# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-van-kerckhoven
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:50.846Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-van-kerckhoven"
name: "Patrick van Kerckhoven"
slug: "patrick-van-kerckhoven"
description: "Patrick van Kerckhoven is a darkcore or gabber DJ and producer, originating from Alblasserdam, Netherlands. An active DJ since 1985, Kerckhoven has also been involved with various record labels. In 1989, he and Jayant Edoo formed 80 Aum Records. When that closed in 1991, he went on to form Ruffneck Records and its imprints Ruffex and Ruff Intelligenze."
tagline: "Dutch radio dj, record producer and club dj"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.022968000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.djruffneck.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/17505"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Ruffneck"
    title: "DJ Ruffneck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_van_Kerckhoven"
    title: "Patrick van Kerckhoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_van_Kerckhoven"
    title: "Patrick van Kerckhoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_van_Kerckhoven"
    title: "Patrick van Kerckhoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffneck"
    title: "Ruffneck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_van_Kerckhoven"
    title: "Patrick van Kerckhoven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2c58f25a-afc8-4f08-b458-d3df15de82a5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1389825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump