The last release of the year for us and we bring it hard. Several years back a high school student decided to do something different with computer generated music and with it was born Hara-Kari Kitty. Hailing from Alamo Texas, which is just a few miles away from the RR headquarters Christopher Perez brought something to life that was totally life changing for me and alot of others. I was dating a girl who was really into a bunch of the same kind of music I was listening to at the time and I had started writing music very slowly for my project A Beautiful Lotus, she seemed to enjoy what I was doing with it at the time. During this time I had no idea what was going down just a few miles away. My girlfriend at the time would tell me about these house shows that featured alot of nakedness and kids doing electronic music. I was like well I don't really want to go out and see a bunch of high school kids play out of an iPod, id rather go do a death metal show and try to grope you trough your pants. So what I did was did some research on the once booming Myspace to find such bands as Happy Sucky! Basil the Mouse and Hara-Kari Kitty. I wasn't too into the other two bands but I totally respected them for what they were doing. But HKK wasn't doing something that I would just tend to brush off. I was totally enthralled by what I was listening to from the second I pushed play. I hadn't played live yet and hadn't planned on doing so just because I didn't think it would be worth it, and I figured people were so closed minded they would be like whatever...but thats a whole other story. Hara-Kari Kitty pushed the envelope for its short time in existence and paved the way for the whole sub-genre (s) that was created from then on. It was posted on a blog that the reason HKK was killed was for the massive growth in shit in the micro, cyber, electro, midi, and so on grind categories. I know there is a ton of genres and sub genres that get thrown around very loosely and i'm not too into using them but if you were around at the time of the peak of the Myspace micro movement you know how congested it got. A ton of great bands got lost in the mix due to the massive amount of bullshit that got put out at that time. What I have set out to do from day one was to bring you the history of what we do. This little piece of history will be set in stone forever and my goal is to keep it in everyones heart and or mind. This did happen and you shouldn't forget about it. Enjoy the discography of the artist that totally changed my view in life musically and gave me the strength to grow out of my shell and do what I needed to do. All good things come to an end and when that day does come all we have is the memories. Here I bring you another memory for you to keep stored away in your hard drives for all eternity. Thank you again and have a happy and safe new year. There is a ton of new in 2011 so prepare for even more great FREE releases and a whole lot more. -RR!
So do you know what happened to Hara-Kiri Kitty? Is he still making music?
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