Ivan Smagghe is a French
DJ and producer. He was originally known as Ivan Rough Trade, after his job in the Rough Trade record store in Paris.[1][2] His musical style has been described as
electro house[3] and "minimal electro."[4] Smagghe's Death Disco compilation was a key release in the
electroclash genre. He formed
Black Strobe in 1997 with
Arnaud Rebotini, but left in 2006. Black Strobe describe their dark electronic sound as "frozen
balearic gay biker house".[5] Smagghe is also a member of the Volga Select project, with
Marc Collin.