Damon Wilber alias Jan P. Stegemann was raised in the South (New Orleans, La.), then moved North to NYC to launch his music career. In 1991 he began working for the distributor Northcott, and a year later he became A&R for
EXperimental, NYC.
After his first year of living in NYC, Damon and his roomate
Ray Love teamed up to produce a top 10 UK hit, Toxic Two "Rave Generator". This was a start to his production career. In 1995, Damon decided it was time to begin his own label:
Synewave.