Troy Beetles, better known by his stage name Datsik, is a Canadian music producer and DJ. His first release was in the spring of 2009; he has since played at venues all over the world, including festivals such as Coachella, Ultra Music Festival, EDC Las Vegas, Stereosonic, Boonstock, Shambhala Music Festival, Electric Zoo and Identity.

Troy Beetles was born on the 8th of June, 1988, in Canada. His stage name derives from his old Xbox Live gamertag. He began producing bass music after dabbling with Hiphop and ended up becoming good friends with Excision in 2008. From there the duo worked on many collaborations; some would say they were responsible for pioneering the North American Dubstep scene. The two began collaborating a lot and released several tracks together in 2009 and 2010 on Excisions Rottun Recordings.