Knock2

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Knock2
Also known asRichard Nakhonethap
Origin San Diego, United States
Genres
Occupations
  • DJ
  • producer
Instrument
Years active2018–present
Labels
Member of
  • ISOKNOCK
Website www.knock2music.com

Richard Nakhonethap, known by the stage name Knock2, is an American DJ and music producer from San Diego, California. [1] His music typically combines elements of bass house, trap, and many other musical genres. [2] Nakhonethap is also a member of ISOKNOCK, an electronic music duo composed of himself and ISOxo. He has collaborated with popular EDM artists including Dillon Francis, NGHTMRE, and RL Grime. [3] Nakhonethap's increase in popularity has been attributed to energetic DJ sets at standalone shows and festivals in combination with viral social media marketing. [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Early life

Introduced to DJing in middle school, Nakhonethap took an interest in music production due to his involvement in his middle school's breakdancing club. [7] Nakhonethap reportedly began DJing at 11 years old and taught himself music production by watching production tutorial videos on YouTube. [8] Nakhonethap would go on to attend Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego where he would continue DJing attracting the interests of artists such as Diplo and Flo Rida.[ citation needed ] At age 14, Nakhonethap would meet Julian Isorena, better known by his stage name of ISOxo, at the San Diego County Fair where the two were scheduled to DJ. [9] Nakhonethap and Isorena would go on to collaborate heavily on future projects and shows. [10] Nakhonethap has cited NGHTMRE as one of his biggest inspirations. [11]

Career

In 2020, Nakhonethap released the single "What's The Move" in collaboration with Henry Fong and General Degree. [12] On February 5, 2021, Nakhonethap released the single, "dashstar*" [13] which found immediate success and, as of 2024, is his most streamed song. In the same year, Nakhonethap featured in Dancing Astronaut's Artists to Watch in 2021. [14] "dashstar*" was the third most played song at Electronic Daisy Carnival Las Vegas in 2022. [15] On August 6, 2021, Nakhonethap released his debut extended play, "2HEARTs" [16] which featured five tracks. [17] A deluxe version of the extended play was released on September 9, 2022, featuring two additional tracks. [18]

On October 30, 2022, Nakhonethap alongside fellow artist ISOxo under the portmanteau, ISOKNOCK, released "niteharts". The extended play featured a compilation of ten remixes of previous songs. [19]

On January 27, 2023, Nakhonethap released his sophomore extended play, "ROOM202". [20] [21] The extended play featured six tracks and a debut headlining tour accompanying the release titled the "ROOM202 Tour" which included 13 stops. [22] Additional stops were added to the tour including a four-day grand finale at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. [23] On August 18, 2023, Nakhonethap released a deluxe version of the extended play titled "ROOM202 dlux" which added two additional tracks. [24]

On August 1, 2024, in collaboration with ISOxo, Nakhonethap's debut album under ISOKNOCK, "4EVR" was released under the collective name ISOKNOCK. [25] [26] [27] The album featured eight tracks and was released by the 88rising label. [28] In the same year, ISOKNOCK performed at Coachella. [29]

On January 17, 2025, Nakhonethap released his debut album, nolimit, featuring 17 tracks, on 88rising.

Discography

Albums

Extended Plays

Singles

List of singles as lead artist featuring year
TitleYear
come aliv3

(with RL Grime, Abi Flynn)

2024
hold my hand2024
feel U luv Me [30] [31] 2024
Energy

(with ISOKNOCK, ISOxo, Bantu)

2024
4EVR

(with ISOKNOCK, ISOxo, cade clair)

2024
SMACK TALK

(with ISOxo, RL Grime, ISOKNOCK)

2024
buttons! [32]

(with Dillon Francis)

2023
One Chance [33] [34]

(with NGHTMRE, Marlhy)

2023
Make U SWEAT! [35] [36] 2023
dashstar* (VIP)2022
gettin' hott2022
JADE2022
PARANOiD2022
SPEAK up!2021
dashstar* [37] 2021
What's The Move

(with Henry Fong, General Decree)

2020
DVNCEFLOOR

(with Cheyenne Giles)

2019
Radial

(with ISOxo)

2019
Japan

(with Cheyenne Giles)

2018

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