CanadaWho Datsik is
Troy Beetles (born June 8, 1988), better known by his stage name Datsik, is a retired Canadian DJ and music producer. His first release was in the spring of 2009. He has since played at venues all over the world, including festivals such as Coachella, Ultra Music Festival, EDC Las Vegas, Stereosonic, Boonstock, Shambhala Music Festival, and Electric Zoo. Beetles cited a wide range of musical inspirations, including Wu-Tang Clan members RZA and Method Man. He has described his sound as "dark and robotic", while trying to remain "funky and gangster" and "dirty".
Biography from the Datsik article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Datsik, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
NastySensei · 2016482
Deviance - Dirtyphonics RemixX Rated (The Remixes) · 2012443
VindicateDatsik · 2013394
MonsterDatsik · 2017395
Smoke Bomb (feat. Snoop Dogg)Datsik · 2015376
Warriors of the NightMaster of Shadows · 2018367Just Saiyan'Sensei · 2016368
SwaggaSwagga / Invaderz · 2009359
HarambeVirus · 20163510Bad Behavior (feat. T.Rabb)Master of Shadows · 201834Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Stolen2026 · single
Freestyle2024 · single
Afterlife2023 · albumMaster of Shadows2018 · single
Monster (Remixes)2017 · singleMonster2017 · singleSensei2016 · album
Darkstar2016 · singleSmoke Bomb (feat. Snoop Dogg)2015 · single
The Blastaz2015 · single
Down 4 My Ninjas2014 · single
Wickedest Wobble (feat. Bryx)2014 · singlePost this ranking
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Datsik in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Datsik have?
Datsik has 211,200 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Datsik's world ranking?
Datsik is ranked #772 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Datsik from?
Datsik is from Canada, where they rank #21 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Datsik make?
Datsik is categorised as Drum & Bass and Bass in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as dubstep, dub, drumstep, riddim.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.