List of club DJs

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This is a list of notable club DJs. This list consists of professionals who perform or are known to perform at large nightclub venues, or who have been pioneers in the development of the role of the club DJ.

[edit] Notable Club Disc Jockeys

Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold
Jason Jollins
Jason Jollins
Judge Jules
Judge Jules
Tiësto
Tiësto

John Ceglia (1960 -) Played for the largest crowd of the disco era, 14,000 people in 1979 at The World's Largest Disco in Buffalo, NY. Later went on to play at legendary clubs such as New York-New York (NYC), The Underground (NYC), Studio 54 (NYC), and Fire Island Pavillion (NY), among many other notable clubs. Best known for perfecting the art of the long overlay in the classic disco era.

Carl Cox (1962 -) a techno DJ.

Fatboy Slim (1963 -) British DJ.

Ferry Corsten . One of the world's pioneer and top Trance DJ and producer from Holland now fusing electro, pop and trance together.

Francis Grasso (1948 - 2001) Popularized several new disc jockey techniques, including beatmatching, slip-cueing and programming.

Judge Jules (1965 -) One of the U.Ks top House/Trance DJs, who has a radio show on BBC Radio 1.

Mark Kamins is a DJ/mixer/producer from the New York club scene who played in Danceteria, Studio 54, Underground, and other notable clubs.

Kaskade (1972 -), born Ryan Raddock, an American DJ and formerly an A&R assistant with Om Records.

Keoki (1969 -) is a techno musician, portrayed in the 2003 film Party Monster.

Frankie Knuckles (1955 -) helped to develop and popularize the electronic, disco-influenced dance music style called house music.

Manny Lehman one of NYC's most famous DJs.

Larry Levan (1954 - 1992) was an early and prolific re-mixer and the DJ at the 1970s discotheque The Paradise Garage.

David Mancuso (1944 -) was the founder of New York City's first underground party, called The Loft.

Jeff Mills (1963 -) a techno DJ, famous for his fast style of mixing.

Erick Morillo (1971 -) American DJ, music producer and record label owner. Also helped in the production of the famous dance hit "Move It" by Reel 2 Real.

Paul Oakenfold (1963 -) is British record producer and remixer.

Jonathan Peters New York's famous underground DJ. One time resident to the now defunct "Soundfactory" (one of the most famous clubs in NYC), and now resident DJ of Erick Morillo's club "Pacha" in NYC; an offspring to Ibiza's most famous club under the same name. Peters remixes and blends famous as well as underground dance tracks live at his venues with his DJ system known as SAMANTHA.

Peter Rauhofer Austrian-born DJ, former DJ at the Roxy in NYC.

Sasha (1969 -) voted among the top ten DJs in the world by readers of DJMag every year since 1997.

Rick Squillante (195? - 2001) was a DJ/producer from the Dallas club scene who helped to promote house music at the Starck Club in the mid-1980s before moving on to work with Virgin Records America and the creation of a dance music division.

Tiësto (1969 -) One of world's leading trance music DJs, voted 'No. 1 DJ in the World' for the third consecutive year in 2004 by DJMag's top 100 DJ list.

Tall Paul (1971 -) a Trance DJ in the UK; in 1998 he was voted "Muzik" DJ of the Year.

Armin Van Buuren (1976 -) Dutch Trance DJ/Producer, voted No. 1 DJ in the world by "DJMag's top 100 DJ list" in 2007; also voted No. 3 for three years in a row 2003-2005.

Paul Van Dyk (1971 -) a trance DJ who earned DJMag's top 100 DJ list No. 1 DJ award in 2005 and again in 2006.

Sven Väth (1964 -) He was one of the founders of legendary trance music labels Harthouse and the now-defunct Eye Q, as well as being among the very first DJs to play trance records. In 1995 Mixmag rated his album Accident in Paradise one of the top 50 dance albums of all time. Today he is the owner of the Cocoon Event Media GmbH, which contains his new Label, Cocoon Recordings. He is also the owner of the Cocoon Club in Frankfurt.