Born and raised in Middle East, Damian DCosta is one of the few DJs in the region who has worked all his life towards his ultimate goals of DJing internationally and opening up his own clubs and bars. Twenty years on and not holding back, Damian’s career goes way back to 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 and soon began to organize his very own parties, events and has put together some of the islands best beach, fashion & Underground parties including Xposure 2004, Parasoul , the famous Full moon party and 2 FTV parties. Damian as a DJ has held residencies at some of the islands most famous clubs such as BJs, Likwid & Savage garden and 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 and 2006, Damian swooped 1st place at the world famous Heineken thirst studio competitionand represented Bahrain for the regional finals coming a close 2nd. 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. & Luke Solomon to name a fewand has landed gigs in major clubs and events around the world including Slovenia, Poland, Dubai’s Trilogy, Ibiza’s El- Divino & Bora Bora and London’s ‘TheGallery’ at the Ministry of Sound. Over the past 3 years Damian has managed to design, develop and open his very own venue, Cocoon Lounge (cocoonlounge.net) which proudly hosts International DJs and artists on a weekly basis and he has more recently partnered in opening an up-market restaurant/Lounge, MUJU restaurant & lounge (mujuamwaj) on a brand new man-made island called Amwaj islands where he hosts several of the world’s best chill out DJs and has just signed up with the world famous Café Del Mar . Both venues have been the evolution of the region’s nightlife and have been internationally recognized. On the music front, Damian has landed on the official roster for Salvacion, Ibiza Republik and has other up-coming gigs in Amsterdam, Italy & Ibiza of course! He has also set up his very own electronic music studio in Bahrain where his style of groovy tribal tech house productions is well underway to being mastered and released and with him being a bass guitarist by trade, be sure you’re in for some true funky floor fillers! • Current Location Kingdom of Bahrain • Genre House/ Percussive/Tech-House/Techno https://twitter/DamianDcosta https://facebook/djdamiandcosta damiandcosta/ #Dj #Producer #CasaDCosta #LabelOwner #HouseMusic #Slovenia #Poland #DubaisTrilogy #IbizasElDivino #BoraBora #LondonsTheGallery #CocoonLounge #MujuRestaurantandLounge #House #Percussive #TechHouse #Techno #Bahrain
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:35:33 +0000
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