Legendary Southern California house music producer DJ Dan has died. A cause of death has not yet been revealed.
DJ Dan performs onstage during the 15th Annual Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on June 24, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Friday Dance Music Guide: New Tracks From Of the Trees, DJ Minx & MoreA cause of death has not yet been revealed.
The artist’s exact age has also not been confirmed, although various reports put him in the 55-57 age range. “It is with profound sorrow, deep admiration, and an enduring sense of gratitude and love that we announce the passing of Daniel Wherrett — known professionally to the world simply as DJ Dan — one of the most beloved, genre-defying, and genuinely influential pioneers in the history of American electronic music,” reads a statement provided to. “He leaves behind not just a discography, but a culture — a way of feeling music that touched millions of souls across four decades and five continents. He often said he felt his purpose in life was ‘to heal through music.’” Ticket holders to DJ Dan’s scheduled Saturday night performance at the club Dead Ringer in Reno, Nevada, report that DJ Dan did not show up to the event, with the promoter later posting a statement to Instagram saying that “unfortunately DJ Dan is unable to make it tonight.” A person close to DJ Dan tellsBorn Dan Wherrett in Lacey, Washington, the producer initially moved to Seattle to study design, but was bewitched by the world of electronic music. He moved to Southern California in the early ’90s, a time when the city was a nexus for the burgeoning underground rave scene. In the mid-90s he moved to San Francisco, co-founding the city’s Funky Tekno Tribe collective and establishing himself as a crucial member of the West Coast underground electronica scene, touring the world and working across house, techno, breakbeat and beyond. In 1998, DJ Dan recorded his first of three Essential Mixes for BBC Radio, with the last one recorded alongside the legendary Frankie Knuckles at Winter Music Conference 2007. Over the years he graced many DJ lists, withtechno was blue and brown; progressive sounds were a cool, deep blue,” continues the statement on his passing. “He described his DJ sets as ‘peaks and valleys of energy through color’ — and that synesthetic vision translated into something audiences felt in their bodies long before they understood it with their minds. He credited his inspiration to James Brown, his parents, and ‘all the underdogs who fought their way to success in life.’” “Off the stage, he was a cook, a traveler, an obsessive record collector whose family bought him a new turntable every Christmas — not because it was tradition, but because it was the only gift he ever wanted. He was passionate about food, art, and the way disparate things could combine into something neither had been alone. That was his philosophy in the kitchen and on the dance floor alike: bring together things that traditionally shouldn’t go together, and find out what happens.” “He leaves behind his music, his label, his mixes, and the countless thousands of dancers who found themselves — truly found themselves — in the middle of one of his sets. The world is quieter today. But press play on anything he touched, and you will hear exactly why we mourn him, and exactly why we are forever grateful he was here to inspire us.”Bad Bunny’s Adidas Collaborations Sell Out in Minutes: Here’s How to Get His Latest Sneaker Drop Online. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. // This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google
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