Throwback to 2004 and the legendary ‘Fuzzy Breaks’ parties in Sydney! To be honest I thought the guys were crazy for trying to take breaks to a bigger stage like the Metro in Sydney. But those parties blew up and before long the guys had expanded to the Hordern Pavillion which was wild! I’ll be honest, I don’t actually remember this party (Fuzzy Winter Breaks 2004 at the Hordern Pavillion) ha ha but thankfully I have an extremely rare live recording of my set from this party which you can peep right here! I was quite fond of the flanger back then as you will see! Ha ha! Enjoy! RIP MC Conrad X

Big love to @oldbreaksmixes for the set!

LINE UP:

LTJ BUKEM
MC CONRAD
KID KENOBI
THE CRYSTAL METHOD
DRUMATTIC TWINS
Q-BERT
UGLY DUCKLKING
Q45
JAMES TAYLOR
JOHN WALL

Kid Kenobi LIVE @ Winter Break 2004 (Triple J Recording)

This was the first time I entered the studio to work on an official remix for a proper label! Man I was so pumped! I had little if any studio experience and was wide eyed and full of questions. I can’t tell you how much I learnt watching Sameer (Pocket) work. Many of the things he employed during our sessions together have stayed with me to this day. I probably annoyed him with my million and one questions (ha ha) but thanks for the amazing kick start Sameer! It was a good combination actually, both Sameer and Ken had their eye on the production side of things while my mind kept coming back to the dancefloor and how the crowd would react to the track at the gigs I played. But it wasn’t just me who played this track, DJ’s like Fat Boy Slim also dropped it and people would often text me from London saying such and such DJ ‘just dropped your remix of La La Land at Fabric’! It totally made my young producers day! I rinsed this remix, and have immense pride hearing it all over again, 14 years later! Enjoy! 
KK x

La La Land (Poxymusic Vs  Kid Kenobi Remix) - Green Velvet (2003)

I first met Klaus in the early 2000’s while I was playing the backroom of ‘The End’ nightclub in London. I’ll be honest, he scared me a little when I first me him! Ha ha. He certainly had his tough guy guard up and was making sure he gave me a good ‘suss out’ before he made any executive decisions as to whether or not this ‘Kid’ from OZ was actually any good (to this day he claims my set was shit that night but I swear I rocked it! Ha ha). But that kind of attitude was part and parcel of the old days, when stripes were earned, not just given because you had shitloads of Facebook or Instagram followers. That said, when I connected with him and Jay Cunning a little while later to play on their radio show I made sure to bring the hardest breaks I had! Ha! Fast forward a few odd years and Klaus emailed me saying he was moving to OZ. I was very excited about that as I knew more top quality producers is just what we needed at that point in time (hardly any DJ’s wrote their own music in those days). I’ve learnt so much watching Klaus work over the years and he’s always been very forthcoming with his knowledge, even though my OCD drove him insane over the years (of course, he told me so himself). And although it’s gone from benders to babies in the time that we’ve known each other, there are some things that never change. Who know’s what we’ll be dropping at our grandkids 21st’s! With that in mind, I’m pretty excited to be dropping this ‘previously only available on limited edition white label vinyl’ remix Klaus and I did of the Beastie Boys tune ‘Triple Trouble’ around 2004. Still sounds pretty phat if you ask me, especially with Klaus’s dope 2016 remaster! Enjoy! KK x

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Triple Trouble (Kid Kenobi vs Klaus 'Heavyweight Hill' Remix - 2016 Remaster) - Beastie Boys (2004)

Welcome to the first instalment of my ’20 Years a Kid’ mixtape series! This first mix covers the years from 1996 to 1998 when I first started DJing in Sydney (and long before most people in Australia had ever heard of me). This first mix captures some of the tracks I was playing back then: hip hop, big beat, and early breaks. 'Breaks' wasn't actually a genre yet in 1996 and you had to dig pretty hard (at your local record store) to find a good breakbeat sounding record. But that's what made it so exciting, the 'discovery'. I'm sure there's a tonne of tunes I've forgotten on here (and there were some I left off as they didn't quite work in the mix) but the essence of what I did back then is here, including the last track 'Papua New Guinea' which I'd drop last EVERY time I DJ'd.
Anyway, I hope you dig the mix! Big love and welcome to my 20 year flashback!
KK x

TRACKLIST:

01. The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix) - DJ Shadow
02. Sure Shot - London Funk Allstars
03. Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys
04. That Hip Hop Track - Bitch
05. Mella (The Herbaliser Drive Faster Mix) - DJ Food
06. Freestyle Noize - Freestylers
07. Trickshot - Ceasefire
08. Beat Bastik (Ceasefire Remix) - Hard Hop Heathen
09. Packet of Peace (Chemical Brothers Remix) - Lionrock
10. Take California - Propellerheads
11. Push - Bass Funk-tion 
12. Left Hook - Simply Jeff
13. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 - DJ Icey
14. Pick Up - DJ Icee
15. Loose Caboose (Bassbin Twins Remix) - The Electroliners
16. Funk Da Fried Party - Simply Jeff
17. Higher State Of Consciousness (Tweekin Acid Funk) - Josh Wink
18. Big Ditch - DJ Icey
19. Who’s The Bad Man - Dee Pattern
20. unknown - Soulstice (white label)
21. unknown - Bassbin Twins Vol. 1 (white label)
22. Westway - Thursday Club
23. Papua New Guinea (Original 12" Mix) - The Future Sound of London


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20 Years a Kid The Mixtapes Vol. 1 (1996 - 1998) - Mixed by Kid Kenobi

This was a remix I did with two of my closest mates, Tom Howell (aka Q45 / Diamond Lights / Yes Yes Records) and Lefroy Verghese (DJ Ritual). We finally made some time to get in the studio together and drink loads of red wine (hence the name). This was one of those records that just came together really easily. We were so stoked with the result and it was amazing to see this become a bit of a breakbeat anthem at the time. I’ll never forget dropping it at Field Day in Sydney and seeing a few thousand people sing along! It was always such a great track to end a set with, happy vibes! 
KK x

Barcelona (RED Remix aka Kid Kenobi, Q45, & Ritual) - D. Kay and Epsilon feat. Stamina MC

So stoked that I FINALLY got around to finishing the second installment of my ’20 Years a Kid’ mixtape series! This second edition covers the years 1998 - 2000 when big beat was mutating into breaks and funk influenced music still reigned supreme. It’s one of the things I love about this era, it’s all about THE FUNK. The funkier the better! Personally I feel that’s something that’s missing a bit these days and is more than due for a comeback (watch this space 😉). For those of you who remember the legendary Globe days in Sydney then this should take you right back to the dancefloor on one of those epic nights! Hard to believe some of these tunes are 20 years old! Good music never dies it seems (or at the very least stops making you bust ‘funkies’ on the dancefloor)! Hope you dig! x

TRACKLIST:

01. Gimmie the Funk - Krafty Kuts
02. What is a Party? - MOOG
03. General Funk - General Narco / I See You Baby (Acappella) - Groove Armada 
04. Purple Daze (white label)
05. Magic’s Wand (Freestyler’s Phat Party Vocal Mix) - Whodini
06. B-Boy Breakdown - Pepe Deluxe
07. Trans-Am - Kings of the Wild Frontier
08. Rockin’ - A Touch of Class
09. Rock (The Grand Finale) - DJ Spinna
10. Ooh La La - The Wiseguys
11. Let’s Have Scratch for Breakfast - Skeewiff
12. Here We Go (Plump DJ’s Remix) - Freestylers
13. B-Boy Stance (Dub Pistols Club Mix) - Freestylers
14. Talkin all that Jazz (Torti’s Bonus Breaks and Edits) - Stetsasonic 
15. Phun-ky - DJ Tonka

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