DJ Joaquín Padrón

Joaquín Mauro Padrón (known professionally as DJ Joaquín Padrón; born 15 April 1966) is a Spanish and   and record producer of Nigerian descent. He used to use his full name to create happy hardcore and DJ Joaquín for hardcore gabber, but when he started Récords Mundiales in 1995, he started using both names for gabber.

Padrón occasionally composes music for films, TV series and video games, usually for action scenes.