Episode 38: Kenny Ken, 2/2: Two-faced people, hanging up his raving shoes & a jungle revival!

[@timllmixit]

Award for the most "ya kna' wha mean?" in an hour goes to Kenny Ken! Legend, another great set of interviews, big up all involved.

[@squidlid]

I know what you mean

[@nigelbenn4642]

What you gotta remember is yer know, that's Kenny.

[@mrscruff238]

It's an East London thing mate, I'm also guilty of it... Its said automatically 🤣🤣

[@timllmixit]

@@mrscruff238 haha its brilliant :D

[@Djwhitehart]

I can't get enough of these videos. It is beyond satisfying getting the feeling of meeting these legend pioneers and realizing why we felt so connected to their mixes we heard on tapes back in 95/96 and onwards! Much love all, channel creators, all pioneers interviewed, the newer ones and followers all alike. Much loved interview with another loving part of our culture. Thank you Tom and all that enjoy this channel, plus most of all, the legends that come and share their part, story, view and all around feel for the vibes for us to learn ❤

[@maipai4282]

Or from the events the original heads actually went to bitd

[@maxfowler8838]

innit mate , just found this channel last week , cant get enough also !

[@Junglist247]

Back in the early 2000s Kenny played at an event on my birthday. We spoke before his set and I mentioned it was my birthday and how I loved the older Jungle sounds. During his set, he dropped loads on Jungle anthems and gave me the nod every time I was calling for the rewind - one of my fondest birthday memories. A lot of love and respect for Mr Kenny Ken 🙏🏾

[@peterlesporis8274]

Big up Kenny Ken!! The most likable DJ I met back in the day. Always came down and raved with the crowd after he finished his set at AWOL in the paradise club and he's not big headed and arrogant like some of them DJ's. Always a pleasure to see him

[@lovesmusic5504]

💯 bro👊🏻. AWOL every Saturday night for me! Best night in the U.K. by a country mile!🔥🔥👌🏻👌🏻

[@JL-nk1pc]

Love Kenny Ken.

[@ROARUKPods]

And us! ❤️

[@lovesmusic5504]

Kenny Ken epitomises the term GOAT!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥👊🏻👊🏻👌🏻👌🏻. AWOL specialist! That guy & GQ made my weekends back in the day. 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@amoke7817]

Loved all of these podcasts throughout this lockdown! You’re doing a fantastic job keeping the memories alive! Kenny Ken ....legend...thank you! 😍

[@damiencrowe6098]

Thanks for asking my question about changing his style to accomodate where he was playing. .much appreciated..

[@FivestackTHFC]

Big ups Kenny Ken 👏

[@deanwild7641]

Kenny Ken, class act 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@markvincent7419]

What an interview. I'd love to have a pint with Kenny Ken, I could listen to him all night. I seen quite a bit of him at Dreamscapes and Helter Skelters. He never played a bad set. He wasn't my favourite as that was DJ Fabio I really like Fabio's style of Drum and Bass, but Kenny has bags of personality and character.

[@kevinwebster1793]

Tom you and the team are doing a banging job. Keep them coming i will help where i can and thank you.

[@ROARUKPods]

Cheers pal. 🙌

[@MrDjslater]

kenny ken and randall legendery paradise club djs !! Them a.w.o.l b2b sets was wicked

[@nigelbenn4642]

Agreed, I also was majorly pissed off with the DnB arena documentary that came out recently that just spent 60 minutes sucking Goldie's ball sack rather than give props to real jungle heroes like Micky Finn Kenny Fearless MCMC Swanee Zinc etc....

[@93raver09]

Ken you don't need a poxy award to say what you have done we the ravers your audience know what you've done. Doesn't matter if your young or old kenny ken is a relevant name. Labrynth, AWOL, World Dance, Helter ......... I was there with you. Thanks Tom and all behind the scene at ROAR great interview again.

[@TakeMeBackPirateRadio]

Another epic interview!! I respect Kenny's honesty. I am glad to see he's still producing bangers and DJing as part of Jungle Warriors!! Big respect!!!

[@vexathebassinjector]

Kenny Ken pure X 97 🔥

[@paul-soundaffected]

Kenny superhero Ken

[@DeleteTheWeak]

Massive respect. This is one of the best interviews I’ve heard and Kenny Ken seems so grounded and wise. I fucking love our underground scene. Keep going Kenny

[@FatalFriction]

I've been dipping into these and ken's appearance has been the best so far. Ken your sound man! Nobody can party for ever init? You either stop altogether or just rarely go out if you want to keep going.

[@ROARUKPods]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@djnickytlondon]

Kenny Ken - the original Junglist. Great interview as always 🤙🏻

[@thepandasdoitbetter]

yes kenny! never seen him play a bad set tbf LEGEND

[@mrbumbleclatful]

Number one of all time jungle don. Kenny Express mix n blend 💯💯

[@snarlysausage4604]

Legend!!

[@switchhitter007]

Kenny Ken one of the original pioneers 👌

[@nattydread1656]

Top jock played many times at the Doncaster warehouse which played mostly trance and techno and he always tuck the roof of the place, respect.

[@jasoncreaser3132]

Big apple fm 🍎 back in the day kenny ken bless up 👍👍

[@chrisshaw9836]

kenny ken still the don

[@clarkee1ofmany]

I Remember being amazed when the Jungle sets made it onto national Radio '1 IN THE JUNGLE'' remember being more amazed at the crystl clear sound and mic quality (whoever engineered that studio realy got it down (jungle beat's not exactly what thery put out on the regular) Sounded like Kenny & GQ were in your front room............Another Legend in the bag, well done R.O.A.R.

[@MCWurdzI]

The live broadcast from Tribal Gathering or Kenny, Warren G and Joe Peng sounded amazing in my bedroom. Whole street heard it.

[@motiontracker5395]

I’m not completely clear as to what he means but top bloke and great interview so big ups

[@CraigMCRJunglist]

Love this

[@redskyatnight123]

Kenny bringing the 🔥

[@agrover5296]

Great interview, great work from the ROAR team once again. World Dance 94 was when the Rave scene started for me, when music was just Hardcore in my eyes. Kenny Ken banged out a set I think July 94 at WD, that was just pure 🔥🔥 go find it!! I loved a banging beat but with Piano loop and vocal. 94 was when Kenny Ken would be followed by Dougal, followed by Micky Finn then Slipmatt. The music styles didn’t matter it all sounded the absolute nuts to rave to. Shame it become split, but 94 was the year for me. Before the split My Fav DJs from the 90’s, were Food Junky, Kenny Ken, Dougal, Ellis Dee, Slipmatt, Micky Finn. 2 down 4 to go ROAR team 👍👊

[@MCWurdzI]

Can’t forget the Food Junky! I wonder what he’s up to these days?

[@ROARUKPods]

Cheers dude!

[@93raver09]

Big up the World Dance crew!!!

[@agrover5296]

@@93raver09 There was just something about Lydd Airport that as a rave venue that was unrivalled......

[@RennieDJ]

I fuxkin love Kenny Ken!! He’s so obviously hard as fuck as well 😂😂 but what a legend! One of my fav interviews in the series

[@ROARUKPods]

Nice one!!

[@awall7635]

@@ROARUKPods Be interesting to know what these dj's thought about the whole mix tape thing ie royalties, being recorded without knowing etc.

[@bingo13467]

Jungle records hit me up 👌

[@andrewsmith2448]

Kenny Ken - Top fella

[@awall7635]

The Pet Shop Boys had Kenny on their Radio 1 show years before 1 In The Jungle!!

[@WellRaverOfficial]

I'm annoyed as well that Kenny is getting the recognition. what the f**k he's a legend!

[@lafluerpeter9]

Seriously enjoyed the Kenny interview, he reminds me of a fella I know. I heard about the politics and clickyness of the scene from a then aspiring DnB DJ/producer that felt their wrath and detered him from the scene, he then went to make dubstep but he made comedy videos on his channel that were my type of humour. One of them Kenny knows as a skit radio advert for a promotion called 'raveageddon' (done by high rankin)where kenny ken is b2b with kenny ken. 😁😁 I Know he see it and made a reaction video where he's cracking up about it and I heard he was actually going to try and make it happen.

[@vexathebassinjector]

Shout out to Roast and the Life FM crew

[@grahamseddon2155]

This 2nd part was good to I disagree with Ken saying Jungle & Drum & Bass are the same, as I belief Jungle is more ragga & reggae & Drum & Bass is more beats. Also was funny with Kens cat sat on top of his chair, even when swinging on it 😂

[@plantbaseddiet3397]

@Graham Seddon if you Overstrand beats you will know D n B is Jungle and if you go back to original reggae, ragga ,dub step all jungle dnb derives from this ,kenny is coming from the 60's music scene so he knows as do we all 🙂

[@CBTvMedia]

Kenny King dropped the original Raggamuffin/Hardstepper Jungle!! Large up K. Ken

[@redskyatnight123]

Kenny kenn original bad boy

[@waynesilverman3048]

Was dj ron good? the origional jungle don

[@breakz187]

Get the new site url in the top of the comments or in the description

[@ROARUKPods]

Done!

[@MCWurdzI]

I’m 27 minutes in, please tell me Crissy Criss gets a mention. 😂😎

[@gareththomas2376]

Lives near me 😁

[@MCWurdzI]

I expect celebrities were turning up at Metalheadz parties unannounced in those days

[@maipai4282]

They were, bjork, David Bowie, Noel and Liam Gallagher etc..metalheadz was amazing but gets far too many props. There 100’s of labels and artists that contributed

[@MCWurdzI]

@@maipai4282 i’ve always thought Good Looking shouldn’t have isolated themselves from the rest of the scene so much, a lot of newer ravers don’t know about Bukem and Conrad.

[@TonyManfre1981]

🔥🔥🔥🏆💯

[@MCWurdzI]

As a white guy, i was disappointed with the Drum & Bass Arena documentary due to how middle class it was. I guess everybody notices something, but the absence of V Recordings was a full pelt liberty.

[@djhaynes99]

I agree V Recordings is still putting out decent music now.

[@oldskoolordie]

Drum bass arena documentary is pretty poor tbh. They missed so much that it’s irrelevant.

[@93raver09]

Totally agree I was really looking forward to that documentary but it didn't cover most things that were relevant to the scene.

[@nigelbenn4642]

If they named it white junglist alliance you'd see why people would get pissed off. Seems junglist alliance is the better title

[@marcp3788]

Kenny Ken is 60 if he's same age as Moose

[@YamYamWarrior]

Intrigued to know why Kenny Ken was banned from my home town Wolverhampton?!

[@93raver09]

Its in part 1 about a shoot out at a club

[@silkydj1]

Incident at Amazon First Base mid 90s, remember it happening.

[@nigelbenn4642]

I disagree with Kenny here, I prefer the artists are just as involved in the raves as the ravers are otherwise they're just money grabbers, event to event. I remember dancing and chatting with the likes of MCMC, Charlie B, Storm, Mann Parris, Nicky B, Fearless, Riddla, Slipmatt, Sy all brilliant guys really human down to Earth. But I've also tried to talking to some artists and their head is so far up their own arses I've gone right off them and given their tape sets or CDs away to my mates.

[@vexathebassinjector]

Hospital records 😂😂👎🏼

[@MCWurdzI]

Oh, i get what you’re referencing now LOL 😂

[@damianclarke8056]

That black junglist alliance thing Kenny was going on about was put together just for black artists. It's pure racism and needs cutting out of the scene.

[@z00h]

ROAR the 90's rave channel brought to you by people who started raving in the year 2000... LOL. Although technically speaking 2000 was the last year of the 10th decade so part of the 90's.

[@ROARUKPods]

What’s your point? Can people only make shows about things they experienced? Because pretty sure we’ve seen documentaries about the Romans and they for sure didn’t have TVs......

[@z00h]

@@ROARUKPods "Can people only make shows about things they experienced" Of course not, but there's a huge gap between the value of hearsay vs the value of personal experience. As for the Romans, I mean it'd be difficult to find anyone on youtube who lived through them times so it's a pretty strange example that.

[@zak3428]

I’m glad it’s doing the 90’s rave. I was too young to go out until 2000 myself but massively into hardcore and mixing from 96 buying tapes and vinyls. This podcast is good for looking back into a world of artists that were my heroes in the day. It was a shame never getting to be a part of the scene at the time as far as going out.