US deep house hero Kerri Chandler has always been the experimental type, and Southport Weekender in Britain has always been there with open arms welcoming his creativity to the DJ booth.

At the 2006 event, Chandler played the keys to ‘Bar A Thym’ and some of his other hits using a laser string (see the video after the jump). Last year he went one better and shocked the crowd by mixing flawlessly using only three consecutive reel-to-reels.

And just when you thought you had seen it all, Kerri Chandler has now announced that he plans to incorporate 3D virtual projections of singers performing the exact tunes as he plays them at this year’s Weekender.

That’s right. Holograms of the actual original vocalists in the DJ booth, singing along to the songs that he plays. Wow.

Beyond his motives for revolutionising DJ culture, Chandler’s 3D holograms are a result of his frustration at what he sees as the diminishing importance of singers in today’s dance music climate.

“I am very upset that the newer generation of clubbers coming to the parties don’t have any idea, don’t know or even care about the “real” songs that so many [singers] put [their] heart and soul into,” he says.

Using the very latest in digital technology, Chandler has been busy filming and preparing his holographic performers (photo above). Barbara Tucker, Monique Bingham, Lisa Shaw, Joi Cardwell, Marc Evans, Dawn Tallman and others have all been filmed and are ready to appear as 3D apparitions during his set.

Kerri is planning to launch his never-before-seen spectacle at Santo’s Party House in New York this Saturday, before debuting his special holographic performers at Southport Weekender in May.

We can’t wait to see them!

More Kerri Chandler DJ booth experiments

Kerri Chandler on laser strings
In this video (from about half way through) you can see Kerri performing his the main melody to his track ‘Bar A Thym’ using laser strings.



Kerri Chandler mixing on reel-to-reels
In this video you can see Kerri Chandler mixing on three reel-to-reels.



Photo: Joe Berinato

the youtube videos didn't copy and paste but I am sure you can find them on (of course) youtube.com

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Kerri Chandler @ Southport Weekended April <--On this on Kerri Chandler on laser strings

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Kerri Chandler With Dennis Ferrer at Southport <-- On this one Kerri Chandler mixing on three reel-to-reels.

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