Kerri Chandler is a house legend,
icon, inspiration, key figure, and a true house music purveyor. An ambassador of the
natural and instinctive 4/4 beat, Kerri’s
influences can be traced back to New Jersey growing up in a family of jazz
musicians. His father, a respected deejay, provided Kerri with a rich background in the origins of soul, disco and the
New York Underground Sound (known also as “Garage” music). Kerri began playing records at the Rally Record Club in East Orange,
New Jersey at the tender age of thirteen and it was only a natural progression
for him to become interested in production.
Since the signing of
his first single SuperLover/Get It Off by
Atlantic in 1991, Kerri began
producing a prolific body of work that has helped coin him one of the most
respected house producers in the world. This has been achieved by remaining
true to his style. When listening to tracks such as the Atmosphere EP on Shelter Records and the seminal A Basement, Redlight & A Feeling album
on Madhouse, one has to marvel at Kerri’s
ability to not compromise his unique sound for commercial gain. His ability to
blend tradition and innovation produces avant-garde music with soulful roots
reaching back into the history of Afro-American music. Kerri masters rhythm and space piecing together vocals and
instruments with uncanny precision delivering beautiful monster jams.
A spiritual man, Kerri prays before making a record.
Each project is an attempt to inject his free spirit into a groove. His command
and mastery of rhythm allows him to create fleshy excitement, not mechanical
repetition. His now legendary bass-lines go from heavy and heady to playful and
quirky while remaining deliriously intoxicating. His fusions, clamped to the
beat of his unique thundering kick drum, redefine house music at every turn.
His hooks are loving details, paying attention to horn hits, washes of
synthesizers, and catchy choruses creating songs with brutal drive. A believer
in peace and harmony, Kerri blames soulful house’s
positive vibes for its failure to make it commercially, as its openness to
influences are difficult for many to accept.
Kerri is fascinated by technology and its application to
creativity. He has built his own studio and spends hours developing newer and
more forward-thinking computer programs to revolutionize the way we think of
traditional deejay mixing. Kerri uses
his deejay sets to inject a spirit into the dance floor by playing “live” sets
during which he remixes tracks whenever he can by incorporating every possible
element, including visual and musical. Armed with two laptop computers,
thousands of music files, his own handmade mini-mixer and a cutting-edge
imagination, Kerri manages to wow
audiences around the globe while inspiring debate and envy in top industry
circles about his new toys.
Never straying from his
roots, Kerri has proved he’s
remained loyal to the underground movement by producing contemporary classics
like Bar-a-Thym and Back To The Raw. The future is very
bright for Kerri who is now signing
and releasing productions through his new record label imprints: Max Trax, Grei Matter and Lost Tribes
of Ibadan. With such a hot hand, he is the man of the house and undoubtedly
will be responsible for many new classics to come.
If you think all house
sounds the same, has no soul and is just four to the floor, then I suggest you
do some rethinking and check out Kerri
Chandler’s latest releases and back catalogue…You’ll be glad you did!
Saturday, August 25, 2018
3:00pm - 9:00pm MDTClub Vinyl
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Vinyl is the largest venue in The South of Colfax Nightlife District’s family. The Grecian inspired rooftop indoor/outdoor patio is perfect for all seasons complete with heaters, fire pits and spectacular mountain and Denver skyline views.