Zak Khutoretsky, also known as DVS1 is an American DJ and

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producer based out of

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. He has toured extensively, headlined international music festivals such as

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and Dekmantel, and played along the likes of techno pioneers

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and

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Early life

Khutoretsky was born in 1976 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, then part of the Soviet Union. He moved to the United States at a young age, where he shared his time between New York City and Minneapolis. His parents divorced early on and he spent a good deal of his adolescence in and out of trouble, switching schools several times as a result. Khutoretsky credits eight years of

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lessons and

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-based radio music as his earliest musical influences. After a teenage initiation into the

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scene, Khutoretsky began throwing his own underground parties at the age of 18. These parties would be where Khutoretsky first made his name in the scene, overseeing virtually every part of each event from

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, to sound, to logistics. The parties quickly grew in size and popularity, often hosted in unofficial

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venues around the city. After a brief stint behind bars, Khutoretsky went on to open his own club in Minneapolis, run and operate hush studios, run and operate hush sound and make his first steps towards a more legitimate music career.

Music career

DVS1's first release came in 2009, on

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's influential Klockworks label. To date, he has 8 official vinyl releases and over two dozen remixing credits under his name. In an interview with DJ Times, he stated that he considers himself a DJ first and a producer second. DVS1 launched his own

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, HUSH, in 2011. In 2013 he announced the launch of a new sub-label, Mistress Recordings, showcasing "house, techno and everything in between." He described the purpose of the label as a way to release the "secret weapons" of his DJ bag. Regularly touring all over the world, DVS1 makes relatively frequent appearances at the legendary

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nightclub in

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, where he plays six to eight times a year. Between his time touring, working in the studio, and preparing sets, he continues to host parties in his home town of Minneapolis, which are held in underground venues and not publicly advertised. An avid

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collector, Khutoretsky has over 30,000 records in his personal collection.

Discography

*2009: Klockworks 05 (Klockworks) *2010: Flight To Nowhere (Enemy Records) *2010: Love Under Pressure EP (Transmat) *2011: Eolve / Submerge (HUSH) *2011: Klockworks 08 (Klockworks) *2014: Lost Myself (HUSH) *2014: Klockworks 13 (Klockworks) *2014: Distress (HUSH) *2017: Fabric 96 (fabric London 191) *2017: HUSH 20 (HUSH)

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