DJ Ruff Artist Bio

From OVERBOOKING STUDIOS – home of remix-meisters Ruff & Tort (Mansion Recordings,Catch22 Records USA) Amsterdam native DJ RUFF began his dj career in 1989 at the age of 12.

In Spain’s annual Spanish Music Awards, he achieved the “BEST INTERNATIONAL HOUSE DJ” putting him among the ranks of previous winners, Erick Morillo and Danny Tenaglia. Together with DAVID TORT, they created OVERBOOKING STUDIOS in 2004 based in Barcelona and Los Angeles. His twenty plus years as a professional DJ brings a sound that is driven to get you moving and shaking.

DJ RUFF, alongside David Tort and DJ Disciple released “WORK IT OUT”, “LA GIRLS”, “CHANGES”, “DESTINATION” and many many more under THE MANSION RECORDINGS and CATCH 22 RECORDS labels. DJ RUFF hosts his own radio shows SOMETHING FOR YOUR MIND and Element Radio. His long-standing residency at Hollywood super club : Avalon : Steve Castro & TJ Hoban’s AFTER HOUR POWER is still going strong after 12 years. In addition, he was also a resident dj at BORA BORA in IBIZA and at SPACE IBIZA twice a week for 3 years.

Ruff plays every week with the cream of world DJs such as Tenaglia, Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, Steve Lawler, Tiesto, Morillo, David Tort, S. Kleinenberg ,Paul Oakenfold etc… just to name a few.

In the US, you can catch him most Saturday nights at his sanctuary “Avalon” Los Angeles and various other nightclubs throughout California. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.