Tortured artist. Audio nerd. Advocate for melody. Sometimes writes songs. Sometimes just makes a noise.

Brighton based Kenelis deliver a hard hitting mix of Alt Rock with elements of Punk Grunge & Metal. High energy emotive live performance have seen the band share the stage with the likes of Reuben, You Me at Six, The Blackout, Fightstar, Ghost of a Thousand and The Levellers. Magazine features and excellent reviews in Rocksound Magazine, Big Cheese Magazine, Viva Le Rock, Diva & G3 as well as well known Online Zines Room Thirteen, God is In The TV & Alt Sounds.

Kenelis have been winners of Brighton Music Awards 2013 'Viewers Choice' and London's highly acclaimed FeedMe Music's band of the month. Other success includes; Room Thirteen band of the month, NMT band of the year and G3 magazines band of the year.

Kenelis have played  Festivals including three consecutive years on the famous Rock Sound Cave at Guilfest. Kenelis have played numerous UK Pride Festivals, Toronto Pride and many of the established London venues including the 100 club, IndigO2, Relentless Garage, Borderline, Monto Water Rats, Jamm, 229 & The Cobden Club.
Kenelis released their Debut album 'Remember How It Felt on their own label 'Black Grass Records' in 2009, followed by their second album 'Fake'  in June 2011. Singles 'Jealous' 'Sick' and ' We Could Die Any MInute' were a popular hit with the fans and crowd pleasers at festivals. Angus Cowan (Redwood/Reuben/Jamie Lenman) produced both albums. 

Their most recent release 'Move', a 4 track EP was produced by Chris Coulter (Arcane Roots) and 10th December 2012. Mel teamed up with some of the best Brighton talent fusing Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Metal and Grunge to create a Power House EP of hard hitting riffs and ear pleasing melodies. Back in studio Kenelis are now in pre production for their next album, which will see the band returning to their Alt Rock roots with a Hardcore influence new to the Kenelis sound.  

Kenelis have already confirmed to play on the Garden State Rock Stage at Forever Sun Festival and are now in the process of negotiating further 2014 festival slots. Kenelis is a professional outfit with a loyal fan base looking to expand our coverage in 2014, touring the forthcoming new album release.
Other Projects: Mel Sanson is a performer and vocalist in The L Project, a charity single that reached number 10 in the Official Independent UK Chart raising thousands of pounds for Stonewall & Diversity Role Models.
 
“Keep a close eye on this lot” Rocksound Magazine 
"Kenelis are a massive band with enormous potential" Uplifted Music
"We need a cool band to rock our socks off and we have found the perfect band in the form of Kenelis" Room Thirteen
"This pretty much proves how good they are in one sentence as these support slots are not for shitty punk bands with no future’" Punk Prospect
"We love... rock band Kenelis" G3 Magazine
"They know how to lift a crowd" Diva Magazine
"Breeders meets Belly retooled with a hardcore framing" God Is In The TV
"All the infectious elements of yesterday’s unruly music scene that’s absent from a lot of what’s sifted through today’s sound waves" Alt Sounds
"One of the UK's next generation Stadium Rockers" Loud Horizon Magazine 
"Fronted by Mel Sanson, one of the mightiest rock ladies on these shores" When Sally Met Sally 
"Fantastic live performance. Make sure you catch them this year" Lesbilicious

“Shines home like a lantern” - Rolling Stone

The journey from the dark into the slightly more illuminated can be convoluted and tricky to explain at the best of times, which neatly sums up the winding path that has been Bethia Beadman’s life story.

From the West Country to the East End of London via California, (as both a Sanskrit scholar and a member of grunge outfit ‘Hole’), and a prolonged period of isolation in a lonely English seaside cottage where she composed new music and wrote her first book. Beadman is now ready to be reborn. She has a stack of newly recorded music tracked in Detroit and a near finished manuscript and is fully ready to rumble.

“Her story is the stuff that film scripts are made of. PJ Harvey meets Scott Walker” - Fiona Sturges, UNCUT

“Her music eclipses her backstory. One of the best unsung artists around.” - John Kennedy, DAZED

“True talent… feral and elemental. A rarity, an original, influenced chiefly by her own psyche” - The Quietus

“Raw power…  Oozes a powerful, spiritual modern blues” - John Robb, Louder than War

Rapper/Singer/Songwriter

Introducing Destiny, the quirky-yet-adorable Dubstep singer, rapper and songwriter, who started off working on the UK Garage circuit at the age of 15 with pioneers such as Matt Jam Lamont, DJ Face, Nathan Lockett (HeadTop) and Frances James.

The British born Chinese mixed English solo artist has already worked and collaborated with a wide range of acts including Tinie Tempah, Benga, Crazy D (Kiss 100), Kromestar, Cotti, DVA, Mark Force, Ms Dynamite and many more.

Achievements to date include releases on Warner, AM:PM/Universal Records, Mercedes Benz Music and a nomination for Best Unsigned Talent at the Underground Music Awards.

Over the past nine years, the manga-esque MC has been gracing the mic at events all over the world and at home including Glastonbury Festival and Ministry of Sound. She has also been featured within various music projects by Channel 4, BBC Radio One, 1Xtra and Choice FM. Destiny’s print press has included features in Touch Magazine, ID-Mag, Style Mag, Deuce, DJ Mag and more.

Between 2004 and 2006, Destiny presented her own weekly radio feature on London’s Choice FM alongside Andy B. The feature showcased the best and freshest UK signed and unsigned acts giving exposure to the UK’s rapidly rising level of talent. Guests on her show included Sway and Pyrelli, The Committee, Scandalous Unlimited and Anna Kiss.

Destiny was recently presented with a prestigious music grant from Arts Council East, England to record her debut EP. She is currently in the studio writing and recording with a diverse range of producers and artists including Benga, Kromestar, Crazy D and Archangel. The release date is set for March/April 2013.

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