{{BLP refimprove|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = DJ DNA | image = Djdnastudio.jpg | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = DJ DNA in his studio at Kytopia, Utrecht, The Netherlands | birth_name = Arjen de Vreede | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = DJ Donotask | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | origin = Utrecht, Netherlands | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = | occupation = Producer, teacher | instrument = Turntables | years_active = 1979-present | label = Kytopia, Polydor, Arista, Ariola, Triple X, | associated_acts = Urban Dance Squad, [bFAKE] [Defunkt], [Kyteman], [Stuurbaard Bakkebaard], [Beukorkest], [Pow Ensemble], [Palinckx.] | website = {{URL|http://www.djdna.net/}} }}
'''Arjen de Vreede''' (born 26 April 1962 in Utrecht, The Netherlands), known by his stage name '''DJ DNA''', is a Dutch DJ and producer. At age seventeen, he started as a DJ, and became a pioneer in the Dutch music scene playing hip hop, house, acid house and techno in renowned Dutch clubs such as the Roxy and the Vrije Vloer. He also co-founded the band Urban Dance Squad.
After leaving the Urban Dance Squad he was in various bands like JMX and Stuurbaard Bakkebaard. He made remixes for a.o. Junkie XL (''Action Radius'') and De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig (''De Stofzuiger'').
His first solo album was released 21 September 2012 and features Kurtis Blow. The first single ''The Sum of the Sound'' was released June 2012. The second single ''I wanna B (funky)'' was released September 2012. ==Discography==
'''Urban Dance Squad''' * ''Mental Floss For The Globe'' (1989) * ''Hollywood Live'' (1990) * ''Life 'n Perspectives Of A Genuine Crossover'' (1991) * ''Artantica'' (1999)
'''JMX''' * ''Autonome'' (1999) * ''Parbleu'' (2002)
'''Palinckx''' * ''Momentum and Wag''
'''Pow Ensemble''' * ''The 13 Bar Blues''
'''Defunkt''' * ''One World''
'''Stuurbaard Bakkebaard''' * ''L'amour'' (2009)
'''Solo project''' * ''The Sum of the Sound'' (2012) ft Kurtis Blow, Pax, Torre Florim (De Staat) and Janne Schra
== References == {{Reflist}} * Ira A. Robbins, The Trouser Press guide to '90s rock: the all-new fifth edition of The Trouser Press record guide (Simon & Schuster, 1997) * Frans Steensma (ed), "OOR's Eerste Nederlandse Pop-encyclopedie" (12th edition, Amsterdam, 2000) * Vladimir Bogdanov, "All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop" (Backbeat Books, 2003)
== External links == *[http://www.djdna.net/ Official website] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x-j-KeogHY The sum of the sound] on YouTube
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{{DEFAULTSORT:DNA, DJ}} Category:1962 births Category:Dutch hip-hop DJs Category:Dutch hip-hop musicians Category:Dutch record producers Category:Living people