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AKA | Hong Kong Express |
Name | David Russo |
Location | London, Greater London, United Kingdom |
Member of | 2814, Danpenka Sareta Yuujin |
Founder of | Dream Catalogue, TKX, Nirvana Port, Pryamids, Dream Catalogue EVO |
Years Active | 2013 - Present |
David Russo, also known under the alias HKE (Which is a shortened version of Hong Kong Express), Lucid, and a myriad of other aliases, is a British experimental vaporwave, techno, hardvapour, and dreampunk producer. Russo would begin their music career in 2012 under the alias Subaeris, but wouldn't be making vaporwave until August 2013.
Russo is best known for their works in the hardvapour and dreampunk movement, their ownership of the controversial vaporwave label Dream Catalogue, and the vast majority of aliases and one-off nicknames. Russo's work with t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 under the group name 2814 would be a significant factor in the popularization of dreampunk with the album 新しい日の誕生 becoming one of vaporwave's most well-known albums. The albums 2047, Gateway アセンション, and HK released by Russo would become staples of Dreampunk.
Russo would also become of vaporwave's most controversial with their diversion into "vaporhell" (In relation to Vaporwave Is Dead), their toxic and snotty social media activity, the creation of the genre "hardvapour"[1] which countered vaporwave culture and "flap" in an effort to "troll",[2] the on-and-off "closures" of Dream Catalogue that would be undermined one or two months after,[3][4] and their larger-than-life personality. Releases under aliases and groups such as The/End (A project along with Remember), Martin Smith, their raccoon releases spanning from their labels Dream Catalogue and TKX such as 'hyper_devil, M, Lucid, and White Banshee would also legitimize their status as a controversial figure.
Discography
HKE
HKE is the primary alias under David Russo, known for their hardvapour, techno, and "flap"[5] releases that usually stray away from the dreampunk genre they're heavily known for creating. The alias is also the one Russo is most active on, having more than twenty releases under its belt. It's also the alias that's most associated with their "self-aware" and "shitpost" like releases with projects such as Choonz and its sequel, A NU MYSTIC TRAJECTORY, Birth Of Da Nu World, #Hyperchill, and More Electric Swill To Fill Up Your Stupid Heads.
While appearing as an acronym to their alias Hong Kong Express, Russo has stated that HKE is an "empty acronym" and shouldn't be associated with the Hong Kong Express moniker.[6]
External Links
- Bandcamp Page
- SoundCloud Page
- SoundCloud Page
Twitter Page(Offline)- Instagram Page
- Discogs Page
- Rate Your Music Page
- last.fm Page
Hong Kong Express
https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/aesthetic-2013-2018 Hong Kong Express is one of the first aliases by David Russo that would kick off their vaporwave career. The full name of the shortened alias HKE, Russo's releases under the alias are focused heavily on the soundscapes of dreampunk and ambient compared to the latter's hardvapour and techno direction. Russo would also tap into sounds of vaporwave and downtempo throughout the earlier releases of Hong Kong Express with 浪漫的夢想 and 2047. However, releases such as Lucid to It would reflect the musical direction of HKE.
External Links
Subaeris
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AIR Japan
https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/aesthetic-2013-2018 https://archive.ph/j3U2o
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Mike Tenay
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Penthouse Apartment
Penthouse Apartment, also known under the one-time name change Modern Penthouse Apartment, is an alias created by Russo and is one of the earliest created by Russo in early 2014.[7] The alias' hotel themed vaporwave would only extend aesthetically to the releases 5 Stars and Trump, with releases such as Pirlo and Y2K: New Millennium Nightclub not displaying themes aligning to the alias.
External Links
チェスマスター
https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/aesthetic-2013-2018 https://archive.ph/j3U2o Martin Smith https://antifur.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-life Chessmaster https://antifur.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-life chesumasuta https://antifur.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-life
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Keito Shimuguchi
https://archive.ph/j3U2o KEITOBOT
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DARKPYRAMID
https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/aesthetic-2013-2018 https://archive.ph/j3U2o
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Triad Rersearch Laboratories
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THE DARKEST FUTURE
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Future City Love Stories
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断片化された友人
https://noproblematapes.bandcamp.com/album/--2
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SLEEP CENTER™
https://noproblematapes.bandcamp.com/album/disk-1
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テレビ体験
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ニューシティ
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emperor tangerine
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Lotus Flowers
https://archive.ph/j3U2o https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/aesthetic-2013-2018
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Vision Girl
https://web.archive.org/save/https://twitter.com/broken_canyon/status/1101929538999730176
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2814
Main Article |2814
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Eternal Dream System
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Black Moods
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ULTRACOMPUTER
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C A S I N O ☆★☆★☆ M A S T E R
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Sacred Frequencies
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City Developer
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Blank Goofee
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Sandtimer
Sandtimer is an alias created by Russo who was originally not presumed to be Russo until the reveal in the later months.[8]
IVAN THE KILLER
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ADOV
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A Deluge Of Visions
Henry Wong
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Kamokata
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Vaporsleuth
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Unknown Artist
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The Last Man On Earth
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вовчі особи
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Bedlam Max
Bedlam Max is a one-off alias created by Russo, with the alias' only project being Only 50 Tickets!, an ep based on the idea of a circus. Compared to the many releases at the time, the EP wasn't released on Russo's label TKX and instead released on the collective H.V.R.F. CENTRAL COMMAND.
The Tree Of Life
The Tree Of Life is a one-off alias created by Russo, with their only release being Psalm 23 that's heavily folk-inspired. The alias' creation would be part of HKE's long-release span from 2015-2017 on their label TKX.
External Links
DJ RAJ KAPOOR
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Infernal Demon Keito
Infernal Demon Keito is an alias of Russo made to develop the Keito Shimuguchi character. Russo would release two projects under the alias, Unfrozen Predators and Facechain, with the former being rebranded under チェスマスター. Russo created the alias to expand the TKX vault lore, with Unfrozen Predators expanding on the idea of unknown creatures returning to Atlantis and Facechain exploring the idea of Keito Shimuguchi meeting Infernal Demon Keito and giving them the album.
New Delhi Express
New Delhi Express is a one-off alias created by Russo[9] notable for using the Devanagari script and basing their alias in Delhi, India. The alias' only release, रोमांटिक सपना, is used for the in-universe lore of TKX as a "bootleg" of 浪漫的夢想 "found" in Delhi, India.
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Unknown Data
Unknown Data is a one-off alias created by Russo, with their only release being X-5AS482. The alias' creation would be part of HKE's long-release span from 2015-2017 on their label TKX, with the description of the EP playing into its "vault" lore.
Buried Angel
https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/aesthetic-2013-2018 https://archive.ph/j3U2o
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Henry Moonchild
https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/aesthetic-2013-2018
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This Artist Is Unknown
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Artist Name Removed
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Storm Division Eight
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Silk Demon
https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/aesthetic-2013-2018
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References
- ↑ Vaporwave Is Dead
- ↑ The Book of Life by Martin Smith
- ↑ Choonz
- ↑ An Interview with David Russo AKA HKE
- ↑ An Interview with David Russo AKA HKE
- ↑ Dream Catalogue (HKE, 2814)
- ↑ Interview: Dream Catalogue founder HKE
- ↑ Interview: Dream Catalogue founder HKE
- ↑ रोमांटिक सपना by New Delhi Express