Hakita

@hakita.bsky.social

ULTRAKILL creator and general music nerd

Saw Lawrence English live. Everyone was laying down on the floor on yoga mats, you could feel the drones with your entire body from the vibrations of the floor. Very pleasant experience.

RIP my beloved Zoom G3 guitar effects pedal. I had been using this thing for over a decade to record all my music and now it finally died. Luckily, despite being discontinued, I managed to find a second hand used one that I had to import from Japan. My beloved returns to me...

Two Zoom G3 guitar effects pedals, one dead and another alive. Macabre...

Lately I've been obsessed with (at least what I call) Process Films. They're movies that focus on the detailed portrayal of a process or action, with extreme examples (marked with ★ in the alt text) often prioritizing the process itself over story and characters. Am I missing any notable examples?

Rififi (1955) -- ?
A Man Escaped (1956) -- ★
Le Trou (1960) -- ★
High and Low (1963)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Le Samouraï (1967) -- ★
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Targets (1968)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
The Andromeda Strain (1971) -- ★
The Day of the Jackal (1973) -- ★
The Sting (1973)
The Conversation (1974)
The Parallax View (1974)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) -- ★
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
All the President's Men (1976)
Sorcerer (1977)
Blow Out (1981) -- ?
Angst (1983) -- ★
A Short Film About Killing (1988) -- ★
The Seventh Continent (1989) -- ★
The Taste of Cherry (1997)
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Contagion (2011) -- ?
Moneyball (2011) -- ?
Spotlight (2015) -- ?
The Martian (2015) -- ?
Memoria (2021)
The Zone of Interest (2023)

Happy 25th anniversary to Devil May Cry! It's wild how much of a trendsetter DMC1 was for 3D action games, and somehow it's still up there as one of the greats. A little less accessible for modern players, but once you get into its groove, it's a damn well-oiled machine.

My total results screen for Devil May Cry 1 after beating it on Dante Must Die difficulty

Vibin with Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. I'm no expert on raaga, but the mellow plucks and slow swings of the sitar make for such a pleasant and easy atmosphere, and a great cure for headaches (ow). Dhrupad singing is great too, but I usually prefer this kinda thing instrumental.

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Absolutely loved Big Walk. Didn't expect it to feel like a co-op version of The Witness with its simple puzzle rules, neat twists and rich atmosphere, though there's plenty goofy hijinx in between too. Co-op puzzle games are so satisfying when done right. Probably my GOTY.

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Vibin with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It's a shame the recording quality on their live albums tends to be spotty, because the performances are insane. Billy Cobham was in his prime one of if not THE best drummer in the world, and studio recordings can't do him justice. youtu.be/RUbusEvGhtM

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Vibin with Buddy Guy's Sweet Tea. Usually I prefer my Blues the old fashioned way (acoustic by a solo artist), but the sound on this record is so deliciously gritty and grimy that it borders on very heavy, moody rock. The bass tone on "Baby Please Don't Leave Me" is incredible.

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Vibin with This Heat's self-titled, an anxious collage of off-kilter rock experiments. Absolutely wild that this was made in the 70's, outside of the recording quality it would totally parse as a modern experimental rock record. Some people call it scary, but I find it exciting.

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Swans just put up preorders for their new live album "Newly Sentient Being", consisting of the final performance by this iteration of Swans. Their previous live album, Live Rope, dethroned Swans Are Dead as my favorite live album of all time, so suffice it to say I'm excited.

Post by swans_official on Instagram:

*POSTED BY YGR STAFF* 
Goodbye to this stellar version of Swans. Newly Sentient Being features superb recordings of Swans’ final concert of the “Big Sound” era, the apotheosis of 15 years of cosmic sonic expressionism, alternately heavenly and debased, visceral and transcendent. Recorded November 28, 2025 in Berlin. Over 2 ½ hours of music, includes a wealth of new material never recorded elsewhere and a stunning DVD of the performance. NSB is up there with the best of Swans’ legendary live records. They close this chapter with love and unbridled passion.
“Now I offer my praise to the righteous group of humans, the musicians that made our final foray into the sonic ether a reality: Norman Westberg, Dana Schechter, Phil Puleo, Larry Mullins, Kristof Hahn, Christopher Pravdica… and I was in there flailing somewhere too. “ - Michael Gira / Swans
*4LP Box Set with 2CD + DVD and poster included. Also available on 4LP Gatefold + DVD 2CD + DVD and digitally via the link in bio.