Famend DJ and home music producer Mark Knight has received the coveted Icon Award on the 2024 Digital Dance Music Awards.
It is a well-deserved win for Knight, a tried-and-true trailblazer whose file label, Toolroom, has deeply influenced the dance music trade for twenty years. The imprint, which celebrated its 20th anniversary final yr, has been a launching pad for numerous artists since its 2003 inception.
Due to Knight’s cerebral method to manufacturing, the terra firma beneath his music’s toes has at all times been permeated with soul. Along with his bottomless abyss of generational home anthems, Knight’s remix work has additionally been pivotal, reinventing classics like Avicii’s “My Emotions For You” and giving them new life for a contemporary viewers.
“My whole profession in music has been pushed by my love of music,” Knight tells EDM.com. “That is why I bought into it, and why I am nonetheless doing it as we speak. For me it was by no means about awards, however the truth that individuals have acknowledged my ardour and contribution to music is extremely overwhelming and I might prefer to say an enormous thanks to the EDMAs and to each one that has supported me all through my profession.”
Karel Chladek
The EDMAs are prevalently thought-about as we speak’s preeminent award present for its namesake style. Pushed by its fan-based voting system, the MTV-style ceremony dishes out distinctive trophies as mementos, which resemble DJ decks and have a purposeful jog-wheel.
Final yr’s celebration in Miami noticed wins by Martin Garrix, Zedd, NERVO and trance legend Armin van Buuren, amongst many different outstanding digital music artists.
“These accolades are an enormous motivation for me as a result of they imply that the followers genuinely care,” van Buuren mentioned on the time. “They see you, hear you and luxuriate in your music, which is the very cause why I do that.”
The 2024 EDMA ceremony is scheduled for Friday, March 22nd at Miami’s Eden Roc Lodge. A lot of the nation’s main radio stations will broadcast the occasion each on-air and digitally.
You’ll find the complete record of 2024 EDMA nominations right here.
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