The DFA was a production team consisting of musician Tim Goldsworthy and James Murphy.
In 2001, alongside manager Jonathan Galkin, they founded the independent label DFA Records.
Goldsworthy was sued in March 2013 by Murphy and DFA Records for “breach of contract” and “unjust enrichment”. Goldsworthy’s friendship with Murphy is rumoured to be the subject of the song “how do you sleep?”.