Mark Knight (DJ)

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Mark Knight
Born (1973-06-20) 20 June 1973 (age 51)
Maidstone, Kent, England
Genres Tech house, house
Occupation(s)Record producer, DJ
InstrumentKeyboards
Years active2003–present
Website djmarkknight.com

Mark Knight (born 20 June 1973 [1] ) is a British disc jockey and house music producer. He is the founder of Toolroom Records, one of the biggest house, tech house and dance labels of the United Kingdom.

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Career

Knight founded record label Toolroom Records in 2003, which hosts artists including David Guetta, Deadmau5, and Jaguar Skills. [2] He has released several singles on his own label, and was nominated at the 52nd annual Grammy awards for his work on the Black Eyed Peas album The E.N.D. [3] [4] Along with Funkagenda, Knight won the Track of the Season award for his release "Man with the Red Face" at the 2008 DJ Awards. [5]

In 2015, Knight released dancefloor anthem "Second Story" which BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong deemed his "essential new tune" for June, following on from being inducted into Tong's Hall of Fame that same year. [6] [7] Knight's debut album A Year in the Life, released in 2016, was a retrospective mix of his releases from the previous year. His second album, Untold Business, was released in 2021. [8] In 2022, Knight collaborated with Lukas Setto to produce the single "Get with You Tonight", which was released to positive reviews. [9] [10]

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