Dan Oz is a keyboardist/ producer/ DJ/ finger drummer from Australia who grew up on the Gold Coast and is currently living in Sydney.
Dan learnt to play the keyboard at about 8 years old and learnt to play by ear. As a teenager, he also got into using computer software to trigger more interesting sounds than his cheap Casio keyboard. He was inspired by a nick skits CD that his parents bought him and learnt to play the songs on the keyboard and program other cool electronic sounds to play.
He was also inspired by the local radio ‘Radio Metro’. He got into some other dance music styles that he heard on the station. Dan soon became fascinated with dance music.
He began recording his live performances on keyboard and uploading videos to YouTube and at the age of 16, he uploaded an Armin Van Buuren keyboard remix which was his most successful upload and has reached over 14000 plays organically.
He started using computer music software to produce music at about 16 and has now been releasing a handful of tracks each year in various styles, focusing mainly on four on the floor dance music. In 2019, he released his debut EP of tropical house music and a handful of originals and remixes in a variety of styles of house from deep house to big room to bass house. His remix of the Naked and Famous reach 40K plays on Soundcloud.
A few achievements with his tracks include:
* A single signed to Bring New Unity
* A single signed to Day Dose of House
* A single release on Love Dance Records
* A single release on Mysterious Station Records
* A top 10 finalist for the Radio Metro making music competition.
* A track featured on Triple J radio.
* A track reached number 2 on the Hypeddit top 100 trance chart
* A track reached number 11 on the top 100 dubstep chart on Hyppedit.
Dan made the cut for Your Shot as a wildcard in 2018 and has got more actively into Djing since then. He has become a resident DJ for Love Dance Radio and has been playing nightclub sets at some venues in Sydney including the Greenwood Hotel, Marlborough Hotel, Candy’s Apartment, Blue fig Bar, The Colombian Hotel to name a few.
