Kid Kenobi Explained

Kid Kenobi
Birth Name:Jesse Thomas Desenberg
Origin:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Instrument:Vocals
Years Active:1996–present
Label:Ministry of Sound Australia/EMI

Kid Kenobi or Jesse Thomas Desenberg is an Australian DJ, sound mixer, music journalist and dance music artist. Together with Hook N Sling (a.k.a. Anthony Maniscalco), he was nominated for the 2007 ARIA Award for Best Dance Release for their single, "The Bump".[1]

Biography

Jesse Thomas Desenberg started working as a DJ, Kid Kenobi, in 1996 in Sydney playing the clubs and festivals circuit.[2] 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."[2] 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…"[2] From 2003 to 2005 Kenobi was listed as No. 1 DJ by InTheMix magazine's editorial staff.[3] 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."[3]

Discography

Remix albums

Remix singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music..[8]

|-| 2007 || "The Bump" (with Hook n Sling) || Best Dance Release || |-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2007: 21st Annual ARIA Awards . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 24 January 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071118143950/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2007 . 18 November 2007 .
  2. News: Flashback to 2000 and beyond: Catching up with Kid Kenobi . https://web.archive.org/web/20180124135954/http://inthemix.junkee.com/flashback-to-2000-and-beyond-catching-up-with-kid-kenobi/22892 . dead . 24 January 2018 . Jarvis . Nick . InTheMix . . 21 February 2014 . 24 January 2018 .
  3. News: The inthemix awards: Looking back at the winners . https://web.archive.org/web/20161122230629/http://inthemix.junkee.com/the-inthemix-awards-looking-back-at-the-winners/17285/2 . dead . 22 November 2016 . ITM HQ . InTheMix . Junkee Media . 29 August 2012 . 24 January 2018 .
  4. 18 October 2004 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20041219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20041220-0000/issue764.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 18th October 2004 ~ Issue #764 . Thomas . Tara . The ARIA Report . PDF . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 764 . 11, 13 . 19 December 2004 . 24 January 2018 . Note: ARIA Compilations, ARIA Dance Albums
  5. 14 November 2005 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051119130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20051120-0000/issue820.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 14th November 2005 ~ Issue #820 . Thomas . Tara . The ARIA Report . PDF . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 820 . 14 . 19 November 2005 . 24 January 2018 . Note: ARIA Dance Albums
  6. 31 May 2004 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040606140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040607-0000/ISSUE744.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 21st May 2004 ~ Issue #744 . Thomas . Tara . The ARIA Report . PDF . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 744 . 17 . 6 June 2004 . 24 January 2018 . Note: ARIA Club Tracks
  7. 16 October 2006 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20061219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20061220-0000/issue867.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 16th October 2006 ~ Issue #867 . Wallace . Ian . The ARIA Report . PDF . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 867 . 16 . 19 December 2006 . 24 January 2018 . Note: ARIA Club Tracks
  8. ARIA Award previous winners. Web site: Winners By Award - 27th ARIA Awards 2013. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 1 March 2014.

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