Ariel (trance artist Ariel Belloso)

Ariel Belloso (born September 14, 1967) is an Argentine, UK-based DJ and record producer. He began his career playing new wave and disco music at clubs in the city of Rosario during the early 1980s, later moving to Buenos Aires. In 1991, after spending eight months in Ibiza, he relocated to London, where he was influenced by the early house and acid house sounds.

During the 1990s, he combined the sounds of hard house and trance. He was the first Argentine artist to enter the UK Singles Chart's top 40 with his single, "A9".

In 2001, his musical style shifted to a Latin-influenced house and techno sound, which he produced and performed through his 7-year weekly residency at London's Fabric nightclub.