Vaperror

Such a beautiful day with Long beach receiving rain in May which is a bit unusual. Usually at this time its hot but rain won't hurt. This is another miscellaneous post I wanted to share. So you're wondering "Is this some vaporwave?" the answer is no. Vaperror does more of a hip hop influence that can also be entitled as "Vaportrap" based out of Oregon the guy Jeff did some insane beats over the past few short years. He even wanted me to add him on facebook upon discovering this music piece on bandcamp. I had asked if he had some tapes available but luckily for me he had some off his release called "System delight" which was the second press. He even made me a mixtape for 3 dollars more which contains tracks off the Volume 1.0 mix and a bunch of unreleased songs that did not make it to this compilation sort of release. As for quality of both tapes they are amazing and possibly the best quality of tapes that I have laying around. The bootleg mixtape sounds like its coming straight off the digital release with no hissing or the kbps being at low quality, I was pretty impressed. I discovered Vaperror sometime past fall(Like in October or something like that) through that one video explaining what Vaporwave is and types. I really was liking the atmosphere in the earlier releases off Vaperror. To my understanding Vaperror slowly moved away from the hip hop tone and went back to some sort of odd electronic sound which sounds okay but not the Vaperror I had encountered. He recently released a tape/CD entitled "Acid arcadia" which to me sounds pretty great and beyond different from any bizarre electronic music I have heard. The best explanation is that it sounds pretty futuristic in today's standards. Jeff told me not to share the entire volume 1.0 mixtape he made me (Since it contains unreleased songs that are not out) but the guy unfriended me and I lost in touch with him since then. Perhaps it can be because the only thing we had in common was his music or maybe because I don't agree with the fact that DIY labels should not be selling cassettes for 8-9 dollars a piece (No shipping included) so it would result to about 12-13 dollars a tape. That to me is ridiculous and is just a slap on the face and gives DIY a bad name. I have noticed a lot of these non profit Vaporwave/Future funk labels do not have much experience to the DIY scene that no distros exist, common price on tapes are about the range of 8-9 dollars like I have said and many state its because they need to make back the profit which to me indicates that the whole non-profit deal is just... An insult. Therefore I do not support a lot of these labels because they need to learn more about DIY and that its all for fun and even bigger labels in the game such as Square of opposition has never made much or any profit and in fact lose money because it is never about making up profit but the enjoyment of helping friends release rad records. But all this is a different subject I can ramble on for hours but I won't. Anyways, Vaperror is different and I like different and I really respect Jeff's creativity in his music even though the guy deleted me (or whatever) it isn't some typical stuff being heard around and I feel like his earlier releases such as Mana pool, volume 1.0 and system delight defines what Vaportrap is. You can feel free and check the bandcamp page.
First track off the volume 1.0 mixtape

Volume 1.0 mixtape
(File is 146 MB because it has over 35 tracks in fine quality. Half of these are not included on the bandcamp version)

System delight

The sixty-five film show

I picked up a bunch of shit last week on discogs, most of this stuff is under 6 dollars so I grabbed a whole lot of stuff (I will post here sometime soon) and well I ran into this band while checking the discogs seller. I have never heard of this band and very little info is around but after getting some info it figures that the band is from Virginia that began possibly in 1998. This 3 song 7" was released in 1999 which has a more aggressive Braid-like sound (That's just me) the band released some Halloween split 7" and a posthumous full length of some type way later on sometime 2004. But I will look more into the 7" I have. So for starters the cover is pretty fucking plain yellow with the bands name. Somehow I find it pretty interesting, I don't know why I do. Everything else seems to be photocopied and what not but this is how DIY works and I fucking love it! Overall the sleeves aren't fancy but for a used old record the sticker came with the record which still looks as fresh as it was back in '99. Dude, once I played the 7" I easily got into the jams. Definitely worth the 4 dollars for it. I did my best in converting it (Did it twice) I did hear some of the songs off the full length but nothing is compared as good as the bands side B track "Ninth grade crushed on you" I really got into that one. They're also playing a show in June at Virginia. This is fucking crazy.

The sixty-five film show 7"

Tzadikim Nistarim & Adobe homes

So before Adobe 3 of the 4 members were in a band called Tzadikim Nistarim that was extremely short lived, a Cali DIY label called Affinity Index and another under the name Communique records released the bands only single sided 7" entitled Heat death (Which is name of the song) Its just a single song that runs over 6 minutes on one side. Yeah, this band released one 7" with a single song on it. I believe this was released sometime in 2006 (Discogs says 2009) which the band might have lasted just a year. It still sounds like what Adobe homes plays so if anything I just think of this as Adobe homes with a different band name.
Heat death 7"

Adobe homes in the other hand still sounds similar to the previous band. Both took place in New Mexico (Figures the way they sound) Some parts remind me a bit of Innards (Also released a split with) and even a bit of others like Arse Moreira (Just slightly a bit). Adobe also ended not long ago but released a demo tape, split tape, a 10", 2 splits 7"s (One with Beau navire which was my first record ever and another split with Innards), a compilation 7" called Swollen lungs, and a very neat 9" called Piñata. A lathe 8" of the demo was made as a final goodbye for Adobe homes. I would definitely want you to check to swollen lungs compilation there are some amazing bands in that 7" you can check the bandcamp for that here. The compilation was on sale for a dollar so I ended up getting it most of the bands I am aware of while a few not really but overall this compilation is just very amazing (Pick it up here). The band does have a bandcamp you can check here. BEAR records is still selling the bands 9" for 7 dollars (Please do a favor and get it before they're gone forever) you can get that here. You can also order the split with innards at Flannel gurl records here it's on sale for 4.00. Everything else is sold out but overall Adobe homes is pretty great and worth sharing here.

Ristra 10"

Adobe homes/Beau Navire split 7"

Swollen lungs compilation (Only Adobe's track)

Piñata 9"

Adobe homes/Innards split 7" (Contains both bands)

Inkwell

Past few days have been pretty crappy. First it was the whole cancer scare then it was the constipation I had since Sunday but things got worse on Wednesday when I felt bloated and I didn't have any bowel normal movements and I started having a tiny cramp feeling. Luckily I went to the ER and I guess I gave all details of what I was feeling and what I saw on my stool it'll be too much info but I saw white specks on my stool which in the end he diagnosed me with normal constipation because I felt no abdomen pain, nausea, vomiting or blood in my last stools. So he gave me some stool softener laxatives and I had tried them. Definitely improved my bowel movements I had 3 today. Two in the morning and one at night. I have never suffered through constipation until now so I didn't know if it was a normal thing or not I am just glad it wasn't anything like IBS or something, well enough about me. This is another Atlanta band I wanted to share, well actually for a long while I have been wanting to post them but now it would be the right time to do so. I had discovered them years ago and I really enjoyed listening to these guys a lot. This band had existed between the mid 90's and from what discogs mentioned the releases they put out took place between 1995. As far as a discography the band put 4 7"s one being a split record with The hal al shedad, one song off the Placebo compilation (Next to Reversal of man) and two 7"s. They also have 2 unreleased songs that don't seem to be shared a lot around. I couldn't find any info to where these songs were originally from or if they're from some unreleased record. The insert on "By design" I really liked the sleeves for the most part and whenever I spin this record I tend to look at it and read it every time (Silly habit I have with most records) as for the 2 unreleased songs I am not sure if they were intended for some unreleased split, compilation, 7" or demo. Anyways, the band kicks as much as the others from the scene. I really enjoy the bands 2 records from their own the most. The blogspot "Beyond failure" has more info on Inkwell and the Atlanta scene you should really check out and read.

All 3 7"s By design (First press), The hal al shedad split (Second press) and Shine so bright 7" (Second press)
Inkwell *By design 7" *Split 7" w/ The Hal Al Shedad *Shine so bright 7" *Placebo compilation *2 unreleased songs

All these fingers

I have some free time today as well, decided not to go to my sexual development class today so I cut that down today. I thought I'd do another of these misc posts, I promise I will keep this one short. if you don't like my instrumental recommendations I am sorry. All these fingers has its own signature style that is far apart from how Mieksneak sounds. ATF has been releasing a bunch of stuff on bandcamp that it's just insane on the many releases. I will also mention them here since I happen to own one tape and a shirt release on one of the lengths as well from ATF. ATF hails from Michigan and not California. The dude has self released a few tapes although I never got any chance to pick any up except for "The canteen tape" which is still available for sell on the bandcamp website. This is another worthy on the instrumental hip hop stuff checking out.
Bandcamp

The canteen tape

Mothlight

I have some free alone time today and I thought of posting a new band that is a bit recent. I discovered mothlight not so long ago by David Norman discussing it on his blogspot (click it) and saying it reminded him of the band Matsuri so I had to check it out. I was fairly impressed by the bands first ep and 2 songs off the split record they did with Marcy, Coma regalia and Flesh born (All bands are superb I tell ya) Mothlight had self released a 2016 tour tape and well the songs are a bit rough and much more rough on the tape, but that's okay its self released so I give this a pass on the tape quality. I ordered the tape and both shirts they were selling on their tour. Unfortunately for them the tour was cancelled halfway but because of it I was able to pick up some merch off their bandcamp. They even gave me a bunch of Mothlight patches, buttons and a zine containing one of Mothlights shirt designs.

The 4 songs on the tape have 3 new songs that will be re-recorded and featured on the bands upcoming LP while the other song is simply a re-recorded one off the bands first EP. This band has major potential of being one of the few modern ones I can really dig.
Bandcamp
2016 tour tape

Mieksneak

This will be a tiny new segment I will add from now on. since a lot of these titles are not emo related I will gather them all here on this specific label under Miscellaneous. I have some stuff that is pretty DIY but not in the emo/screamo thing. That being said let me first start off with some introduction, Mieksneak. I caught my eye in the instrumental hip hop stuff sometime in 2011 when I first heard Aly. From there I slowly hopped along the train finding other sources similar/slightly different along with a few labels or specifically one as of now but that will be told slowly. After Aly I found Mieksneak (Out here in California) on bandcamp and had 3 releases at the time (The first one was removed from the bandcamp) in the second release I noticed one of the songs is from Kendrick Lamar's song "Bitch don't kill my vibe" I am very sure Kendrick used the beat to this song since that wasn't released until 2013 and the Mieksneak album in 2012 of the summer. Mieksneak got more of my attention with it released the 4th length titled "Joint" which were in very limited cassettes. Unfortunately for me it sold out so fast I didn't get a chance to get one. About 2 years since the release of "Joints" Mieksneak released a 5th length called "Sneak tape" which has a bunch of ideas he never planned to release "This is a collection of beats I never really planned on releasing, some old an some new, I guess its sort of a sound collage of the passed couple years of my life. Nothin special, not an official release." I was able to get my hands on the tape before it sold out. Although I see Mieksneaks mature sound grew within this release. The songs on the tape are not split individually so its a simple Side A and Side B track list (About 15 minutes each side). Mieksneaks latest release called "W/ Codeine" has got to be the finest looking tape to be released. It is clearly the greatest looking tape ever and to be self released Mieksneak really out did himeself into self releasing these tapes in a form of a red bottle prescription in the size shape of a cassette case with your name on it and information on this so called "Prescription" this is clearly the nicest looking tape that has come out this year. Mieksneak's W/ Codeine offers the excellent instrumental hip hop musician ship I have ever run into with such powerful beats that it lets the beats do the feels.
Bandcamp

Sneak tape

W/Codeine

Kite flying society

This band was a bit under the radar for me despite this being released by the same label that released The spirit of Versailles discography CD and In loving memory's discography LP here is another Discography CD by Init records. This discography contains all tracks as usual. The first two off the first 7" were originally straight off the record (Like it this way more) It's a pretty similar to both bands I have mentioned which is a typical like late 90's-early 00's screamo hardcore band. These dudes are also from Florida around the same time Carlisle and Reversal of man were active. The band put out 2 cd's and a 7" but the discography cd contains demos, unreleased songs and a few live songs as well. This cd is being sold at Init records website for 1 dollar which for a discography this is far off a good deal. You can pick a copy here. This one should be in your CD discography collection.

A discography

Usurp Synapse

I bought the disinformation fix 2xCD a while ago for 9.99 at Amazon. It was new and possibly the cheapest price for the out of print CD I was able to get. When I got it I was crossing my fingers it wasn't a digipak or a gatefold piece of shit. Turned out to be this 2 disc gatefold thing and the worst was that those little nod things were broken and I cannot replace the part with another case because it is not a jewel case like as The spirit of Versailles discography CD so now I have place both cd's in this 2 disc jewel case I had in my closet and its all just fucked for the sleeves for this. I find it interesting how the band left a little note on the gatefold saying that if you want to see them do shows to invent a time machine. So this double compact disc has all songs from Usurp synapse including some last unreleased ones (Which are featured as the first ones off the first disc. I dig the hell out of discography cd's but this one is just too long and I can barely make my way at the end of the first CD. Usurp Synapse existed between 1998-2001 straight from Indiana the bands strong influence of grindcore and hardcore just gives out the full presentation of what Usurp synapse is all about. For such a short existence the band did a bunch of songs. Sadly it was all splits (I don't like split records a lot) I believe they made about 3 albums They played with other well known acts at the time such as Jeromes dream and pg. 99. There's a collateral mess of members switching out and stuff (I can't keep up with bullshit like that) the band did release a EP for free after 7 years of being broken up. The EP is entitled A Vile Contamina which was suppose to be released in 2004 but some shit happened so it never was physically released. They're aggressive, fast, loud and pissed. The ingredients of good stuff I would say. They did do a reunion in 2004 but I come to hopes of another one soon. Did I mention that one of their split records literally contained razor blades? Yeah it had razor blades that's how you know they weren't fucking around. Some song titles are a bit screwed up. I was too lazy to check but these are all just about everything they've made.

Disinformation fix (Bonus tracks included)

A Vile Contamina

Reversal of man

Oh boy this is one I waited on because I did not have the discography CD. I want to be fair in the emo game and not in the floorboard game. Reversal of man... Hmm I remember jamming the shit out of the cd when I had them on my very first ipod. The band is hella memorable to me and obviously favorable. The band released a a few splits here and there. I only wanted the self titled 7" along with the Revolution summer 10" and the 12" of This is medicine. The discography cd almost has every split, comp and other stuff besides the last later splits after the cd was released. ROM was a pretty sick intense hardcore band with the roots of real fucking screamo. Not that weak shit. Florida had some good quality stuff around the time such as Carlisle, etc. Anyway, the discography is dope, Revolution summer is awesome and This is medicine is just insane but with much shorter songs. The insert of the 10" have a zine style with lyrics which is pretty fucking clever. The insert for this is medicine is pretty big almost like a tiny poster stapled as a booklet. While there's a bunch of mediocre reunion bands going around in 2016 Reversal of man would be one to stand out and be the contender of reunions in 2016 if that were to happen. I picked up the self titled 7" from that famous Armageddon record store in practically near mint condition for about 5.99. The other two records were also digged up from discogs. As for the discography I waited until someone was selling it in near mint for 5 dollars. CD's should always be in mint or near mint. Light scratches doesn't do it and the durability is not strong afterwards. I remember mentioning that playing a cd all the time causes it to get tiny scratches due to the laser reading the cd. They get worse until a crack forms and the cd is forever fucked, so I try no to play cd's all the time unlike records. If you haven't heard of ROM I would suggest to go with the discography download first since it has the earlier songs. I know they have more songs off the later last splits but I do not have that so you'll have to get that elsewhere. I am just being honest with my collection for this band. The song off the video is taken from one of the earlier splits which is on the discography cd.

Reversal of man 7"

Revolution summer 10"

This is medicine 12"

Discography CD