Kissy Sell Out

From 2007 to 2012 he hosted a successful BBC Radio 1 show called the Kissy Klub. The show blended classical music, and computer-voiced fictional characters with an exclusive selection of remixes created specifically for the show called "Kissy Klub Versions".

With this radio show Kissy became an influential force in the developing electro scene. Notable artists such as Diplo, Felix Da Housecat, Hervé, Uffie & Erol Alkan made regular appearances alongside exclusive tracks Kissy supported which kick-started careers for a long list of breakthrough producers and DJs{{cite web|url=http://dimmakrecs.com/artists/zeds-dead/|title=Zeds Dead featured on NOW Magazine – Live Coverage at The Kool Haus • Dim Mak|work=Dim Mak|access-date=11 September 2015}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150470119285178|title=Kissy Sellout Favourites "The Squatters" Sign to 23rd Precinct Music!|via=Facebook|access-date=11 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.circletalentagency.com/artist/foamo|title=Foamo – Circle Talent Agency|work=Circle Talent Agency|access-date=11 September 2015}} across the globe.{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16077000|title=Judge Jules, Gilles Peterson among DJs leaving Radio 1|publisher=BBC News |date=7 December 2011 |access-date=11 September 2015}}

Until 2009, the majority of his musical output as a producer was in remixes for other artists such as Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, The Human League, Sugababes, Groove Armada and All Saints. It was this early production work that caught the attention of executives at BBC Radio 1.

In July 2007, Kissy Sell Out was signed by BBC Radio 1 to present a monthly instalment of a specialist dance music show called In New DJs We Trust.{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/07_july/06/radio1.shtml|title=Radio 1 refreshes in New DJs We Trust roster|date=6 July 2007|work=Radio 1 Press Release|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 November 2008}} In October 2008 he permanently took over Eddie Halliwell's Thursday night slot{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/07_july/06/radio1.shtml|title=Radio 1 welcomes new talent to revamped evening schedule|date=14 August 2008|work=Radio 1 Press Release|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 November 2008}} to host his own weekly show called the Kissy Klub.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/kissysellout/kissyklub.shtml|title=Radio 1 – Kissy Sell Out – Kissy Club|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 September 2015}} His radio show covered a selection of musical styles and genres with the tracks often seamlessly mixed together. His last show with BBC Radio 1 was in 2012.

In 2019, a new podcast called "Long Live The Kissy Klub" was started to make the Kissy Klub DJ mixes and remixes available to fans of the original show, in high quality re-mastered audio format,{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/long-live-the-kissy-klub/id1460164807|title=Long Live The Kissy Klub on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-05-14|quote=BBC Radio 1's Kissy Klub show returns – remastered and re-edited into 2 hour episodes which were originally broadcast between 2008-2012, specially for the fans...}} for the first time since the show's end.

Kissy spent his teenage years growing up in Colchester, Essex. He began practising DJing and teaching himself music production at the age of 13 when a school friend played him a United Dance CD mixed by DJ Hype. His particular interest became very melodically complex post-modern electronic dance music, often around 128 BPM in tempo.{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/3165.html|title=Interview: Kissy Sell Out|last=Lawrence|first=Eddy|date=11 July 2007|publisher=Time Out Group Ltd|access-date=11 November 2008|work=Time Out London|archive-date=16 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616160508/http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/3165.html|url-status=dead}}

As Kissy's technical abilities blossomed professionally, his live DJ shows began to focus on putting electro beats over classical pieces of music using Pioneer's CDJ decks. This unique element in his approach to mixing led to producing and recording his second album "Wild Romance" almost entirely using classical instruments – something which began to attract media attention when he was invited to speak at a formal debate at the Cambridge Union against Stephen Fry about the relevance of classical music to the youth of today in May 2011. Kissy also appeared with Stephen Fry on the BBC's Look East news programme{{Citation|last=A3DJ|title=Kissy Sell Out {{!}} EDM Killed Classical Music {{!}} TV Debate {{!}} Stephen Fry {{!}} Behind The Scenes {{!}}|date=2012-05-17|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP3MuvYnDok|access-date=2019-05-14}} and BBC Radio 4's Today Show, and wrote a two-page article published in The Independent newspaper about the subject.{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/radio-1-dj-kissy-sell-out-classical-music-is-irrelevant-to-todays-youth-2282561.html | location=London | newspaper=The Independent | date=12 May 2011 | title=Radio 1 DJ Kissy Sell Out: 'Classical music is irrelevant to today's youth'}}

Kissy has been the subject of two questions on the game show The Chase, first in the UK and then on the New Zealand version. The question asked on both occasions was:

"Which of these Radio 1 DJs was born Thomas Bisdee? Kissy Sell Out, Kutski, or Mista Jam?"{{Citation|last=DJ Kutski|title=Radio 1 DJ's on "The Chase"|date=2011-10-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsPYNs-PXdE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/AsPYNs-PXdE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2019-05-14}}{{cbignore}}

Kissy has often been described by the press as being a staple of the east London electro scene,{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/clubs/features/2974.html|title=East End's top DJs|last=Hutchinson|first=Kate|date=4 June 2007|work=Time Out London|publisher=Time Out Group Ltd|access-date=11 November 2008|archive-date=11 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711194350/http://www.timeout.com/london/clubs/features/2974.html?|url-status=dead}} and most of his records are produced at his studio in the Shoreditch/Brick Lane area.

Inspired by early recordings of underground drum'n'bass events in the UK, Kissy frequently used an air horn during his DJ sets and in June 2007 was pictured on the front cover of DJ Magazine blasting one into the air.{{Cite web|url=https://www.juno.co.uk/products/dj-magazine-23-may-05-june-2007/269157-01/|title=DJ MAGAZINE DJ Magazine 23 May 05 June 2007: Vol 4/No 41 (feat Kissy Sell Out, Digitalism, Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, Groove Armada, Ame, 239 new tracks reviewed, 275 club listings + Eric Prydz mixed CD) vinyl at Juno Records.|website=Juno.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-05-14}}

During his final year studying Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, Kissy worked full-time as a design assistant at a high-fashion magazine called POP Magazine.

Kissy has worked very closely with Pioneer DJ since 2011, consulting as a brand ambassador and beta tester – alongside James Zabeila and Laidback Luke – during the development of two respective iterations of the CDJ-2000 Nexus and DJM-900 Nexus equipment, and several versions of Pioneer DJ's rekordbox software. Kissy has made many YouTube video demonstration videos{{Citation|last=Pioneer DJ|title=CDJ-2000nexus Kissy Sell Out performance|date=2012-09-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMB-QqQpZ2o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/RMB-QqQpZ2o |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-01-21}}{{cbignore}} for the company, using the 2000 NXS and RMX-1000{{Cite web|via=YouTube|title=RMX-1000 New REMIX STATION|date=2012-03-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKXNNK92_Mg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/WKXNNK92_Mg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-01-21}}{{cbignore}} products, and personally went to the Pioneer DJ Japan headquarters in Kawasaki to contribute to the blue print designs for the DJM-900 NXS II product line in 2015.

Kissy has appeared on four instalments of the YouTube series Pioneer DJ Sounds since 2011, with the viewing figures approaching a million views in some cases.{{Cite web|via=YouTube|title=Kissy Sell Out – DJsounds Show 2014|date=2014-06-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOCN1RTECh4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/BOCN1RTECh4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-01-21}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|via=YouTube|title=Kissy Sell Out – DJsounds Show 2012|date=2012-11-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVDHRMfDO-U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IVDHRMfDO-U |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-01-21}}{{cbignore}}

In 2017, Kissy began releasing music and booking shows as "KSO", in addition to starting a new label called Stepper Man.{{cite web|url=http://stepper-man.com|title=STEPPER MAN – Record Label|website=Stepper-man.com|access-date=2017-01-21}}

After 12 years as a professional music producer, the KSO moniker signalled the start of a new chapter in Kissy's career.{{cite web |last1=Penna |first1=Dominic |title=We spoke to KSO ahead of his Tank set on Saturday |url=https://thetab.com/uk/sheffield/2018/02/02/exclusive-interview-we-spoke-to-kso-ahead-of-his-tank-set-on-saturday-29334 |website=Thetab.com |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=8 June 2018}} A KSO debut album, called "Style From The Westside"{{cite web |title=Dub For Ya Speaker (Remixes) from Stepper Man on Beatport |url=https://www.beatport.com/release/dub-for-ya-speaker-remixes/2256444 |website=Beatport.com |access-date=8 June 2018}} released in August 2018,{{Cite web|url=https://nesthq.com/kissy-sell-out-style-from-the-westside|title=Kissy Sell Out Channels Classic Bassline Flair on 'Style From The Westside'|date=2018-08-20|website=Nesthq.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-14|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514100732/https://nesthq.com/kissy-sell-out-style-from-the-westside|url-status=dead}} featuring collaborations with DJ Q, Darkzy, Wideboys, Sam Supplier, Dread MC, JG, Tengu, Jaikea, Pavv, J69, Hyperactive MC, Beth Macari and The Melody Men. The album is specifically a bass house and bassline club record, with the second single "Dub For Ya Speaker" described by Mixmag as "masterfully combining bassline house with vintage hip-hop and early jungle", featuring the release as their "tune of the month" in the breaks section.{{cite web |title=Mixmag – June 2018 Issue |url=https://www.facebook.com/kissysellout/posts/10156336444044534 |via=Facebook |publisher=Development Hell Ltd |access-date=8 June 2018}}

UKF published an interview feature with KSO about the album claiming the release to be "one of the realest bassline albums you'll hear all year", noting that the rapid creation of the album in nine months coincided with Kissy becoming a father.{{Cite web|url=https://ukf.com/words/kso-style-from-the-westside-how-old-jungle-and-jump-up-records-inspired-one-of-the-realest-bassline-albums-youll-hear-all-year/22559|title=KSO – Style From The Westside: how old jungle and jump up records inspired one of the realest bassline albums you'll hear all year|date=2018-08-16|website=Ukf.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-14|quote=It’s been a very personal process for KSO full stop. Written over the course of nine months (during which time he became a father) Style From The Westside is the sound of an established artist dropping every habit, signature and trait he’s developed over the last 12 years and five albums, digging deep into his persy musical roots (both past and present) and creating an album from fresh that reflects where he’s at, where he’s been and what he’s feeling.}}

In November 2015, Kissy became an ambassador for Decibel Nutrition,{{cite web|url=http://www.decibelnutrition.com/team-members/|title=Decibel Nutrition: The Team|website=Decibelnutrition.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002243/http://www.decibelnutrition.com/team-members/|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}} alongside JP from Made in Chelsea, Amy Willerton and Rob Edmond.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TrainDecibel/posts/1804454823111193:0|title=Hour long workout with super-trainer Rob... – Decibel Nutrition {{!}} Facebook|via=Facebook|language=en|access-date=2017-01-21}} Since then, he has featured in several photo shoots as a fitness model, and appeared on BESTfitTV as a celebrity contender in their extreme fitness challenge.

In summer 2016, Bear Grylls took Kissy on, alongside Mission Survive winner Vogue Williams, to host the main stage at each of his Survival Race events across the UK.{{cite web|url=http://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/features/48653/|title=REWIND: 238 DJS & ARTISTS LOOK BACK ON 2016|website=Newsflash.bigshotmag.com|access-date=21 January 2017|archive-date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109203806/http://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/features/48653/|url-status=dead}} The hosts presented awards to the winners, interviewed inspiring figures in the armed forces and challenged the crowd with various fitness activities.

Kissy's run of appearances was cut short, just shy of the last race in London, due to a last minute opportunity to tour Romania for the first time with MC Cobra.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154504305149534.1073741831.262314519533&type=1&l=b2b16eb6f8|title=Kissy & Cobra in Romania 2016 {{!}} Facebook|via=Facebook|language=en|access-date=2017-01-21}}

• Youth (2009)
• Introducing Kissy Sell Out (2010 – North American only release)
• Wild Romance (2011)
• San City High All Stars (2013){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/san-city-high-all-stars/592268855|title=San City High All Stars|work=iTunes|date=4 February 2013 |access-date=11 September 2015}}
• San City High All Stars, Vol. 2 (Mixed by Kissy Sell Out) (2015){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/san-city-high-all-stars-vol/977528937|title=San City High All Stars, Vol. 2 (Mixed by Kissy Sell Out)|work=iTunes|date=6 April 2015 |access-date=24 November 2015}}
• Style from the Westside (2018)

• "This Is Our Night" feat. Lisa Williams (released 22 August 2016 on San City High Records / Carrillo Music{{cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/release/this-is-our-night/1824856|title=This Is Our Night by Kissy Sell Out on Beatport|website=Beatport.com|publisher=SFX Entertainment|access-date=21 January 2017}})
• "Always (Together Forever)" feat. Robert Owens (released 7 March 2016 on San City High Records / Carrillo Music{{cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/release/always-together-forever/1712273|title=Always (Together Forever) by Kissy Sell Out & Robert Owens on Beatport|website=Beatport.com|publisher=SFX Entertainment|access-date=21 January 2017}})
• "Caught Up" feat. Jamie George (released 2 November 2015 on San City High Records / Lifted House / Carrillo Music{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/caught-up-single/1044470646|title=Caught Up – Single|publisher=iTunes Store|date=2 November 2015 |access-date=24 November 2015}})
• "Tell You" feat. Holly Lois (released 26 January 2015 on San City High Records / Vicious Bitch Recordings / Carrillo Music{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/tell-you-single/957486554|title=Tell You – Single|publisher=iTunes Store|date=26 January 2015 |access-date=24 November 2015}})
• "Deeper in Love" feat. Angie Brown (released 17 November 2014 on San City High Records / Vicious Bitch Recordings / Carrillo Music{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/deeper-in-love-single/929868577|title=Deeper in Love – Single|publisher=iTunes Store|date=17 November 2014 |access-date=24 November 2015}})
• "The Promise" feat. Holly Lois (released May 2014 on San City High Records / Vicious Bitch Recordings / Carrillo Music{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xekjO0l8XxE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/xekjO0l8XxE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Promise – Kissy Sell Out – (Official Promo Video)|date=12 May 2014|via=YouTube|access-date=11 September 2015}}{{cbignore}})
• "Who Walks Alone" (released 2013 on San City High Records / Vicious Bitch Recordings{{cite web|url=http://viciousbitchmusic.com/music/ |title=Music | Vicious Bitch Music |access-date=2014-06-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233337/http://viciousbitchmusic.com/music/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.beatport.com/release/who-walks-alone-remixes/1150214|title=Toyboy & Robin, Daniel Brooks, Suck Fake, Disposition, J A S P E R, Indian Summer, Kissy Sell Out – Who Walks Alone (Remixes) [San City High Records] :: Beatport|website=Beatport.com|access-date=11 September 2015}})
• "Ready for the World" feat. Hervé & Elliot Chapman (released 2013 on San City High Records / Vicious Bitch Recordings{{cite web|url=http://www.beatport.com/track/ready-for-the-world-feat-herve-and-elliot-chapman-dub-version/4071234|title=Kissy Sell Out – Ready for the World feat. Herve and Elliot Chapman(Dub Version) [San City High Records] :: Beatport Pro|website=Beatport.com|access-date=11 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/viciousbitch/kissy-sell-out-ready-for-the|title=Kissy Sell Out – Ready for the World ft Elliot Chapman (Radio Edit)|website=SoundCloud.com|access-date=11 September 2015}})
• "Live Wire" feat. Rob Sparx and Jane Thomas (released 2013 on San City High Records / Vicious Bitch Recordings)
• "Early Morning Crew" feat. The Squatters (released 20 November 2012 on What's Your Status?){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/turn-it-on-remixes/461495952|title=Early Morning Crew (feat. Kissy Sell Out) – Single|work=iTunes|date=3 October 2011 |access-date=24 November 2015}}
• "Turn It On" feat. MC Cobra (released 2011 on San City High Records){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/turn-it-on-remixes/461495952|title=Turn It On (Remixes)|work=iTunes|date=3 October 2011 |access-date=11 September 2015}}
• "Homesick" feat. Oh Snap!! (released 2011 on San City High Records){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kissy-Sell-Out-Feat-Oh-Snap-Homesick/release/3021532|title=Kissy Sell Out Feat. Oh Snap!!* – Homesick|publisher=Discogs|access-date=18 May 2020}}
• "Wild in the Warehouse / Redrinkulous" (released 4 April 2011 on San City High Records){{cite web|url=http://disordermagazine.com/kissy-sell-wild-warehouse-redrinkulous/news/|title=Fekky|website=Disordermagazine.com|access-date=11 September 2015|archive-date=25 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125004839/http://disordermagazine.com/kissy-sell-wild-warehouse-redrinkulous/news/|url-status=dead}}
• "Joanna" (released 16 August 2010 on San City High Records)
• "Garden Friends" (released 9 April 2010 on Ministry of Sound Australia)
• "Come on Over (This Could Be Love)" feat. Tinashé (released 8 March 2010 on Island Records/San City High Records)
• "This Kiss" (Released 1 June 2009 on San City High Records)[http://www.ish-media.com/artistdetail.php?artid=187]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• "Rikkalicious" feat. Hervé (Released 20 October 2008 on Cheap Thrills Records){{cite web|url=http://your-army.com/|title=Your Army – Welcome|website=Your-army.com|access-date=11 September 2015}}
• "Her" (Released 23 July 2007 on Lavolta Records){{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/article.php?contentid=35758 |title=Kissy Sell Out – 'Her' |access-date=11 November 2008 |last=Graham |first=Mhairi |date=3 August 2007 |publisher=Gigwise }}
• "Her / Permanent Record" (Released 9 May 2007 on San City High Records){{cite web|url=http://www.phonicarecords.co.uk/detail.aspx?ID=13017 |title=KISSY SELL OUT : Her |access-date=11 November 2008 |publisher=Phonica |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304180740/http://www.phonicarecords.co.uk/detail.aspx?ID=13017 |archive-date=4 March 2009 }}

• Mixmag Presents Kissy Sell Out's Blowout (mixed by Kissy Sell Out) (released 8 September 2013 on Mixmag){{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mixmag-presents-kissy-sell/id695836491 |title=Mixmag Presents Kissy Sell Out's Blowout |access-date=24 November 2015 |publisher=Sanity |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404224740/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mixmag-presents-kissy-sell/id695836491 |archive-date=4 April 2015 }}
• Kissy Sell Out's Xmas Blowout (mixed by Kissy Sell Out) (released 1 December 2009 on Mixmag){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kissy-Sell-Out-Kissy-Sell-Outs-Xmas-Blowout/release/2068918|title=Kissy Sell Out – Kissy Sell Out's Xmas Blowout|publisher=Discogs|date=December 2009 |access-date=18 May 2020}}
• Mashed Four (mixed by Kissy Sell Out and The Aston Shuffle) (released 19 April 2008 on Ministry of Sound Australia){{cite web|url=http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2107830 |title=Various: Ministry of Sound / Mashed 4: 2CD (CD) |access-date=11 November 2008 |publisher=Sanity }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Kissy Klub Versions were unofficial remixes of songs by artists which are played exclusively on Kissy Sell Out's BBC Radio 1 Show.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/kissysellout/|title=BBC Radio 1 – Kissy Sell Out|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 September 2015}} The idea to remix songs for a radio show is down to the BBC's rules on conflict of interest which restrict the amount of air time producers such as Kissy can fill with their own material. Since Kissy's own re-edits of tracks have been a widely talked about feature of his DJ sets since 2006,[http://www.i-dj.co.uk/technique/making-the-perfect-electro-track] {{dead link|date=May 2020}} Kissy felt it was important to continue this feature in his radio show and thus the Kissy Klub Version concept was started.

During the show's life-span, very few other DJs ever obtained copies of the near 1000 long list of exclusive remixes. Efforts were made to release a BBC Kissy Klub Versions CD but failed due to the incredibley complex licensing paperwork it would have involved to clear permissions for a large amount of highly established artists who were unfamiliar with the unusual concept.

As of 2019, the Long Live The Kissy Klub podcast began publishing some of these exclusive remixes for the first time for fans to stream on iTunes and Spotify.{{Cite web|url=https://fanlink.to/longlivethekissyklub|title=Long Live The Kissy Klub – PODCAST|website=Fanlink.to|access-date=2019-05-14}}

In January 2008, Kissy released a four-track EP of bootleg tracks on limited edition CD and digital downloads so he could donate all proceeds to the British Association for Adoption and Fostering{{Cite web|url=http://www.baaf.org.uk/gi/fund/intouchv4.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201142713/http://www.baaf.org.uk/gi/fund/intouchv4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2008|date=1 December 2008}} The EP contains a blog-house track called "Get Busy Tropicana" as well as "You're on Fire" which was championed by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio .{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20080219|title=Radio 1 – Zane Lowe – Tracklisting|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 May 2020}}

Kissy also began supporting the Changing Faces charity in 2010 after meeting a severely facially disfigured young girl in a British airport whilst on his way to DJ in Ibiza. In an interview with Thomas H. Green published in Mixmag he talked of how the brief but poignant moment reduced him to tears and made him realise how lucky he was to be a successful DJ.{{Citation

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Since Kissy himself claims to owe a lot of his early success to the support he received from DJs such as Simian Mobile Disco, Headman, DJ Touché, The Loose Cannons, Eddy Temple Morris and Tommie Sunshine, Kissy has insisted on championing unsigned artists and new independent producers as much as he can on his radio shows, festival appearances and press interviews.

Some of the fresh faces in music Kissy has shown support for include Ronnie Flex, Foamo, Jo Kira, Metal on Metal, Proxy, 16 Bit, Jack Beats, Last Japan, Norrit, AutoErotique, Cold Blank, Bear Cavalry, Kamikaze Cream Cake, Late of the Pier, MC Cobra, Linda's Nephew, Chew Fu and the Palms Out Sounds blog, Haydn Haydn, Cap'nHarry, Figure, Danny Westcott, Frankmusik, Thoko, Mr. Vega, Matt Sayers, Dynasty, Bro Safari, ETC!ETC!, Hoi!, Black Peter Group, Futuristic Retro Champions, and Andy George and Jaymo who were signed to BBC Radio 1 after Kissy picked them to support him on a BBC Introducing edition of Radio 1's Essential Mix.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20080426|title=Radio 1 – Essential Mix – Tracklisting|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 September 2015}}

Kissy is curator of a music festival in the French Alps called Tignesfest.

• IDJ Player of the Year 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.i-dj.co.uk/|title=International DJ Magazine|website=I-dj.co.uk|access-date=11 September 2015|archive-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919170736/http://www.i-dj.co.uk/|url-status=dead}}

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