Fireside Chat

Kenny Larkin

Art Of Dance Records, Los Angeles

Kenny Larkin is one of the chief innovators of Detroit's so called 'second wave' of techno producers. Starting his music career in 1990, after serving two years in the U.S. Air Force repairing computers, Larkin returned to Detroit to pursue stand up comedy. During this pursuit, he, along with other Detroit club goers, witnessed the birth of the new genre of music at local clubs and was inspired to follow the lead, when he started listening to Derrick May's mixes on the radio. After contributing several tracks to successful techno compilations (the exquisite 'Serena X' and 'Tedra' amongst others), Kenny was pushed into the forefront of the soulful techno elite and 'Azymuth', his first album was released to critical acclaim on Warp Records. Larkin hasn't looked back since. In addition to his own productions, Larkin lent his melodic sensibilities to various artists including remix work for Carl Craig, Inner City and Charm Farm amongst others and his work in music has always been interspersed with his parallel passion for comedy and comedy acting. What with all of that and his extensive globetrotting as a DJ, it was quite a feat that he managed such an enlivening Fireside Chat.