A sacred rave awakening: Dani Thorne & CRUNCHi summon CRAY for “GOD IS A DJ”

Out on Dim Mak on August 8th, Dani Thorne & CRUNCHi’s “GOD IS A DJ” drips with raw, industrial Techno energy with pounding kicks, underground grit, and a hypnotic vocal featuring CRAY. The witty and sultry hardstyle-infused single celebrates the father, son and Holy Rave, and blurs the line between the sacred and the profane - transporting listeners to a dark, sweaty dancefloor where the DJ is divine (and feminine).

The song’s accompanying music video follows three girls to an underground rave inside of a run down church. Watch the music video HERE.

Dani Thorne shares; “When Cray came up with the line “God is a DJ”, we knew right away that’s the theme we were going to run with. While the instrumental had been done and played out by Crunchi and I months before, when the writing session started with Cray, a whole new theme was born and we knew we wanted to revisit the production to hone in on this idea of GOD IS A DJ. Which to be honest, is very in line with how it feels to be in the dark, sweaty underground with 100s of like-minded strangers, dancing and expressing ourselves freely. The rave is our version of church, and we connect through music.”

CRUNCHi adds; ‘“GOD IS A DJ” started back in August 2024 as a raw idea I sketched out and sent over to Dani Thorne. That first version became a track called “Tight Dress” and from there, we went through a bunch of different versions trying to capture the right energy, the right message, and the right feeling.

After sitting with it for a while and exploring a few different directions, we made the collective decision to scrap the original vocals and rebuild the track from the ground up. That’s when we brought in CRAY as a vocalist and the moment her vocals hit the track, everything changed. The song finally felt like it had found its identity.

From underground warehouse sets to massive festival stages, “GOD IS A DJ” has become one of the most powerful records in our sets, not just because of the sound, but because of the story behind it. This song is a celebration of the sacred chaos of the rave.’

It’s clear that “GOD IS A DJ” is both a banger and a mantra.