DJ The Prophet | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Dov Joseph Elkabas |
Also known as | The Godfather of Hardstyle |
Origin | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Genres | Hard dance, hardstyle |
Years active | 1988–2023 |
Labels | Scantraxx |
Website | djtheprophet |
Dov Joseph Elkabas (born 5 November 1968), known professionally as DJ The Prophet, is a Dutch hardcore techno and hardstyle DJ and producer. The Prophet is also the owner of one of the largest hardstyle record labels, Scantraxx. [1]
The Prophet started his career as a DJ in 1983 after he discovered turntables at a disco in Amsterdam. He was working in a hotel at the time, and performing as DJ on the side. He was asked to choose, and made the choice to DJ full-time. [2] He started spinning hip hop music before a switch to house in 1988. [3] About three years later, he set up a team of DJs known as "The Dreamteam", together with DJ Dano, Buzz Fuzz and Gizmo. [4] The team was a huge success in the gabber scene. [5]
Later, The Prophet switched from hardcore to hardstyle because he did not like the fact that the hardcore community wanted the music to become 'harder'. [5] He is famous both as a DJ and as a producer.[ citation needed ] He is also the owner of Scantraxx Records, one of the largest Dutch hardstyle record labels. [5]
His productions were released on vinyl and CDs on labels such as ID&T or Q-dance. He is also behind many DJ mixes which were published on CDs, such as the Thunderdome CDs, and he was involved in projects including Hardheadz (along with DJ Pavo) and Punk Brozz (with DJ Zany).
In 2014 he released his first album, Louder, which took about nine months to produce. [2]
As of 2023, The Prophet announcing his retirement after more than three decades of making music & deejaying across the globe. He will be doing so once he concluded his "From The Hard" tour visit, which include Defqon.1 Weekend Festival 2023 as his final destination. [6]
Album name | Year | Label | Other info |
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In The Mix | 1996 | ID&T | mix-cd |
Best Of The Prophet | 1997 | ID&T | |
Go Get Ill | 2000 | Masters Of Hardcore | 10' record under the alias Buzz Fuzz & The Prophet |
Kick Azz | 2002 | Masters Of Hardcore | Under the alias The Masochist |
Scantraxx presentz: HardheadZ | 2002 | Scantraxx / Digidance | mix-cd featuring DJ Pavo |
Qlimax 5 | 2003 | Q-dance | mix-cd |
Bounzz 2004 - The 2nd Edition | 2004 | BMG | mix-cd with contributions from DJ Dano |
History Of Hardcore 4 - Dreamteam Edition | 2004 | Sony | mix-cd + DVD |
Scantraxx Volume 2 | 2004 | Sony / Scantraxx | mix-cd dubbel |
3xhard3r | 2005 | Digidance | mix-cd with contributions from DJ Ruthless and Korsakoff |
Hard - 80 Minutes Hard In The Mix | 2006 | Cloud 9 Music / Scantraxx | mix-cd hardstyle / hardcore |
The Prophet Hard2 | 2006 | Cloud 9 Music / Scantraxx | mix-cd electro-house / hardstyle / hardcore |
The Prophet Hard3 | 2008 | Cloud 9 Music / Scantraxx | mix-cd jumpstyle / hardstyle / hardcore |
Houseqlassics Ten Years | 2009 | Q-dance | mix-cd house/ hardcore |
Louder | 2014 | Scantraxx | Album |
Track Title | Year | Label | Release info |
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The Source | 1992 | DT Music | Under the alias Avantguarde |
To The Rhythm | 1992 | DT Music | Under the alias Collage |
Cook & Curry | 1993 | Mokum Records | Under the alias Cookiemunsta |
Dominatin | 1993 | Dreamteam Productions | Daniël Leeflang |
Thunderdome 4 EP | 1993 | Dreamteam Productions | |
Dominatin' EP | 1993 | Dreamteam Productions | |
Allright Now Here We Go!!!! | 1994 | Dreamteam Productions | |
Featuring "The Highest Sense..." | 1994 | Say No More | |
Housetime! | 1995 | Test Crash Records | |
Big Boys Don't Cry | 1995 | Pengo Records | |
I Love You | 1995 | Boedha Records | |
Freeze Now | 1995 | Boedha Records | |
The Way You Make Me | 1995 | Pengo Records | With DJ Delirium |
We ♥ To Party | 1995 | Test Crash Records | With DJ Delirium |
Cyberzone | 1995 | Cyberzonic Records | |
I Like It Loud | 1996 | Test Crash Limited | |
Da Boomin' Bass | 1996 | Test Crash Records | With DJ Delirium |
Feels So Real | 1996 | ID&T | With DJ Delirium |
What Iz Life | 1997 | Dreamteam Productions | |
Power Pill | 1997 | H2OH Recordings | With Omar Santana |
Return Of The Zilla | 1997 | The Rose | |
Slam The Place | 1998 | ID&T | With E-Rick & Tactic |
Roll The Place | 1998 | ID&T | With Buzz Fuzz |
Harakiri Vol. 1 | 1999 | BZRK Records | With 50% of the Dreamteam & DJ Buzz Fuzz |
Go Get Ill | 2000 | Masters of Hardcore | With DJ Buzz Fuzz |
Scratched | 2003 | Scantraxx | With DJ Dana |
Hardstyle Baby | 2003 | Scantraxx | |
Follow The Leader | 2004 | Scantraxx | With DJ Duro |
Follow The Leader | 2003 | Q-Dance, ID&T | |
Another Track | 2004 | Scantraxx | With SMF |
Bitcrusher/Mani-X | 2005 | With The Beholder & Max Enforcer | Seismic Records |
Shizzle the Rmx | 2005 | Scantraxx | With DJ Duro |
Stereo Killa | 2005 | ScantraXXL | With Marc Acardipane |
Emergency Call | 2005 | Q-Dance | Defqon.1 anthem 2005 |
Big Boys Don't Cry/Allright Now Here We Go!!! | 2006 | ScantraXXL | |
Payback | 2006 | M!D!FY | With Brennan Heart |
Dipswitch / OG Pimp | 2006 | Scantraxx Special | |
Stampuhh!! | 2006 | Scantraxx | With Deepack |
Fucking Pornstar/Cocain Bizznizz | 2006 | Scantraxx | |
Big Boys Don't Cry | 2006 | Scantraxx | |
High Rollerz / Scar Ur Face | 2007 | Scantraxx Reloaded | With Headhunterz |
Remixx3d 001 | 2007 | Scantraxx | |
Cold Rockking / Alive | 2008 | Scantraxx Silver | With Wildstylez |
Chubby / Fuck-R | 2008 | Scantraxx | |
Summer of Hardstyle | 2009 | Scantraxx | Proppy & Heady |
Psycho Ex | 2009 | Titanic Records | With Technoboy, ft. Shayla |
Recession / Morphed | 2009 | Scantraxx | |
Elites / My Worship | 2010 | Scantraxx Silver | |
My Religion / Don't Touch Me / Black Stripez | 2010 | Scantraxx Silver | |
I Like It Rammuhloud (X-Pander Mash-Up) | 2011 | Free Release | |
Wake Up! / Till U Believe It / Face the Enemy (Zany Rmx) | 2011 | M!D!FY | With Brennan Heart |
Wake Up! (The Prophet's Hardcore Remuxx) | 2011 | Free Release | With Brennan Heart |
Shizzle (2011 Remuxx) | 2011 | Scantraxx | With Dj Duro |
Forget About It | 2011 | Scantraxx | |
Pitch Black | 2011 | Scantraxx Special | Official Black 2011 Anthem |
Window of Time / Really Don't Care | 2011 | Scantraxx | |
Ordinary Life | 2012 | Scantraxx Special | |
One Moment | 2012 | Scantraxx | |
Mindkiller | 2012 | Scantraxx | |
BOOOM!! / Punk MF | 2012 | Scantraxx | |
Smells Like Hardstyle | 2012 | Free Release | |
Someone Like You | 2012 | Free Release | Feat. Ndrah Lake |
Bring Me Down | 2012 | Scantraxx | With Audiofreq, feat. Teddy |
We Are One! | 2012 | Scantraxx | With Audiofreq |
Reflections Of Your Dark Side | 2012 | Scantraxx Special | Official Black 2012 Anthem |
My Style | 2012 | Scantraxx | |
H3Y! | 2013 | Scantraxx Special | |
Ordinary Life | 2013 | SectionZ Records | KATFYR Remix |
The Bizz | 2013 | Scantraxx | |
Prozaxx (X-Pander Kick Edit) | 2013 | Free Release | with Zatox |
R3tro | 2013 | Scantraxx | |
So Wrong | 2013 | Scantraxx | With Popr3b3l |
Everlasting | 2013 | Scantraxx Special | |
Summer of 2011 (Prophet Refixx) | 2014 | Origins | Proppy & Heady |
Tracking The Beat | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
Triple F (Fight For Freedom) | 2014 | Scantraxx | With The Anarchist |
Hoo-Ey | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
Conquer the World | 2014 | Scantraxx | With Audiotricz |
Embrace | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
For The Better | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
H3Y! (2014 Edit) | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
I'm The King | 2014 | Scantraxx | With Adaro |
Evil Rains | 2014 | Scantraxx | With Rob Gee |
Echoes | 2014 | Scantraxx | feat. Lilly Julian |
Afsluitplaatje | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
Make Me Stay | 2014 | Scantraxx | With Noisecontrollers & Leonie Meijer |
Breaks E.P. 1 | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
Breaks E.P. 2 | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
I'm A Superman / Say Forward | 2014 | Negus Roots | With Neville Brown |
Louder | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
IDGAF (I Don't Give A Fuck) | 2014 | Scantraxx | With The Anarchist, feat. Rob Gee |
Dark Matter | 2014 | Scantraxx | With The Anarchist, (Official Ground Zero 2014 Anthem) |
Rokkstar | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
Kikkdrum | 2014 | Scantraxx | |
Till I Die | 2015 | Scantraxx | |
Jumpp upp | 2015 | Foolish records | With Darkraver |
Mixmaster | 2015 | Scantraxx | |
Here We Go! | 2015 | Foolish Records | |
Reverse Bass | 2015 | Scantraxx | |
Till I die | 2015 | Scantraxx | |
Flute | 2015 | Scantraxx | |
Caramba | 2016 | Scantraxx | |
Hunt You Down | 2016 | Scantraxx | With Rob Gee |
Desire | 2016 | Scantraxx | |
Welcome To The Club | 2017 | Scantraxx | |
One Of Us | 2017 | Scantraxx | |
Tyrone | 2018 | Scantraxx | |
Lights Out | 2018 | Scantraxx | |
Wanna Play | 2019 | Scantraxx | |
The Lonesome Boatman | 2019 | Scantraxx | |
Get dumb! | 2020 | Scantraxx | |
Wanna Play (270 BPM Terror Edit) | 2020 | Scantraxx | |
The Miracle | 2020 | Scantraxx | |
I Got A Dream | 2020 | Scantraxx | |
Get Dumb (Melody Mix) | 2020 | Scantraxx | |
Lay Low | 2021 | Scantraxx | |
Creatures Of The Night | 2021 | Scantraxx | |
It's My Beat | 2021 | Scantraxx | |
Underworld | 2021 | Scantraxx | |
Listen To Your Hardcore | 2021 | Scantraxx | |
Esta Loca | 2022 | Scantraxx | |
In Hardstyle We Trust | 2022 | Scantraxx | With Chuck Roberts |
Never Fake | 2022 | Scantraxx | |
Never Alone | 2022 | Scantraxx | |
The Get Back | 2023 | Scantraxx | With Frontliner |
Haters Gonna Hate | 2023 | Scantraxx | With Frequencerz |
Killing No More | 2023 | Scantraxx | With Dr. Peacock |
Ichiban | 2023 | Scantraxx | With Malice |
Make Some Noise | 2023 | Scantraxx | With Level One |
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