DIRTYDISCO PRESENTS KID KENOBI THE KLUB KIDS TOUR took place on Saturday, May 02, 2009 10:00 PM - 2:00 AM
at Media Club
in VANCOUVER BC. More details on the event are below.
It’s been over a decade now that Jesse Desenberg has been DJing as Kid Kenobi and during this time his contributions to the Australian dance scene can be matched by few of his peers. A quick look at his rap sheet shows he was voted Number 1 DJ in the Technics InTheMix Top 50 three years in a row; he chalked up so many mix CDs for Ministry of Sound Australia special sessions series for him (he’s still the only Australian DJ to have a compilation named after him), and he received numerous Australian Dance Music Awards for Australian DJ of the Year, NSW DJ of the Year and Remix of the Year. Most people don’t achieve so much in a lifetime, but for Kid Kenobi this is still the beginning.
He’s also been growing out of the DJ tag with long hours in the production seat. His first original release, “The Bump” (with Hook n Sling, signed to Hussle in Australia), scored him a nomination for ‘Best Dance Release’ from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) – the premier representing body of the Australian music charts. His first remix, of Green Velvet’s “La La Land’ won him a Remix of the Year award at the Australian Dance Music Awards. Since his first foray into the studio back in 2003, Kid Kenobi’s clocked up a little over 20 remixes for some of the world’s biggest names in dance, pop and rock.
While Kid Kenobi the artist is adored by fans and respected by fellow DJs, Jesse himself is loved by everyone. Despite his high profile and commercial success, he’s the last person to buy into his own hype and the first person to hang out after the gig for a beer and a chat. It’s not false modesty – like most great DJs, he really does do it for the love. You could even liken him to the Freestylers, the Plump DJ’s, Krafty Kuts and Fat Boy Slim, who are incidentally some of his biggest fans.
The last five or so years have taken him around the world and back again. From Brazil to Canada to London to Cologne to Shanghai to Paris to San Francisco, the more he travels, the better he gets, the more he gets booked, the more he travels and so on. His popularity just continues to snowball.
2008 has seen Jesse embarking on nailing a new challenge: production. A year spent bunkered down in his northern beaches studio has resulted in a couple of exciting new side projects, one with his father and brother, and the second “Two Fresh” a collaboration with his brother, Sydney based DJ Hugga Thugg. Under the Two Fresh banner, they launched this new project in November 2008 with a debut remix which resulted in a top 10 in the ARIA Club Charts and a 10 date national tour in its launch month. In addition, Jesse has been working on more remixes as Kid Kenobi and original material for his debut artist album, scheduled for release in 2009.
If 2008 is anything to go by it looks set to be a period of his career that may end up rivaling his lists of achievements as a DJ. So if he comes to your town in ‘09, make sure you don’t miss him. It might be a while before he has the chance to come back.
check em out at:
www.myspace.com/therealkidkenobi.com
and
www.myspace.com/youngstrangers
And ofcourse, Your Dirty Disco Players...
HEBEGEBE and Martin Ramond will be on hand.
Advanced tickets at Clubzone for 15 dollars.
more at the door.
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