About Kenny Ken
Kenny Ken is a figure in UK jungle and drum and bass whose career runs through pirate radio station Kool FM and the AWOL club residency, both central to the genre's early 1990s formation. Archival recordings document his back-to-back set with DJ Randall at AWOL's Paradise Club during the August Bank Holiday in 1993, a session preserved as part of the genre's documented history.
His Kool FM broadcasts continued for decades, with recordings capturing sets as recent as March 2024 still airing under the station's banner, reflecting his long service as a jungle and drum and bass radio voice. Rinse FM's archive of the DJ Randall and Kenny Ken AWOL sessions places him alongside other jungle DJs whose club and radio work shaped the genre's early breakbeat sound.
A 2023 recording, “Kenny Ken 2023 Jungle Set,” broadcast live on Kool FM, shows his continued active participation in the scene decades after his earliest sessions. Kenny Ken's work across pirate radio and club residencies contributed to the infrastructure through which UK jungle developed into drum and bass.