DJ Dan is an American

United States

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 electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 house music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 DJ and producer. Dan previously released works through the Moonshine label.

Wherret grew up in Olympia, Washington

Olympia, Washington

Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...

. He began hearing electronic dance music at clubs in Seattle and Tacoma where Donald Glaude

Donald Glaude

Donald Glaude is a house music artist, DJ and remixer, and is consistently ranked as one of DJ Mag's top 100 DJs.-Biography:As a child, Donald was classically trained in the upright bass and violin. After hearing early funk records, he began experimenting with tape decks and a primitive radio...

 was playing. Glaude taught him the basics of turntablism

Turntablism

Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer.The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer...

 before Wherret went to study fashion at FIDM in Los Angeles in 1991. At the time, the nascent rave

Rave

Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...

 culture was emerging in Los Angeles. Dan played a few events with Ron D Core and soon became a sought after DJ - the two of them released a series of mixtapes together, including some live mixes. He was voted the #5 DJ in the world by DJ Magazine 's "Top 100" poll for 2006.

Singles

• DJ Dan & Hatiras - Baked From Scratch (Blow Media)
• DJ Dan - Bam (InStereo)
• DJ Dan and Grandadbob - Disco Hertz EP (Faith and Hope Recordings)
• DJ Dan - Transformers Cartoon Theme (Hasbro)
• DJ Dan & DJ Sneak - Speaker Hoes (Unreleased)
• DJ Dan & Steve Mac - Da Muzik (Unreleased)
• DJ Dan - Get Up (Kinetic)
• DJ Dan & Bryan Cox - It’s Getting Closer (Ammo)
• DJ Dan & Hatiras - Love For The Weekend (Blow Media)
• DJ Dan Presents Needle Damage – That Zipper Track (Moonshine) - UK
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• DJ Dan - Needle Damage Remixes (Audacious)
• DJ Dan - Put That Record Back On (Kinetic)
• DJ Dan - Put That Record Back On (Part 1) (Honchos)
• DJ Dan - Put That Record Back On (Part 2) (Honchos)
• DJ Dan - Rock To The Rhythm (Audacious)
• DJ Dan - That Phone Track (Subliminal)
• DJ Dan & Dano - That Arrival (Red Melon Records)
• DJ Dan - Monkey Business (InStereo)
• DJ Dan - Annihilated (InStereo)
• DJ Dan feat Suzie Del Vecchio - Baila Baila (InStereo)
• DJ Dan – Seduction (InStereo)
• DJ Dan & Donald Glaude - Stick Em (InStereo)
• DJ Dan & Hipp-E - Bangin On Ya System (InStereo)
• DJ Dan – Illectrolingus (InStereo)
• DJ Dan - N20 (InStereo)
• DJ Dan - Chop Shop (InStereo)
• DJ Dan - Further Damage EP (Audacious)
• DJ Dan - Secret Stash EP (InStereo)
• DJ Dan - Bam 2009 (InStereo)
• DJ Dan Presents Future Retro - Evolution 1 (Nettwerk)
• DJ Dan Presents Future Retro - Evolution 2 (Nettwerk)
• DJ Dan Presents Future Retro - Evolution 3 (Nettwerk)
• DJ Dan Presents Future Retro - Fascinated (Nettwerk)

Remixes

• 7 Days In A Bathroom (Neo Recordings)
• A Tribe Called Quest - Public Enemy (DJ Dan Mix) (Jive Electro)
• Atomic Babies - Cetch Da Monkey (DJ Dan Remix) (BML)
• Basco - Everythings Gone To The Beat (Electroliners Remix) (Smile Recordings)
• Blake Lewis - How Many Words (DJ Dan Remix) (BMG)
• Brother Grimm - Radiate (Electroliners Remix) (Smile Recordings)
• Carl Cox - The Future (DJ Dan Mix) (Moonshine)
• Cirrus - Back On A Mission (DJ Dan Remix) (Moonshine)
• Cirrus - Stop and Panic (DJ Dan Mix) (Moonshine)
• Citizen King - Better Days (DJ Dan Remixes) (Warner)
• Delirium (DJ Dan Remix) (Nettwerk)
• Depeche Mode - Precious (DJ Dan Remix) (Sire/Warner)
• Dino Lenny - I Feel Stereo (DJ Dan Mix) (Yoshitoshi)
• Dub Pistols - Unique Freak (DJ Dan Mix) (Unreleased)
• Enrique Iglesias - Do You Know (DJ Dan Mix)
• Ferry Corsten - Body Rock (DJ Dan Remix) (Moonshine)
• Filter - The Best Things (DJ Dan & Terry Mullan Remix) (Reprise)
• Freshmaka - I Am The Freshmaka (DJ Dan Mix) (Moonshine)
• Groove Armada - Chicago (DJ Dan & Terry Mullan Remix) (Jive Electro)
• Happy Rhodes - Roy (DJ Dan Mix) (Iwillgetthis4u)
• Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone - Circle Circle Dot Dot (DJ Dan Remix) (Warner)
• Jon H & Rakal - Drop Da Beat (DJ Dan Mix) (Red Menace)
• Keoki - Crash (DJ Dan Mix) (Moonshine)
• M5 Feat. Brad Raker - Sanctuary (Electroliners Remix) (Sorted)
• Mephisto Odyssey - Flow (DJ Dan Mix) (Warner)
• New Order - Krafty (DJ Dan Remix) (Warner)
• New Order - Guilt Is A Useless Emotion (DJ Dan Remix) (Warner)
• Olive - I Am Not In Love (DJ Dan Mix) (Warner)
• Orgy - Blue Monday (DJ Dan Mix) (Warner)
• Orgy - Stiches (DJ Dan Mix) (Warner)
• Paradiso Girls - Patron Tequila (DJ Dan's Mix)
• Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha (DJ Dan's Dub) (Interscope)
• Rob Tissera - Kick Up The Volume (Electroliners Remix) (XL)
• White Knight - New World Order (DJ Dan & Dano Mix) (Smile Recordings)
• Yoko Ono - Give Peace A Chance (DJ Dan Remix) (Twisted)
• Rooster & Peralta - Shake it (DJ Dan Remix) (Funkatronik)
• DJ Kue - The Way (DJ Dan Remix) (InStereo)
• Mike Balance - Loud Enough (DJ Dan Remix) (InStereo)
• Macca – Gangster (DJ Dan Remix) (Invasive Recordings)
• I Don't Care - I Don't Care (DJ Dan Edit) (InStereo)
• Loops of Fury - Flick A Switch (DJ Dan and Mike Balance Remix) (U&A Recordings)
• Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (DJ Dan Remix) (Interscope)
• Janet Jackson - Make Me (DJ Dan Vocal and Peaktime Remixes) (Interscope)
• Space Cowboy feat Cinema Bizarre - We Came 2 Party (DJ Dan Remix) (Interscope)
• P Diddy - Love Come Down (DJ Dan Remix) (Interscope)
• Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (DJ Dan Remix) (Interscope)
• Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce - Telephone (DJ Dan Extended Mix) (Interscope)

Compilations

• Accelerate (Kinkysweet)
• Another Late Night (Moonshine)
• Beats 4 Freaks (Moonshine)
• DJ Dan: In Stereo (Kinetic)
• Funk The System (Moonshine)
• Lift Vol 1 (Thrive)
• Lift Vol 2 (Thrive)
• Loose Caboose (VRG)
• Mixed Live: Ruby Skye San Franicsco (Moonshine)
• Roundtrip (Kinetic)
• URB Mix Vol 2 (Smile Communications)

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

External links

• Official DJ Dan website
• Official DJ Dan Myspace Page
• Official DJ Dan Facebook Page
• Official InStereo Recordings Myspace Page
• Early 90's DJ Dan Mixtapes