DJKAM
{{short description|Swiss DJ}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Kilian Albert Merz
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| birth_place = Zurich, Switzerland
| origin = Zurich, Switzerland
| genre = EDM, house, tech house, progressive house, electro, dubstep
| occupation = DJ, musician, record producer, songwriter, artist
| years_active = 1988–present
| label = KAMUSICRECORDS{{cite web|url=https://www.kamusicrecords.com/ |title=KAMUSICRECORDS |date=3 September 2021}} BIG TUNES RECORDS (Miami){{cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/label/big-tunes-records/74902/ |title=BIG TUNES RECORDS (Miami) |date=7 May 2019}} LoudDJs Records (Miami){{cite web |url=http://www.louddjsrecords.com/ |title=LoudDJs Records (Miami) |date=7 May 2014 |access-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823151213/http://www.louddjsrecords.com/ |archive-date=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead }} Plasmapool (Ger),{{cite web|url=http://plasmapool.com/ |title=PLASMAPOOL (GER) |date=7 May 2014}} Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco){{cite web|url=http://www.hookisonicrecordings.com// |title=Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco) |date=19 August 2017}} and EML Recordings (UK){{cite web|url=http://emlrecordings.org/ |title=EML Recordings (UK) |date=29 October 2013}}
| website = {{URL|djkamusic.com/}}
{{URL|sternenton.com/}}
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Kilian Albert Merz,{{cite web|url=http://rse-pub.suisa.ch/MainSearch.aspx |title=SUISA Public Information System |publisher=Rse-pub.suisa.ch |access-date=2013-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028210520/http://rse-pub.suisa.ch/MainSearch.aspx |archive-date=28 October 2012 |df=dmy}} (KAM) better known as DJKAM is a Swiss electronic dance music (EDM) producer, dj and artist from Zürich, Switzerland. He had several chart successes mainly in Western Europe. KAM is also known as STERNENTON{{cite web|url=http://www.sternenton.com/ |title=STERNENTON |date=11 June 2017}} (chillout / downtempo / techno / techhouse), KAM-TON{{cite web|url=http://www.kam-ton.com/ |title=KAM-TON |date=16 December 2020}} (ambient / meditation / soundscapes) and under his art project name KAMART (digital graphic art, crypto art, nft art) exposing his visual work in São Paulo, Brazil and Zug, Switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://www.kamart.ch/ |title=KAMART |date=29 August 2017}} He is founder and owner of the music label KAMUSICRECORDS.
Career
Currently he is releasing his music on his own label KAMUSICRECORDS. Before he was signed to Big Tunes Records (Miami). formerly LoudDJs Records (Miami). and Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco). He earlier released several tracks on Plasmapool (Ger) and EML Recordings (UK). After living and working for over two years in São Paulo, Brazil, DJKAM returned to Zurich, Switzerland in 2015. His latest collaborations with other artists include Hip Hop / RnB tracks with U.S. rapper BLVACK DAVINCI released 2018 and 2019, "Better Without You" House, RnB in 2015 with U.S. artist and singer IESHIA. Two tracks "Drift Away" and "Everything" house released in 2014 with former Coco Star.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s he had chart successes with tracks like "The Phonecall" and "Backfield in Motion"{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Kiss+In+The+Dark&titel=Backfield+In+Motion&cat=s |title=Kiss in the Dark – Backfield in Motion |publisher=hitparade.ch |date=18 September 2010 |access-date=2013-10-30}} mainly in Western Europe. He signed 1988 worldwide with Phonogram Records GmbH (Mercury Records){{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Mercury |title=Mercury – CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2013-11-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kiss+In+The+Dark |title=Kiss in the Dark Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2013-10-30}} in Germany as co-founder, member and co-producer of the Pop band "Kiss in the Dark (K.I.D.)".{{cite web|url=http://www.musikexpress.de/das-archiv/article169129/kiss-in-the-dark.html |title=Kiss in the Dark |publisher=Musikexpress.de |access-date=2013-10-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/115761 |title=Kiss in the Dark |publisher=Musik-Sammler.de |access-date=2013-10-30}} Most of K.I.D.'s music was recorded and produced at Sigma Sound Studios{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/264049-Sigma-Sound-Studios|title=Sigma Sound Studios Discography | Discogs}} in New York, working with engineer/producer and Grammy Awards winner Tony Maserati.{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Kiss-In-The-Dark-Something-Special/release/3348439|title=Kiss In The Dark – Something Special (1989, Cardsleeve, CD) - Discogs}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.djkamusic.com/ DJKAM]
- [http://www.kamusicrecords.com/ KAMUSICRECORDS]
- [http://www.sternenton.com/ STERNENTON]
- [http://www.kam-ton.com/ KAM-TON]
- [http://www.kamart.ch/ KAMART]
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Category:Swiss house musicians
Category:Musicians from Zurich