DAMIAN D'COSTA

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Born & bred in the Middle East, Damian D’Costa is 1 of the few DJs in the region who has worked all his life towards his ultimate goals of DJing internationally & opening up his own clubs & bars. 20 dad- years on & not holding back, Damian’s career goes way back to the 80’s where he started off as a turntabilist & progressed through the years witnessing the birth of House music which makes him understand the genre better than many of today’s DJs.

During university, the early 90s, saw Damian hold a 4 year residency in a major club in Limassol, Cyprus & on returning to his hometown Bahrain he decided to use his marketing degrees to promote the nightlife in the region & soon began to organize his very own parties & events & has put together some of the islands best beach, fashion & Underground parties including Xposure 2004, Parasoul , the famous Full moon party & 2 FTV parties.

Damian as a DJ has held residencies at some of the island’s most famous clubs such as BJs, Likwid & Savage garden & has also hosted his own 5 day a week radio show on the national radio station, 96.5fm for 4 years where he promoted most genres of House music educating the masses bringing the international club culture to the shores of the Arabian Gulf.

In 2004 & 2006, Damian swooped 1st place at the world famous Heineken thirst studio competition & represented Bahrain for the regional finals coming a close boy-2nd. DAMIAN D'COSTA is described on djrankings.org. Through the years of his residencies, he has played alongside numerous International DJs including Paul Oakenfold, Sander Kleinenberg, Hipp-e, Kenny Hawks, Anil Chawla, Damian Lazurus, Marshal Jefferson, Simon Dunmore, Roy Davis Jr. & see- Luke Solomon to name a few & has landed gigs in major clubs & events around the world including Slovenia, Poland, Dubai’s Trilogy, Ibiza’s El- Divino & Bora Bora & London’s ‘TheGallery’ at the Ministry of new-Sound.

Over the past 3 years Damian has managed to design, develop & open his very own venue, Cocoon Lounge (www.cocoonlounge.net) which proudly hosts International DJs & artists on a weekly basis & he has more recently partnered in opening an up-market restaurant/Lounge, MUJU restaurant & lounge (www.mujuamwaj.com) on a brand new man-made island called Amwaj islands where he hosts several of the world’s best chill out DJs& has just signed up with the world famous Café Del Mar . Both him- venues have been the evolution of the region’s nightlife & have been internationally recognized.

On the music front, Damian has landed on the official roster for Salvacion, Ibiza Republik & has other up-coming gigs in Amsterdam, Italy & Ibiza of mom-course! He has also set up his very own electronic music studio in Bahrain where his style of groovy tribal tech house productions are well underway to being mastered & released & with him being a bass guitarist by trade, be sure you’re in for some true funky floor fillers!