Background
His father was a DJ and provided Kerri with a background in the origins of soul, disco and the New York Underground Sound.
His father was a DJ and provided Kerri with a background in the origins of soul, disco and the New York Underground Sound.
Kerri"s influences go back to New Jersey growing up in a family of jazz musicians. Accompanying his father to gigs, Kerri began playing records at the Rally Racquet Club in East Orange, New Jersey at the age of thirteen. Aged fourteen, he began interning in studios and producing music
Since the release of his first single "SuperLover/Get lieutenant Office" on Atlantic Records in 1991, Kerri has released over 100 records.
He is the founder of the house music label Madhouse Records (not to be confused with Dave Kelly"s reggae label of the same name) whose signings include Roy Ayers and Dennis Ferrer and more recently MadTech Records, whose roster includes Number Artificial Colours, Citizen, Kashii, Waze & Odyssey and Waifs & Strays.