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KENNY KEN...
Kenny Ken started DJing back in 1989,before that he was working as a ticket
collector and railman on the London Underground.He got into playing music by
going to the early warehouse parties like,Genesis,Sunrise,Biology,Energy and so
on.”I used to go to all the so called incrowd parties where DJʼs like
Grooverider,Fabio,Frankie Valentine,Tony Wilson,Paul Oakenfold,Bones and Carl
Cox used to play”.It was while going to these all night parties and then having to go
straight to work that he decided to try being a DJ.”I went out and bought myself a
set of Technics and started to practice and was given a really good mixing lesson
by Dean who was one half of Dem 2 who were big back then.I started of by playing
Acid House and Garage at small gigs for my mates Jimmy Evans and Steven Mills
(thanks guys).I started playing regular on the radio on a pirate station called
Centerforce which I left after about a year and moved to Dance FM along with DJʼs
like Mr C and Rob Atkinson.One night I was at a Genesis rave and Lenny Dee
hadʼnt turned up and the DJ who was playing had another gig to go to so I begged
Wayne the promoter to let me go home and get my records,itʼll only take me five
minutes.I came back with a converted milk crate full of records and got behind the
decks which is when my bottle went a bit cos now Iʼm on the best party at that time,
infront of a massive crowd of hardcore ravers.I played for about half hour and
played well before Lenny turned up.That was when I decided to leave my job and
start Djing full time.I had a really good relationship with the guys at Blackmarket
records so it wasʼnt a problem getting all the latest tunes.I also used to go to
Reading to a shop called Record Basement which was owned by Phil who now
runs New Urban Music.I met Sue and Joe from Labrynth who gave me regular work
and while I was playing for Labrynth I was also becoming a better DJ.I used to go to
a Sunday morning rave at Crazy Larryʼs on the Kings Road in Chelsea which is
where I met Carl and Dave who used to run the Crazy Club and I would pester
them to let me play,so one day they said bring my records to Buzbyʼs in the West
End and if I play good theyʼd make me a resident which was beyond my wildest
dreams cos now Iʼm getting a chance to play in the premier league of
DJs.Anyway,when I turned up at Buzbyʼs I met Jack Frost and Ray Keith who had
also been told the same thing so now I had to play wicked and better than Ray and
Frost.I was the last to go on and Ray and Frost had smashed up the place along
with Grooverider so I went on and smashed it too.Carl and Dave decided that they
would take the three of us as it was hard to decide who had played the
best.Because of my residency at Crazy Club and the way I played my music which
at that time was House,Techno and Garage I was asked if Iʼd like to be on the
books of Dynamix DJ Agency.Thats when I started to go abroad which was round
about 92.My first ever gig abroad was at the BCM Club in Majorca with Bryan
Gee.While all this was going on I was resident at the famous Roast parties which
were wicked and thatʼs where as far as Iʼm concerned Jungle started to take
hold.There was a lot of breakbeat tunes that some Djs would say started jungle that
came out before the Roast Parties like Micky Finnʼs Some Justice and loads of
Rebel MC tunes but it was the Roast Parties that put Jungle firmly on the map.By
this time which is late 92 early 93 Iʼm playing all over the place,World
Dance,Telepathy,Cryptonite,Rave@the Cave,Helter Skelter,Pirate Club,the list
goes on.Then came AWOL which as far as Iʼm concerned were the best parties andhave never been matched by anyone up to this day.I played at AWOL week in
week out only being absent when I had to go abroad.The AWOL era is a big part of
my DJing career because thatʼs when I made my first tune called Everybodyʼs
Friend which came out on Boogie Beat,then Everyman which came out on Rugged
Vinyl.I was also the first jungle DJ bring the music to Toronto Canada along with
MCGQ.In 1994 I won the Jungle Soundclash. Yes Iʼve still got the belt.I never got a
chance to defend it because the promoters didn't do another soundclash after
that.Too much politics and bullshit going on behind the scene.During the AWOL
era I done a couple of shows for Radio 1 called 1 in the Jungle with MCGQ.AWOL
finished at the legendary Paradise Club in early 96 then in 97 I started Mix and
Blen recordings which was a brand new direction for me cos I never had a clue
about this side of things,all I knew was how to play music.The first release on the
Label was a tune called Coppershot by GSquad who are now known as Supply
and Demand.Second release was Reminiscence by DJ Mace who I started Planet
Funk Recordings with.I was then asked to join the team at Londonʼs Kiss FM where
I had my own show on rotation which I really enjoyed doing because I had a lot of
listeners and I could play stuff from the labels and gain some experience on legal
radio.I have played all around the world in places that I never ever thought I would
reach and met so many good people and all this is down to Jungle/Drum and
Bass.Today Iʼm still traveling all round the world, playing out nearly every week but
Iʼm concentrating a lot on my studio work because I know Iʼve got it in me to make
good music.Its now 2010 and I'm still going strong focusing on Ragga Jungle/D&B.