Kerri Chandler Selections - Part 1

Grampa   She's Crazy (Cyanide Mix)

Hold Your Head Up High

Boris Dlugosch pres.Boom - Hold Your Head Up High (Matty's Club Show)

The Balearic Gabba Soundsystem is back, back with a new EP that features three more leftfield remixes from curious electronic specialist Enzo Elia that have all been licensed officially by Irma Records. The source material for his three unhinged reworks is a track by 90s Italian house duo Soft House Company and two from cult Italian DJ and producer Don Carlos.

Soft House Company released only two EPs, both in 1990, but made a big impact with them: pretty much everyone has heard ‘What You Need’ and that’s the track that gets remixed here. Elia turns it into a slightly more bouncy and disco leaning cut with raw silvery drums, huge vamping piano chords and those classic vocal cries and already Eddie C and Gerd Jansen have been playing it. At the breakdown there is the sound of waves breaking on a beach before pianos go wild: It’s a freewheeling and sure fire party starting track that still does the trick nearly quarter of a century after original release.

Don Carlos was behind such seminal club tracks as 1991’s ‘Alone’ and produced five studio albums in the nineties and naughties. He fuses Afro rhythms with deep house vibes and has DJed all over the world since the 70s. The first of his to get re-worked is ‘Overture’, which starts with tropical bird cries, whistles and loon calls. It’s the sound of a humid jungle that gets slowly consumed by lush pads, delicate piano melodies and stirring string sounds. With a truly magical atmosphere and uplifting joyousness permeating the whole thing, it cannot fail to make you feel on top of the world.

Finally, Elia tackles ‘Chicago’ (a track that’s already been supported by Soft Rocks) and does so with swathes of mesmeric effects. Organic hand congas, breathy vocal snippets and a bristling nebula of synths, pads and strings all dance around each other in reservedly euphoric symphony.

This might just be one of the most beautifully and bizarrely Balearic releases yet from the ever unhinged Balearic Gabba Soundsystem.

Soft House Company - What You Need (Enzo Elia Balearic Gabba Style)

When I listen back at this, i realize how heavy and deep my spirit was. i was very sad and needed a light to lift me up and out of my depression.  i jotted down on paper exactly what i was feeling and it became the words of this song. i closed my eyes and cried inside so loud that i felt like i had an outer body experience recording this. kerri and i met for the first time that day. i never heard the track before nor he knew of my lyrics.  He played live as i recorded the vocals. his spirit and energy ignited this performance. We recorded it in one take.  INSPIRATION! WOW!

Inspiration (Bassapella)  Kerri Chandler & Arnold Jarvis

Produced by Yvonne Turner and Tommy Musto
Lyrics by Yvonne Turner
Vocals by Arnold Jarvis
Backing Vocals by Yvonne Turner, Tommy Musto, Arnold Jarvis
4th Floor Records

Take Some Time Out (Original)

Show Me Love

Jaydee - Plastic Dreams HQ (Original Long Version)

Cajmere Ft. Dajae - Brighter Days (Underground Goodies Mix)

We Can Make It

We Can Make It (Underground Network Mix)

Keep Reaching

Keep Reaching (Vocal Mix)

Don't You Ever Give Up (feat. Melonie Daniels)

Don't You Ever Give Up (feat. Melonie Daniels) [Ricanstruction Vocal]

Reach Inside

Reach Inside (Restless Soul Peak Time Mix)

Ron Trent - I Feel The Rhythm (Inner Experience Revision)

iTunes: http://defct.de/marit | Beatport:  http://defct.de/marbp | Traxsource:  http://defct.de/marts | Bandcamp: http://defct.de/marbc | Google Play: http://defct.de/margp | Spotify: http://defct.de/marsp | Apple Music: http://defct.de/maram | Deezer: http://defct.de/mardz | Tidal: http://defct.de/martd 

It’s been over two decades since the original release of ‘Respect’ but this evergreen track still sounds as current as ever. John Robinson provides uplifting production, the former NYC radio DJ who was behind some huge house records in the 90s with co-production coming from Carlton Carter on the keys, laying down those memorable riffs. Michelle Ayers’ soulful vocals glide effortlessly over the track in a musical match made in heaven. Alongside their mixes are a quintet of remixes from house music legend David Morales. That famous organ sound, prominent in so many great records from that era, plays out in the euphoric Def Classic Mix while Def Dub strips it back for a more DJ-friendly edit. The Momo Ride chooses to focus more on deep bassline and saxophone showing how dynamic this track is. The Organmental Mix does what it says on the tin, and the Def Classic TV Mix completes this perfect house classic package.

Michelle Ayers 'Respect' (Def Classic Mix)

Hallelujah (Kaoz Club Mix) - Kerri Chandler

Label: Maxi Records ‎– MX-2015
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Sortie: 1993
Genre: Electronic
Style: Deep House

Kerri Chandler Selections - Part 1

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