#hardvapour

[lyfelovr]

hmm this album art looks familiar..

[saint-vhs]

PULSUM - Lost

[theparanoid]

HKE - HELL WORLD

2023 Album

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Gate Theme • Let Them Live • The Glaciers Are Melting • Soft Light Switch • Searching For Mania • LINIPオスミウム • Love Heat • Nothing Lasts Forever • Free Yourself • Vanishing Winter • Dread In The Modern World • Keys To The Gate

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[zennicai]

Song of the Week #36: Remember - 午後11時 The 11pm

this one I consider a classic blast from the past of my teen years when it dropped almost 10 years ago.

[sensitiveartisttypes]

thingsfromthevoid - ever read neuromancer?

[rats-nest-id-packs]

🥩 ID pack 🖥️

[This post contains adult themes. Minors DNI!]

For a bisexual masculine songtive of "Mein Teil" (Rammstein) who is a sexual headmate. With themes of meat, horror, technology/the internet, and the moon. Featuring NSFW themes. Full pack minus names.

☆ Pronouns: he/him, hy/hym/hys/hymself, vi/vir/virs/virself, x/xs/xself, ix/ixs/ixself, et/ets/etself, stab/stabs/stabself, gore/gores/goreself, meat/meats/meatself, tech/techs/techself, 🥩/🥩s/🥩self, 🔪/🔪s/🔪self, 🖥️/🖥️s/🖥️self

☆ Genders: mxn, meatgender, gorture, eroture, moongender, moone, indechial, tekneo, canniore, kinkgender, dominagender, sanguilunian, carnoguron

☆ Orientations: bisexual, greyromantic, nebularomantic, dahlian, orchidian, marblic

☆ Kintypes: Rottweilers, shadow people, Dobermans, stag beetles, German shepherds, knives, cockroaches, gray wolves, moonlight, vampire bats

☆ Roles: sexual headmate, kink headmate, dead dove, sensual reliever, dead dove, appellisian, sexual protector, chef, persecutor, janusian, web roach

☆ Aesthetics: meatcore, webcore, drain, sadpeople, cannibalcore, horror, web creep, Y2K futurism, constructivism, eclectic noir, coffinwood, gorecore

☆ Music taste: Neue Deutsche Härte, electro-industrial, groove metal, techno, tech house, aggrotech, hardvapour, digital hardcore, darkcore

☆ Interests/likes: red meat, bugs, weapons, knives, horror movies, text games, horror games, leather, web graphics, D/s kinks, wolves, web design

[declanlikesmusic]

Today's Listens: Episode 004

August 8th & 9th, 2023

These past couple of days have been busy as fuck and I've neither had the time to listen to that many albums in each single day, nor write about them in those same days, so I thought I'd compact the two of them into one for a quick double episode! I listened to a variety as usual for as little time as I had and really enjoyed myself as usual, so here's what I heard!

Ski Mask the Slump God – STOKELEY (2018)

I kicked off the first day with simultaneously one of the most underrated yet underutilised rappers of the current day. I've always loved Ski Mask the Slump God's quirky yet menacingly skilled style and there are times where either he's punching under his weight or his label is doing that for him. (Bring back the original BEWARE THE BOOK OF ELI or I will take action.) I'm thankful to return to this particular debut studio album to end up finding a lot to love. Nuketown is the obvious big bomb highlight from the hype alone, but even the lesser appreciated cuts like the melodically sung So High and Save Me Pt 2 are fun jams, plus big hits like Faucet Failure, LA LA and Foot Fungus are great too. The whole thing is very consistently enjoyable, only really weak in a few notable spots. If you're a fan of trap rap, I can't not recommend this one.

7.6 / 10

Highlights: So High, Nuketown, Foot Fungus, LA LA, Save Me Pt 2, Get Geeked, Reborn to Rebel, Faucet Failure

Meteorological Agency – Night Coverage (2019)

Next one took me a long time to get to, I was pulled away to deal with other things after watching Jacksfilms livestream that day, so I had to wait until after my poker game that night to cover this half-hour signalwave album. This one's very sweet, lovely to hear and melodic, but it hardly exceeds more than that for me most times. I hate to kind of dismiss it like that, because it was still a good, solid time, but I was seeing a lot of praise for this out of other broken transmission albums and I hardly can say I walked away with too much compared to those who did. Still, good time, I'm keen on recommending it, just not particularly high priority.

7.0 / 10

Highlights: Indigo, Melancholy, Violet, Dream, Landscape, Rest

my bloody valentine – glider (1990)

I wanted to blaze through shorter listens because I didn't want this first day to be hardly anything, so why not throw an EP into the mix from the legendary my bloody valentine, though I had to listen to this through their EPs compilation. This was a very, very good time. It kicks off with soon from the end of their loveless album, which grew on me upon this EP and the rest from the strange title track to the almost great closer were a very pleasant time. If you want more shoegaze EPs in your life, this is a must-try among others of theirs.

7.4 / 10

Highlights: Soon, Off Your Face

HKE – OMNIA (2016)

Not gonna lie, I was kind of breezing by these albums on the first day, especially this one which closed it out, but at least it made me realise this was a little better than I remembered. HKE is a persistently bitter nutjob, I don't want to publicly endorse his music without telling you to proceed with caution, because this man's history in the vaporwave world is fucking wild. This record was ripe from the rise of the hardvapour subgenre and it's a decent time. I was kinda falling out of love with it and its persistent ambient interludes by the midway point, but once I reached OMNI, I was having a great, great time. Definitely one to enjoy whilst learning about hardvapour's messy, shitty and complicated history and its place in vapor as a whole.

7.1 / 10

Highlights: Omni, Requiem, Restore, Awake

SEA OF DOGS – Prelude (2018)

Now it's the second day of the two and I've spent all of it in the morning and afternoon being way too busy to be at home and sitting down for any of these albums. By the time it was finally evening and dinner time though, I had to kick it off with one of my favourite producers of all time. hyphyskazerbox, known as SEA OF DOGS here, put out a Prelude EP in 2018 that perfectly bridges the gap between her releases at the time. This was delightfully strange, a complete warping of music without being too plunderphonic-heavy, really genre-heavy in that matter. If you're going into this one, don't expect anything and you will receive everything, a little bit. The last two tracks are especially grounded into being more lyrical cuts with the former especially taking dominance with its atmosphere. This is another great time from an incredibly varied discography. I'd say check it out, but also know that there's others from her that don't sound quite like this that are even better.

8.2 / 10

Highlights: Hearing Her Name in Static, Warmed by the Rain and Sunny Thoughts of June, Beekeeper

Pendulum – Hold Your Colour (2005)

Finally, I've been waiting to go over this one for years now, the pioneering and genre-defining drum and bass prodigies known from down under as Pendulum with their mid-2000s debut album. I was worried I wouldn't love this one as much as I wanted to, but to no surprises at the end, this was actually a very great time. What's especially amazing to me is how basically this album compresses what would go down as several different subgenres for DnB into one cohesive record, from dancefloor DnB to liquid DnB and all sorts of others! Highly, highly recommend this one; I'm sure to EDM heads, this one is a stone-cold classic and it deserves that position greatly.

7.8 / 10

Highlights: Slam, Plasticworld, Fasten Your Seatbelt, Out Here, Hold Your Colour, Streamline

VECTOR GRAPHICS – DESTINE (2015)

This one's another EP, but just like with glider and Prelude, this one is not to be underestimated or undermined. Far from it actually, it's my favourite EP that I've heard since starting this series! VECTOR GRAPHICS, now known these days as .CASTING, is a prodigy of a slowly growing subgenre of vaporwave known as VHS Pop. There's a bunch of definitions out there, but the one that seems to be on the rise is classic vaporwave-infused hip-hop instrumentals with loud VHS fuzz. We can absolutely thank this EP for helping to popularise that sound, as its title track is often regarded as one of the best vaporwave songs of all time. I'm completely on the hype train with that, I especially think that the second of the three tracks sampled in this is completely transcendent. It's the longest and best cut on here by far, but every single track from before and after it is also a consistently great time. This EP is excellent and if I'd recommend anything in this post more than any other, it's absolutely this one.

8.7 / 10

Highlights: SURFING, DESTINE, ALBA83

Joy Division – Substance (1988)

I always like to do a slightly special record for every ten ratings that I do, even if milestones like this are as insignificant as 1330. For that, I tackled probably the last Joy Division record I will cover, their '77 to '80 compilation of non-album singles titled Substance. I've never been fully enamoured with their pioneering post-punk sound; I understand that it's for way more people other than me, but at least it was very fascinating to see this band evolve from a slightly amateur punk rock sound to a completely innovative one. The second half is especially good and consistent, but not to the level of great for me that I'd love. Almost every track here I felt that I should love and I very clearly almost do, but there's always something holding me back from that. It could be Ian Curtis's vocal styles, it could be some of the instruments played, it could even be the troubling recording quality of the late '70s as usual. The only track where everything truly clicks for me is the closing Love Will Tear Us Apart, which is very obviously their best here. I still think this compilation is very good and worth a listen if you're especially a fan of post-punk.

6.9 / 10

Highlights: Transmission, She's Lost Control, Atmosphere, Love Will Tear Us Apart

Massive Attack – Mezzanine (1998)

To finally close out this double special, I went to one of my favourite albums of all time for a proper rerating that I felt was undermining, when I last tried it. Massive Attack's Mezzanine is an incredible '90s record and my absolute favourite in the trip hop sound. I think the reason why I used to score it lower than I would've liked to is because what makes this record so excellent is often so understated that you'd have to really pay attention to find it transcendent most times. It's so eerie and urban, it feels dusty at points, but its highs are grimacing and haunting. I struggle to find new words for it, especially its first run of tracks from the incredible opener to the underrated interlude-type cut. Just dive in and absolutely check this one out if you haven't already.

8.8 / 10

Highlights: Angel, Risingson, Teardrop, Inertia Creeps, Exchange, Mezzanine, Group Four

Finally, I've got this two-in-one special right out of the way. This one had to be super delayed, I'm finishing this on the morning of the 10th, but I'm still very glad to be able to push this one out, especially as I'm freed from my job for a little bit. I hope you like what I've mentioned here and I'll see you shortly after for the next one!

[selfshipcorner]

mallsoft, vhspop, and hardvapor for the ask meme thingy!

Source

Mallsoft (🛍️) — QUICK! You guys have a hundred dollars (or the equivalent) right now! What are the first things on your minds that you're getting for each other as gifts or surprises?

- Ooo this is interesting! I think he'd get me something related to my interests, like merch of a thing I really love. I think I'd get him a really nice watch :]

VHS Pop (📼) — Do you have a favorite memory of your F/O? Or do they have a favorite memory of you? Or maybe both?

- Hmmm, I have so many favorite memories it's hard to choose one. The first scenario I ever imagined with him (this was before I found the self shipping community and he became my main f/o) was with him noticing I wasn't around those past days and he came by to check on me. I was very depressed and asked him if he could please stay the night with me so I wouldn't be alone. He held me through it all and eventually we both fell asleep and I felt safe. So that being the first memory I have with him is important to me.

- His favorite memory of me is every one were I'm happy, enjoying myself around him. When we go places and I have lots of fun and he keeps admiring me. He could stare at me for hours on end and never get tired.

Hardvapour (💄) — Describe your F/O's wardrobe, from formal, casual, party, summer garb, etc. Are they more stylish than you, or the complete opposite?

- The complete opposite! I'm a very fashionable person. I take a lot of time choosing my outfits and accessories. I'm known for having very good outfits. Meanwhile my f/o just wears jeans, solid color t shirts, simple plaid button ups and 2000s dad sunglasses afsgshjs. But I love how it looks on him :] He also wears more earthy tones while I tend to wear bright colorful clothes as well as pastel colors.

I find it interesting just how different our styles are but we both love how the other looks.

[owaranainoseraph]

using hardvapour for the soundtrack of Coruscant in Tales of the Jedi is such a great choice just *chef's kiss*

[oreganosbaby]

one time i matched with the guy who made hardvapour on tinder. fucked up.

[mournwatch]

I pulled the ones I thought were most interesting. My recent genres are so funny. HARDVAPOUR 😆

I was tagged by @kay to grab a receipt over at receiptify! 🎧 (unfortunately, last.fm wouldn't let me select "of all time" so you get the "last year").

tagging (this is, ofc, completely optional mandatory) @astrangedoor @spellscarred @6riffith @technicontrastron @honeyrisuke @superchlorine @glenthemes

i had a phase, ok

[theparanoid]

HKE - SQ777-6: 16-Cell

(2017 album)

Full Youtube Video | Bandcamp | Spotify

[Hardvapour, Industrial Techno]

[sharedsystems]

Announcing: THIS PLACE DOES NOT EXIST - a brand new 19-track album from Shared Systems Ltd.

Exclusive to Bandcamp and to be released on Bandcamp Friday, September 2nd. There will also be on-going free album code drops, the first commencing on the day of release, (limited to 100).

This album has been an on-going project for over a year or so, and I think it’s time to be put out into the world. It’s been a labor of love, but also an out of control project with no real motive or end-date in sight… However, it was originally imagined as a soundtrack / soundscape and conceptual sequel to previous albums such as PHTMDRPZ, THIRD EARTH, FUTURISM and SHELL CORP. But as time has gone on, I wanted to release it in this form first, before moving forward with further plans…

For anyone who picks this album up, it will be consistently tweaked, edited and added to, as there are numerous additions to its sound and visuals. Once I finally feel it’s completely finished, there will be plans for it to be uploaded to streaming services and maybe even the physical world.

But for now, I hope you enjoy it for what it is.

See you September 2nd.