Alex Kennon

Already making serious waves with productions on globally renowned labels like Crosstown Rebels, Cajual and Rebellion, Alex Kennon has always been surrounded by great music. As guitar player Alex was inspired by powerful songs from Genesis and Led Zeppelin alike. That emotional, powerful music soon lead him to house and techno: thanks in part to his father’s funk. Soon, Alex was presenting a show in his own hometown. “As well as Laurent Garnier, I was a lover of New York music and also Detroit, I loved records with acid sounds inside.He’s also been picked up as a producer to watch by Mixmag. And we have to mention Alex’s Best Breakthrough win at the 2018 DJ Awards in Ibiza: it was an important acknowledgement from the DJ community and Alex won in a room alongside superstar winners like Jamie Jones, Adam Beyer and Sven Vath and Carl Cox. As for Alex’s sound, the Crosstown Rebels remix really points the way with everything he’s done since: Alex likes vocals and he likes the sweet spot between house and techno. Not too hard, always groovy. Pete Tong was the first to comment how Alex’s releases have got stronger and stronger over time so first up came a very special club collaboration with Pete Tong called ‘Apache’, which drop via Crosstown Rebels and was played on Radio 1 for six weeks straight. And hot on its heels came another incredible electronic single called ‘Blinding Lights’ signed to Joris Voorn’s own imprint with a brand new remix from Joris himself: this was also supported by all the right people at Radio One (including Pete and Danny Howard) and continued Alex’s sharp upward momentum: both records did serious damage at Beatport, even crossing into the main Beatport chart thanks to the enormous support in all the right places. (Indeed, the streaming numbers on both ‘Apache’ and ‘Blinding Lights’ are off the charts and ‘Apache’ looks set to appear in the soundtrack to an HBO show shortly.) With a new singles incoming on Black Books called ‘Voices’ and Bass into the Future feat. the legend Kevin Saunderson and with charm, charisma and talent by the bucket load and a home studio capable of helping him create some of the biggest anthems of the era. 2024 is coming in hot!