Kenny Larkin is an American techno

Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...

 producer from Detroit. He has been described by Allmusic as "massively influential" on American, British, and German techno.

Larkin was born and raised in Detroit, but did not participate in the early years of Detroit techno

Detroit techno

Detroit techno is an early style of electronic music beginning in the 1980s. Detroit, Michigan has been cited as the birthplace of techno music. Prominent Detroit Techno artists include Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson...

 because he was serving in the military. Upon his return, he began producing, influenced by Juan Atkins

Juan Atkins

Juan Atkins is an American musician. He is widely credited as the originator of techno music, specifically Detroit techno along with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson...

 and Derrick May, as well as the Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 house music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 scene. His early single releases, "We Shall Overcome" and "Integration", were issued on Plus 8

Plus 8

Plus 8 is a Canadian techno record label, based in Windsor, Ontario and founded in 1990 by DJs Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva. Initial releases were by the pair themselves and their friends using aliases such as States of Mind and Cybersonik, along with other Detroit-based musicians such as...

, a label overseen by Richie Hawtin

Richie Hawtin

Richard Hawtin is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s...

 and John Acquaviva

John Acquaviva

John Acquaviva is an Italian-born Canadian second-wave techno artist and club DJ from London, Ontario. His friend Richie Hawtin co-founded the Plus 8 record label with him in 1990.In 2006, Acquaviva reached #22 on the ....

; later released appeared on Buzz and Warp

Warp Records

Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....

 as well as other labels. His records have seen more success in continental Europe than in the U.S..

Late in the 1990s, Larkin began working as a stand-up comedian into the 2000s. His musical output has slowed as a result.

Discography

As Kenny Larkin

• We Shall Overcome (12") Plus 8 Records, 1990.
• Integration (12"), Plus 8 Records, 1991.
• Azimuth (LP), Warp Records
  Warp Records
  Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
  
  , 1994.
• Catatonic (12"), R & S Records, 1994
• Chasers / The Shit (12"), Distance, 1995
• Metaphor (LP), R & S Records, 1995.
• Loop 2 (12"), R & S Records, 1996.
• Smile / Life (12"), KMS, 1999.
• Ancient Beats / Seduce Her (12"), Peacefrog Records
  Peacefrog Records
  Peacefrog Records are an independent record label based in London, United Kingdom. The label produces releases in many different styles of electronic music as well as branching out into folk and indie artists such as José González and Nouvelle Vague. Started by Pete Hutchison and Paul Ballard in...
  
   2004
• Let Me Think (12"), Peacefrog Records 2004
• Art of Dance (LP), Distance Records
  Distance Records
  Distance Records is a French dance music record label, and specializes in ambient, goa trance, house and techno. However, this label has shut down; the website was taken offline in 2004....
  
  , 1998.
• The Narcissist (LP), Peacefrog Records, 2004.
• Dark Comedy Pt 1 (12"), Rush Hour Recordings, 2006
• Dark Comedy Pt 2 (12"), Rush Hour Recordings, 2006
• You Are... (12"), Planet E Records, 2008
• Keys, Strings, Tambourines (LP), Planet E Records, 2008.

As Dark Comedy

• Corbomite Maneuver EP (12"), Transmat
  Transmat
  Transmat is the record label of techno music pioneer Derrick May, started in 1986. For years the label "released the tracks that would fuel the Techno boom" .....
  
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• War Of The Worlds / Without A Sound (12"), Art Of Dance 1992.
• Seven Days (12"), Elypsia 1996.
• Plankton / Clavia's North (12"), Art Of Dance, 1997.
• Seven Days (LP), Elypsia, 1997
• Funkfaker: Music Saves My Soul (12"), Poussez!, 2004.
• Funkfaker: Music Saves My Soul (LP), Poussez!, 2005.
• Good God (12"), Poussez!, 2005.

External links

• Kenny Larkin discography at Discogs
  Discogs
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