Kero reveals Highways—a 5-track extended player of (abstract) electronics that is cleverly pulled together with a downbeat flow and tracks aptly sub-titled as major freeway arteries of the Motor City.
Detroit-inspired techno of yesteryear with a thumping heartbeat.
Detroit Underground label head Kero returns to his sonic roots with the first of the Detroit Map Series originally featured on the limited DUTT-181 Series functional record player designed by Neubau Berlin. As a kick-start, Kero reveals Highways—a 5-track extended player of (abstract) electronics that is cleverly pulled together with a downbeat flow and tracks aptly sub-titled as major freeway arteries of the Motor City.
“Davison” commutes through glitch bits, bobbles, and broken beats flickering back and forth as it eventually opens midway through the traffic jam and hopscotched potholes with a synthesized melodic stream. “Fisher” displays its minimized techno flurry and rumbling low-end growl tempered by subtle blips’n bleeps and clinical precision. “Southfield” busts apart with modular maneuvering and heavy percussion showcasing an opportunity for Kero to cruise in the passing lane as the piece gradually mutates into a crunchy experimental electro epic. “Lodge” ebbs and flows with The Detroit Escalator Company-styled minimalism felt many miles away from its source. “Chrysler” expands and contracts with its 7-minute acid-electronic sprawl—here we see Kero carefully downshift to allow an ambient undercurrent to traverse a moonlit sky in the late night hours creating perhaps the finest soundtrack to (minimal) Detroit-inspired techno of yesteryear with a thumping heartbeat.
“Lodge”
With the video for “Lodge” (credited to www.defasten.com) we see what’s described as “Data analysis of various biological/synthetic components of processes within the body’s inner universe.” The strands of DNA, its relationship to the outside world, and how COVID-19 has entangled our lives is something to take very seriously. While the video for “Lodge” places emphasis on the analysis of this strange new world—visually glitched-out strands pulse with the heartbeat of this track creating an otherworldly point of view that is intoxicating.
Highways is available on Detroit Underground.
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