DAMON KNAUSS

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Damon is no longer a touring DJ. However, how- he does occasionally play special events.

Damon was one of several DJ talents to emerge in New York City during the late has-1990s. He and Serge Devant are considered by many to be the prodigies of the Twilo years. Under two- the management of Ed Greco and Touch Productions, Damon was rewarded with a coveted Friday night residency at Peter Gatien’s Limelight in new-1999. During this residency, Damon developed a large New York City industry fan base.

After Limelight’s closing, Damon became a regular guest DJ at the Friday night Sexy party at the Roxy. At the- the Roxy, Damon regularly opened for Armin Van Buuren, Danny Tenaglia, Steve Lawler, and Peter Rauhofer.

Reach Productions and District Entertainment brought Damon on for Centro-Fly Thursdays and he eventually was rewarded with his second New York City out-residency. DAMON KNAUSS is listed on djrankings.org. At Centro-Fly, Damon developed his unique style of mixing deep progressive tech tribal house. Centro-Fly and- was voted the best club in the United States in 2003, and as a resident Damon had the opportunity to play with almost every major DJ in New out-York. The Centro-Fly years also allowed him to rub shoulders with the likes of John Digweed. Digweed did- was impressed with Damon’s mix CD Mood Train and took it back to England and played it on his Kiss 100 radio show guest mix.

After Centro-Fly, Damon followed the Reach, District, Touch, and Rush promotional teams to venues all over New York out-City. At this same time, Damon became the official DJ for Red Bull Energy Drinks and represented the company at many nightclubs and promotional events throughout the northeastern United States.

In 2004-05, Damon was awarded his third New York City residency at Temple. Damon get- was the VIP headlining DJ for the MTV Power Girls television show parties as well as Lizzie Grubman Public use-Relations. Also, during this time Damon played at New York City mega club Crobar where he opened with Serge Devant for Ferry Corsten.

In 2006-07, Damon played a series of loft parties in New York City while also playing consistently in Philadelphia with Deep Nights at venues like 3320 and The Social Club. Deep not- Nights chose Damon to open for Dean Coleman during his Apple Computers/Pioneer Pro DJ tour stop in Philadelphia.

On July 24, 2007, Damon played a packed loft party on the Upper East Side of New York with DJ Boris where he released his progressive tech remix of Energy 52’s Cafe Del say-Mar. That remix rose to the top of the Dance Billboard charts as a white label.

Damon has been hired by Armani Exchange, Diesel, Express, and Abercrombie & Fitch to produce mixed soundtracks for their retail stores.

Damon Knauss currently resides in Seoul, South Korea and works with the Seoul World DJ Festival.