DVS1

Zak Khutoretsky, also known as DVS1, is an American DJ and techno producer based out of Minneapolis. He has toured extensively, headlined international music festivals such as Decibel and Dekmantel, and played along the likes of techno pioneers Jeff Mills and Robert Hood.

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 piano lessons and synthesizer-based radio music as his earliest musical influences.

Music career

DVS1's first release came in 2009, on Ben Klock'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 imprint, 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 Berghain nightclub in Berlin, where he plays six to eight times a year.

An avid vinyl 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: "Evolve" / "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) 2020: Beta Sensory Motor Rhythm (Axis Records)