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| birth_name = Kilian Albert Merz
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| birth_name = Kilian Albert Merz
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| birth_place = [[Zurich]], Switzerland
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| birth_place = [[Zürich, Switzerland]]
| origin = [[Zurich]], Switzerland
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| genre = [[Electronic Dance Music|EDM]], [[House Music|house]], [[tech house]], [[progressive house]], [[Electronic music|electro]], [[dubstep]]
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| origin = [[Zürich, Switzerland]]
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| occupation = DJ, musician, record producer, songwriter, artist
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| genre = [[Electronic Dance Music|EDM]], [[House Music|house]], [[tech house]], [[progressive house]], [[Electronic music|electro]], [[dubstep]]
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| years_active = 1988–present
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| occupation = DJ, musician, record producer, songwriter, artist
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| label = KAMUSICRECORDS<ref name="KAMUSICRECORDS">{{cite web|url=https://www.kamusicrecords.com/ |title=KAMUSICRECORDS |date=3 September 2021}}</ref> BIG TUNES RECORDS (Miami)<ref name="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}}</ref> LoudDJs Records (Miami)<ref name="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 }}</ref> Plasmapool (Ger),<ref name="PLASMAPOOL (GER)">{{cite web|url=http://plasmapool.com/ |title=PLASMAPOOL (GER) |date=7 May 2014}}</ref> Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco)<ref name="Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco)">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookisonicrecordings.com// |title=Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco) |date=19 August 2017}}</ref> and EML Recordings (UK)<ref name="EML Recordings (UK)">{{cite web|url=http://emlrecordings.org/ |title=EML Recordings (UK) |date=29 October 2013}}</ref>
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| years_active = 1988–present
| website = {{URL|djkamusic.com/}}
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| label = KAMUSICRECORDS <ref name="KAMUSICRECORDS">{{cite web|url=http://www.kamusicrecords.com// |title=KAMUSICRECORDS |date=29 March 2019}}</ref> BIG TUNES RECORDS (Miami)<ref name="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}}</ref>LoudDJs Records (Miami)<ref name="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 }}</ref> Plasmapool (Ger),<ref name="PLASMAPOOL (GER)">{{cite web|url=http://plasmapool.com/ |title=PLASMAPOOL (GER) |date=7 May 2014}}</ref> Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco)<ref name="Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco)">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookisonicrecordings.com// |title=Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco) |date=19 August 2017}}</ref> and EML Recordings (UK)<ref name="EML Recordings (UK)">{{cite web|url=http://emlrecordings.org/ |title=EML Recordings (UK) |date=29 October 2013}}</ref>
| websites = {{URL|djkamusic.com/}}
{{URL|sternenton.com/}}
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'''Kilian Albert Merz''',<ref name="rse-pub.suisa">{{cite web|url=http://rse-pub.suisa.ch/MainSearch.aspx |title=SUISA Public Information System |publisher=Rse-pub.suisa.ch |accessdate=2013-10-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028210520/http://rse-pub.suisa.ch/MainSearch.aspx |archivedate=28 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> (KAM) better known as '''DJKAM''' is a Swiss [[electronic dance music]] ([[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''' <ref name="STERNENTON">{{cite web|url=http://www.sternenton.com/ |title=STERNENTON |date=11 June 2017}}</ref> (chillout / downtempo / techno / techhouse), '''KAM-TON''' <ref name="KAM-TON">{{cite web|url=http://www.kam-ton.com/ |title=KAM-TON |date=16 December 2020}}</ref> (ambient / meditation / soundscapes) and under his art project name '''KAMART''' <ref name="KAMART">{{cite web|url=http://www.kamart.ch/ |title=KAMART |date=29 August 2017}}</ref> (digital graphic art, crypto art, nft art) exposing his visual work in Brasil [[Sao Paulo]], [[Brazil]] and Switzerland [[Zug]], [[Switzerland]].<ref name="KAMART"/> He is founder and owner of the music label KAMUSICRECORDS. <ref name="KAMUSICRECORDS">{{cite web|url=http://www.kamusicrecords.com/ |title=KAMUSICRECORDS |date=29 March 2019}}</ref>
'''Kilian Albert Merz''',<ref name="rse-pub.suisa">{{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}}</ref> (KAM) better known as '''DJKAM''' is a Swiss [[electronic dance music]] ([[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'''<ref name="STERNENTON">{{cite web|url=http://www.sternenton.com/ |title=STERNENTON |date=11 June 2017}}</ref> (chillout / downtempo / techno / techhouse), '''KAM-TON'''<ref name="KAM-TON">{{cite web|url=http://www.kam-ton.com/ |title=KAM-TON |date=16 December 2020}}</ref> (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.<ref name="KAMART">{{cite web|url=http://www.kamart.ch/ |title=KAMART |date=29 August 2017}}</ref> He is founder and owner of the music label KAMUSICRECORDS.<ref name="KAMUSICRECORDS" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
Currently he is releasing his music on his own label KAMUSICRECORDS. <ref name="PLASMAPOOL (GER)" /> Before he was signed to Big Tunes Records (Miami).<ref name="BIG TUNES RECORDS (Miami)" /> formerly LoudDJs Records (Miami).<ref name="LoudDJs Records (Miami)" /> and Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco).<ref name="Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco)" /> He earlier released several tracks on Plasmapool (Ger)<ref name="PLASMAPOOL (GER)" /> and EML Recordings (UK).<ref name="EML Recordings (UK)" /> After living and working for over two years in [[Sao Paulo]], [[Brazil]], DJKAM returned to [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]] in 2015. His latest collaborations with other artists include HipHop [[Hip Hop music|HipHop]] / R&B [[RnB music|RnB]] tracks with U.S. rapper BLVACK DAVINCI released 2018 and 2019,<ref name="LoudDJs Records (Miami)" /> "Better Without You" [[house music|House]], [[RnB music|RnB]] in 2015<ref name="LoudDJs Records (Miami)" /> with U.S. artist and singer IESHIA. Two tracks "Drift Away" and "Everything" [[house music|House]] released in 2014<ref name="LoudDJs Records (Miami)" /> with former [[Coco Star]].
Currently he is releasing his music on his own label KAMUSICRECORDS.<ref name="KAMUSICRECORDS" /> Before he was signed to Big Tunes Records (Miami).<ref name="BIG TUNES RECORDS (Miami)" /> formerly LoudDJs Records (Miami).<ref name="LoudDJs Records (Miami)" /> and Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco).<ref name="Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco)" /> He earlier released several tracks on Plasmapool (Ger)<ref name="PLASMAPOOL (GER)" /> and EML Recordings (UK).<ref name="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 music|Hip Hop]] / [[RnB music|RnB]] tracks with U.S. rapper BLVACK DAVINCI released 2018 and 2019,<ref name="LoudDJs Records (Miami)" /> "Better Without You" [[house music|House]], [[RnB music|RnB]] in 2015<ref name="LoudDJs Records (Miami)" /> with U.S. artist and singer IESHIA. Two tracks "Drift Away" and "Everything" [[house music|house]] released in 2014<ref name="LoudDJs Records (Miami)" /> with former [[Coco Star]].


In the late 1980s and early 1990s he had chart successes with tracks like "The Phonecall"<ref name="rse-pub.suisa" /> and "Backfield in Motion"<ref>{{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 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> mainly in Western Europe. He signed 1988 worldwide with [[Phonogram Records]] GmbH ([[Mercury Records]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Mercury |title=Mercury – CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kiss+In+The+Dark |title=Kiss in the Dark Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> in Germany as co-founder, member and co-producer of the Pop band "[[Kiss in the Dark (K.I.D.)]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musikexpress.de/das-archiv/article169129/kiss-in-the-dark.html |title=Kiss in the Dark |publisher=Musikexpress.de |date= |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/115761 |title=Kiss in the Dark |publisher=Musik-Sammler.de |date= |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> Most of K.I.D.'s music was recorded and produced at [[Sigma Sound Studios]]<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/label/264049-Sigma-Sound-Studios Sigma Sound Studios]</ref> in New York, working with engineer/producer and Grammy Awards winner [[Tony Maserati]].<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Kiss-In-The-Dark-Something-Special/release/3348439 Something Special]</ref>
In the late 1980s and early 1990s he had chart successes with tracks like "The Phonecall"<ref name="rse-pub.suisa" /> and "Backfield in Motion"<ref>{{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}}</ref> mainly in Western Europe. He signed 1988 worldwide with [[Phonogram Records]] GmbH ([[Mercury Records]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Mercury |title=Mercury – CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2013-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> in Germany as co-founder, member and co-producer of the Pop band "[[Kiss in the Dark (K.I.D.)]]".<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/115761 |title=Kiss in the Dark |publisher=Musik-Sammler.de |access-date=2013-10-30}}</ref> Most of K.I.D.'s music was recorded and produced at [[Sigma Sound Studios, New York City|Sigma Sound Studios]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/264049-Sigma-Sound-Studios|title=Sigma Sound Studios Discography &#124; Discogs}}</ref> in New York, working with engineer/producer and Grammy Awards winner [[Tony Maserati]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>


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[[Category:Swiss DJs]]
[[Category:1966 births]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Swiss house musicians]]
[[Category:Swiss house musicians]]
[[Category:People from Zürich]]
[[Category:Musicians from Zurich]]
[[Category:Progressive house musicians]]
[[Category:Progressive house musicians]]
[[Category:Electronic dance music DJs]]
[[Category:Swiss electronic dance music DJs]]
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Latest revision as of 10:40, 13 November 2024

DJKAM
Birth nameKilian Albert Merz
BornZurich, Switzerland
OriginZurich, Switzerland
GenresEDM, house, tech house, progressive house, electro, dubstep
Occupation(s)DJ, musician, record producer, songwriter, artist
Years active1988–present
LabelsKAMUSICRECORDS[1] BIG TUNES RECORDS (Miami)[2] LoudDJs Records (Miami)[3] Plasmapool (Ger),[4] Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco)[5] and EML Recordings (UK)[6]
Websitedjkamusic.com sternenton.com

Kilian Albert Merz,[7] (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[8] (chillout / downtempo / techno / techhouse), KAM-TON[9] (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.[10] He is founder and owner of the music label KAMUSICRECORDS.[1]

Career

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Currently he is releasing his music on his own label KAMUSICRECORDS.[1] Before he was signed to Big Tunes Records (Miami).[2] formerly LoudDJs Records (Miami).[3] and Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco).[5] He earlier released several tracks on Plasmapool (Ger)[4] and EML Recordings (UK).[6] 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,[3] "Better Without You" House, RnB in 2015[3] with U.S. artist and singer IESHIA. Two tracks "Drift Away" and "Everything" house released in 2014[3] with former Coco Star.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s he had chart successes with tracks like "The Phonecall"[7] and "Backfield in Motion"[11] mainly in Western Europe. He signed 1988 worldwide with Phonogram Records GmbH (Mercury Records)[12][13] in Germany as co-founder, member and co-producer of the Pop band "Kiss in the Dark (K.I.D.)".[14][15] Most of K.I.D.'s music was recorded and produced at Sigma Sound Studios[16] in New York, working with engineer/producer and Grammy Awards winner Tony Maserati.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "KAMUSICRECORDS". 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "BIG TUNES RECORDS (Miami)". 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "LoudDJs Records (Miami)". 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b "PLASMAPOOL (GER)". 7 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Hooki-Sonic Recordings (San Francisco)". 19 August 2017.
  6. ^ a b "EML Recordings (UK)". 29 October 2013.
  7. ^ a b "SUISA Public Information System". Rse-pub.suisa.ch. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  8. ^ "STERNENTON". 11 June 2017.
  9. ^ "KAM-TON". 16 December 2020.
  10. ^ "KAMART". 29 August 2017.
  11. ^ Steffen Hung (18 September 2010). "Kiss in the Dark – Backfield in Motion". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Mercury – CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Kiss in the Dark Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  14. ^ "Kiss in the Dark". Musikexpress.de. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  15. ^ "Kiss in the Dark". Musik-Sammler.de. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  16. ^ "Sigma Sound Studios Discography | Discogs".
  17. ^ "Kiss In The Dark – Something Special (1989, Cardsleeve, CD) - Discogs".
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