Legendary DJ Dan Dies at 57; Remembered as a Pioneer of West Coast Dance Music

This year just gets worse and worse. RIP DJ Dan! Truly a legend.

This c*** website keeps launching popups and is sketch as hell. [Here's the Billboard article.](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dj-dan-death-1236209595/)

Damn. What a f****** legend. This is quite sad.

Met him in 2000. Nice dude. R.I.P

I remember seeing him and Ron D Core play B2B at a free party on a baseball field in 93 or 94.  RIP Legend. 

Saw him play two weeks ago. How sad and unexpected. RIP.

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Goddamn, this one hit hard for me. In late 2012/early 2013 I had two interactions with DJ Dan, both very positive. In the fall of 2012, I got to do a 4 hour "I'm an only child and don't play well with others" downtempo set downstairs at the legendary afterhours club RISE in Boston while DJ Dan healined upstairs. I missed all of of his set because I was on the decks myself, but I did to see ever partygoer who had been upstairs pass me on the way out. They all seemed thrilled. A few months later, I helped run an event local to me DJ Dan headlined. That show was off the meat rack. I saw a bunch of (frankly, narrow-minded) dnb and dubstep kids as well as a bunch of the club's regulars (it was a huge gay nightclub that had a large late boomer/early Gen X clientele) get *down* to DJ Dan's signature house sound. I only spoke to DJ Dan briefly, because I had a job (or more to the point, like 20 jobs) to do. He seemed like a very chill, down to earth guy, especially for someone as famous as he was. 57 is crazy young to pass. Godspeed Dan, That Zipper Track is playing in the great beyond right now.

Oh man!? RIP to a legend!

Damn! He was a favorite.. so good!

Had That Zipper Track on earlier today.

RIP

The DJ tapes I had from his sets in the 90s

Sad to hear. Been a shitty day for me and this is the shitty cherry on top. DJ Dan, Ron D. Core, Oscar Da Grouch, R.A.W., Fester et al. What? IYWTYK LA '92

Dan was a friend of a friend, and I was blessed enough to be able to hang out with them both over a weekend while he played sets in the south. Amazing guy. Warm and welcoming, just immaculate vibes from start to finish. Very sad to see this.

RIP, west coast rave funky techno tribe master.

Oh no.

No f****** way. I saw him way back at Ultra Festival. Damn.

Damn, RIP to a legend. Saw him spin in 2000.

RIP DJ DAN AND DJ REZA . GONE SO YOUNG

The announcement of his passing hits hard! His impact on musical history will be sorely missed! Always felt he was a man committed to sharing the the joy of his passion and life through his beats! You will be deeply missed DJ Dan! Live on in the music in our ears and hearts!