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IRC 138EP
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The 138th Ibadan Records installment is from Kerri Chandler. Jerome Sydenham and Chandler met in 1991, when Sydenham was a part of the A&R team that signed Chandler's debut single to Atlantic Records. After Sydenham founded Ibadan Records in 1995, the two collaborated on several groundbreaking projects. Chandler's early career evolved through illustrious House remixes and productions. Tracks like "Drink On Me", "Shoe-B-Doo", "While We're Young", and "Ain't That A Bitch" truly exemplify the trailblazing and original innovative spirit of Kerri Chandler and the birth of his signature sound. Features Teulé and Bas Noir.
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WG 041EP
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2020 repress. It's been quite a while since Kerri Chandler released on Watergate Records. It was 2014 when he dropped his Watergate 15 mix (WG 015CD) and The Watergate Files EP (WG 016EP). "Checkmate" is the epitome of a Kerri Chandler classic and has all the makings of a timeless future classic. With bold, soulful keys and massive analog drums, "Checkmate" elevates any dancefloor's intensity to meteoric levels. Steve Rachmad remixes the original and delivers an incredibly soulful techno revision while Watergate mainstay Cinthie hands over an expertly crafted modern twist with classic appeal.
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WG 016EP
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Following the release of Watergate 15 (WG 015CD) mixed by Kerri Chandler, Watergate Records offer up a vinyl sampler, featuring the exclusive new material on the comp from the man himself, and remixes from Voyeur and La Fleur. First up is "Mama (feat. Jerome Sydenham)", which takes on a classic Kerri format of swinging rhythms, a cosseting chord sequence, jazz-tinged low-end and piano lines, and Sydenham's spoken-word vocal stylings. "Think of Something" ups the energy slightly with a gritty saw-wave bass hook, stabbing pad samples and an amalgamation of chopped and processed vocal snippets.
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WG 015CD
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Next in line to mix it up for the illustrious Watergate CD series is New Jersey house innovator and widely-loved scene figurehead Kerri Chandler. With the club now in its 11th year, and with this series hitting installment number 15, and in light of Kerri's long-running relationship with Watergate, it is the perfect coming together of two clubbing tour de forces. Across the course of 18 tracks, the MadHouse and MadTech boss, tireless DJ and ever-evolving house producer lays out his vision of house music as it sounds in 2013, calling on tracks old and new from a wide array of labels as well as some exclusives, including two brand-new productions from Chandler himself. Also worth noting is the fact that the compilation was recorded live, so it transmits a certain raw energy you don't get with many mixes, and is so expertly done, it takes you right to middle of the dancefloor and below the club's famous lights without actually having to leave your own home. The mix kicks off with the excitable diva house of Detroit Swindle before touching on the bass line-heavy workout of Headless Ghost. Mixed as expertly as you would expect of someone who has been doing so for more than 20 years, the journey goes on to take in MadTech act No Artificial Colours before Kerri's own "Think of Something" track made exclusively for this mix proves him to be as pioneering as ever with its fulsome house bounce and warm musical tropes. Dipping into techier stuff from Bass Culture boss D'Julz, Oslo's returning talent Johnny D and the charismatic organic stylings of Real Cool's "U Know U Know," all shades of the house spectrum are catered to here in typically cohesive style. Also included along the way is another Kerri exclusive "Mama," this time made in collaboration with Ibadan Records boss Jerome Sydenham. That track is one of many jewels in this mix's crown and serves as yet another reminder that despite having first started producing and remixing for Atlantic Records in the late '80s for acts like Kool & The Gang, Kerri Chandler is as relevant and refreshing as any. Large swathes of the electronic world might have been aping Chandler's unique house blueprint in the last 12 months, but the man himself has continued to move forward, as this timeless Watergate 15 mix proves in spades. Also features Huxley, Chris Lattner, Alex Mills, Alix Alvarez, Nathan Barato, Clé, Italoboyz vs. Blind Minded, Nu (feat. Jo Ke), Renato Figoli, Subb-an, Jamie Jones, The Martinez Brothers (feat. Phil Weeks), Nick Fanciulli, Losoul, Tom Demac, DJ W!ld, and Shonky.
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