Biography
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Born In
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
1) Kero
With over 20 releases on some of electronic music’s most celebrated and innovative labels such as Bpitch, Ghostly International and Shitkatapult and most recently Downwards as well as his own critically acclaimed Detroit Underground Records, Kero (nee Sohail Azad) has established a reputation for his unrepentantly 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 world wide.
His innovative approach to music, graphic design and video production feeds on the detritus of popular electronic culture, creating a montage of fleeting musical and visual experiences that are paradoxically critical and enamored with contemporary culture.
Drawing on his experiences as a dual citizen of both Canada and the United States, Kero conducts visual and aural investigations that are concerned with ideas of the diametric and intermediary. Subsequently, the ephemeral nature of electronic culture, the “rave” experience and aesthetics offers a microcosm to explore similar elements in popular culture. The result is music that blurs genres from hip-hop to the most rarified of techno experiments, video art which stirs faint recollections of print and televised media, and a design language that has ingrained itself upon the most celebrated electro-cultural market in the world.
Complete Discography
Midget Breaks (12", Blu) St@ic Records (static) 1999
CFC Windsor / Detroit (12") Shitkatapult 2001
CFC Windsor / Detroit (CD) Shitkatapult 2001
Busted Berlin (12") BPitch Control 2002
Firewire FUNK (12") Low Res Records 2003
Whats Dat Smell? (File, MP3) Textone 2003
Kerologistics (CD, Album) Neo Ouija 2005
2Advanced4U (12", Pro) Touchin' Bass 2007
2Advanced4U (12") Touchin' Bass 2007
Remixes:
Rewired In My Manor (CD, Album) Shit Pod It's Hot (Rew… Hydrogen Dukebox 2002
Rewired In My Manor (LP) Shit Pod It's Hot (Rew… Hydrogen Dukebox 2002
Barwy Kolorow (CD) Wszystko Jest Odwrotni… M-Tronic 2004
The Message / Anymore (12") The Message (Kero Remix) Rematter 2004
Slides (CD, Enh) M-Bizzler 4Shizzler (K… M-Tronic 2005
Transfer (12") Transfer (Kero Remix) Blueprint 2006
After Dark + Blueprints (2xCD, Album) Sex Education (Kero Re… Fiche Music 2007
Production:
Asbestos (Remix) / Left (12") Infrastructure New York 2005
Transfer (12") Blueprint 2006
Appears On:
Shitkatapult 50 - Special Musick For Special People (4xLP) USB Urger Shitkatapult 2004
Shitkatapult 50 - Special Musick For Special People (DVD-V, PAL + File, MP3) USB Urger, USB Urger Shitkatapult 2004
Asbestos (Remix) / Left (12") Infrastructure New York 2005
Tracks Appear On:
Sender Loops 24 (12") Loop B4, Loop B7 Sender Records 2001
2002 Gemeinsam (CD, Dig) Grizzly Grizzeg BPitch Control 2002
Gemeinsam (2xLP) Grizzly Grizzeg BPitch Control 2002
Malfunction EP (12") USB.GLITCH.TEK Feed The Machine Records 2002
No Title (12") Pdatek, Port Replication Live Wire Records 2002
Sender Loops 24-2 (12") Untitled Sender Records 2002
DemSongzByWe (12") Bent (Funckarma Remix) Onrecords 2003
Detroit Underground (12") Turrets Irie Detroit Underground 2003
Idol Tryouts : Ghostly International Vol. 1 (2xLP) Ti Shlumpa Ghostly International 2003
Wabi - 4 Years (CD) Lipitor Toke Taker Wabi 2003
_Lounge Essenzen 03 (CD) B4us428-10cntrl Die Lounge 2003
Ctrl-F2 (File, MP3) 3-21 Modsquare 2004
Designated Drivers 2004 (File, MP3, 192) Wsecong Textone 2004
Detroit Underground (Part 2) (12") 10:48 Done, 26th Birthday Detroit Underground 2004
Detroit Underground (Part 3) (12") Turrets Irie (Latin Su… Detroit Underground 2004
Detroit Underground (Part 4) (12") 26th Birthday / Bent (… Detroit Underground 2004
Shitkatapult 50 - Special Musick For Special People (4xLP) USB Urger Shitkatapult 2004
Shitkatapult 50 - Special Musick For Special People (DVD-V, PAL + File, MP3) USB Urger, Interview, … Shitkatapult 2004
Detroit Underground (Part 5) (12") Drop (Lowfish's Killed… Detroit Underground 2005
Detroit Underground (Part 6) (12") Deform4-Final2 Detroit Underground 2005
Detroit Underground (Part 6) (12", Promo, W/Lbl) Deform4-Final2 Detroit Underground 2005
Subvaritrax™ (CD) Shuf1 SubVariant Recordings 2005
We Love It Minimal (CD) Apocalyptic (Soul Trai… XMAG 2005
126a (12") Randomtheoryviamoov Semantica Records 2006
Bleeps-oh-six (File, MP3) Untitled (On Acid Again) Warp Records 2006
Friendly Integration (CD, Enh) Turrets Irie, 10:48 Do… Detroit Underground 2006
From Website 2 Website (File, MP3) Moving Drumz Zerinnerung 2006
From Website 2 Website (File, MP3) Moving Drumz Mixotic 2006
The Art Of Modern Mixing (CD) Drop (Lowfish Killed &… DJ Magazine 2006
Untitled (DVD) Deform4-Final2 Spex Magazine 2006
Intelligent Toys 4 (File, MP3) Bilder Sutemos 2007
This Is For You Shits (CD, Ltd) Prof Railer Warp Records 2007
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