Dory is a Korean-American DJ and producer crafting melodic house and techno that is driving, emotional, and immersive. Her music flows with atmosphere, tension, and emotional depth, evolving gradually rather than chasing immediate peaks. She began her musical journey with classical piano in Chicago before exploring underground indie and electronic scenes while attending Northwestern University, where she held a slot on WNUR radio and promoted her first events.

An advocate for diversity and nurturing others in the industry, her creative ethos is rooted in community. Raised in a large immigrant family, bringing people together, whether around a table or on a dance floor, has always been central to who she is.

She has lived and worked across major cultural hubs including San Francisco, Miami, Los Angeles, Zurich, and New York City, where she became deeply embedded in the city’s music and nightlife ecosystem. Alongside years spent building tech and entertainment start-ups and working on the corporate side of the Brooklyn Mirage, she developed a rare perspective shaped by high-pressure creative environments. Relocating to Portugal was a conscious decision to place her artistic practice at the center of her life.

Dory has performed at Amsterdam Dance Event, BPM Festival (Mexico & Portugal), Miami Music Week, Robot Heart at Burning Man, and clubs across more than a dozen countries in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. A long-standing fixture at NYC venues and Cityfox warehouse events, she is known for shaping extended arcs of tension and release, reading the room as it deepens over the course of the night, and carrying that same intensity into open-air daytime settings. Her refined sense of room dynamics has allowed her to build energy intentionally for diverse artists such as Adriatique, Sasha & Digweed, Patrice Bäumel, Gaiser, Oliver Koletzki, Anja Schneider, Tim Engelhardt, Sandrino, among others.

Now based in Setúbal, south of Lisbon, Dory continues to explore and refine her sound in the studio, shaping the next chapter of her journey through music that values patience, connection, and shared experience.