HKE

HKE is a British vaporwave and experimental electronic producer. He is a member of the collaborative project ２８１４ with t e l e p a t h, and he also works under the names Hong Kong Express, Sandtimer, Subaeris, DARKPYRAMID, and チェスマスター (Chesumasuta).

Projects and labels

HKE founds and runs several music labels, including Dream Catalogue, TKX, PYRAMIDS, Nirvana Port, Vault EVE, and Vault XYO. Dream Catalogue is also associated with related label activity and releases under the same umbrella.

Releases

His catalogue includes a long run of solo and collaborative releases across the 2010s and 2020s. Early releases include HK, Sleeping Ghost, Apocalypse, and OMNIA, alongside collaborations such as 愛慕 ／ 悲哀 and Gateway アセンション with t e l e p a t h. He also releases collaborative albums with COCAINEJESUS, wosX, and Halo Acid, and later albums and EPs include DELETE, Dragon Soul, the seven-part SQ777 series, Charming Devil, The Artist Is Unknown Later Tonight, Silk Demon’s The Embrace Between The Circus And The Sky, Essence, Service Work, Music Is Capital, More Electric Swill To Fill Up Your Stupid Heads, Punk, Upgrade YOURSELF, Choonz, Nothing Culture, HKE X ZOMBY, Birth Of Da New World, A NU MYSTIC TRAJECTORY, HELL WORLD, and RAPID CONTENT.