DAMON KNAUSS

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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
2381	110	House, Progressive	Allentown, US

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

Damon was one of several DJ talents to emerge in New York City during the late 1990s. He and Serge Devant are considered by many to be the prodigies of the Twilo years. Under the management of Ed Greco and Touch Productions, Damon was rewarded with a coveted Friday night residency at Peter Gatien's Limelight in 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 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 residency. At Centro-Fly, Damon developed his unique style of mixing deep progressive tech tribal house. Centro-Fly was voted the best club in the United States during this time, and as a resident Damon had the opportunity to play with almost every major DJ in New York. The Centro-Fly years also allowed him to rub shoulders with the likes of John Digweed. Digweed 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 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.

In 2004-05, Damon was awarded his third New York City residency at Temple. Damon was the headlining DJ for Lizzie Grubman Public Relations and the MTV Power Girls television show parties.

In 2006-07, Damon played a series of loft parties in New York while also playing consistently in Philadelphia with Deep Nights at venues like 3320 and The Social Club. Deep Nights chose Damon to open for Dean Coleman during his Apple Computers/Pioneer Pro DJ tour stop in Philadelphia.

On July 24, 2007, after playing a packed loft party on the Upper East Side of New York, Damon announced his retirement. Damon ended his career appropriately with his progressive tech mix of Energy 52's Cafe Del Mar.

Damon currently produces mixed soundtracks for Armani Exchange, Diesel, Express, and Abercrombie & Fitch retail stores.