Richard Damen (NL)

Occasionally a DJ or producer comes along who unexpectedly manages to trigger theaudience and perfectly merge different states of minds through his sense, responsiveness& sublime choice of record; the self-willed Richard Damen is one of them.

Accidentally rolled into the profession, literally raised with music being served from thenursery. Throughout his career Richard Damen has performed at clubs, parties andfestivals of great prestige. The list of events in which he has played is endless, and is onewhere quality is more important than quantity.

From Castle of Love Festival (Kerkrade) to multiple sold out events at Klokgebouw(Eindhoven), passing through Panama (Amsterdam), Subsonic (Groningen),TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht), Effenaar (Eindhoven), Patronaat (Haarlem), De Graanbeurs(Breda), Stadsporthallen (Tilburg) and Beursgebouw (Eindhoven).

Meanwhile, Paaspop, Solar Weekend, Brabants Verbond, Insider Festival, ParadeOpen Air and Jungle Festival, are some of the many festivals he has played. Sharingstages with the biggest names in the industry. Richard Damen played alongside SecretCinema, Marco Lys, Luuk van Dijk, Rich Wakley, Simon Kidzoo, Dimitri, The Deepshakerz,Kav Verhouzer and Rich Pinder, to name a few.

But that’s not all, his visibility has raised and his productions increasingly receiving greatfeedbacks and support by colleagues such as Martin Ikin, Luuk van Dijk, Ferreck Dawn,ROOG, Dennis Quin, Vanilla Ace, Relativ, Di Chiara Brothers and lots more. RichardDamen is the scene’s best kept secret, ready to be revealed.