D'Knock

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Croatian music producer

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Croatia

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Male

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Biography

Darko Juranović, better known by his stage name D'Knock, is a Croatian music producer, songwriter and performer, as well as a promoter of the Croatian club and hip-hop scene. Alongside DJ Fresh Jay, with whom he performs in the music production duo PlayOne, D’Knock is a co-founder, producer and manager for Liveinthemix music (formerly known as Urbani Zvuk), which is a production company, music label and DJ booking agency for the Croatian and international music markets. Under his former stage name Da’Real, from 1987 he performed as one of the original members of the band ET (Electro Team), which he left in 1998 to focus on his career as a music producer. He has written and produced many award-winning hits and albums, several of which have been awarded Porin music awards. In 2004, he won the Porin award for the producer of the year and for the best album.
His Croatian collaborations include Nina Badrić, Tony Cetinski, Dino Dvornik, Ilan Kabiljo, Divas, Cubismo and Bolesna Braća, while on the international scene he has worked with Simply Red, Barbara Tucker, Andy Wright, Mick Hucknall (Simply Red), Peter Grant, DJ Spen (Quantize Recordings), Stamen, Eddie Amador, Dany Cohiba, Amrick Channa, among others. He has also collaborated on various projects with the Unex Group, and even coined a wide range of jingles for well-known Croatian and international brands.

History

Collaborations

As a member of the production duo PlayOne, he has worked with the Papaya Club on the Papaya Day&Night Festival Project since 2005, which involves producing the Papaya Day&Night music compilations including one of the club’s theme songs - “I Found a Place” featuring Barbara Tucker. PlayOne also remixed Tucker's hit single “Feeling Like A Superstar” for her 2008 album, and produced the subsequent hit, “Let Your Love Shine Through”. In 2010, D'Knock joined T. Preradović “Slow Mo’T” and DJ Kosta Radman, to remix Olivia Newton John’s “Physical”. This new version, performed by the Croatian singer Iness, was subsequently included on Sony Music's “Club Sounds Vol. 52“ (CD 1, track 15) alongside artists such as Shakira, Leona Lewis, Britney Spears, Fatboy Slim and Fragma. In spring 2010, together with Slow Mo’T, he produced two songs composed by Macedonian singer Toše Proeski, which featured on Proeski’s compilation “Još uvijek sanjam da smo zajedno”: “Zauvijek” (lyrics by Snježana Popović, performed by Kaliopi), and “Kasno je za sve” (lyrics by Miroslav Rus, performed by Aki Rahimovski). Later that year, in fall 2010, he worked on the album “Poruka” for Kaliopi, for which he is credited as supervisor, chief music producer and co-writer of the majority of the songs. At the beginning of 2016, PlayOne and producer Zvonimir Dusper Dus made a new edit of the song "Hipnotiziran" for the Croatian singer Dino Dvornik, also known as "the Croatian king of funk".

International career

At the end of 2011, D`Knock & DJ Fresh Jay, together with Zvonimir Dusper Dus, started to produce for UK Grammy Award-winning music producer Andy Wright. This collaboration was supported by the Oziris Agency and Svijet Produkcije. In 2012, PlayOne rejoined Barbara Tucker to work with DJ QBoogie on the “PlayOne feat. Barb&Q Project”, which saw a return to their musical roots and original soulful house, hip-hop and funk sound. PlayOne’s involvement in this project was borne out of Tucker's friendship with some of the biggest house and funk legends in New York. In 2013, DJ Fresh Jay moved to Las Vegas to open a branch of the Liveinthemix music label, aiming to expand its musical presence in the US market. In summer 2013, PlayOne joined forces with long-term collaborator Sandra Berković to release the single “Can I Get Some Love”, featuring vocals from UK house singer Amrick Channa.

At the end of 2013, together with Zvonimir Dusper, PlayOne established a collaboration on the global humanitarian project for the homeless "We Can Heal". Barbara Tucker, one of the initiators of the project, gathered a large number of the world's top vocalists and remixers, including PlayOne, to produce the single "We Can Heal" (composed by Barbara Tucker & Marcus Fugate, lyrics by Barbara Tucker). Its first edition includes versions by PlayOne, Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper, DJ Spen & Gary Hudgins and Rhemi. At the beginning of 2015, PlayOne launched their single "This Is The Night" feat. Amrick Channa and Jelena Majić (JM). In summer 2015, the Simply Red's music producer Andy Wright engaged PlayOne and Zvonimir Dusper to remix the Simply Red's single 'The Ghost Of Love' from their latest album 'Big Love'. The executive producer of this remix is Petra Crnetić (Oziris Agency) for Svijet Produkcije.

Discography

Studio albums

2010 - Album Kaliopi: “Poruka“

(album producer: D'Knock, co-producer: Slow Mo'T)

2009 - Album Sandra Berković: “Upali Radio“

(album producer: D'Knock, co-producer: Slow Mo'T)

2003 - Album Tony Cetinski: “A sada...“

(album producer: Miro Buljan, co-producer: D'Knock)

2003 - Album Nina Badrić: “Ljubav“

(album producer: D'Knock)

2002 - Album Divas: “Bon Appetit“

(album producer: D'Knock)

2000 - Album Nina Badrić: “Nina“

(album producer: D'Knock)

2000 - Album Bolesna Braća: “Lovci Na Šubare“

(music producer on tracks "Blowin' Up Your Sector" and "U Must Know (About ZG)": D'Knock)

1999 - Album Divas: “Divas“

(album producer: D'Knock)

1999 - Album Tram 11: “Čovječe Ne Ljuti Se“

(album mastering: D'Knock, Dash, Dragutin Smokrović "Smokva")

1998 - Album Vanna: “Ispod istog neba“

(album producer: Miro Buljan, co-producer: D'Knock)

1996 - Album ET: “Anno Domini 1996“

(album production: "Music Temple Production" (Boytronic, Miro Buljan, Da'Real))

1994 - Album ET: “Second To None“

(album production: "Music Temple Production" (Boytronic, Miro Buljan, Da'Real))

1992 - Album ET: “Electro Team“

(album production: "Music Temple Production" (Boytronic, Miro Buljan, Da'Real))

Compilation albums

2010 - Compilation Papaya Day&Night 2010

(music producers on track Tony Cetinski - "Reason To Fly": D'Knock & Kosta Radman; on track Dino Dvornik - "Africa 2010": DJ Fresh Jay & D'Knock)

2009 - Compilation Papaya Day&Night 2009