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 vaporwave 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", their toxic and snotty social media activity, the on-and-off "closures" of Dream Catalogue that would be undermined one or two months after, and their larger-than-life personality. Releases under aliases and groups such as The/End (A project along with Remember), Lucid, and White Banshee would also legitimize their status as a controversial figure.
Discography
Date
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Artist(s)
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Release
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Type
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August 28, 2013
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Subaeris
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Shinjuku Underground - Meditation Chamber System Overload
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Album
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January 6, 2014
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Subaeris
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Europa
|
Album
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January 29, 2014
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日本航空株式会社 ✈ Japan Airlines
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フライトを楽しむ (Enjoy Your Flight!)
|
Album
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January 29, 2014
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Hong Kong Express
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浪漫的夢想
|
Album
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February 2, 2014
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Mike Tenay
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Jacuzzi
|
Album
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February 10, 2014
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Penthouse Apartment
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5 Stars
|
Album
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February 18, 2014
|
Mike Tenay
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Fuck Business Casual 87'
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EP
|
March 8, 2014
|
チェスマスター
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真の愛
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Album
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March 12, 2014
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Subaeris
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New Tokyo Blue Mood
|
Album
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March 30, 2014
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DARKPYRAMID
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Electrical Teardrops
|
Album
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May 23, 2014
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Triad Research Laboratories
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CREATING YOUR WORLD
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ALbum
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June 7, 2014
|
Subaeris
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The City In Rain
|
Album
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June 28, 2014
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AIR Japan
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TOKYO AUDIO 3000
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Album
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July 5, 2014
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Penthouse Apartment
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Pirlo
|
Album
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August 11, 2014
|
Hong Kong Express
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Cryochamber
|
Mix
|
July 12, 2014
|
Hong Kong Express
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2047
|
Album
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July 19, 2014
|
Subaeris
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Cycle
|
Album
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July 21, 2014
|
チェスマスター
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NIGHT DRIVE
|
Album
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August 4, 2014
|
Mike Tenay
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Tenay in Tokyo
|
Album
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August 16, 2014
|
THE DARKEST FUTURE
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Floral Shoppe 2
|
Album
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August 22, 2014
|
Future City Love Stories
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油尖旺 DISTRICT
|
Album
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August 23, 2014
|
Hong Kong Express & IMMUNE//
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Cosmic Dreams - a tribute to t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者
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Mix
|
August 30, 2014
|
Hong Kong Express
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DREAM Forever
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Mix
|
August 30, 2014
|
HKE
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Saturday Morning No Sleep
|
Mix
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September 1, 2014
|
断片化された友人
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Fragmented Memories
|
Album
|
September 6, 2014
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SLEEP CENTER™
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DISK 1
|
Album
|
September 10, 2014
|
テレビ体験
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Y. 2089
|
Album
|
September 14, 2014
|
DARKPYRAMID
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A Heart Full Of Love
|
Album
|
September 16, 2014
|
ニューシティ
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METROPOLISからオーディオ
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Album
|
September 19, 2014
|
emperor tangerine
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my empire
|
Album
|
October 20, 2014
|
Lotus Flowers
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वार्युद्भव
|
Album
|
October 21, 2014
|
Vision Girl
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Film Noir
|
Album
|
October 25, 2014
|
2814
|
2814
|
Album
|
October 29, 2014
|
Subaeris
|
Dreams Love Chaos City
|
Album
|
November 1, 2014
|
Eternal Dream System
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夢01
|
Album
|
November 5, 2014
|
チェスマスター
|
THE GAMES WE PLAY
|
Album
|
November 26, 2014
|
Penthouse Apartment
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Y2K: New Millennium Nightclub
|
Album
|
November 28, 2014
|
チェスマスター
|
SONY™ TV 1987
|
Mix
|
December 8, 2014
|
Black Moods
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Invitation To Love
|
Album
|
December 13, 2014
|
ULTRACOMPUTER
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INFINITE 新しい生命システムの音
|
Album
|
December 14, 2014
|
Subaeris
|
ⓋⒶⓅⓄⓇⓉⓇⒶⓅ ⓇⒾⓈⒾⓃⒼ
|
Mix
|
December 28, 2014
|
C A S I N O ☆★☆★☆ M A S T E R
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☆★☆ ボーナススピン幸運 !!!
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Album
|
December 28, 2014
|
Eternal Dream System
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夢02
|
Album
|
January 10, 2015
|
HKE
|
HK
|
Album
|
January 18, 2015
|
THE DARKEST FUTURE
|
????????
|
Album
|
January 21, 2015
|
2814
|
新しい日の誕生
|
Album
|
January 25, 2015
|
Vision Girl
|
デッドデッドデッドデッド
|
Album
|
February 19, 2015
|
チェスマスター
|
天使
|
|
February 21, 2015
|
AIR Japan
|
Summer Of Love
|
Album
|
April 29, 2015
|
ULTRACOMPUTER
|
SUPERCARTRIDGE
|
Album
|
May 7, 2015
|
City Developer
|
Foundation
|
Album
|
May 20, 2015
|
DARKPYRAMID
|
Cytherea Somniare
|
Album
|
May 20, 2015
|
t e l e p a t h and HKE
|
愛慕 / 悲哀
|
Album
|
May 22, 2015
|
Blank Goofee
|
Blank Goofee 0
|
Album
|
May 29, 2015
|
Television Experience
|
The City Never Ends
|
Album
|
June 18, 2015
|
Vision Girl
|
Amare sanguinem
|
Album
|
June 22, 2015
|
emperor tangerine
|
saltwater creek
|
Album
|
June 24, 2015
|
Hong Kong Express
|
Zero
|
EP
|
July 13, 2015
|
C A S I N O ☆★☆★☆ M A S T E R
|
勝 者 ! ! ! !★W I N N E R★
|
EP
|
August 8, 2015
|
Penthouse Apartment
|
Trump
|
Album
|
August 18, 2015
|
Hong Kong Express
|
This
|
Album
|
August 20, 2015
|
チェスマスター
|
非実体
|
Album
|
September 9, 2015
|
HKE
|
Sleeping Angel
|
EP
|
September 18, 2015
|
2814
|
Room 2814
|
Mix
|
September 26, 2015
|
チェスマスター
|
夢に生きます
|
Album
|
October 3, 2015
|
Sandtimer
|
Leave With Us
|
Album
|
October 5, 2015
|
Subaeris
|
Blue Tokyo
|
EP
|
October 15, 2015
|
IVAN THE KILLER
|
FUCK OFF!
|
EP
|
October 17, 2015
|
Sandtimer
|
808 Hate Suite
|
EP
|
November 20, 2015
|
HKE & t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者
|
Gateway アセンション
|
Album
|
November 22, 2015
|
Keito Shimuguchi
|
Memories Of A Dead Future
|
Album
|
December 1, 2015
|
Subaeris
|
New Tokyo Blue Mood 2
|
Album
|
December 9, 2015
|
Sandtimer
|
Vaporwave Is Dead
|
Album
|
December 19, 2015
|
HKE
|
Apocalypse
|
EP
|
January 5, 2016
|
HKE
|
Bonafide Beats 79
|
Mix
|
January 11, 2016
|
HKE & Immune
|
Evolution
|
Mix
|
January 10, 2016
|
IVAN KILLER
|
DUNGEON RAVE
|
EP
|
January 15, 2016
|
HKE x COCAINEJESUS
|
Negative
|
Single
|
January 16, 2016
|
Sandtimer
|
HVIA
|
Album
|
January 20, 2016
|
IVAN
|
FUCK VLADYK
|
EP
|
February 5, 2016
|
HKE
|
OMNIA
|
Album
|
February 6, 2016
|
HKE
|
The Singularity
|
EP
|
February 8, 2016
|
ADOV
|
0
|
Album
|
February 15, 2016
|
GOLDFACE x REMEMBER x HKE
|
Kaibyaku
|
Single
|
February 21, 2016
|
Keito Shimuguchi
|
Dilation Of The Soul Electronic
|
Album
|
March 6, 2016
|
ADOV
|
Exospirit
|
Album
|
March 10, 2016
|
Sandtimer
|
In Search Of The Chessmaster
|
Album
|
March 11, 2016
|
Henry Wong
|
Test X1004
|
EP
|
March 25, 2016
|
Henry Wong
|
H Trials 7.2: Slurqpe+
|
Album
|
March 26, 2016
|
Triad Research Laboratories
|
The Vaporwave Trials
|
Album
|
April 12, 2016
|
Kamokata
|
Dojo 777
|
Album
|
April 22, 2016
|
The Last Man On Earth
|
The Last Man On Earth
|
Album
|
April 30, 2016
|
Fréquences Sacrées
|
Autres temps, autres mœurs
|
Album
|
May 3, 2016
|
Vaporsleuth
|
The Mysteries of Vapor City
|
Album
|
May 5, 2016
|
Unknown Artist
|
The Phonograph
|
EP
|
May 11, 2016
|
Sandtimer
|
God
|
Album
|
May 12, 2016
|
MACINTOSH PLUS
|
BEST IN THE WORLD
|
Single
|
May 15, 2016
|
вовчі особи
|
вовки тіні
|
Album
|
May 15, 2016
|
Sandtimer
|
Henry Wong "Data Drip" (Sandtimer Remix)
|
Single
|
May 16, 2016
|
Kamokata
|
A Journey
|
Album
|
May 17, 2016
|
Bedlam Max
|
Only 50 Tickets!
|
EP
|
June 1, 2016
|
Kamokata
|
Question 4
|
Album
|
June 3, 2016
|
HKE / wosX / COCAINEJESUS / Sandtimer
|
Pain of Gods
|
Album
|
June 14, 2016
|
チェスマスター
|
I Am Chesumasuta
|
Album
|
June 17, 2016
|
The Tree Of Life
|
Psalm 23
|
EP
|
June 22, 2016
|
Subaeris
|
Transcendent God
|
Album
|
June 23, 2016
|
Hong Kong Express
|
Hong Kong Express
|
Album
|
July 7, 2016
|
Halo Acid / HKE
|
No Dreams
|
Album
|
July 25, 2016
|
THE DARKEST FUTURE
|
La fin de la ligne
|
EP
|
July 26, 2016
|
2814
|
Rain Temple
|
Album
|
August 8, 2016
|
AIR Japan
|
Ghost Dragon
|
Album
|
August 8, 2016
|
HKE
|
Loop Matrix
|
Album
|
August 8, 2016
|
Sandtimer
|
The New King
|
Album
|
August 27, 2016
|
DARKPYRAMID
|
Prelude To Destruction
|
Album
|
September 9, 2016
|
DJ RAJ KAPOOR
|
HARD DESI WARRIOR
|
EP
|
September 12, 2016
|
DARKPYRAMID
|
New Humans
|
Album
|
September 16, 2016
|
HKE
|
DELETE
|
Album
|
September 23, 2016
|
HKE, Pyravid and Shima33
|
All Nighter Mix
|
Mix
|
October 24, 2016
|
Ancient Sandtimer
|
Stay Away
|
Album
|
November 5, 2016
|
ULTRACOMPUTER
|
DECISION MOMENT
|
Album
|
November 12, 2016
|
emperor tangerine
|
slaves
|
Album
|
November 17, 2016
|
HKE
|
Speak To Me
|
Album
|
December 21, 2016
|
チェスマスター / Analog Dementia
|
Simpson 6
|
Single
|
January 16, 2017
|
Henry Wong
|
I AM GOD
|
EP
|
January 20, 2017
|
HKE
|
Dragon Soul
|
Album
|
February 23, 2017
|
Kagami Smile / Subaeris
|
Asleep / Awake
|
Album
|
April 29, 2017
|
Future City Love Stories
|
Future City Love Stories
|
Album
|
May 26, 2017
|
Raj Kapoor
|
Hard Desi Is The Future
|
EP
|
May 28, 2017
|
HKE
|
London
|
Single
|
June 7, 2017
|
Subaeris
|
The Planet Is In Love
|
EP
|
June 27, 2017
|
チェスマスター
|
Infinity Of A Void
|
Album
|
June 30, 2017
|
Infernal Demon Keito
|
Unfrozen Predators
|
EP
|
July 2, 2017
|
HKE
|
Care For You
|
Album
|
July 7, 2017
|
HKE
|
SQ777-1: No Man Is God
|
Album
|
July 11, 2017
|
New Delhi Express
|
रोमांटिक सपना
|
Album
|
July 19, 2017
|
ALINA VOVK / HKE
|
FEARLESS / LEVEL 7
|
Single
|
July 19, 2017
|
Michel Tenoît
|
Je m'apelle Michel
|
EP
|
July 26, 2017
|
HKE
|
SQ777-2: HEEL AESTHETIC
|
Album
|
July 26, 2017
|
ULTRACOMPUTER
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SHRINE
|
EP
|
July 26, 2017
|
Unknown Data
|
X-5AS482
|
EP
|
July 27, 2017
|
Infernal Demon Keito
|
Facechain
|
Album
|
August 4, 2017
|
HKE
|
Into Your Heart
|
Album
|
August 18, 2017
|
HKE
|
SQ777-3: Emotionless Passion
|
Album
|
September 8, 2017
|
HKE
|
SQ777-4: High Kinetic Energy
|
Album
|
September 11, 2017
|
Triad Research Laboratories
|
The Life After Death Trial
|
Album
|
September 29, 2017
|
HKE
|
SQ777-5: Modern Esoteric
|
Album
|
October 8, 2017
|
Modern Penthouse Apartment
|
Test Run
|
EP
|
October 18, 2017
|
Buried Angel
|
Sleep Tsunami
|
Album
|
October 20, 2017
|
HKE
|
SQ777-6: 16-Cell
|
Album
|
December 29, 2017
|
HKE
|
SQ777-7: Sacred Code (Encrypted)
|
Album
|
January 20, 2018
|
HKE
|
Charming Devil
|
Album
|
February 2, 2018
|
2814
|
Pillar / New Sun
|
EP
|
February 14, 2018
|
Henry Moonchild
|
I'm Fucked Up
|
Compilation
|
February 14, 2018
|
HKE
|
Marcel
|
V/A Track
|
February 27, 2018
|
Halo Acid / HKE
|
Shadow Merchants
|
Album
|
March 10, 2018
|
The Artist Is Unknown
|
Later Tonight
|
Album
|
April 6, 2018
|
Artist Name Removed
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Album Title Removed
|
Album
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April 14, 2018
|
Chesumasuta
|
TOKYO AUDIO 4000
|
Album
|
April 22, 2018
|
Storm Division Eight
|
Air.
|
Album
|
May 20, 2018
|
Silk Demon
|
Silk Demon's the Embrace Between the Circus and the Sky
|
Album
|
December 12, 2018
|
HKE
|
Aesthetic 2013-2018
|
Sampler
|
June 19, 2019
|
ULTRACOMPUTER
|
FRIENDSHIP
|
Album
|
July 5, 2019
|
2814
|
Lost Fragments
|
Archival
|
October 10, 2019
|
HKE
|
Elucidatory Dream Object Hypermarket Drop 2019
|
Album
|
April 9, 2020
|
Hong Kong Express
|
I Am Here, In Love............ (Exist... Exist.... Exist!!!)
|
Album
|
July 21, 2020
|
HKE
|
I Am
|
EP
|
September 9, 2020
|
2814
|
Voyage / Embrace
|
EP
|
September 18, 2020
|
Subaeris
|
Blue Mood Three
|
EP
|
October 2, 2020
|
AUT2M / Subaeris
|
Venus Cloud City
|
Album
|
October 23, 2020
|
HKE
|
K
|
EP
|
November 13, 2020
|
Hong Kong Express
|
Headchain 2051 / Return of Rain
|
Single
|
November 19, 2020
|
HKE
|
Sequence 777
|
Collection
|
February 21, 2021
|
Hong Kong Express
|
L.Y.F
|
Album
|
February 24, 2021
|
HKE
|
Music Is Capital
|
Album
|
March 20, 2021
|
HKE
|
Punk
|
Album
|
September 14, 2021
|
Hong Kong Express
|
Lucid to It
|
Album
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November 4, 2021
|
HKE x Sangam
|
Upgrade YOURSLF
|
Album
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December 9, 2021
|
HKE
|
Choonz
|
Album
|
December 10, 2021
|
THE DARKEST FUTURE
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Cold Winter / Divine Prizm
|
Single
|
March 11, 2022
|
HKE
|
Nothing Culture
|
Album
|
September 27, 2022
|
HKE / WEI
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HKE / WEI
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EP
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HKE
HKE is the primary alias under David Russo, known for their hardvapour, industrial techno, and "flap" 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.
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Hong Kong Express
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, the album is 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
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Mike Tenay
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Penthouse Apartment
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チェスマスター
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Keito Shimuguchi
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DARKPYRAMID
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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
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SLEEP CENTER™
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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
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Vision Girl
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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
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IVAN THE KILLER
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ADOV
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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
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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
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New Delhi Express
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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
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Henry Moonchild
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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
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