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Although real name might seem like useful information, it is not relevant to his professional activities where he is only ever addressed with his stage name. He, his family & management have always insisted on keeping his real name private.
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'''Kissy Sell Out''', born '''Thomas Bisdee''',<ref name='discogs'/> 18th June 1984, is a [[DJ]], [[Record producer|producer]] and [[graphic designer]] from the UK. Kissy Sell Out quickly gained notability in 2006 for his eccentric [[Electro music|electro]] productions and energetic DJ style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/innewdjswetrust/biog_kissysellout.shtml |title=Kissy Sell Out Biography |accessdate=2008-11-11 |publisher=BBC }}</ref> In 2009 [[Mixmag]] described him as "one of the most exciting, charismatic and entertaining DJs of the decade".<ref>[http://www.intelligentmedia.com/viewmedia/sizer.aspx?vLink=http%3a%2f%2f82.44.133.231%2fimg%2fPress%2fMUS_3108%2fTER_2%2fMixmag_c63b6755b73d4af6.jpg]</ref> In 2010 he continues his [[BBC Radio 1]] show midnights til 2am on Thursday nights and numerous DJ sets around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://events.myspace.com/33109964/Events/1| title=Kissy Sell Out - Upcoming Shows |publisher=Myspace}}</ref>
'''Kissy Sell Out''' is a [[DJ]], [[Record producer|producer]] and [[graphic designer]] from the UK. Kissy Sell Out quickly gained notability in 2006 for his eccentric [[Electro music|electro]] productions and energetic DJ style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/innewdjswetrust/biog_kissysellout.shtml |title=Kissy Sell Out Biography |accessdate=2008-11-11 |publisher=BBC }}</ref> In 2009 [[Mixmag]] described him as "one of the most exciting, charismatic and entertaining DJs of the decade".<ref>[http://www.intelligentmedia.com/viewmedia/sizer.aspx?vLink=http%3a%2f%2f82.44.133.231%2fimg%2fPress%2fMUS_3108%2fTER_2%2fMixmag_c63b6755b73d4af6.jpg]</ref> In 2011 he continues his [[BBC Radio 1]] show midnights til 2am on Thursday nights and numerous DJ sets around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://events.myspace.com/33109964/Events/1| title=Kissy Sell Out - Upcoming Shows |publisher=Myspace}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==

Revision as of 16:25, 13 May 2011

Kissy Sell Out

Kissy Sell Out is a DJ, producer and graphic designer from the UK. Kissy Sell Out quickly gained notability in 2006 for his eccentric electro productions and energetic DJ style.[1] In 2009 Mixmag described him as "one of the most exciting, charismatic and entertaining DJs of the decade".[2] In 2011 he continues his BBC Radio 1 show midnights til 2am on Thursday nights and numerous DJ sets around the world.[3]

Background

Although Kissy has often been described by the press as being a staple of the east London electro scene,[4] he is in fact from Colchester in Essex. It was during his adolescent years growing up there that he became obsessed with records by Nirvana, Aphrodite, Swans, Felix Da Housecat and John Martyn,[5] while dividing the rest of his time between school, DJing at teenage house parties and unsuccessfully chasing girls at the local roller-skating rink. It is these childhood adventures which he claims still provide the greatest impact on his music.[6] The broad range of his musical influences usually manifest themselves in very melodically complex post-modern dance tracks around 128 BPM in tempo.[7]

Until now the majority of his musical output as a producer has been in remixes for other artists but his debut solo album "Youth" was released in June 2009 on San City High Records featuring the vocal talents of Danimal Kingdom. Since he started working professionally as a producer in late 2006, Kissy Sell Out has worked on official remixes for many notable artists including The Human League, Mark Ronson, Sugababes, Gwen Stefani, Groove Armada, The Noisettes, Datarock, Frankmusik, Shiny Toy Guns, Calvin Harris, Chromeo, Hadouken!, Acoustic Ladyland, Remi Nicole, Arthur Baker, Dragonette, GoodBooks, Operator Please, The Black Ghosts, Franz And Shape, Bolt Action Five, Chungking, The Dykeenies, and All Saints.

In July 2007 Kissy Sell Out was signed by BBC Radio 1 to present a monthly installment of a specialist dance music show called In New DJs We Trust.[8] In October 2008 he permanently took over Eddie Halliwell's Thursday night slot[9] to host his own weekly show called the "Kissy Klub".[10] His radio show covers a huge selection of musical styles and genres with the tracks often seamlessly mixed together. A notable feature of his radio shows are the Kissy Klub Versions which are unofficial remixes created specifically for the show.

Inspired by early recordings of underground drum'n'bass events in the UK, Kissy frequently uses an air horn during his DJ sets and in June 2007 was pictured on the front cover of DJ Magazine blasting one into the air.

During his final year studying Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins College Of Art And Design in London, Kissy worked full-time as a design assistant at a high-fashion magazine called POP Magazine.

WILD ROMANCE

May 2011 sees the UK release of Kissy's sophmore LP "WILD ROMANCE" on his label San City High. The 12-track album is heavily influenced by the theatrical showmanship of his live four-deck DJ performances and weekly show on BBC Radio 1. [11]

Whilst including the post-modern motifs of Kissy's high energy arrangements (many of which are played on classical instruments such as cellos, oboes and plucked violas), all the tracks revolve around the more familiar dance music conventions of breakdowns and bassline drops which reference genres such as UK speed garage, electro and drum'n'bass. Online press have already tipped the twelve-track album as "...retain[ing] the extroverted sound he has become synonymous with, but is overall more confident." [12]

Discography

Albums

  • Youth (2009)
  • Introducing Kissy Sell Out (2010 - North American only release)
  • WILD ROMANCE (Expected May 2011)

Singles

Compilations

  • Mashed Four: Mixed By Kissy Sell Out and The Aston Shuffle (Released 19 April 2008 on Ministry Of Sound Australia)[18]
  • Kissy Sell Out's Xmas Blowout: Mixed By Kissy Sell Out (Released 1 December 2009 on Mixmag)[19]

Charity work

In January 2008 Kissy released a four-track E.P. of bootleg tracks on limited edition cds and digital downloads so he could donate all proceeds to the British Association for Adoption and Fostering [3]. The E.P. contains a popular blog-house track called "Get Busy Tropicana" as well as "You're On Fire" which was championed by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 [4].

Kissy also began supporting the Changing Faces charity in 2010 after meeting a severely facially disfigured young girl in a British airport whilst on his way to DJ in Ibiza. In an interview with Thomas H. Green published in Mixmag he talked of how the brief but poignant moment reduced him to tears and made him realise how lucky he was to be a successful DJ.[20]

Support for unsigned artists

Since Kissy himself claims to owe a lot of his early success to the support he received from DJs such as Simian Mobile Disco, Headman, DJ Touché, The Loose Cannons, Eddy Temple Morris and Tommie Sunshine, Kissy has insisted on championing unsigned artists and new independent producers as much as he can on his radio shows, festival appearances and press interviews.

Some of the fresh faces in music Kissy has shown support for include Ronnie Flex, Foamo, Jo Kira, Metal On Metal, Proxy, 16 Bit, Jack Beats, Last Japan, Norrit, AutoErotique, Kamikaze Cream Cake, Late Of The Pier, MC Cobra, Linda's Nephew, Chew Fu & the Palms Out Sounds blog, Haydn Haydn, Cap'nHarry, Figure, Frankmusik, Thoko, Mr. Vega, Matt Sayers, Dynasty, ETC!ETC!, Black Peter Group, Futuristic Retro Champions, and Andy George & Jaymo who were notably signed to BBC Radio 1 after Kissy picked them to support him on a special BBC Introducing edition of Radio 1's Essential Mix.[21]

Kissy is also a curator of a recently established unsigned music festival in the French Alps called Tignesfest.

Awards

  • IDJ Player Of The Year 2007[22]

Kissy Klub Versions

Kissy Klub Versions are specially created unofficial remixes of songs by various artists which are played exclusively on Kissy Sell Out's BBC Radio 1 Show.[23] The idea to remix songs specifically for a radio show is widely down to the BBC's rules on conflict of interest which restrict the amount of air time producers such as Kissy can fill with their own material. Since Kissy's own re-edits of tracks have been a widely talked about feature of his DJ sets since 2006,[24] Kissy felt it was important to continue this feature in his burgeoning radio show and thus the Kissy Klub Version concept was started.

Very few of these remixes have ever been played by any other DJ and at the moment it seems there are no plans for any such remixes to be released commercially.

Youth

Kissy's debut album Youth took over a year to make and is inspired by his childhood memories of growing up in Essex, UK.[25] It contains 11 tracks, 3 of which are instrumental. As well as covering cheerfully remembered anecdotes of Kissy's "teenage relationships, drinking & social misbehaviour,"[16] the content of the songs on the album are said to also reflect the hard times Kissy and Danimal Kingdom experienced while writing the album. In a cover feature for iDJ magazine, Kissy talked about the post-adolescent alienation he felt during the recording process[26] and the relationship problems he and Danimal Kingdom encountered which resulted during the making of the album in a song called "Bethnal Green Café" being penned.[27]

References

  1. ^ "Kissy Sell Out Biography". BBC. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Kissy Sell Out - Upcoming Shows". Myspace.
  4. ^ Hutchinson, Kate (2007-06-04). "East End's top DJs". Time Out London. Time Out Group Ltd. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  5. ^ "Kissy Sell Out Artist Profile". Annie Mac Presents. Retrieved 2008-11-11. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Kissy Sell Out Biography". X-Ray Touring DJ's. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  7. ^ Lawrence, Eddy (2007-07-11). "Interview: Kissy Sell Out". Time Out London. Time Out Group Ltd. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  8. ^ "Radio 1 refreshes In New DJs We Trust roster". Radio 1 Press Release. BBC. 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2008-11-11. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ "Radio 1 welcomes new talent to revamped evening schedule". Radio 1 Press Release. BBC. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-11-11. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. ^ [2]
  11. ^ http://likehotcakes.net/2011/04/19/hotcakes-meets-kissy-sell-out/
  12. ^ http://www.nerdy-frames.org/2011/04/kissy-sell-out-wild-romance-lp-new.html
  13. ^ "KISSY SELL OUT : Her". Phonica. Retrieved 2008-11-11. [dead link]
  14. ^ Graham, Mhairi (2007-08-03). "Kissy Sell Out – 'Her'". Gigwise. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  15. ^ Your Army
  16. ^ a b http://www.ish-media.com/artistdetail.php?artid=187
  17. ^ http://disordermagazine.com/kissy-sell-wild-warehouse-redrinkulous/news/
  18. ^ "Various: Ministry Of Sound / Mashed 4: 2CD (CD)". Sanity. Retrieved 2008-11-11. [dead link]
  19. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Kissy-Sell-Out-Kissy-Sell-Outs-Xmas-Blowout/release/2068918
  20. ^ Green, Thomas H. (April 2010), "The Mad Hatter's Free Party!", Mixmag
  21. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20080426
  22. ^ International DJ Magazine
  23. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/kissysellout/
  24. ^ http://www.i-dj.co.uk/technique/making-the-perfect-electro-track
  25. ^ http://www.myspace.com/kissysellout
  26. ^ http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/4/l_aa414631806d45cd8affd054faa52486.jpg
  27. ^ http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/5/l_96dcde5fb499463b917b3ee666245381.jpg

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