BIOGRAPHY: AT A YOUNG AGE HENRI WAS ALREADY BUSY WITH MUSIC, THIS ALSO BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER WHO HAS A LOT OF EQUIPMENT IN HIS HOUSE AND EVERY TIME HIS FATHER BOUGHT A NEW KIND OF EQUIPMENT, HENRI GET'S THE OLD ONE. AT BASICSSCHOOL THERE WAS A TEACHER WHO LET TELL HIS STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR HOBBY, EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THAT OFCAUSE WAS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HIS SKILLS AS A DJ. THE FOLLOWING YEARS WAS HENRI THE ONLY ONE WHO MAY TAKE CARE OF THE MUSIC AT EVERY SCHOOL-EVENT (together with some help of his friends). BECAUSE HENRI IS LIVING IN LIMBURG (THE NETHERLANDS), WHAT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE BELGIUM BORDER, OVER HERE THE PHENOMENON LOCAL AREA RADIO WAS STARTED A LOT EARLIER AND THOSE RADIOSTATIONS AIMED TO THE DUTCH PEOPLE. AFTER FIRST OWNED HIS OWN PIRAT RADIO-STATION (WHERE HIS PARENTS WHERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT) HENRI TRIED HIS FIRST STEPS INTO THE LEGALLY RADIO WORLD IN BELGIUM. AS A 12 YEAR OLD BOY HE HAD HIS OWN FIRST PROGRAM ON A FRIDAYNIGHT AT RADIO MAASKANT CENTRAL (RMC) WHICH WAS LOCATED IN MAASMECHELEN, BELGIUM. HE DID IT SO WEL THAT HE BECAME A RESIDENT DJ AT THAT RADIOSTATION ON FRIDAYNIGHT. AT THE AGE OF 17 HENRI MADE THE SWITCH-OVER TO THE DISCOTHEQUE "CLUB LASALLE" IN SUSTEREN (NETHERLANDS) WHICH HAD HIS DISCO MATINE ON SUNDAY'S AFTERNOON, STARTED AT 2 PM TILL 2 AM. THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WAS FILLED IN BY 2 DJ'S, ONE OF THEM WAS HENRI (DJ KICKEN). WHAT RESULT IN THAT HENRI SOMETIMES WOULD ALMOST FALL IN TO SLEEP AT SCHOOL ON MONDAY'S AFTERNOON. IN THE SAME TIME, HENRI WAS READY FOR ANOTHER RADIO-STATION. THE NEXT STATION HENRI WORKED FOR WAS: RADIO VERONICA ANDERS IN MAASEIK (BELGIUM), WHICH LATER CHANGES HER NAME INTO LOCAL RADIO GRAFIEK MAASEIK. AT THE AGE OF 20 YEARS OLD, HENRI STARTED AS RESIDENT DJ IN A BAR CALLED "THE VIKING" IN VALKENBURG (NETHERLANDS) THE FOLLOWING YEARS HENRI WAS WORKING IN OTHER DISCOTHEQUES ALSO, LIKE: MEETPOINT - SCHINVELD (NL) = HIPPO'S - ECHT (NL) = PEPPERMILL - HEERLEN (NL) = PALLADIO - HELDEN (NL) = AHOY - VALKENBURG (NL) = DE APRÈS-SKI-HUT - ROTTERDAM = A PLACE WHERE HENRI EVEN DOESN'T KNOW THE NAME OF ANYMORE AND STILL WORKING AT THURSDAY-NIGHT IN THE CARTE-BLANCHE - WEERT (NL). BECAUSE OF HIS BROTHER, WHO WORKS ALSO AT THE RADIO IN THE NETHERLANDS (BACK THAN) AT RADIO 3 FM (NATIONAL RADIO), WHO LEARNS TO KNOW ALMOST ALL RECORD-COMPANIES IN THE NETHERLANDS THERE WAS ALSO A WAY IN FOR HENRI TO OFFER A PRODUCTION OF HIMSELF TO A RECORD-COMPANY. THE FIRST CD-SINGLE BECAME A COVER OF WHITNEY HOUSTON - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY WHICH WAS RELEASED BY: F-ACTIVE MUSIC, AFTER THAT BERK-MUSIC WAS INTRESTED AND RELEASED ANOTHER SINGLE OF DJ KICKEN: LET ME HEAR YOU ! AND LOT'S OF OTHER SINGLES, COVERS AND REMIXEN FOR OTHER PRODUCTIONS WHERE RELEASED ON CD-SINGLES OR ALBUMS. THEN THERE WAS HIS FIRST REAL HIT: AIN'T NO PARTY (LIKE AN ALCOHOLIC PARTY), WHICH REACHED THE CHARTS IN BELGIUM AT POSITION 10 !!! AND IN THE NETHERLANDS AT THE MUSIC-STORE: POSITION: 8 !!! THE VIDEO-CLIP EVEN REACHED POSITION 3 AND BECAME THE LONGEST NOTICED VIDEOCLIP IN THE CHARTS TOP 10 OF 2004 !!! IN 2005 THE NEXT SINGLE "HAPPY TOGETHER" REACHED THE CHARTS, WITH THE TOP POSITION 11 IN DE CHARTS SINGLE TOP 100 AND EVEN A DUTCH TOP 40 AT POSITION 29. THE VIDEO-CLIP HAS LAST FOR 2 MONTHS IN THE CLIP-CHARTS-TOP 10 OF THE BOX (music-clip-station on tv). IN THE END OF 2008 OR THE BEGINNING OF 2009 THE LONG EXPECTED SUCCESSOR OF AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE AN ALCOHOLIC PARTY NAMED: WE NEED SOME ALCOHOL WILL BE RELEASED !!! DJ KICKEN KEEPS THE PARTY GOING !!!