BIOGRAPHY - DENNIS FERRER - VIEW INTERVIEW

As one half of Sfere Recordings along with house legend, Kerri Chandler, Dennis Ferrer’s name has rapidly built momentum over the past five years amongst house music aficionados. Ferrer's gospel and afro-house influenced productions have appeared on leading house music labels stateside and in Europe. With
a discography of original productions that extend from labels such as Sfere, Ibadan, Large, King Street to Basic Recordings, Madhouse and Chillifunk, Ferrer is poised at the very top of the game. He is also widely accepted as one of the leading remixers of this generation of deep house producers and has lent additional production to multiple works on Distant, Defected, Papa, King Street and Large.

Ferrer’s interest in production and dance first led him into the world of early 90’s electronic music. After a number of years working with the critically acclaimed, Synewave label from New York he connected with Kerri Chandler who re-introduced him to the soul and funk of music from his youth via house.
Ferrer’s love of such artists as T-Connection, DJ Rodgers, early Herbie Hancock, early Cameo and Confunkshun finally found ways to surface in his music. Chandler instantly recognized Ferrer’s talent for production and business sense and together they formed Sfere Recordings in 1998 (Sfere being a name derived from Chandler’s Shelter / Ibadan classic “Atmosphere” combined with Ferrer’s old techno alias “Aurasphere”). The label was devised with the ambitions of exploring many different aspects of soulful house including Brazilian and jazz sounds. The emphasis at Sfere is clearly, however, focused on songs
since both partners believe in the timelessness of a great song.
Ferrer’s DJ career, runs in tangent with his increased visibility as a producer and his creative reach covers five continents. In N. America he has made
DJ appearances in San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, LA, NYC, Toronto and Montreal. He also travels to multiple European markets and has played with regularity in many of the major venues in countries such as France, Scandinavia, UK, Benulux, Russia, Greece & Italy, as well as cities in S. Africa, Southeast Asia and Japan.