Kenny Glasgow

Kenny Glasgow
Birth name Kenneth Glasgow
Also known as K. Glasgow, Kenny G
Origin Toronto, Ontario
Genres House, techno
Occupation(s) Producer, DJ
Years active 1990s–present
Labels No. 19 Music
Associated acts Art Department, Seth Troxler, Soul Clap, Osunlade
Website

Kenny Glasgow is a Canadian DJ and producer from Toronto. After starting his career in the 1990s as a club DJ and party organizer in Toronto, in 2001 he released the mixtape Toronto Mix Sessions to a positive reception.[1] His debut solo album Taste for the Low Life was released in June 2009.[2] That year he became a member of the house duo Art Department.[3] After touring internationally and releasing several albums, Art Department was nominated for Best Deep House DJ at the DJ Awards in 2014.[4] In 2015 Glasgow announced he was leaving Art Department to focus on his solo career,[5] though the duo is to perform several final shows such as Electric Daisy Carnival in New York and Tomorrowland in Brazil.[6] Glasgow has an upcoming solo LP[2] to be released in late 2015.[3]

Music career

Early life and mixing

Kenny Glasgow was born and raised in the city of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. By the early 1990s he was mixing as a DJ throughout Toronto,[2] and he also began putting on illicit warehouse parties in Toronto. Glasgow became a resident DJ at acid house venues such as The Buzz, and later Industry Nightclub.[2] In 2001 Ken Taylor of Allmusic gave Glasgow's official DJ mix Toronto Mix Sessions a score of 4/5 stars.[1] Taylor opined that Glasgow "has a knack for sorting out electro, hip-hop, and techno," and that he "seamlessly knits together the frayed wires of '80s electro with hardwired '90s techno for a metallic masterpiece."[1]

Founding Art Department

In 2009[6] Glasgow formed the DJ and producer duo Art Department, along with Jonny White of the Canadian label No. 19 Music.[3] Glasgow took on the roles of music engineering, composition of music and lyrics, and vocals.[2] The duo has released a number of singles, EPs, and albums, either through Crosstown Rebels, No. 19 Music, or Ultra Records. While continuing to collaborate with White in Art Department, in June 2009 Glasgow released his debut solo album Taste for the Low Life on No. 19 Music.[2] He has also released a number of solo EPs and collaborated with Mario J on the projects Method Men and Unabomber, releasing remixes for artists such as Strictly Rhythm and Azuli.[2] In 2011, Pitchfork Media gave his album with Art Department, titled The Drawing Board a score of 7.3.[7]

Recent years

Glasgow continued touring with Art Department into 2012, and their album Natural Selection came out on Ultra Records in 2014. That year, Art Department was nominated for Best Deep House DJ at the DJ Awards.[4] In April 2015, Glasgow announced he would be leaving Art Department to further pursue a solo career.[5][3] At that point he had been producing and performing with Art Department or 6 years.[6] The parting was amicable, and the duo is to perform several final shows: Electric Daisy Carnival in New York and Las Vegas, Movement Detroit, Groovefest, and Tomorrowland in Brazil.[6] As of 2015 he has a forthcoming solo LP, with the name unannounced,[2] to be released on No. 19 Music in late 2015.[3] He has also announced he'll be releasing music on a new imprint he formed with Jonny White, called Social Experiment.[2] The imprint is non-profit, and designed to raise money for wildlife conservation in South Africa.[6]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2014 DJ Awards Art Department
(with Kenny Glasgow)		 Best Deep House DJ[4] Nominated

Discography

Albums

Albums by Kenny Glasgow[8][9]
Year Album title Release details
2001 Toronto Mix Sessions
  • Released: August 21, 2001
  • Label: Turbo Records
  • Format: CD
2009 Taste for the Low Life

EPs

Incomplete list of EPs by Kenny Glasgow[8][9]
Year Title Release details
2009 System Overload / Logan’s Run Remixes - EP No. 19 Music (Sep 16, 2009)
Something Special EP My Favorite Robot Records (Oct. 21, 2009)
2010 Final Frontier - EP My Favorite Robot Records (Mar 10, 2010)

With Art Department

Albums and EPs

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Taylor, Ken (2001). "Toronto Mix Sessions". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Kenny Glasgow Official Bio". Facebook. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Macdonald, Kit (April 17, 2015). "Kenny Glasgow Leaves Art Department". xlr8r. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kenny Glasgow". djawards.com. 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  5. 1 2 "Kenny Glasgow has left Art Department". mixmag. April 17, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Spada, Andrea (April 17, 2015). "Kenny Glasgow Leaves Art Department". The Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  7. ↑ Finney, Tim (April 27, 2011). "Art Department". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  8. 1 2 Kenny Glasgow at Discogs
  9. 1 2 Kenny Glasgow at Allmusic

External links

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