Patrick van Kerckhoven
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Patrick van Kerckhoven, alias DJ Ruffneck, is a hardcore or gabber DJ and producer, originating from Dordrecht, Netherlands. An active DJ since 1985, Kerckhoven has also been involved with various record labels. In 1990, he and Jayant Edoo formed 80 Aum Records. When that closed in 1995, he went on to form Ruffneck Records and it's imprints Ruffex and Ruff Intelligenze. After a disagreement with parent label XSV Music, Kerckhoven formed Gangsta Audiovisuals and it's imprint Supreme Intelligence, then in 2001, Kerckhoven also closed these and moved all artists to Enzyme Records. Enzyme also has three imprints; Enzyme K7, Enzyme VIP and Enzyme X. He has also released a single, Ruffneck rules da artcore scene!!!, borrowing the characteristic melody of In the Hall of the Mountain King, which reached 8 in the Dutch top 40 in 1997.