..Damian Keane was born in Manchester in 1971, at a young age he moved to Holland, where he has been living eversince. In 1988 his mother moved back to England and it was here that he discovered electronical music through mixtapes. He soon started buying vinyl, at first his interest went out to stuff on Kickin, Production House, Reinforced and Plus 8 amongst others. Later on he was influenced by dj's/producers on labels such as ltj Bukem's Goodlooking imprint, Dee Jay Recordings and the emerging sound of drum & bass.
From 1993 he started to visit London on a regular basis and got into techno which was very popular in this city at the time. After visiting clubs like the Soundshaft and events as Megatripolis he got into pumping English, German and American techno on labels like , Proper, Tresor, Internal and Axis.
These early years have really shaped his taste and it is the energy and the typical sound of this era complemented with the deep and somewhat industrial techno produced in the late nineties which is allways present in his sets. These sets are a crossover between English and American techno which make them into a unique experience, an algamation of the best techno produced over the last 15 years.
Damian is a versatile dj who isn't shy to play the more abstract and deeper sounds too, he allways lets the environement, improvisation, the crowd and timeslot be the guiding factors in how he comprises his sets. This versatility has earned him a solid reputation within the Dutch techno scene resulting in gigs all over Holland. besides playing at Traffic, Lowlands, Doornroosje, Integrate, Effenaar, 013, Nighttown, 't Paard van Troje, Simplon and virtually everything in between Damian has also been dj-ing at the renowned Awakenings parties on a regular basis since 2001. He has also played in Hungary and Poland (Instytut Energetyki, Globopolis, W5, Inqubator, DNA, Kanty, Sfinx to name a few). The sound he plays is best described as old school sounding deep bass/subdriven, sometimes dubby, atmospheric layered techno with a hint of industialism accompanied by "mid nineties sounding" dark electronic (synth) sounds.
In 1999 he teamed up with Eddy Kreischer and Dave Miller to form Eclectronic. In 2001 Sicco Bosscher joined the group and the four of them founded the Audiosculpture imprint. Sculpturism was born and together they are responisble for a number of releases which have seen huge international support. In 2008 together with Niels Luinenburg Phantom Regiment was founded under which moniker they will produce deep and somewhat puristic techno accompanied by the much appreciated grooves the Audiosculpture crew are known for, Dave Miller will also join the two on occasion to make guest apearances. The first of these collaberations was a remix for counterpart whom also release on the Audiosculpture imprint. Audiosculpture often apears on playlists/charts by dj's such as Steve Rachmad, Dave Clarke, Laurent Garnier, Cari Lekebusch, Adam Beyer, DJ Rush, Mis Djax, Joel Mull, Petar Dundov and many many more.
Discography
Miller & Keane - Mesmerize (Audiosculpture 003)
Miller & Keane - Instytut Energetyki (Audiosculpture 004)
Miller & Keane - Remnants (Audiosculpture 004)
Miller & Keane - Underwater Fireworks (Audiosculpture 008)
Miller & Keane - Depth Charge (Audiosculpture 008)
Miller & Keane - Wasteland (Audiosculpture 008)
Sculpturism - The Call of the Confuciusornis (Audiosculpture 001)
Sculpturism - The Vulcans Hammer (Audiosculpture 001)
Sculpturism - The Call of the Confuciusornis (RMX) (Audiosculpture 002)
Sculpturism - Electribes (Audiosculpture 003)
Sculpturism - Integrate (Audiosculpture 003)
Sculpturism - Dusk (Audiosculpture 005)
Sculpturism - Event Horizon (ARMS 011)
Phantom Regiment - Standing at the Edge of Time (Concern Records 002)
Eclectronic - Solar Flare (Privilege 001)
Eclectronic - Sounds from Distant Earth (Privilege 001)
Vincent de Wit - Space Mountain (Miller & Keane RMX)
(Audiosculpture 005)
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