my name is IAN KENYON 

one of the co founders of the original OLD SKOOL scene in LIVERPOOL back in 1993 , resident dj @ LIVERPOOL'S 1st weekly old skool classics event called simply "CLUB CLASSIC "alongside my mate and founder TOMMY FOLEY, and quad resident Mike Knowler... 

Club dj / event promoter/record shop owner for the last 20 years ,

at the moment i own and run RETRO-TRAX old skool events accross the UK , having also put together several old skool events accross the north west during the last 6 years , previous events include BACK TO THE OLD POOL , MENTAZAM , DASIY REVISITED and was responsable for the"original QUAD REUNIONS in 2006 @ Club Isis, as i started the quad site in 2002 , www.quadrantpark.com , now in charge of THE HARD DOCK events Liverpools famous venue has been re-opened for some one off reunions + charity events during 2011... 

my history, 

ive had 3 record shops over the last 18 years , 2 in the Liverpool Palace during the 1990s called RED HOT VINYL + KONTRABAND RECORDS and more recently Retro-Trax in New Brighton , i also worked as a dj in most of the big clubs in and around Liverpool last 20 yrs or so inc The Courtyard @ NATION , CLUB 051 , GARLANDS , THE ZANZIBAR , CLUB ISIS , THE CARLING ACADEMY , BAR FRESA , LE BATEAU , THE MARDIS , THE G-BAR , MR SMITHS , LEMON LOUNGE , BAR BAR , THE MERSEY FERRY ,THE MAGNET , BAR NON , alongside Liverpools most well know jocks , inc DAVE GRAHAM , LEE BUTLER , ROBBIE EDWARDS , PEZ, STEVE PARRY , VERTIGO , MIKE KNOWLER , JOHN KELLY , ANDY CARROLL , STEVE SHIELS , BRENDAN LONG , STEVE PROCTOR , SI EDWARDS , LES CALVERT ,ANTON POWERS, ALAN JAMES ,
 also played on the same line up with BASSHEADS, TONY HUMPHRIES, GRAHAM PARK, EVE GALLAGHER , and i was warm up DJ for ex LIVERPOOL FC star Djibril Cisse at his KLUBB9 clothes brand launch @ club Isis 2006 , 

as a promoter ive booked some of house musics greatest djs and PA's inc the likes of CE CE ROGERS , MARSHALL JEFFERSON , FAST EDDIE , JOE SMOOTH , JESSE SAUNDERS , STEVE SILK HURLEY , The F.P.I. Project , DREAM FREQUENCY , DJ SLIPMATT , BABY - D , 2 BAD MICE , COSMO & DIBS , SCARLET FANTASTIC , N-JOI , K-KLASS , TOGETHER , THE ORB , ALTERN8 , SHADES OF RHYTHM...


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