Kernzy & Klemenza

Biography

Kernzy:  Name : Paddy Kearns, Yob : 1977, Born : Kettering

Kernzy started mixing in 1992 playing early hardcore. Continued playing hardcore / happy hardcore up until about 1997 when he decided it wasnt giving him the buzz that the original hardcore sound was, picked up on speed garage for 6 months or so before abandoning that for hardhouse, which he has been playing ever since.

Klemenza: Name : Gav Kerr, Yob : 1976, Born : Loughborough

Klemenza began back in 1995 during the happy hardcore explosion, continued with this sound for the next 2 years, dabbled in the speed garage scene for a short time where he met up with Kernzy (who had already decided that garage wasnt for him) and started playing with a few hardhouse tunes he'd picked up.

The Duo: It wasnt long before the idea of teaming up as a double act was suggested and K&K was born! The only thing was that Klemenza was still using his old dj name & "Kernzy & Skippy" didnt sound too hot so a new name was needed!

It was during a GODFATHER marathon (where kernzy made klemenza watch all 3 movies back 2 back) when the name of one of the gangsters caught the boys ears. "Clemensa"........ It had a nice ring to it and with a few alterations to the spelling, Gav had a new identity!

After 3 years of constantly sending out mixtapes to everyone & anyone via the internet, standing outside clubs dishing out freebies & promoting their name in any way possible it was inevitable that people would start talking and it was December 2000 when Sundissential promoter MADDERS rang the boys to offer them a set in the main room of the Sanctuary for HARDHOUSE HEAVEN which then turned into the boys first residency.

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Residencies

• Addiction - Manchester

• Fluffy - Birmingham

• Twisted - sheffield

• Hardboild - Northampton

• Clubbed - Manchester

Clubs Played   

• Isomniacz / Sheffield (monthly residents)

• Hardboiled / Northampton (residents)

• Fluffy / Birmingham (monthly residents)

• Roast / Kettering (residents)

• Harsh Cow / Kettering (residents)

• Twisted / Sheffield (residents)

• Addiction / Manchester (residents)

• Clubbed / Manchester (residents)

• 24/7 @INOX / Ibiza

• Sundissential / Birmingham

• There @Heaven / London

• Sinergy / Manchester

• Dropzone / Walsall

• Recycle / Birmingham

• La Creation / Birmingham

• Influence / Lincoln

• Rise / Northwich

• Shaft / Birmingham

• Caution / Leicester

• 4play / Leicester

• Sacrilege / Nottingham

• Blaze / Sheffield

• Crazy Daisys / Rugby

• Sweat / Northampton

• Hardhouse Heaven

• Sunday Mass / Sheffield

• Twisted / Manchester

• Sunday Service / Derby

• Imagination / Northampton

• Frisky / Northampton

• Hard 8 / Nottingham

• Fierce / Nottingham

• Addiction / Liverpool

• Random / Linconshire

• Covert / Kettering

• Hoover Heaven / Northampton

• Housewives Choice / Bradford & Leeds

• Labrynth / Northampton

• Hoover / Northampton

• Intense / Daventry

• Praise / Northampton

• Origination / Middlesborough

• Fresh / Sheffield

• Broken / Banbury

• Nocturnal / Leicester

• Wallop / Birmingham

• Endurance / Stafford

• Twilight / Derby

• Solid / Wolverhampton

• Explosive / Rugby

• Loony toons / Birmingham

• Rabbit / Birmingham

• Oblivion / Northants

• Whip-it / Middlesborough

• Pulse / Derby

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