Kerri Chandler hadn't released an album since Computer Games in 2008, so he’s gone to town on Spaces and Places, which contains 24 tracks. This album was recorded across four years in some of the best clubs in the world (where he’s been playing regularly since the early 90s). The American, who’s known for his sometimes painful sound checks, took particular care with the sound on this album (even mixing in Dolby Atmos by himself) and worked hand in hand with the sound engineer of each location he transformed into his recording studio.
To play the name game, Chandler set up his keyboard and machines at Printworks in London (‘Never Thought’ featuring the singer Sunchilde), the Warehouse Project in Manchester (‘You Get Lost in It’ featuring Lady Linn) and Rex Club in Paris alongside DJ Deep. The shortest trip from his home in New Jersey took him to the Output club in Brooklyn, where he invited Bluey Robinson to lend his suave vocals to ‘Tenacity’. ‘Sunrise’ is an incredible track which illustrates an after-party at Berlin's Watergate. ‘The Calling’ was also recorded in Berlin, this time in Club Qu. These twenty-four tracks range from disco to techno and foreshadow a larger autobiographical project by Kerri Chandler that will be worth following closely. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz