D`Knock Production

Darko Juranovic D’Knock is a record producer, songwriter, artist and owner of the D’Knock Production record label. He is also a member of the music duo D’Knock & Jay, one of the founding members of the group PlayOne, a former member of the ultra-popular Croatian band ET, as well as a Chief Brand Officer (CBO) of Jürgen Höller Academy and co-founder of the video production company JMJ Factory.
As a producer and author, D'Knock has collaborated with some of the most renowned names on the international music scene, such as legendary British bands Simply Red and Simple Minds, the queen of house music Barbara Tucker, UK Grammy Award-winning music producer Andy Wright, Mick Hucknall (Simply Red), DJ Spen, Eddie Amador, Dany Cohiba, Peter Grant, Amrick Channa, among others.
He has achieved great success with the group PlayOne (D'Knock & DJ Fresh Jay), which includes many singles, releases, remixes, music compilations, concerts, tours and collaborations with world famous artists and clubs. D’Knock and DJ Fresh Jay have joined forces on most of these projects with their longtime collaborator and an associate member of the PlayOne’s production team, Zvonimir Dusper Dus.
In 2016, Andy Wright, as the Simple Minds’ music producer, chose PlayOne as his collaborators on new versions of Simple Minds’ 12 greatest hits, marking the 40th anniversary of their career.
D'Knock & DJ Fresh Jay are also co-founders of the Papaya Day & Night Festival (Papaya Club, Zrce), and producers of music compilations Papaya Day & Night Vol. 1 – Vol. 5.
On the Croatian market, D'Knock started his career in early 90s, under his former stage name Da’Real, as one of the original members of the band Electro Team (ET), which he left in 1998 aiming to focus on his solo career as a music producer and artist, under the current pseudonym D'Knock.
Afterwards, D'Knock collaborated with the Croatian top music artists such as Nina Badrić, Tony Cetinski, Dino Dvornik, Ilan Kabiljo, Divas, Cubismo, Bolesna Braća etc. He also collaborated with the famous Macedonian singers Kaliopi, as well as Toše Proeski, on his posthumous release “Još uvijek sanjam da smo zajedno”.
In 2017, D'Knock and his wife Jelena Juranović Jay founded their music duo D'Knock & Jay, and so far they have released 4 hit singles: Jedan dan, Ljubav najbolje zna, Samo ti and Stvorena za ljubav.
D’Knock also cooperated on various projects with many renowned marketing agencies and even coined a wide range of jingles for well-known Croatian and international brands.
In 2019, he started to work for Jürgen Höller Academy (JHA) as a Chief Brand Officer (CBO) & Producer.
D’Knock is a versatile person and a visionary whose scope of work stretches over a wide area of creativity. He is also one of the founders and promoters of the Croatian club and hip-hop scene, and an influential person in the music business and management. Together with his wife Jelena Juranović Jay, he owns D’Knock Production record label & video production company JMJ Factory, which runs one video and two professional music studios

D`Knock Production’s tracks

• PlayOne & Barbara Tucker & DJ Q - We Are Not Alone (Radio edit) by D`Knock Production
• PlayOne & Barb & Q - WE CAN TAKE THIS PARTY by D`Knock Production
• D'KNOCK & JAY - STVORENA ZA LJUBAV (Groovetastic Radio Mix) by D`Knock Production
• D'Knock & Jay - Stvorena za ljubav by D`Knock Production
• Ludi - Emigrant by D`Knock Production
• Ludi - Hladan Svijet by D`Knock Production
• Ludi, D'Knock - Pobjednik by D`Knock Production
• Ludi - Ljubavna (Produced by D'Knock) by D`Knock Production