British DJ
Dave Clarke
Get to know the artist
Dave Clarke is an English DJ, producer and radio presenter born in Brighton. He plays techno and electro, and BBC presenter John Peel nicknamed him the Baron of Techno. He started out spinning hip-hop in the mid-80s, moved through acid house and rave, and recorded in the early 1990s as Pig City. He hosted the radio show Technology on Studio Brussels from 2000 and launched White Noise in September 2006.
- Albums
His album The Desecration of Desire features vocalists Mark Lanegan, Mt. Sims, Gazelle Twin and Anika.
- Born in
- Brighton
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active since
- 1990
- First RA show
- 1994 · Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
- On RA
- 1,169 shows in 44 countries
- Released on
- Skint, React Records, International DeeJay Gigolo Records, Technasia Records, Inflyte, Torque
- RA followers
- 12,286
- Listen / follow
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Hear a full mix
- RA.437 Dave Clarke ↗
Resident Advisor podcast · Oct 2014
In our cities
- 108 shows · last Oct 2025 at Melkweg
- 57 shows · last Apr 2026 at fabric
- 34 shows · last Apr 2026 at Tresor / Globus
- 11 shows · last Sep 2017 at WOMB
- 9 shows · last Mar 2020 at Civic Underground
- 7 shows · last Jan 2019 at Revolver Upstairs
- 2 shows · last Jun 2012 at Le Poisson Rouge
Upcoming across cities
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6 shared bills · last Jun 2025
- Rebecca Delle Piane
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- Alienata
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