Patrick van Kerckhoven
Patrick van Kerckhoven (born 1970, alias DJ Ruffneck[1]is a darkcore or gabber DJ and producer, originating from Alblasserdam, Netherlands. An active DJ since 1985, Kerckhoven has also been involved with various record labels. In 1989, he and formed . When that closed in 1991, he went on to form and its imprints Ruffex and Ruff Intelligenze.
After a disagreement with parent label , Kerckhoven formed and its imprint , then in 2001, Kerckhoven also closed these and moved all artists to Enzyme Records. Enzyme has three imprints: Enzyme K7, Enzyme VIP and Enzyme X. JUGGERNAUT, another pseudonym of van Kerckhoven during his Ruffneck years, has released a single, "Ruffneck rules da artcore scene!!!", borrowing the melody of In the Hall of the Mountain King, which reached eight in the Dutch top 40 in 1997 ("Dutch Top 40 archive".[permanent dead link]).
His latest imprint is called Tainted Audio and was formed to fulfill his desire to keep on experimenting with drum and bass influenced underground hardcore music.
References[]
- ^ Van Slooten, Lieuwe. "Terugkeer DJ Ruffneck zaterdag in het Paard: 'Ik ben nooit weggeweest'" (in Dutch), Den Haag FM, November 8, 2018.
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