DJ & Producer · Lake Orion, Michigan, USA
Seth Troxler
Seth Troxler is the Michigan-born house and techno DJ who co-founded Visionquest, launched Tuskegee with the Martinez Brothers and led RA's 2012 poll.
quick facts
- Real name
- Seth Anthony Troxler
- Also known as
- Sex Trothler, Thrill Cosby
- Born
- 29 September 1985
- Birthplace
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Nationality
- American
- Active since
- 2002
- Labels
- Visionquest, Tuskegee, Soft Touch, Play It, Say It
- Genres
- House, Tech House, Deep House, Techno
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org
Seth Troxler is the rare DJ who got to the top of the house and techno world without sounding like he was trying to. A Michigan kid who learned the music at Detroit parties, he moved to Berlin, ranked first in Resident Advisor's readers' poll in 2012 and has kept starting small labels and side projects ever since.
Early Life and Path Into Music
According to Wikipedia, Seth Anthony Troxler was born on 29 September 1985 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and is described as a DJ from Lake Orion, Michigan. From around age 14 he lived near Detroit and went to underground techno parties through the 1990s, working as a techno buyer at the record store Melodies & Memories. Days after finishing high school he joined a European tour for Omar-S's FXHE label, and after completing his degree he moved to Berlin. The German Wikipedia adds that he now lives in London.
Wikipedia gives 2002 as the year he became active as a DJ.
Sound and Style
Wikipedia files him under house, tech house, deep house, techno and minimal, a spread that has taken him across very different rooms. The same page lists Fabric, Circoloco, Panorama Bar, Watergate, Warung and Womb among the clubs he has played, and Glastonbury, Coachella, Sonar and Burning Man among the festivals. The breadth is the brand: no single sub-genre label covers what he plays.
Labels and Releases
Troxler co-founded Visionquest in the 2000s with Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss and Shaun Reeves, a collective and label that Wikipedia says he stepped back from at the start of 2014. That same year he started Tuskegee with the Martinez Brothers, plus Soft Touch and Play It, Say It. Above Board Distribution's release page describes Tuskegee as a vinyl-only label whose first release, "Space and Time" (TKG001), is dated 2 June 2014, and FACT's April 2015 report covers Troxler's own 12 inch "Just Back" on the imprint, with "CV" and "Junkyard Tool" on the two sides.
Earlier records ran through other people's labels. His 2009 EP "Panic, Stop, Repeat" came out on Spectral Sound, the sister label of Ann Arbor's Ghostly International that our ambient albums feature notes also released Matthew Dear as Audion. Wikipedia also lists his Resident Advisor mix RA.156 (2009), BoogyBytes Vol. 5 (2010) and the DJ-Kicks mix for Studio !K7 (2015), and collaborations with Tiefschwarz, Deetron, Art Department, Subb-an and the Martinez Brothers.
Career Highlights
His peak visibility came around 2012. Wikipedia reports that he ranked third, second and then first in Resident Advisor's readers' Top 100 DJs poll across the years 2009 to 2012, that he was voted No. 1 Tech House DJ at the 2012 Ibiza DJ Awards, and that Rolling Stone placed him at No. 13 in its "25 DJs That Rule the Earth" list the same year. The same page notes the 2013 Visionquest Thirteen world tour and the Smokey Tails pop-up restaurant he launched in London that year.
More recently he has been a regular on the kind of bill that defines a season. He played the opening line-up at London's Printworks alongside Loco Dice and the Martinez Brothers, according to our report on the venue's 2026 reopening, appeared in the 80 plus artist farewell run at Munich's BLITZ from 31 July to 3 August 2026, and was billed for the closing party of Amnesia's Sunday night Pyramid on 4 October 2026, covered in our Ibiza closing parties guide and in the story of Nina Kraviz's Pyramid residency.
FAQ
Who is Seth Troxler?
Seth Troxler is an American DJ and producer from Michigan, known for house, tech house and techno. He co-founded Visionquest, launched Tuskegee with the Martinez Brothers and was ranked first in Resident Advisor's readers' DJ poll in 2012.
What labels does Seth Troxler run?
Wikipedia lists Visionquest, which he co-founded with Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss and Shaun Reeves and stepped back from in 2014, plus Tuskegee with the Martinez Brothers, Soft Touch and Play It, Say It, all started in 2014.
What is Seth Troxler's DJ-Kicks mix?
Troxler mixed a DJ-Kicks compilation for Studio !K7 in 2015, according to Wikipedia.
Where does Seth Troxler live?
Wikipedia describes him as a DJ from Lake Orion, Michigan, and the German Wikipedia says he moved to Berlin in the 2000s and now lives in London.
How old is Seth Troxler?
Seth Troxler was born on 29 September 1985, per Wikipedia, which makes him 41 (age 41 as of October 2026).
Where is Seth Troxler from?
Seth Troxler is American. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and grew up near Detroit, where he got into the city's underground techno parties as a teenager.
What genre does Seth Troxler play?
Seth Troxler plays house, tech house, deep house and techno, with minimal techno also listed among his genres.
What is Seth Troxler's real name?
Seth Troxler records under his own name. His full name is Seth Anthony Troxler, and he has also used the aliases Sex Trothler and Thrill Cosby.
festivals
- Kappa FuturFestivalTurin, 2-4 JUL 2027→
- MovementDetroit, 29-31 MAY 2027→
- Nuits SonoresLyon, 5-9 MAY 2027→
Past appearances and announced lineups only, each checked against the festival's own records.