Kerri Chandler
{{short description|American DJ and record producer (born 1969)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kerri Chandler
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1969|9|28}}
| image =
| caption =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| alias = Third Generation
| origin = East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Deep house||garage house}}
| label = Madhouse, MadTech
| occupation = {{hlist|DJ|record producer}}
| years_active = 1990–present
| website = [https://kerrichandler.com Official website]
| associated_acts = Dennis Ferrer
Jerome Sydenham
}}
Kerri Camar Chandler (born September 28, 1969) is an American DJ and record producer.[https://www.facebook.com/KerriChandlerOfficial/posts/1291957760856779 Birthday post], Chandler Facebook page, September 28, 2016. He has been dubbed a pioneer within house music, a genre in which he has an "eclectic brand".{{cite web|title=Kerri Chandler: 'Where we lived, you had three choices: drugs, gangs or music'|date=5 October 2022|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/05/kerri-chandler-where-we-lived-you-had-three-choices-drugs-gangs-or-music|access-date=|work=The Guardian}}
Biography
Chandler's influences go back to New Jersey, growing up in a family of jazz musicians. His father, Joseph Chandler, was a DJ and provided him with a background in the origins of soul, disco, as well as the New York Underground Sound. Accompanying his father to gigs, he began playing records at the Rally Racquet Club in East Orange, New Jersey at the age of 13.
At 14, he began interning in studios and producing music.{{cite web|title=Kerri Chandler – Attack Magazine|date=11 July 2012|url=http://www.attackmagazine.com/features/interviews/kerri-chandler/|access-date=9 August 2012}} Since the release of his first single "SuperLover/Get It Off" on Atlantic Records in 1991, Chandler has released over 100 records.{{cite web|title=Kerri Chandler discography at Discogs|website=Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kerri+Chandler|access-date=9 August 2012}} He was a resident DJ at Club Zanzibar in Newark, New Jersey in the 1980s as well, home to the New Jersey sound brand of deep house or garage house.{{cite web|url=https://queer.newark.rutgers.edu/history-queer-club-spaces-newark |title=History of Queer Club Spaces in Newark | Queer Newark |website=Queer.newark.rutgers.edu |access-date=2020-04-10}}
He is the founder of the house music label Madhouse Records (not to be confused with Dave Kelly's eponymous reggae label) in the United Kingdom, whose signings include Roy Ayers and Dennis Ferrer, but also more recently of MadTech Records, whose roster includes No Artificial Colours, Citizen, Kashii, Waze & Odyssey, as well as Waifs & Strays.{{cite web |title=Kerri Chandler introduces Madhouse sister label, Madtech |url=https://www.madhouserecordsinc.com/kerri-chandler-introduces-madhouse-sister-label-madtech/ |website=Madhouse Records |date=11 May 2012}}
In 2016 he founded his third record label, Kaoz Theory, which has included releases from notable artists such as Jamie Jones, Satoshi Tomiie, Seth Troxler, in addition to The Martinez Brothers.{{cite web |title=Kaoz Theory |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/893599-Kaoz-Theory |website=Discogs |language=en}}
Discography
Studio albums
- Ionosphere EP (1994)
- Hemisphere (1996)
- Kaoz on King Street (1997)
- First Steps (1999) {{small|(with Dennis Ferrer)}}
- Kerri's Jazz Cafe (2000)
- Saturday (2001) {{small|(with Jerome Sydenham)}}
- Trionisphere (2003)
- Computer Games (2008)
- The Thing For Linda 2010
- Spaces and Places (2022)
Singles
- Super Lover (1990)
- Panic E.P. (1992)
- Mistery Love (1993)
- Atmosphere E.P. Vol. 1 (1993)
- Bar A Thym / Sunshine & Twilight (Nite Grooves) (2005)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{Discogs artist}}
{{DJ Award for Best House DJ|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Musicians from East Orange, New Jersey
Category:American garage house musicians
Category:Atlantic Records artists