local Czajovna soundsystem. At the beginning she selected mainly new roots, dancehall, and raggajungle, also playing at various local venues, freeparties, summer reggae festivals, or as a guest with other soundsystems.

In 2004  Dasha travelled to Great Britain, fell in love with the place instantly and eventually spent most of her twenties in London. There she visited her first session of University of Dub in Brixton Recreation Center, and from then on started appreciating dub culture and message music to the fullness.
Soon came DJ sessions in various London venues and DJ supports before or after the performances of many world acclaimed reggae artists, such as Macka B, Michael Prophet, Earl 16, etc. This was mainly in Hootananny Brixton, where Dasha Fyah resided for nearly 10 years as ´Fyah Sound (and Promotions)´ longside DJ Loic deNiro; but also in other London clubs, such as Brixton Jamm, Vibe Bar, Brixton Telegraph or London Cargo.
In London her multigenre record collection expanded significantly, as well as many influential music connections, that would last on throughout her adventurous journeys.
After her return to the Czech Republic in 2011, she started two new Prague residencies - in Palac Akropolis for (at that time already legendary) "Sunday Dubwise", and also teamed up with a renown cultural point, Cross Club, where she has helped with the organization and promotion of a whole heap of (mainly dub) events.
 
In 2014 an offer came from the international Dub Force Radio to play regular weekly sessions and this turned out to be a good opportunity for a brand new experience for her. Czech Radio Rastafari later started streaming these broadcasts too. A couple of years later Dasha launched her sessions called 'Essensual Roots´ on the UK-based Real Roots Radio.net and these continue till these days.

Throughout her DJ times Dasha Fyah has played in many European countries, such as Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Poland, Spain, Slovakia and in a myriad of smaller and bigger music events and festivals. She was blessed to play at Real Beat / Reggae Ethnic Session (CZ), Uprising (SK), Rise & Shine (AT), Rototom Sunsplash (SP), One Love (UK), United Nations of Dub (UK), Ostróda (PL), Fusion (DE), LAS (PL), Pop Messe (CZ) and many other great events, and got a chance to test various soundsystems, while meeting up with countless inspiring crews along her way, loving and spreading conscious vibes for the worldwide healing and upliftment. 

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Thee-O started DJing at the young age of 13 and by the time he was 18 in 1992, he started DJing in the thriving underground rave scene of Southern California. He has created a name for himself while changing genres and staying true to his integrity, committing to what he feels is the best in underground dance music. His consistency of skillful mixing and lively scratching has cemented “his sound” regardless of what genres co-mingle in his style.

In addition to his DJing, Thee-O is also an accomplished producer and remixer that have landed tracks on Bedrock, Suara, Perfecto, Looq, Drops and System Recordings to name just a few. His approach to music production mimics his DJing artistry in the aspect that genre comes second over the feeling of the music. Genres and styles are split, shattered and then reformed into songs that work on multiple dance floors.

Recently, he was DJing and producing with Robert Pointer (AKA Robtronik) under the name Stylus. Stylus is also responsible for some of the most engaging events to occur in Los Angeles . Their events have occurred in amazing venues such as King King in the heart of Hollywood, The Standard Rooftop in downtown LA and Los Globos in the trendy Silverlake area, while attracting international talent of both House and Techno to join in on the fun. Thee-O also continues to work with the LA Based "re:love" crew to plan and execute the legendary park parties as well as pushing the brand to extend itself into new venues and opportunities.

As of January 2019, Thee-O has relocated to Honolulu. He is already DJing on the islands and has played for events at venues like Nextdoor and Hawaiian Brian’s as well as the Tropical Oasis Retreat in Maui. While he is on the islands, the slower pace of life will allow him to work on music with less distractions and should increase his output. 

While a lot can be talked about when it comes to “Old School,” Thee-O walks the walk. He has accomplished a lot in his 24 years of being a DJ, producer and promoter and he is just getting started. He remains wildly popular while staying firmly planted into the underground scene and not falling into the hype that can surround the current EDM culture. With a new island home, new ventures, new branding, new tracks, and new ideas, the future is going to be one for the books with lots more to come from this music innovator.

Earthtone Soundsystem / Founder / EQ Specialist & Voice Of Reason

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