Kero & Valance Drakes :: Abstract Thought EP (Detroit Underground)

Both Kero and Valance Drakes exhibit highly detailed extraterrestrial electronics, merging glitch-hop and surreal atmospherics into a visual-audio four-pack kaleidoscope.

Just what would you expect from two prolific producers in the far-reaching experimental electronic space? Kero and Valance Drakes join forces (for the first time) to create Abstract Thought, a 7″ and digital EP released on Record Store Day (4/12/2019). Now what’s in the basket, you ask?

Starting with a low center-of-gravity on “Can’t edit your soul,” this piece inhabits an outer dimension made from glitch-drone strands, reversed loops, and a dystopian world of drifting dust particles. Next up is the impacted data stream of “Centered Around Space Invader Attributes” where electronic hip-hop elements maneuver through shuffling bass and eroded blips. Similar cascading dark glitch echoes evaporate on the contagious “Radius Radiant Andromeda” where shadows are cast from all angles. Closing with the lengthiest track (at 4:30), “When one hopes become your compass” has its own disjointedly sweet ebb and flow.

Capturing the above-mentioned notes and tossing them in mechanical sound chamber, both Kero and Valance Drakes exhibit highly detailed extraterrestrial electronics, merging glitch-hop and surreal atmospherics into a visual-audio four-pack kaleidoscope. Artwork by The Designers Republic.

Abstract Thought is available on Detroit Underground.

Video by: DEFASTEN