Tech house is a subgenre of house music that combines stylistic features of techno with house. The term tech house developed as a shorthand record store name for a category of electronic dance music that combined musical aspects of techno, such as "rugged basslines" and "steely beats", with the harmonies and grooves of progressive house. The music originally had a clean and minimal production style that was associated with techno from Detroit and the UK.
Curtis Alan Jones, better known by his stage name Green Velvet, is an American disc jockey, singer and record producer. He is also known as Cajmere, Geo Vogt, Half Pint, Curan Stone, and Gino Vittori.
David Maurice Clarke is an English electronic music DJ, producer and radio presenter. BBC radio presenter John Peel named Clarke "The Baron of Techno".
Drumcode Records is a Swedish Techno label managed by Adam Beyer. The label was founded in 1996 and has enjoyed a streak of success in its releases, talent scouting, radio efforts, and general international label camaraderie ever since. Originally a Techno Label, recent years have seen a shift to more progressive Trance and EDM styles amongst artists being released. Its roots are in its native Scandinavia, originally only housing Swedish producers, but in the label's history it has since branched out to working with those whose sound fit the profile, rather than whose nationality aligns best.
John Acquaviva is an Italian-Canadian DJ, producer, and musical entrepreneur.
Uroš Umek, better known as DJ Umek or simply UMEK, is a Slovenian dance music producer and DJ. Musically active since 1993, he is the owner of several techno record labels. In 1999 he founded Consumer Recreation and Recycled Loops, the former of which he co-runs with Valentino Kanzyani. Recycled Loops formed the sublabel Earresistible Musick in 2001, and in 2007 Umek founded the large techno label 1605.
Barclay Macbride Crenshaw, who is known by the stage name Claude VonStroke, is an American house producer based in Los Angeles. He owned Dirtybird Records based in San Francisco. In July 2006 he released his debut album, Beware of the Bird. He has produced a 'Fabric' mix, which was released in May 2009, and has also appeared on Pete Tong's Essential Mix Radio show in 2007, 2013, and 2020. In 2009, he released his second studio album, Bird Brain. In 2016, he was named America's Best DJ in Pioneer DJ and DJ Times’ annual poll. In 2017, he was nominated at the Electronic Music Awards for both DJ of the Year and Radio Show of the Year for "The Birdhouse".
Monika Kruse is a German techno DJ/producer and record label owner, with a career in electronic music spanning more than 25 years. She played an influential role in the early Munich rave scene during the early 1990s and was among the first wave of German techno artists to tour internationally, before moving to Berlin at the end of the decade where she founded her Terminal M record label.
Nick Rotteveel, professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde le Grand, Sander van Doorn, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Armand van Helden, Avicii and Hardwell. He currently ranks at number 20 on DJ Mag's annual Top 100 DJs poll. He is known for his viral hit song "Toulouse".
Sam Paganini is an Italian DJ and producer from Treviso, Veneto, Italy. His 1997 song, "Zoe", made #47 on the UK Singles Chart. He has since released many singles and EPs under his given name, including the very successful Body to Body EP on Cocoon Recordings. In 2014, Sam released his debut album, Satellite, on Drumcode Records. The album was received very well, and one of the tracks from the album, "Rave," remained in the Beatport Techno Top 10 for six months, and has remained in the Techno Top 100 for a year as of September 2015.
Olivier "Oliver" J. L. Heldens is a Dutch DJ and electronic music producer from Rotterdam. He is regarded as a pioneer of the future house genre, propelling it to international attention and scoring numerous chart successes, including "Gecko (Overdrive)", "Last All Night (Koala)", "The Right Song", "Fire in My Soul", and "Turn Me On". He also produces techno songs under the alias HI-LO, which comes from "Oli H" in reversed form, runs the label Heldeep Records and later runs the label HILOMATIK. Through February 2021, he is the 460th-most-streamed artist on Spotify, with over a billion cumulative streams.
Ida Engberg is a Swedish techno DJ and record producer.
Jeremy Olander, is a Swedish DJ and producer based in Stockholm, Sweden. He was born in Fairfax, Virginia, United States and relocated to Stockholm at an early age. His style of electronic dance music has been described as a cross between an authentic brand of Progressive house and melodic House music and Techno.
Ultra Buenos Aires is an outdoor electronic music festival that is a part of Ultra Music Festival's worldwide expansion, which has now spread to twenty countries. The inaugural edition of Ultra Buenos Aires took place at the Costanera Sur in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 5 May 2012.
Jay Lumen is the stage name of a Hungarian techno producer and DJ. He is the founder of Footwork Records, and has appeared on Drumcode, Second State, Saved, 100% Pure, Cadenza and Octopus Records. Lumen has collaborated with Green Velvet, Harvey Mckay, Gary beck, Popof, Wade, Sasha Carassi and Roberto Capuano. Lumen's music has been played on radio stations and podcasts in several countries including BBC Radio 1, Annie Mac, and Pete Tong's radio show.
Christian Smith-Solbakken is a Swedish DJ, record producer and remixer. In 1994, he founded Tronic Record Label, now one of the top 3 selling techno labels in the world according to Beatport. He is also the founder of Tronic Radio, a weekly show now syndicated to over 100 stations around the globe with their 200th show was celebrated with special guest Adam Beyer.
Joseph Capriati, born as Giuseppe Capriati is an Italian DJ and music producer.
Amelie Lens is a Belgian electronic music DJ, record producer, and owner of the record label Lenske.
Graham Anthony Goodwin, also known as Sian, is an Irish electronic dance music producer, DJ, visual artist, and record label owner. He founded Octopus Recordings label in 2008. He has released records on Diynamic, Cocoon Recordings, and Drumcode Records music labels, and produced remixes for Jan Blomqvist, Oliver Heldens, and Deadmau5, among others. Goodwin hosts a show on his label’s Octopus Radio, appears on BBC Northern Ireland radio, the Sirius XM BPM station, and has been featured on Apple Music.
