the vaporwave resource network
TKX Vault is one of the most notable “underground” labels in vaporwave. Underground? Wait, isn’t the whole genre underground? Well yes, but hear me out for a second. “Underground” in vaporwave is generally a bit more experimental, a bit more risky, and generally weirder. These are the labels and artists that you won’t always find just be scouring top ten […]
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Roman 1 is a three-track EP now released through TKX LOST, the redubbed TKX Vault label that is primarily the site for Martin Smith’s trip through his own psyche. Roman 1 purports to be from Roman Moonchild, likely related to the Henry Moonchild that ran Dream Catalogue for several months in 2017 and 2018. Roman 1 consists of three acoustic […]
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Everything about TKX Vault is an enigma. Everything. I’m serious, guys: everything. LOST: The Infernal Mixtape by Martin Smith is a perfect encapsulation of the weird, sardonic, experimental, and constantly subversive practices of TKX, which is notably an imprint of the Dream Catalogue label headed up by HKE. LOST: The Infernal Mixtape can be succinctly described as the surprise ending […]
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The first album of the second run of TKX Vault, featuring a return to the hypnagogic ambiance present in earlier チェスマスター albums.
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Hardvapour/Hip-hop hybrid from Martin Smith, closing the second run of TKX Vault and Smith’s former aliases. Includes multiple references to the TKX Vault / Dream Catalogue mythos as of early 2018.
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TKX Vault has apparently opened again with TKX-001 redux. For the ladies… is a short EP from Martin Smith that utilizes the same vaporwave sampling techniques utilized on the LOST mixtape, which was the final album released in the second run of the label. For the ladies… features plunderphonics hip-hop music with an extremely distorted sound not too far from […]
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Four tracks of ambient drone music from the corrupted alias of Keito Shimuguchi.
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