Kissy Sell Out

WHEN Kissy Sell Out wanted to get his records on the streets, he didn’t wait for a label to come along and sign him, he pressed them himself.

So it makes sense that, when he wanted to make a dance album using classical instruments he wouldn’t hire an orchestra, he would play them himself.

“I played all the instruments, I recorded it, I wrote it and I did all the art work. But I’ve always been a bit like that,” laughs the 27-year-old Essex boy, who is playing this weekend’s Creamfields festival, in Daresbury.

That album – Wild Romance – was released in May, and the St Martin’s graduate could not be happier with it.

He says: “It’s definitely the best thing I’ve ever done, and possibly the best thing I will ever do. I wanted to make sure that if people only hear one thing by Kissy Sell Out, it would be this.”

Kissy (his real name Thomas Bisdee, Kissy comes from a nightmare he used to have when he was younger . . . long story) first found fame five years ago and is often described as coming out of the MySpace generation of artists.

His energy and frenetic style set him apart on the dance scene and in 2007 he was signed to Radio One as one of its In New DJs We Trust.

Four years later, and Kissy not only still holds his spot, but listener figures are on the rise.

“It’s fantastic,” he says. “I’m very proud of it. When I was younger, I wanted to make records but never wanted to be a DJ, that’s not something that comes naturally to me.