Knobtweakers is an electronic music blog founded in 2004 by Eric Hamilton (aka Dilvie). It quickly grew to become one of the most popular Mp3 blogs in the world, eventually serving one million Mp3 downloads monthly. In addition to offering electronic music Mp3s, Knobtweakers operated a netlabel imprint, and hosted weekly parties in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The site ceased operations in 2008, due to the overwhelming cost of bandwidth – but things have changed since then. Storage and bandwidth costs have come down, and viable third party music hosts have sprung up. Knobtweakers never stopped believing.

Our mission is and always was to help talented artists reach a larger audience. That mission was interrupted for too long – but no more.

Welcome back to Knobtweakers. It’s a new day.

Fun Facts

• Knobtweakers was among the first ten Mp3 blogs listed by Wikipedia.
• On average, tracks featured on Knobtweakers receive 8,000 downloads within 48 hours.
• The most popular features on Knobtweakers garner half a million downloads, each.
• The Interactive Music Awards recognized Knobtweakers several years in a row.
• Past guests of the Knobtweakers parties in Salt Lake City include Morgan Page, DJ DMX, and KJ Sawka (current Pendulum drummer)

Founder Bio

Eric Hamilton is a professional web marketing consultant. He began producing electronic music in 1991, creating music for video games and the demoscene under the alias, Dilvie. Eric’s music has been downloaded millions of times. He was featured on Mp3.com’s “Best of the Electronic Underground”. His music has been used in many films, TV productions, and podcasts.

Eric started a career as a full-time DJ photographer in 2007, and has photographed many of the top DJ’s in the world, including Armin Van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, and DJ Craze. He hopes to eventually populate the world with afro puffs.