Moonshine Music was an

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

record label "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...

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 and DJ. Born in El Salvador and raised in Hawaii, Keoki began advertising himself as "superstar" shortly after ...

produced by Grammy Winning producer

Dave Audé Dave Audé () 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 production for artists ...

(who was one of the first bands signed to Moonshine with his and Levy's band Lunatic Fringe). By publishing the work of British

audiovisual Audiovisual (AV) is electronic media possessing both a sound and a visual component, such as slide-tape presentations, films, television programs, corporate conferencing, church services, and live theater productions. Audiovisual service provide ...

artists

Addictive TV Addictive TV are an English electronic music group. They are digital artists known for their movie supercuts and creation of audiovisual remix material, sampling movies and TV. After a number of years recording and filming musicians around the ...

, Moonshine became one of the first US dance labels to release a DVD. Among Moonshine's other artists include

Kellee Kellee Elizabeth Warren (born 1971), or just simply known as Kellee, is a female electronica and house music artist from Chicago, Illinois. She scored two hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: "My Love", which peaked at nu ...

, D:Fuse,

DJ Micro DJ Micro (born Michael Marsicano) is an American trance DJ and producer. History DJ Micro began on the East Coast, where in 1991 he helped form the Caffeine Records collective in Deer Park, NY. Caffeine began as a weekly club night, and Mic ...

AK1200 AK1200 is the stage name of Florida-based musician Dave Minner, who works in the jungle and drum and bass genres. Career Minner produced his first record in 1993, when he did a remix of a Suburban Base Records track ''Somebody'' by Flex and Fat ...

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 ''Billboard' ...

, DJ Dara, 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 Colorado ...

, Freaky Flow, Cirrus, Anabolic Frolic,

Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten OON (; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moonman, Pulp Victim an ...

, DJ Feelgood, Christopher Lawrence, Tall Paul, & DJ Dan. 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 record ...

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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