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American House Music DJ and Producer
About Kerri Chandler
In 1990, Kerri Chandler recorded 'Get Up' on a borrowed Akai MPC60 and a Roland TR-808 in his Newark basement, no studio, no label backing, then pressed it himself on vinyl after local record stores refused to stock it. That track didn’t just chart; it redefined what deep house could feel like: warm, unhurried, deeply human, with basslines that breathe like living things and drum programming that mimics the slight imperfections of live jazz percussion. He pioneered the use of tape saturation on synth pads to emulate gospel organ warmth, and insisted on recording live Rhodes solos instead of sampling them, a rarity in early ’90s house production. His mentorship shaped producers like Joe Claussell and Moodymann, not through formal instruction but by inviting them into his home studio to watch him EQ a snare for 45 minutes until it ‘sat right in the soul.’ Chandler’s legacy isn’t measured in streams or festivals, but in how many producers still reach for a Juno-106 first, then mute the quantize, just to chase that same unquantized pulse he built his sound on.
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- “How did you program the swing on 'Rainbows' without quantization?”
- “Why did you stop using samplers after 'The Real Deal'?”
- “What made you choose the Fender Rhodes over synths for 'Soulstice'?”
- “How do you decide when a track is done—when it 'breathes'?”