Brighton-born DJ Kenny Hawkes dies

Brighton-born DJ Kenny Hawkes has died following an illness, it has been confirmed this evening.

The legend of House music, who grew up in the city and often returned to perform, is regarded as having been a pioneering influence on dance music in Britain during the eighties.

Tributes have been pouring in on Twitter during the day with the death of Mr Hawkes coming as a surprise to many.

DJ Carl Cox said: “Lost a very dear friend today, you will never be forgotten, RIP.”

Fellow music producer Funk D’Void said “RIP Kenny Hawkes, you will be missed my friend” and Felix Da Housecat wrote “Another Great Friend and Amazing Person and Dj. Kenny Hawkes Rest in Peace Brotha..Very sad day..U def will b Missed (sigh)”

He is best known for his Play the Game record with Louise Carver, which was released in 2003 and can be heard in the YouTube clip below.

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  • http://twitter.com/MAXILARAKI/status/80181226283085824/ M.V. (@MAXILARAKI)

    Brighton-born DJ Kenny Hawkes dies http://t.co/zt5L7Ut

  • http://twitter.com/mynameislolita/status/80203493343903745/ DJ Lolita (@mynameislolita)

    ? Kenny Hawkes http://t.co/lI2a7uO

  • http://twitter.com/alan_oldham/status/80451878042865664/ @alan_oldham

    R.I.P. Kenny Hawkes. Just now hearing about this: http://t.co/OcYnqWD

  • http://www.tomchubb.com Tom Chubb
  • http://twitter.com/Jameslewisland/status/80589423858819072/ James Lewis (@Jameslewisland)

    Didn’t know till today that Legendary Girls FM DJ Kenny Hawkes has died. Major influence for me 1994-5. RIP http://bit.ly/mBW3t5

  • http://twitter.com/mattgolds/status/80724526186504192/ @mattgolds

    Brighton-born DJ Kenny Hawkes dies http://t.co/o0zfROo via @newsbrighton

  • http://deeptransmissions.podomatic.com/ Dave Wood

    Blown away by this news, Kenny was the man who got me into deep house all those years back at Plastic People under Oxford St. He had a sound and a talent in building sets like no other DJ before or since. Always generous with his time, I remember seeing him leafing through promos kept behind the counter for him in the basement of Vinyl Junkies in Soho and he always had room on his guestlist for us wherever he played. A brilliant fella whose presence and music will be forever missed. A one off, RIP Kenny.

  • simon godfrey

    kenny god bless rest in peace

  • http://twitter.com/sheeper88/status/82849194615902208/ christopher (@sheeper88)

    Brighton-born DJ Kenny Hawkes dies http://t.co/j7JI9iS via @newsbrighton

  • nyc

    Oh….he ruined his liver from doing too many drugs and drinking. I get it, that’s why he died.

  • simon godfrey

    myc u r a fucking disrespectfull prick

  • James Collingburn

    Only just heard about Kenny’s passing, very sad news. I saw him downstairs at back2basics in Leeds in about 1995 and part way through his set only one of the decks was working, the other one was slowly down and speeding up for no aparant reason. He was a bit hacked off by it but just got on with the job in hand and played aeroplane noises (from his Jetsex EP) between each proper tune and the whole floor got behind him and cheered him on. Myself and my friend were excitable, over-enthusiastic, starry-eyed 17 years olds and just starting to buy records, learning to DJ and go clubbing. So a proper House DJ in a club talking to us was a big thing. He was very kind and generous with his time inbetween records. We bought him a drink to cheer him up and he was over the moon. R.I.P.

  • http://twitter.com/aaron_dae/status/90490256100569088/ Aaron Dae (@aaron_dae)

    Brighton-born DJ Kenny Hawkes dies http://t.co/eEqwfGC via @newsbrighton RIP Kenny! Sleaze Walking was one of my favs….

  • http://twitter.com/roman_ceballos/status/95723248167288833/ @roman_ceballos

    Brighton-born DJ Kenny Hawkes dies http://t.co/gLQkJd4 vía @newsbrighton

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