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NEO 030CD
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"With over 13 releases on some of electronic music's most celebrated and innovative labels such as BPitch, Ghostly and Shitkatapult and most recently Downwards, as well as his own critically acclaimed Detroit Underground Records, Kero (born Sohail Azad) has established a reputation for his unrepentant, brash, yet cultivated compositions and unforgettable live performances, most recently, alongside notables such as Speedy J, Ken Ishii and Funkstorung. Furthermore, he has established himself as a leader within the growing pack of electronic music producers successfully infiltrating contemporary art circles worldwide. Kero's approach to music, graphic design and video feeds on the detritus of popular culture, creating a montage of fleeting musical and visual experiences that are both critical of and enamoured with contemporary culture. Kero conducts visual and aural investigations, inspired by alien sonic landscapes -- his complex sequencing may well be the only rational response to such challenges. There's a feint in the sound, where raw digital mayhem confronts hip-hop, the rave experience amid the most rarefied of techno experiments. T34g adopts a banging bashment bassline, but the result could only really hail from Windsor, Detroit."
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BPC 052EP
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"'Kero refuses to look at electronic music in a well know way.' This is the first statement. With the release of 'Busted Berlin' Bpitch Control got one of the most talented sound researcher on board. Living in Detroit/Windsor (CA) Kero develops his idea of connecting abstract programming with the earthbound pathos of 'Loop-Tech' in a Detroit tradition."
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STRIKE 021CD
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"Experimental jetset tracks by one of Detroit's finest underground producers, Sohail Azad, aka Kero. A veteran of the Detroit/Windsor underground club community, his work as a multimedia designer and producer has made him an established fixture within the region. Musically, Kero is inspired by 'unusual sonic landscapes and complex sequencing techniques' coupled with a taste for the experimental, achieving a unique sound that should inspire an increased profile in the near future. Grounded with a more solid bottom-end groove than most experimental pieces, this LP is as advanced stylistically as it is dancefloor-friendly. Fans of Phoenecia and Autechre will appreciate Kero's sonic dismantlement and hybrid sound designs as he works a fabric of complex edits and melodic abstractions into a funky flow over a series of cybernetic grooves. Another laptop wizard from the Detroit/Windsor school of robotix."
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STRIKE 021LP
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LP version, same 7 tracks as the CD.
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