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Kenna Zemedkun is an Ethiopian-born American musician.
The eldest son of an immigrant family relocated to Virginia Beach (and later raised in Cincinnati, Ohio), Kenna began to express an interest in music upon receiving a copy of U2’s The Joshua Tree. More records by influential artists such as The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, The Cure and The Cars followed, and remain as inspiration and influence of Kenna’s music today. With the release of his first single, “Hell Bent”, Kenna gained moderate popularity and an underground following of fans who eagerly awaited the release of his debut album, New Sacred Cow. After many delays and swapping of record labels, the album was finally released under Columbia Records in 2003. A subsequent North American tour was launched in the Summer of 2003 with Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan.
The album, which was co-produced by Chad Hugo of The Neptunes, is difficult to place in a single genre, containing elements of Electronica, Synth pop, Post rock, and House music. Two singles, “Sunday After You” and “Freetime” followed the release of the album; the music video of the latter, along with “Hell Bent”, appear sporadically on MTV2.
A second album, titled “Make Sure They See My Face,” was released in October 2007.
Kenna has also contributed to many other tracks by bands associated with Chad Hugo or The Neptunes, including but not limited to “Spiral” from William Orbit’s album Hello Waveforms and “Red to Black” and “The Hard Way” off of The Rising Tied, the first album from Mike Shinoda’s Fort Minor (although the second cut is only available as a bonus track, on the limited edition version of the album).
The eldest son of an immigrant family relocated to Virginia Beach (and later raised in Cincinnati, Ohio), Kenna began to express an interest in music upon receiving a copy of U2’s The Joshua Tree. More records by influential artists such as The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, The Cure and The Cars followed, and remain as inspiration and influence of Kenna’s music today. With the release of his first single, “Hell Bent”, Kenna gained moderate popularity and an underground following of fans who eagerly awaited the release of his debut album, New Sacred Cow. After many delays and swapping of record labels, the album was finally released under Columbia Records in 2003. A subsequent North American tour was launched in the Summer of 2003 with Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan.
The album, which was co-produced by Chad Hugo of The Neptunes, is difficult to place in a single genre, containing elements of Electronica, Synth pop, Post rock, and House music. Two singles, “Sunday After You” and “Freetime” followed the release of the album; the music video of the latter, along with “Hell Bent”, appear sporadically on MTV2.
A second album, titled “Make Sure They See My Face,” was released in October 2007.
Kenna has also contributed to many other tracks by bands associated with Chad Hugo or The Neptunes, including but not limited to “Spiral” from William Orbit’s album Hello Waveforms and “Red to Black” and “The Hard Way” off of The Rising Tied, the first album from Mike Shinoda’s Fort Minor (although the second cut is only available as a bonus track, on the limited edition version of the album).
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Make Sure They See My Face
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Out of Control (State of Emotion)
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Sun Red Sky Blue
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Baptized in Blacklight
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Hell Bent
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Loose Wires
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Daylight
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Phantom Always
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Static
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Better Wise Up
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Wide Awake
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Red Man
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Man Fading
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Sunday After You
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Shoutbox
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Ldannyweb wrote:
RJD2 – GAMES YOU CAN WIN (FEAT. KENNA) this is hot..i love his voice on this song.
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Wise_Guy13 wrote:
Nice. The chart is all triple digits this week. MORE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING!@1@J1@!! YAY!
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FunFuntik wrote:
dude is awesome!
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MushroomScoot wrote:
"I'm Gone" is basically my life's themesong at this point. I fucking love Kenna.
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Ldannyweb wrote:
NEVER LET ME DOWN...NEW TRACK?????????http://www.blindiforthekids.com/2009/11/blind-i-says-go-november-2009/#more-11352
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Hrefboy wrote:
'War In Me' and 'Red Man' <-- my favs :)
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blazeablaze08 wrote:
WOW.This guy is amazing.
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postmortemdecay wrote:
A million plays aren't from a few people. Hell Bent is my favorite.
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9-3Pilot wrote:
I'm very surprised at how few people know about him. Great music!
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dgk3188 wrote:
love his music
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JJCIZME wrote:
whats going on with the 'Imitation is Suicide' EP? does anyone know?
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Ldannyweb wrote:
I LOVE THIS GUY!!! THE DEAFEST ONE"S IS THE SHIT!!!
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soulbleed wrote:
"2010. Dude I can't wait that long T_T I thought it would be released next year " ... um, it's 2009. therefore 2010 is next year. math is good.
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Verati wrote:
I'm loving Kenna right now. After buying Fifa 2008 I heard Out of Control on the in game soundtrack and then decided to check out more of his stuff. Bought the album the next day...
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monkax3 wrote:
2010. Dude I can't wait that long T_T I thought it would be released next year
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Rebeltron wrote:
New abum in early 2010 =(
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monkax3 wrote:
C'mon Songs For Flight!
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Wise_Guy13 wrote:
Wide Awake needs more love. Best song ever imo
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EdelmanSF wrote:
Kenna is hosting the new ‘You On You’ HP YouTube contest, encouraging people to create and share videos to express who they are, all without sharing their faces, for a chance to win $300,000 in prizes! Check it out at www.youtube.com/hp.
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MSTRFNK wrote:
Obviously Underrated Artist
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LYRICS: DEAFEST ONES NEVER WANTED TO HEAR
26 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/kenna
DEAFEST ONES NEVER WANTED TO HEARWritten by Kenna and Chad
Hugo
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One step beyond the universe....
I see the earth below....
I’m racing down in such a rapid approach....
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19 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/kenna
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