Kerri Camar Chandler (born September 28, 1969) is an American DJ and record producer. He has been dubbed a pioneer within

house music House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground ...

, a genre in which he has an "eclectic brand".

Biography

Chandler's influences go back to

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, growing up in a family of

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

musicians. His father, Joseph Chandler, was a DJ and provided him with a background in the origins of

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disco Disco is a music genre, genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightclub, nightlife, particularly in African Americans, African-American, Italian-Americans, Italian-American, LGBTQ ...

, 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,

at the age of 13. At 14, he began interning in studios and producing music. Since the release of his first single "SuperLover/Get It Off" on

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...

in 1991, Chandler has released over 100 records. He was a resident DJ at

Club Zanzibar Club Zanzibar was a dance club that opened in 1979 at 430 Broad Street in Newark, New Jersey. Its presence in Downtown Newark was noted for its influence on house music and garage house genres and scene. Club Zanzibar, along with other gay and ...

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in the 1980s as well, home to the New Jersey sound brand of deep house or garage house. 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

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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. 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.

Discography

Studio albums * ''Ionosphere EP'' (1994) * ''Hemisphere'' (1996) * ''Kaoz on King Street'' (1997) * ''First Steps'' (1999) * ''Kerri's Jazz Cafe'' (2000) * ''Saturday'' (2001) * ''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)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandler, Kerri Musicians from East Orange, New Jersey American garage house musicians Atlantic Records artists Living people American club DJs Deep house musicians Future house musicians 1969 births American electronic dance music DJs