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2006.07.22. Kerri Chandler (Ibadan, King St., NYC) @ Sunnyside (outdoor!)
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Kerri Chandler (www.simplycoolmusic.com, ibadan, king st., nyc)
w./ felix & gani
richard brooks
ali black
@ Studio 99 (99 sudbury st)
hosted by dany v. (b9 productions) & OJ
10pm start.
~dany v.
www.myspace.com/dany_v
www.b9productions.com
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Kerri 'Kaoz' Chandler one of deep house music's originators, has been injecting soul into music since the early nineties. 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 being 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). Accompanying his father to the gigs, Kerri began playing records at the Rally Record Club in East Orange, New Jersey at the tender age of thirteen. Exposed to such musical creativity, it wasn't long before Kerri found himself 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 and 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. Tradition as in the soulful roots of Jersey house, innovation as in his use of streamlined sparse arrangements and technology, 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. In the expanses of his breaks the odd counter rhythm will inexplicably appear for a second and then disappear, creating 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 creating new EFX units and sound machines. Taking a fearless leap into millennium technology, he has recently innovated new tools and employed creative ideas designed to revolutionize the way we think of traditional deejay mixing. Kerri uses his deejay sets to inject a spirit into the dance floor. More than a mere deejay spinning records, his sets are "live" during which he remixes tracks whenever he can by incorporating keyboards, vocalists, percussionists, guitars, violins, horns, projector screens, laser synths or just his own excellent soulful voice. Armed with a lap top computer, thousands of MP3 files, his own handmade mini-mixer and a cutting-edge imagination, Kerri has been wowing audiences around the globe while inspiring debate and envy in top industry circles about his new toys.
If you think all house music 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! |
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fyi... more on kerri HERE
for your aural enjoyment... a nice 2hr hour tribute set featuring all kerri tracks (credit to DASM at www.deepattitude.com) : HERE
Kerri Chandler at Mighty Club (San Francisco) December 2005 - HERE to listen.
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| I'd definately be going to this if I was in the city. Should be a fun night. |
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expect some (live!) surprises this saturday night! ;) hope to see a few TA's out for what promises to be another truly special night of house music under the stars by the lake!! fyi... reduced list=$15 b4 12am/$20 after. tix/cover will be more @ the door.
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on behalf of milk & richard brooks...
we sincerely apologise for what you are about to read... due to unforseen and late-breaking circumstances we are being FORCED to either cancel or move the event tonight.
this event is now being moved to 99 sudbury st. (studio 99) tonight!!
we're setting up the venue as you read this!
we hope that you can get on the phone/email/text message & help us out by spreading the word as we certainly don't wish to inconvenience anyone if possible!
as you can imagine this came as a very late surprise to us and we're doing what we can to ensure it still goes off for all to enjoy despite the logistical mess. we hope you understand that we are being forced to move due to issues that are beyond our control (capacity issues due to new developments with liquor licensing) and that we didn't find any of this out until late last night at which point we had to work on a plan B.
10pm start. cover @ the door is $20 all night and all reduced list requests and advanced tix will be honoured at the door (reduced list will $15 all-night!) going until ??
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p.s. though we'd rather not have to move this at all... there's a slight silver lining to this mess... we can go later, louder and rain is not an issue (though not a reason for this move to be perfectly clear!), etc. hope you can still join us and help us get the word out to everyone. |
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