Moonshine Music was an

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electro ...

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founded by Steve Levy and Ricardo Vinas, in

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in 1992, and later headquartered in

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. Moonshine released over 250 compilations albums, many of which were DJ mixed. Moonshine helped to launch the career of

DJ Keoki George Lopez (born October 23, 1966), known by his stage name DJ Keoki or Keoki Franconi, is a Salvadoran-American electronic musician, among other genres, DJ. Born in El Salvador and raised in Hawaii, Keoki began advertising himself as "supersta ...

and his side-kick producer

Dave Audé Dave Audé (born Oct 12, 1969) is an American DJ, producer and remixer. He operates his own label Audacious Records, and is known for having more number ones than any other producer on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart. He has done prod ...

. By publishing the work of British

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artists Addictive TV, Moonshine became one of the first US dance labels to release a DVD. Among Moonshine's other artists are NCT feat. Julie Harrington, Kellee, Robert Illes, Gary Butcher, D:Fuse,

DJ Micro A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile ...

AK1200 AK1200 is the stage name of Florida-based musician Dave Minner working in the jungle and drum and bass genres.' Career His first production effort was a 1993 remix of a Suburban Base Records track ''Somebody'' by Flex and Fats. AK1200 wa ...

DJ Baby Anne DJ Baby Anne (born Marianne Breslin; November 17, 1972) is an Orlando-based DJ who works with live sets and original mixes that fuse electro with Miami bass and funky breaks. Chart hits The single "Probe" reached No. 5 on the ''Billboar ...

DJ Dara A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile ...

, DJ John Kelley,

Dieselboy Damian Higgins (born 1972) better known by his stage name Dieselboy, is an American drum and bass DJ and music producer. Early life Dieselboy was born Damian Higgins in Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1972. At the age of six he moved to Color ...

Freaky Flow Freaky Flow is the stage name of Stephen Grey a drum and bass hip hop DJ. Biography Life Freaky Flow was born in 1977 as Stephen Grey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1979 with his parents, he relocated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While atte ...

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, Anabolic Frolic,

Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten (; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch disc jockey, record producer and remixer from Rotterdam. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moon ...

, and Screaming Leads, DJ Feelgoo, Scott henry. In 2000,

Donald Glaude Donald Glaude is an American house music artist, DJ and remixer, and is consistently ranked as one of ''DJ Mag''s top 100 DJs. Biography As a child, Glaude was classically trained in the upright bass and violin. After hearing early funk re ...

recorded a live set at Washington, DC's club night Buzz that was released as "Mixed Live: Buzz @ Nation" on Moonshine Music on June 26, 2001.

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Moonshine Music at Rolldabeats.com
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