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My Take
What draws me to Don Diablo is the trajectory: a kid from tiny Coevorden in the Dutch countryside who ended up shaping an entire genre. Pioneering future house is no small claim, and cracking the top six of DJ Mag's 2020 poll confirms he is more than a trend-rider. I am especially intrigued that he refuses to stay in his lane, pushing into digital and visual art alongside the music. To me that restlessness is the real story. He is not chasing the next sound so much as trying to build it, and that ambition is exactly what keeps a career interesting long-term.
Overview
Don Pepijn Schipper (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɔn pəˈpɛin ˈsxɪpər]; born 27 February 1980), better known by his stage name Don Diablo, is a Dutch DJ, digital artist, record producer, musician and songwriter of electronic dance music. He is one of the pioneers of the future house genre and was ranked sixth in the Top 100 DJs – 2020 list by DJ Mag.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Don Diablo
- Name (Japanese)
- ドン・ディアブロ
- Reading
- どん・でぃあぶろ
- Born
- February 27, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- disc jockey / record producer / singer / composer / recording artist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.