DVS1 is the performance name of Zak, a Minneapolis DJ and producer born in 1976. He is closely associated with the city’s dance music scene and has been a local DJ favourite since the mid-1990s.

He is known for a style rooted in techno, minimal techno and hard techno, and for playing vinyl from a collection of more than 10,000 records. His reputation in Minneapolis rests on long-term local involvement and a broad knowledge of dance music.