Deniz "Koyu" Akçakoyunlu (born April 29, 1985, in Bochum) is a Turkish-German disc jockey and electronic dance music producer who specializes in progressive house and electro house. He has collaborated with some of the most successful electronic dance music artists such as Alesso, Nicky Romero, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Galantis and Fedde le Grand and has released singles on Spinnin’ Records, Axtone, Protocol Recordings, Sony Music and more record labels. He has also delivered remixes for artists such as David Guetta, Zedd or Anitta. His success allowed him to play the main stages of popular festivals like Tomorrowland, Ultra Miami, EDC and Creamfields and landed him a residency at Wynn Las Vegas.
In 2012 he headlined his own bus tour alongside Danny Avila named ‘Generation Wild’ which included shows in 25 cities across North America within 4 weeks.
In his teenage years he was influenced by anything electronic, ranging from trance to techno, underground to indie dance pop, disco house to electro house. Some of the artists he lists as early childhood inspirations are Daft Punk, Michael Jackson, Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder.