Charlotte de Witte

De Witte's music is known to embody raw and gritty elements which attract both techno purists and new listeners. De Witte first charted in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll in 2019 at number 74. She reached a career high of number 9 in the latest 2025 ranking, marking the first time in her career she ranked within the top 10.

• Name — Charlotte de Witte • Birth Name — Charlotte Aloïs de Witte • Alias — * Charly • Raving George • Born — 21 July 1992 • Birthplace — Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium • Genre — * Techno • trance • Occupation — * DJ • record producer • label owner • Years Active — 2010–present • Label — * Bad Life • Crux • Turbo • Novamute • KNTXT • Époque • Website — charlottedewittemusic.com

De Witte was born in Ghent, Belgium on 21 July 1992. Around 2009, she started to explore Ghent's underground nightclub scene, where she was drawn to electronic music. She started DJing in 2010, mainly playing electro music; her production work commenced about two years later. Winning a Studio Brussel DJ contest in 2011, she subsequently performed at the Tomorrowland festival. She adopted the alias Raving George to avoid negative preconceptions against female DJs, releasing her debut EP in 2013. Following the release of a string of EPs on Bad Life and Crux Records, her 2015 single "You're Mine", which featured Oscar and the Wolf, became a hit. In 2015, de Witte dropped her alias and started using her real name. This was accompanied by a change in her music style from previously electro and electro house towards techno. She cites a set by German techno DJ Len Faki that she heard at a festival as the origin of this stylistic change. Her debut EP under her name, Weltschmerz, was released on the same year on Turbo Recordings. This was followed by a string of 2017 EPs, as well as 2018's Heart of Mine and The Healer EPs. de Witte has performed at various notable electronic music events, including Junction 2 Festival, Boiler Room and Printworks. In 2019, she launched her own label, KNTXT. Artists such as Chris Liebing, Monoloc, or Alignment have released works under KNTXT. In the same year, she was voted the world's best techno DJ at the DJ Awards. Since 2019, she has advanced to one of the most acclaimed DJs in techno, winning notable awards in the industry and earning the nickname "techno queen". On 5 February 2021, de Witte announced via social media her engagement to Italian techno DJ and producer Enrico Sangiuliano. Later that year, the couple released their first joint record: a remix of the 1990 Italian-Belgian trance song "The Age of Love". The remix became a hit, topping Beatport's 2021 techno bestsellers list and receiving a gold record in 2022 for over 500,000 units sold. The couple married in 2022. In January 2024, de Witte launched the new label Époque, a platform for remixes of iconic tracks from Belgium. On 9 February 2024, de Witte opened a temporary KNTXT Store in Brussels, situated at Square Sainctelette 4. On 7 February 2025, de Witte played a free set at Stadshal, Ghent, in front of 12,500 fans. In 2025, de Witte was named the 9th best DJ in the world by DJ Mags Top 100 DJs poll, marking the first time in her career she ranked within the top 10. On 11 April 2026, de Witte played a free set at Genoa's Piazza Matteotti, in front of 20,000 fans. On 25 July 2026, de Witte announced the end of her six-year relationship with Enrico Sangiuliano via social media.

• Year — Position — Notes — Ref. Reference • 2019 — 74 — 74 • 2020 — 32 — 42 • 2021 — 23 — 9 • 2022 — 14 — 8 • 2023 — 18 — 4 • 2024 — 16 — 2 • 2025 — 9 — 7

• Year — Position — Notes — Ref. Reference • 2018 — 17 — 17 • 2019 — 7 — 10 • 2020 — 1 — 6 • 2021 — 1 — 0

• Year — Position — Notes — Ref. Reference • 2022 — 1 — 1 • 2023 — 1 — 0 • 2024 — 1 — 0 • 2025 — 1 — 0

Charlotte de Witte was recorded at birth as Charlotte Aloïs de Witte. She also worked under the name Raving George. The authorities additionally record the headings Charlotte Aloïs de Witte, Charly de Witte and Raving George. Her recorded languages were Dutch and English.

• Year — Nominee / Work — Category — Result — Ref. Reference • 2018 — Charlotte de Witte — Best Techno Artist • 2019 — Techno Award

• Year — Nominee / Work — Category — Result — Ref. Reference • 2019 — Charlotte de Witte — Best Techno Artist (Female) • 2020