Nite Hawkes

Truth be told, I don't have much to say about Kenny Hawkes. He's a DJ/producer from the UK, has over 20 years of experience behind him, and has recorded several classic house cuts during his illustrious career.


Hawkes solidified his reputation in the late 90's running London's Space night at Club Rumba with friend Luke Solomon. He's just recently completed new material with David Parr for 20:20 Vision, which fits in perfectly with the label's line up (Bobby Peru, Fred Everything, Random Factor, Silver Cities…). His 2003 entry into NRK's Nite:Life series of mix albums offered a pretty damn sweet blend of deep house, and is still well worth checking out today.


As far as live DJing goes, Hawkes can easily swing from deep, mellow & soulful house to driving full on prog or tech-ish house, all the while presenting the listener with an intelligently arranged mix his varied influences.

Hawkes' chosen MySpace motto is perhaps the best way to sum him up musically: "Give em' what they want, but nothing they'd expect".

Hell yeah.

Mr. Kenny Hawkes will be dropping by Aria Afterhours on Saturday night, performing alongside DJ Maus.