Highlights from Kerri Chandler’s set at London’s Lovebox festival are up on iPlayer after being broadcast as part of BBC Radio 1’s special Essential Mix from the event. He features on the show alongside highlights from Joy Orbison’s back-to-back with Ben UFO. You can also listen to the set via this SoundCloud player.
“Amazing vibe on the BBC Radio1 Essential Mix stage at Lovebox (official) last night” Kerri said on his Facebook page after the gig. “Mix was recorded and will be broadcast next weekend. Thank you to everyone that came to dance! Love respect and admiration.” The mix is available to stream and download until August 23.
Kerri Chandler’s new Kaoz Theory label launched last month to widespread acclaim, with music from Rick Wade, Jerome Sydenham and DJ W!ld amongst others on the debut launch compilation. He recently revealed the ethos of the label to Traxsource: “ Madhouse is very soulful, very gospel. Madtech is for featuring new, up and coming producers that I believe in to help develop them as artists. Kaoz Theory is going to be a lot of people I know who are already established and are very close friends such as Jamie Jones and a few of the DJ crew at Circo Loco.
“ The Kaoz 6:23 style dubs, to me, were all about the deeper, darker dubs and that’s what I’m looking to put together again with this new label. I loved making all those Kaoz Dubs back in the day, so I thought now was a great time to reintroduce that style. It’s not a typical song lay out, but it’s something I’ve always been into; really chunky beats and bass heavy production. I couldn’t really do a lot of that with Mad House, as many of the releases were vocal lead tracks.
“The Kaoz Theory label gives me an new opportunity to bring back that deep, dubby Kaoz sound. That was always what the Kaoz style stood for. I just always wanted to take the main, deep part of the track and extend it out longer and really concentrate on the breakdowns. That was what Kaoz stood for and that’s what I’m looking to bring back but with some new producers. I’m really excited about the whole project.”
He will soon be taking the label on tour, with a date at Zig Zag in Paris on 25 August alongside labelmates Voyeur and Stephane Ghenacia the first of many showcases planned across the world. He has also been confirmed to play at Circo Loco’s Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) party at Mediahaven – Minervahaven on October 17.