http://virb.com/jkenzo J:KENZO BIO 'Halfstep riddims and 2-step jamz fused with heavy laden sub bass' Born in 1980 and raised in Kent, South East England. Jay's love for music started by growing up listening to his father's record collection of soul, reggae and rare groove and as a kid picking up love for Hip Hop & House in the late eighties. In his early teens he was introduced to the rave scene which opened his eyes to the world of the dj. Collecting tape packs and listening to the likes of The Prodigy, Dj Slipmatt, Dj Hype, Dj Randall, Dr S Gachet etc, Jay was instantly addicted to the scene. He began buying records from the age of 14, picking up early jungle classics such as Levitcus - The Burial and Krome & Time's Ganja Man. In 1995 Jay purchased his first pair of soundlab belt driven turntables and was donated an old Gemini mixer. He was hooked, and within days he'd picked up the art of mixing, spending every bit of spare time practising and making mixtapes for friends. He started getting gigs at youth events and local parties, playing Drum & Bass, 2 step UK Garage and Hip Hop. In 2001 and as the music changed for both UKG and Drum & Bass and become more MC led, Jay decided to take a few years out of the music scene, but still couldn't drop his love for buying and playing music. Between 2003 - 2005 he got a few resident gigs playing hip hop, reggae and breakstep (and early dubstep) at a few clubs in Kent. In 2006 Jay decided it was time to get in the studio and start putting his ideas to his own music, and started making Dubstep. Reaching the DMZ dances and catching the vibes reminiscent to the early jungle days, the heavyweight bassline and the fact that THERE IS NO BOUNDRIES has rebirthed his passion within underground music. Jay is currently focused on production, on a solo tip and also with fellow dubsteppa Markomen (under the alias of marKenzo), plus the promotion and management of his two record labels 'Dub Constructionz' and 'Soul Shakerz' which are both about to drop there first releases... for bookings or enquires: www.myspace.com/jkenzo or kenzobeats@hotmail.co.uk ]]> Virb 2.0 (@jkenzo) en http://virb.com/jkenzo/audio/198327 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:11:45 -0800 http://virb.com/jkenzo/audio/198327 http://virb.com/jkenzo/audio/41729 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:18:22 -0700 http://virb.com/jkenzo/audio/41729 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1607809 ]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 18:05:21 -0700 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1607809 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1494784 ]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:30:34 -0800 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1494784 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1407761 ]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:39:30 -0700 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1407761 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1310758 ]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:17:14 -0700 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1310758 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213146 ]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:15:43 -0700 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213146 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213138 ]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:09:47 -0700 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213138 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213137 ]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:04:39 -0700 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213137 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213136 ]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:02:25 -0700 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213136 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213135 ]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:00:14 -0700 http://virb.com/jkenzo/photos/1213135 http://virb.com/jkenzo/posts/text/306919 Tracklisting:: 01. DEM 2 RUFF - TRENCHTOWN ROCKERZ 02. MARKOMEN - IS WEAK 03. ROUGE STATE ft. LONE RANGER 04. JANNER ft. SNOMAN - JAH WEDNESDAY 05. MARKOMEN - AUXILLARY HULKSTA 06. MARKOMEN - BLATANT DEFIANCE 07. J:KENZO - BLOOD SHUDDER 08. MARKOMEN - TAKEOVER DUB 09. FISTO - CRUSHER 10. abZ - LOSE IT 11. abZ - SHORT ORDER 12. MARLOW RMX - BUTTERFISH 13. HIJAK - BUTCHA 14. nirZ - GITTER 15. MARKOMEN - PARASEYETE RIDDIM 16. SHONKY - CANTON 17. RESO - ONSEN 18. nirZ - IT'S BEEN DECIDED ]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:33:41 -0800 http://virb.com/jkenzo/posts/text/306919