HKE – Care for You
Dreampunk/ambient cyberpunk album on the experimental TKX Vault label that is a deep addition to the “lore” of HKE and his connected projects.
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HKE / wosX / COCAINEJESUS / Sandtimer – Pain of Gods
Recommendation: ☀☁☁ | Four-way split that shows early developments in the ghost tech subgenre of cyberpunk music as well as the ambient side to the 2016 hardvapour trend.
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Recommendation: ☀☁☁ | A curious piece of vaporwave/dreampunk history in addition to a pleasantly surprising bonus for fans of 2814.
Continue reading »Asura Revolver releases “Sacred Code (Encrypted)” by HKE
The seventh and final release of HKE’s Sequence 777 is finally out on Asura Revolver. Sacred Code (Encrypted) was originally to be released on Halo Acid’s Tekres label, but unforeseen circumstances shelved the release with little other information. All of the releases within Sequence 777 were made to reflect the individual styles of the label as interpreted by HKE, and […]
Continue reading »2814 – “恢复”
Artist: 2814 Album: 新しい日の誕生 Track: “恢复” Subgenre tags: Dreampunk, ambient vaporwave, slushwave Label: Dream Catalogue Format: Cassette, Digital, CD, Vinyl Video release date: 20 August 2016 +2
Continue reading »SHUT_INS releases “SQ777-6: 16-Cell” by HKE
The sixth installment to HKE’s Sequence 777 series is here, this time on the SHUT_INS label. As with previous releases, 16-Cell is a seven-track release of dreampunk, ghost tech, and garage music; the hardvapour influence is tuned down a bit to fit on the SHUT_INS label. This is important, because HKE explicitly said that he wanted each release in Sequence […]
Continue reading »[News] Dream Catalogue officially announces change in ownership, reissues albums
Dream Catalogue’s creative force HKE recently announced an extended hiatus from music and social media out of necessity in dealing with issues of depression. Accompanying this was a somewhat cryptic series of messages from HKE and Dream Catalogue concerning a change of ownership in the label’s production. Late this morning EST, a message was posted on the Dream Catalogue web […]
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