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Kid Kenobi
Upper body shot of a man in a black singlet, he faces away towards the audience. He holds a microphone at chest height in his right hand.
Kid Kenobi, SugarBeat Club, July 2006
Background information
Birth nameJesse Thomas Desenberg
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • DJ
  • sound mixer
  • music journalist
  • dance music artist
InstrumentVocals
Years active1996–present
LabelsMinistry of Sound Australia/EMI

Kid KenobiorJesse Thomas Desenbergis an Australian DJ, sound mixer, music journalist and dance music artist.[1]Together withHook N Sling(a.k.a. Anthony Maniscalco), he was nominated for the2007 ARIA AwardforBest Dance Releasefor their single, "The Bump".[2][3]

Biography

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Jesse Thomas Desenberg started working as a DJ, Kid Kenobi, in 1996 in Sydney playing the clubs and festivals circuit.[4]Kenobi later recalled, "after the rave culture had sort of died in the early '90s and the scene had gone back to the clubs. So it was a mix of stuff: house, techno, the tail end of big beat and trip hop and drum'n'bass obviously."[4]By the year 2000 the local scene was still insular, one of his contemporaries was Ajax (a.k.a. Adrian Thomas), "you tended to be state-focused, or even city-focused because dance music wasn't really that big outside of the bigger cities. So in Sydney there was Sugar Ray, Phil Smart; they were the two top dogs back then. And it was me and Ajax who were kind of like the protégées I guess…"[4]From 2003 to 2005 Kenobi was listed as No. 1 DJ byInTheMixmagazine's editorial staff.[5]The staff writers later described his era, "Breaks was big business in the first few years of the awards... [he] was arguably the genre's king, proudly flying the breakbeat flag for Australia at home and abroad."[5]

Discography

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Remix albums

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  • Various Artists:Breaks 04: Mixed by Kid Kenobi(20 September 2004):Ministry of Sound Australia/EMI(MOSA040)AUSComp: No. 7; Dan: No. 3[6]
  • Various Artists:Kid Kenobi Sessions(5 September 2005): Ministry of Sound Australia(MOSA049)[7]AUS Dan: No. 6[8]
  • Various Artists:Addicted to Bass(2012): Ministry of Sound Australia(MOSCD158)[9]

Remix singles

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  • Green Velvet: "La La Land(PoxyMusicvs Kid Kenobi mix) "Hussle Recordings
  • Ferry Corsten:"Rock Your Body Rock (Extended/PoxyMusic vs Kid Kenobi mix) (August 2003) Hussle Recordings/Ministry of Sound Australia(HUS/MOS)AUSClub: No. 3[10]
  • Mylo:"Drop the Pressure (Kid Kenobi vs Pocket remix)" (21 February 2005): EMI(HUSSYCD5054)
  • Tonite Only:"Danger! (The Bomb) (Original/Hook n Sling & Kid Kenobi mix)" (April 2006): AUS Club: No. 7[11]
  • Hook N Slingand Kid Kenobi: "The Bump (Tonite Only mix)" (21 August 2006): Hussle Recordings/EMI AUS Club: No. 10[11]
  • Krafty Kuts:"Tell Me How You Feel (Kid Kenobi vs Rouge Element / Young Punx mix)" (28 August 2006): AUS Club: 13[11]

Awards and nominations

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ARIA Music Awards

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TheARIA Music Awardsis an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres ofAustralian music..[12]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 "The Bump" (withHook n Sling) Best Dance Release Nominated

References

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  1. ^Jonkers, Hannah (15 November 2012),"Kid keeps an eye on the past",Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^"ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2007: 21st Annual ARIA Awards".Australian Recording Industry Association(ARIA). Archived fromthe originalon 18 November 2007.Retrieved24 January2018.
  3. ^Mengel, Noel (25 October 2007), "And the nominations are...",The Courier-Mail
  4. ^abcJarvis, Nick (21 February 2014)."Flashback to 2000 and beyond: Catching up with Kid Kenobi".InTheMix.Junkee Media.Archived fromthe originalon 24 January 2018.Retrieved24 January2018.
  5. ^abITM HQ (29 August 2012)."The inthemix awards: Looking back at the winners".InTheMix.Junkee Media. Archived fromthe originalon 22 November 2016.Retrieved24 January2018.
  6. ^Thomas, Tara (18 October 2004)."Week Commencing ~ 18th October 2004 ~ Issue #764"(PDF).The ARIA Report(764). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 11, 13. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 19 December 2004.Retrieved24 January2018.Note: ARIA Compilations, ARIA Dance Albums
  7. ^DJ Kid Kenobi (2005),Kid Kenobi Sessions,Ministry of Sound Australia,retrieved24 January2018
  8. ^Thomas, Tara (14 November 2005)."Week Commencing ~ 14th November 2005 ~ Issue #820"(PDF).The ARIA Report(820). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 14. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 19 November 2005.Retrieved24 January2018.Note: ARIA Dance Albums
  9. ^Kid Kenobi;Bombs Away(2012),Addicted to Bass,Ministry of Sound Australia,retrieved24 January2018
  10. ^Thomas, Tara (31 May 2004)."Week Commencing ~ 21st May 2004 ~ Issue #744"(PDF).The ARIA Report(744). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 17. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 6 June 2004.Retrieved24 January2018.Note: ARIA Club Tracks
  11. ^abcWallace, Ian (16 October 2006)."Week Commencing ~ 16th October 2006 ~ Issue #867"(PDF).The ARIA Report(867). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 16. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 19 December 2006.Retrieved24 January2018.Note: ARIA Club Tracks
  12. ^ARIA Award previous winners."Winners By Award - 27th ARIA Awards 2013".Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).Retrieved1 March2014.
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