Weekend Weapons…Dennis Ferrer

Weekend Weapons…Dennis Ferrer

12 January, 2009 | 9.51AM

• Written by: Ryan Keeling
• Filed under: Music News: objektivity

We get stuck back into our Weekend Weapons feature, this week with an entry from New York house legend Dennis Ferrer.

Staunchly flying the flag for the Big Apple dance scene, Ferrer has been like a one-man production juggernaut since his ‘second-coming’ was heralded with the release of ‘Sandcastles’ alongside Jerome Sydenham back in 2003.

His wide ranging production style has touched moments between classic afro-house, full-on melodic techno and much more in between; take ‘Son of Raw’, ‘Touched The Sky’ and ‘P 2 Da J’ as examples of the opposing styles Ferrer is capable of.

Ferrer’s Objektivity label has been on a hot-streak since its inception back in 2006, releasing such show-stoppers as ‘Love Can Damage Your Health’, ‘A Black Man In Space’ and ‘Headphone Silence’.

Take into account also his club-smashing remix work for Fish Go Deep and Blaze & Barbara Tucker and you begin to understand why we’re a bit excited to have secured him for this feature.

Ferrer’s big 3 are from his gig at the Objectivity night at Silo Leuven in Belgium on Saturday…

1. Mojoe ‘Look Over Feel’ (Marlow’s Konsequenz Mix) [Objektivity]

Moodymann meets Soundstream meets Objektivity.

This is a perfect jacking track for us, as the groove keeps going and doesn’t let go.

2. Chaim ‘Rhythm Insurance’ [Bpitch Control]

This just grooves.

That vox sample just keeps your head nodding while the drums add to this effect.

Rough and raw just the way it should be: techy yet soulful - I’m still nodding my head to this.

3.The Martinez Brothers & Argy ‘Debbie Downer’ [Objektivity]

The ‘boys’ and Argy team up for this one.

I love this - it gets everyone going, and I’ve been hammering it.

While it might be on my label, make no mistake—this one is worthy of a rare kudos on my part for things I am involved in.

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