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David Kennedy (born 1988), professionally known as Pearson Sound, is an electronic dance music producer and DJ based in London. His style is a combination of house, dubstep, UK funky, UK garage and oldschool jungle.

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Career

Early in his career Kennedy released some music under the names Ramadanman (until 2010) [1] and Maurice Donovan. [2] He has worked under the Pearson Sound alias since 2008 and tracks under old and new names featured in his FabricLive.56 mix. He has released several acclaimed EPs and singles, including "Blanked", [3] "Deep Inside" and "Thaw Cycle". He has completed remixes for artists such as Radiohead, Depeche Mode, the XX, Disclosure and MIA, on labels including XL, Warner Brothers and Columbia. [4] He was voted by the public as one of Resident Advisor's top 100 DJs in the world in both 2010 and 2011. [5]

In 2007 he founded the record label Hessle Audio with Ben Thomson (Ben UFO) and Kevin McAuley (Pangaea). Since then, Hessle Audio have been featured regularly in major dance music publications, [6] [7] as well as touring across the world. [8] On their 15th anniversary in 2022 a cover feature in Crack magazine stated: "pound for pound, Hessle Audio are surely the most influential British club label of their generation". [9]

Kennedy released his debut self-titled album in 2015 on Hessle Audio. [10] The album was well received critically and scored 8.1 from the website Pitchfork. [11] His single "XLB" was voted as the second best track of 2016 by Resident Advisor. [12]

Kennedy makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 1 who describe him as a 'key figure in the [UK Bass] scene', [13] as well as co-hosting a weekly show on London's Rinse FM. [14]

Aside from DJing and producing, Kennedy also runs a vinyl-only club night called Acetate at the Leeds nightclub Wire.

Personal life

Kennedy was brought up in north London and studied at Highgate School [15] and the University of Leeds. His mother is the civil engineer Joanna Kennedy. He lives in south London. [9] [16]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

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  3. ↑ "Top 100 singles of 2010". Fact Magazine. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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  9. 1 2 "On and on and on: the first fifteen years of Hessle Audio" . Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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