DJ T. @ Silbergold, Frankfurt (24.05.24)

A recording of my set from Connolly's Of Leap in West Cork on Paddy's eve 16/03/25. I was on opening duties before Mano Le Tough. Proper vibes, Connolly's is a magic spot. Great craic. Thanks Connolly's!

The Drifter @ Connolly's Of Leap 16/03/25

DJ T. @ Flammable, Seattle (06.04.25)

www.openlab.fm | 106.4FM in Ibiza & Formentera
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https://openlab.fm/news/sunrise-sunset-01-damian-lazarus

Listen back to the first episode of Sunrise Sunset, presented by Damian Lazarus. Broadcast every Sunday morning from 7–9am CEST and repeated Thursday evenings from 7–9pm CEST, Sunrise Sunset will run for 21 weeks from May 18 to October 5, exclusively on OpenLab – 106.4FM on the island of Ibiza and streamed online to a global audience at openlab.fm.

Known for his genre-defying taste and spiritual connection to music, Damian will bring listeners a deeply personal soundtrack inspired by the transitions of day and night. Carefully curated to mirror the rising and setting of the sun, each show promises a soul-soothing, heart-opening journey through eclectic, rare, and beautiful music.

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Sunrise Sunset 01 - Damian Lazarus

I don't often upload sets, but the Vocal Booth Weekender 2024 was a special night. I really enjoyed playing for an advanced and appreciative audience. That atmosphere will stay with me forever. Thank you!

Andre Lodemann @ Vocal Booth 2024

www.openlab.fm | 106.4FM in Ibiza & Formentera

Damian Lazarus brings his unique sonic vision to the morning airwaves via @openlabradio — live from Ibiza.
2 hours of deep, spacious, genre-defying music. No noise. No rush. Just clarity, emotion, and the quiet power of daybreak.
Can’t catch the sunrise? No worries — we rebroadcast every Thursday at 7PM CET for the sunset crew 🌇

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Sunrise Sunset 03 - Damian Lazarus

Lago Lago 27.06.25

www.openlab.fm | 106.4FM in Ibiza & Formentera
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Whether you’re winding down after a night of dancing or waking up with the first light, Damian Lazarus invites you into another sunrise ritual — live from Ibiza. Two hours of expansive, emotional sound to soothe, lift, and transport you.
Can’t make the morning? The rebroadcast airs every Thursday at 7PM CET — a golden-hour invitation for sunset souls 🌇 all previous episodes are available now on OpenLab.fm and SoundCloud.

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Sunrise Sunset 09 - Damian Lazarus

The 43rd release of Urge To Dance delivers a pure dance-floor material,
courtesy of Omer Bar & Gal Kinnel. Their Pitom EP offers warm,
late-summer 'moogie' basslines, finely crafted and tight percussions,
jumpy chords and somehow controlled and yet unrelenting energy.

Second in line is Od Lo, which carefully builds up and elevates the EP
vibes. A real dancefloor weapon, the track blends driving kicks and
percussions, similarly pulsating bassline and playful Brazilian vocal
which perfectly locks into the track's groove.


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Omer Bar
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Gal Kinnel
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/galkinnel1/

Urge To Dance
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IG: www.instagram.com/urgetodance/

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Release date: Friday 19 Sept 2025

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PREMIERE: Omer Bar & Gal Kinnel - Od Lo [Urge To Dance]

Love me Tonight

Skepta-man x u sure do

In today’s electronic music world there are not many artists who can lay claim to a legacy like that of DJ T. Born in Dusseldorf, DJ T. (aka Thomas Koch,) re-located to Frankfurt with his family in the late 70s. During his formative years, he fell for the hypnotic grooves of disco, inspired by his parents’ record collec-tion. At the age of nine he was already completely enraptured by music and that love affair continues until this very day. He began an obsessive quest to collect music, feeding his soul with everything from Disco and Hi-Nrg, through to early Hip-Hop and Electro, Soul, Funk and R’n’B. The groovy, infectious rhythms of all those genres continue to permeate into the music he makes and plays today, providing an intrinsic part of his sound ethic. 
He took up breakdancing, before becoming a DJ, playing at private parties ini-tially before landing his first professional gigs in the late eighties. This period proved to be a pivotal moment in his life as Acid House swept through Europe, landing in Frankfurt and taking over with the launch of Sven Väth’s legendary Omen club in 1988. The first wave of House and Techno took hold and T. was there at the forefront, absorbing all the fresh new sounds from Chicago, Detroit and the UK. He picked up a residency at the infamous Music Hall and held resi-dencies at countless clubs across the city during the next 10 years from Plastik and Dorian Gray to The Box. By the end of the nineties, he was one of Frank-furt’s best-known selectors. 
In 1989 DJ T. tapped into another side of his creative energy to set up Groove Magazine. Identifying a gap in the market and fuelled by a need to satisfy his own desire for specialised music journalism, which focused on his interests – namely underground dance music. Under his leadership the magazine was launched into the public’s consciousness and he guided Groove to become one of Europe’s premier dance music publications, which it still is today. 
DJ T.’s progression continued at a pace, as he launched his own club, Monza, using the experience gained through a decade of club events and tours under the Groove Magazine banner. He also invested his skills and knowledge into con-ceiving Get Physical – a label, which remains one of the world’s best- known House and Techno platforms. Though he left in 2010, T. still occasionally A&Rs for the label, lending his uncanny ability to uncover new talent to the seminal label. 
Production-wise, he has been consistent ever since his debut release, the ‘Mon-sterbaze’ EP with Steve Bug, which was released on Poker Flat in 2000. Since then, T. has released several well-received EPs, a slew of remixes and three al-bums, ‘Boogie Playground’ in 2005, ‘The Inner Jukebox’ produced with Tho-mas Schumacher in 2009 and ‘Pleasure Principle’ in 2011. His special touch has also been employed by numerous labels to curate compilation mixes , including ‘United Under The Ball – 30 Years Of Disco’ in 2011 and ‘The House That Jack Built Vol 1 & 2’ in 2012. In 2013 he celebrated 25 years of DJing with a very personal mix compilation, followed also by ‘Body Language 15’ and col-laboration with Defected and Strictly Rhythm to celebrate the latter’s 25th anni-versary. DJ T.’s reputation for being a master selector has been cemented by these superlative collections of music, each of which has received widespread praise, often featuring many of T.’s own edits of classic tracks. 
Despite so many accolades, his passion for music remains staunch, recently making several key changes to his professional life that have inspired him to explore new terrains. With hot new releases on AUS Music, Moon Harbour, True Soul and Jackathon representing his continued to desire to push his crea-tive boundaries. 
A highly-skilled DJ and producer and an A&R with an uncanny ability to dis-cover a nurture new talent, DJ T. is a master selector and one of the industry’s most influential figures.