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Origin
  
London, United Kingdom

Role
  
Singer

Years active
  
2006–present

Spouse
  
Samantha Rebillet

Website
  
thepotbelleez.com

Name
  
Ilan Kidron


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Occupation(s)
  
Singer, songwriter, musician, producer

Instruments
  
Guitar, piano, Flute, Vocals

Associated acts
  
The Potbelleez, B.o.B, Paul Mac, Ricky Martin, Tommy Trash, Tina Arena

Albums
  
The Potbelleez, Destination Now

Music group
  
The Potbelleez (Since 2006)

Similar People
  
Samantha Rebillet, Joonas Angeria, Louis Schoorl, Damien Leith, Ricki‑Lee Coulter

Music director
  
Dog, Boys Own Story

Ilan Kidron - frontman for The Potbelleez


Ilan Kidron (born 22 April 1976, London), also known as iKid, is an Australian singer, song-writer and music producer who lives between Paris, Los Angeles and Sydney. Kidron is the lead singer of Irish-Australian electro-house and dance music group, The Potbelleez. Kidron co-wrote the group's breakthrough single, "Don't Hold Back", which peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified 2× Platinum by ARIA. Kidron has worked with artists such as Tommy Trash, B.o.B, Paul Mac and Sam La More and publishing/production companies The Kennel and Norway's Dsign Music. He currently writes for and performs with The Potbelleez as well as composing music for other well known artists such as Ricky Martin, Jessica Mauboy and Tina Arena.

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Early life and influences

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Ilan Kidron was born on 22 April 1976 in London, England. During his school life he learned to speak fluently in several languages and, as a classical graduate from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia, is an accomplished guitarist, flautist and pianist. Kidron studied screen composition at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and also spent time studying at the International Music Centre Ashram in Varanasi, India.

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Kidron plays a wide array of music. Though he comes from a background in "rock, folk, jazz, klezmer and a crooner" music, Kidron moved into dance music when he joined The Potbelleez. When describing his transition to dance, Kidron stated, "You got to find new ways to dig deep and dance music's a really good way of doing that because it's built around tension and release. The song-writing takes on a bigger form with dance music, and it's accentuated by this amazing soundscape."

Early career

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Early in his career, Kidron was part bands Dr Smooth and the Medicine Groove and Fountainhead. As part of Fountainhead, he won the University of New South Wales Band Competition in 1993. He then moved on to join the band Glass, and did hundreds of performances around Australia.

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Kidron spent a few years as multi-instrumentalist for the band, Universe with Steve Balbi. As part of Universe, he released the single Be My Gun in October 1998.

The Potbelleez

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As part of The Potbelleez, Ilan Kidron has released over six Top 50 Hits and two Top 20 Albums. Kidron has received two APRA Song Writing Awards for "Best Dance Work of the Year" for the songs Don't Hold Back and From the Music in 2009 and 2012 respectively.

Other works

In January 2012, Kidron formed a song writing and production team, named "The SchooKids", with Dutch producer Louis Schoorl. The team co-wrote and produced the lead single, "Gotcha" for the Australian film "The Sapphires". The song was performed by Australian singer Jessica Mauboy. The team currently writes for various Australian artists such as Mauboy and Reece Mastin.

Kidron's works include Ricky Martin's "Come with Me", which debuted at No. 3 on the Australian Charts and charted in 17 countries and won an award an award at the ASCAP Latin Music Awards for 'Top Pop Song', Finnish Pop singer Isac Elliot's "New Way Home" which peaked at number one on the Official Finnish Singles Chart. and Australian dance producer Tommy Trash's ARIA nominated hit "Need Me To Stay" which charted at number one on the ARIA Club Hits chart. Kidron also co-wrote Jack Vidgen's "Finding You", Tina Arena's "Love You Less", Vandalism's "Coming Alive", Emma Pask's "Season of My Heart", as well as a few tracks from Ricki Lee's fourth studio album.

Kidron has also produced sound tracks for films such the Academy Award Nominated Short Film, Inja. 3

Personal life

Kidron is married to Samantha Rebillet and they have two children.

Kidron is an ambassador for the SMILE Foundation Charity as well as an ambassador for the Australasian Performing Right Association. He also supports the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation.

Discography

Composer/Lyricist

2008

  • Are You with Me (The Potbelleez)
  • Don't Hold Back (The Potbelleez) 2008
  • 2010

  • Hello (The Potbelleez)
  • 2011

  • From The Music (The Potbelleez)
  • 2012

  • Gotcha (Jessica Mauboy)
  • Finding You (Jack Vidgen)
  • 2013

  • Saved in a Bottle (The Potbelleez)
  • Magic Number (The Potbelleez featuring B.o.B)
  • Come With Me (Ricky Martin)
  • Love You Less (Tina Arena)
  • Coming Alive (Vandalism & iKid)
  • New Way Home (Isac Elliot)
  • Season of My Heart (Emma Pask)
  • 2014

  • All We Need Is Love (Ricki-Lee)
  • APRA Awards

    The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". Kidron has won two awards from six nominations, both for Dance Work of the Year.

    ARIA Awards

    The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Kidron, as part of the Potbelleez, has received four nominations.

    ASCAP Latin Music Awards

    Universal Music Publishing announced that Ilan Kidron has won 'Top Pop Song' at the 22nd ASCAP Latin Music Awards in New York City for his work on Ricky Martin's "Come With Me.

    References

    Ilan Kidron Wikipedia