Countless accolades, awards, records, and firsts have been the hallmark of Kid Kenobi’s illustrious 13-year DJing career. Indeed it’s an impossible task trying to resist running them off. From being named Australia’s favourite DJ for a record number 3 years (2003 – 2005), to receiving an award for his first ever remix (of Green Velvet’s “La La Land’ ), knocking up over 20 remixes for some of the world’s biggest names in dance, pop and rock, being the first DJ ever to have a CD series named after him by Ministry of Sound, an ARIA nomination for ‘The Bump’ with Hook N Sling, and to having an itinerary that reads like the Lonely Planet guidebook to clubs worldwide Kid Kenobi has just about done it all. It’s almost become a cliché to say that there isn’t much left for him to do. And yet perhaps the Kids greatest triumph of all is his ability to keep on evolving and growing as an artist. Music trends come and go, clubbers retire, scenes change, and awards gather dust but Kid Kenobi, it seems, is here to stay.
But staying on top of your game is not all about 'intention' as the Kid soon realized. It's actually about getting off your ass and making shit happen. With this thought as his guide Jesse finally decided to start putting his money where his mouth was and got busy knocking up some serious hours in the studio (no more 'oh yeah, I did say I was gonna start working more in the studio last interview didn't I' comments for this little fella). It was a time of great transition. Friends and family were replaced with solitude, partying was replaced with the gym, 12pm breakfasts for early morning starts, and a new chapter in the Kids career was born. Indeed out of this transition evolved Two Fresh (a new collaboration with his brother Hugga Thugg), Kosmic Kids (a new outlet for the Kid’s love of deeper sounds), ‘Klub Kids 01’ (the Kids first independent release), as well as Klub Kids itself.
We've said it before and we'll say it again: the future's lookin bright yoll!
discography
2007 'the bump' hook n sling & kid kenobi [hussle black / CR2]
2007 'rubber' jfkk [emi]
2008 'sappers appetite' braindead lovers vs kid kenobi shock
2009 'k theme' feat. killa queenz [klub kids]
2009 'move that body' [klub kids]
remixography
2002 'la la land' green velvet (poxymusic & kid kenobi mix) [hussle / superstar]
2003 'tonight' amiel (pocket & kid kenobi mix) [festival mushroom]
2003 'kid dynamite' GT (poxymusic & kid kenobi mix) [virgin records]
2004 'barcelona' d.kay & epsilon (RED mix) [bmg]
2004 'come on-a-my-house' nasty tales (RED mix – kid kenobi, q45 & ritual) [hussle]
2005 'rockstar' JDS (RED mix – kid kenobi, q45 & ritual) [fuzzy breaks]
2005 'drop the pressure' mylo (pocket & kid kenobi mix) [hussle]
2005 'bushmasta' noiseshaper (kid kenobi mix feat. mc shureshock) [echo beach]
2006 'danger the bomb' tonite only (hook n sling & kid kenobi mix) [hussle]
2006 'tell me how you feel' krafty kuts (kid kenobi vs rogue element mix) [against the grain]
2006 'out the door' who made who (hook n sling & kid kenobi mix) [hussle]
2007 'love is a number' white rose movement (kid kenobi mix) [independiente]
2007 'thou shalt always kill' dan le sac vs scroobius pip (JFKK mix) [tinted]
2007 'the lake' (kid kenobi mix) muscles [modular]
2008 'party people' splitloop (kid kenobi's back to breaks mix) [against the grain]
2009 'thump' (kosmic kids mix) [forum 5]
2009 'one day' the transients (kid kenobi mix)
2009 'the end' (kid kenobi mix) destroy disco [one love]
2009 'wavy gravy' b-phreak (kid kenobi mix) [dead famous]
2009 'set me free' (kid kenobi mix) phonat [one love]
