Every LapFox Trax/Halley Labs alias that is currently deemed "active". For retired aliases, click here. For miscellaneous characters that aren't considered musical aliases, click here.
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Single-Character Aliases
Aurastys
"unpleasantries...unpleasant trees..."
Species: Chozo
Gender: Unknown (previously female)
Genre: Ambient, Noise, Drone
Date Created: January 6, 2010
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Squeedge
A now-deceased Chozo who specialized in ambient and drone pieces, as well as some noise. Her works explore dark, dynamic, and isolated sci-fi themes.- Portent of Doom: Based on writing discovered many epochs after their passing, they were burned with premonitory knowledge, as events they foretold continue to play out.
- Shout-Out: She's the only alias that's a member of a pre-existing fabricated species. Specifically, she's a Chozo from Metroid.
Azrael-II
"悲しみの曲を歌わないでください" note
Click here to see Azrael's first design.
Species: Virtual Skeleton Canine (formerly a regular skeleton canine)
Gender: Unknown
Genre: Gabber
Date Created: 2008, 2014 (Redesign)
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Recobox (redesign)
A virtual skeleton canine who produces nustyle gabber music with mainstream and Japanese gabber influences. From 2008-2014, they were a regular skeleton canine known simply as Azrael, before going under hiatus; Emma stated that their style had been incorporated into other aliases. However, they made a grand return in 2014 with the release of D.O.S. (Deadly Operating System), gaining a "-II" at the end of their name and a new modernized design. They are characterized by their use of supersaw synths with hard kicks.- Eccentric A.I.: They were designed to produce hardcore music, but little recordings have been made because 99% of the time its operating system crashes on boot.
- Interface with a Familiar Face: Their laser skull resembles that of their predecessor.
- Lost Technology: During Halley Labs' contruction, they were originally found as a small control unit in the dirt.
- Memorial Character: Darius created Azrael-II in tribute to the original Azrael.
BANDETTO
"Pull it up and piss on 'em!"
Species: Inflatable pool dog
Gender: Unknown (previously male)
Genre: Experimental Japanese Speed Fusion, Skatepunk
Date Created: November 2012
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Squeedge
BANDETTO (Bow-Wow Bandit™/ワンワンワンコ®) is an orange pool dog who makes experimental breakcore with Japanese influences. He was formerly an alias separate from LapFox Trax, as a way for Emma to get away from the expectations they and the listeners had for the music. This changed on October 18, 2013, when BANDETTO's Bandcamp page was deleted and their releases were moved to LapFox Trax. They've been a Lapfox/Halley regular alias since then. They have a strong fondness for TBQF.- Animate Inanimate Object: They're an inflatable pool dog that was animated through unknown means.
- Body Language: They're mute and can't do sign language, so they communicate through gesturing.
- Capital Letters Are Magic: Their alias is always written like this.
𝕮𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖚𝖒
Species: Flora
Gender: Unknown
Genre: Hardcore
Date Created: November 2018; unknown (in-lore)
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Suguro
Halley Labs Position: Phwoa Translation + Localization, Resource Management, Gardener
𝕮𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖚𝖒 is parasitic flora inhabiting a deer who represents the lead synths of HALLEY HARD SOUND UNIT. They reside within the Underground Garden, and their tag is CERV001.- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: In the dark, their antlers and eyes glow magenta. Magenta stripes also make themselves known on 𝕮𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖚𝖒's chest. Their hair appears to turn white in the dark as well.
- Lucky Charms Title: In music info, their name is always written in unicode Fraktur Bold font.note
- Puppeteer Parasite: The deer is not mentally present, instead acting under the will of the flora it hosts.
Darius
"We really must be going. I'm expecting another appointment in half an hour."
Species: Badger-skunk
Gender: Physically gender-null (but identifies as male)
Genre: Progressive Fusion, Freeform
Date Created: June 27, 2011
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Squeedge
Halley Labs Position: Head of Operations, Director, Engineer
Darius Halley is the founder of Halley Labs. His work can be recognized by his fusion of acid house and jazz-inspired chord progressions.- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Downplayed. He primarily has skunk-like coloring, with only his bangs tipped with teal.
- Mix-and-Match Critter: He's a badger-skunk.
- Psychic Starship Pilot: Inferred from the art of 2YR, 40:28.649, which has Darius' portrait in the cockpit.
- Shout-Out: His name is taken from a shmup of the same name.
DJ Snaggletoof
"D-D-D-DJ Snaggletoof!"
Click here to see their alternate color palette.
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Genre: DJ Mixes
Date Created: 2015
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Squeedge
The second human alias (the first being Detergent), DJ Snaggletoof was initially used for tracks that became Furries in a Blender/Emoticon Patreon-exclusive tracks, and is currently only used for DJ mixes. deuteronomy
energy to burn
Click here to see DOWNLOAD's 2013 design.
FEEL FABULOUSSpecies: Hellbat
Gender: Nonbinary (She/They); Male (He/They) initially
Genre: Noise
Date Created: February 1, 2013; October 6, 2016 (redesign)
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex
Halley Labs Position: Programmer, Hardware Specialist
deuteronomy or DOWNLOAD(formerly stylized as ⇩LOAD) is a male hellbat who produces noise music. They were originally separate from LapFox Trax and their releases were on a separate Bandcamp page, which is no longer available. Their first appearance outside of the dedicated label was in the release notes for ИΣVΣRLAИD SØUИDGIRL$. However, their first official appearance as a Lapfox/Halley alias was in Bon Voyage. As Emma's fursona, deuteronomy takes their name from the duology of PC Engine and CD games and a shmup of the name. ⇩LOAD's design from 2013 was made as a way to personify and sexualize Emma's own fears to lessen their effect on her. As such, the decision to make them a bat was based on stereotypical personality traits. As time passed, DOWNLOAD's design was toned down significantly and more effeminate, making him Emma's "casual" fursona. On December 10, 2019, Emma announced on Twitter that the character of DOWNLOAD would have a 'real name' (deuteronomy) attached to them to reflect less harsh noise tracks.- all lowercase letters: As deuteronomy, his name is always spelled like this. They're the second alias to have their name stylized this way, after hyi.
- Capital Letters Are Magic: "DOWNLOAD" is always written like this in music info.
- Lucky Charms Title: Initially, the "down" in "DOWNLOAD" was a unicode arrow (⇩).
- Shout-Out: Their initial name came from a shmup for the PC Engine.
Emoticon/Furries in a Blender
"baby, you can stay here with me/till i cry my eyes to sleep"
Species: Cat
Gender: Male
Genre: Happy Hardcore
Date Created: 2005
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Timmothy Sewell
A multicolored cat initially created for the Mungyodance games, and Rotteen's father. Emoticon (real name Cedar d'Moon) has produced music of several genres (Ryustyle, Popcore, Symphonicore, etc.), with a common thread of "happiness." Some of his faster, more intense tracks were labeled under Emoticon X. Under the VULPvibe Records label, he eventually settled into producing happy hardcore music. Later, his future musical releases were rebranded as Furries in a Blender. He briefly went into retirement in September of 2014, when Emma announced that he would be replaced by Rotteen, feeling that his music was a "dead joke". However, in November of 2014, it was revealed that Furries in a Blender was to return to the old name of Emoticon, strictly for old-school Happy Hardcore.- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Although the base color of his fur is gray, he has rainbow stripes and a blue fringe with green tipping.
- Bumbling Dad: He has difficulty understanding challenging emotional complexity, likely contributing to his daughter's life choices. Thankfully, the two have since made up.
- Manchild: He's completely incapable of acting his age.
EUGENE
"BE A GOOD BITCH, DRIPPY LITTLE BITCH"
Species: Hellhound
Gender: Intersex; identifies as female
Genre: Noise Hop
Date Created: 2012
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex
Eugene is a female intersex hellhound that produces hip hop with digital hardcore and noise influences.- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: She's strongly associated with the color purple.
- Capital Letters Are Magic: When written as an artist in music info, her name is always in all caps.
- Mix-and-Match Critter: As a hellhound, she's a canine with bovine elements. Her feet are split hooves and she has twisted, blackbuck-like horns.
hyi
"i see through you, icy through you..."
Species: Glacial data diver
Gender: Unknown
Genre: Glitch, IDM
Date Created: January 2014
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex
An alien data driver from "another time".- all lowercase letters: hyi is the first alias to have their name exclusively written like this.
greenhouse
"「Дарья」 sɨˈməʊ.əː sɨˈjɪs"
Species: Unknown
Gender: Unknown
Genre: IDM/Braindance
Date Created: November 2022
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, foxsnax
Halley Labs Position: n/a (Interspace Wanderer)
An unknown creature of an unknown consistency of organic and robotic material who produces IDM, breakbeat and braincore music. Sound-wise, they are softer than hyi.- A Form You Are Comfortable With: All images of greenhouse have been obtained and extrapolated via neural networks from satellite imagery. Their perceived form is therefore speculative.
- all lowercase letters: The third alias to have their name spelled like this, after deuteronomy.
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: Uniquely, they're the first alias that isn't actually a member of Halley Labs.
JAQL
Species: Dog
Gender: Male
Genre: Footwork, Dubstep, Hip-Hop
Date Created: 2008
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Timmothy Sewell
A dog that makes dubstep, footwork and hiphop. When he was retired, some of his songs were re-released under Klippa. JAQL later came out of retirement, this time to the LapFox Trax label, with the release of Retourne.- Fun with Acronyms: Inverted, as the letters don't signify anything in particular. It's just a stylish way of saying "jackal".
- Capital Letters Are Magic: In his most modern iteration, his name is always spelled like this.
KITCALIBER
"HOLD ME IF I'M DYING"
Species: Canine
Gender: Female (KIT), Male (CALIBER)
Genre: Digital Hardcore, Shmuppunk, Digital Rock
Date Created: 2008
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Squeedge
A duo of canines that produce digital punk rock, often with vocals. KITCALIBER can be recognized for their distorted rock sounds and thrashy synth noises.They are generally referred to as Kit (the duo's female "vocalist", whose vocals are actually generated via Cepstral text-to-speech tools, and more recently Google Translate's text-to-speech function, which are then time and pitch corrected), and Caliber (the duo's male producer and programmer). Although they are a group alias, they are placed in the single-artist category because KIT and CALIBER have not made separate releases of their own making. For instance, Caliber has appeared alone in NegaRen's TRAPPED IN THE TWERKZONE, and Kit has been in TQBF's "NERVE'S ENDING".- Capital Letters Are Magic: Both members always have their names written in all caps.note
Kitsune
"'Cause K2 is the way to go"
Species: Rat
Gender: Male
Genre: Chiptune, Chipcore
Date Created: 2006
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Timmothy Sewell
Josh Ratley (also known as Kitsune^2, Kitsune Squared, or just '''K''') is a male rat originally made for the Mungyodance series. He later appeared under the VULPvibe Records and LapFox Trax labels. He produces video game inspired chiptune and demotune tracks.- Lucky Charms Title: His name is always squared, with an exponent 2.
Klippa
"I knew a little bookworm..."
Species: Horned lizard
Gender: Male
Genre: Glitch Hop, Melodic Dubstep, Skweee, Downtempo
Date Created: 2009
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, NeoGeen
Klippa Sonderlei is a horned lizard that produces dubstep and downtempo music, including hip hop, glitch hop, and skweee. The music he used to produce and what he produces now are drastically different, since Emma has expressed that they wish to move further away from dubstep with the alias and produce more experimental downtempo work.- Shout-Out: His design was inspired by the Hunters from Resident Evil.
Mayhem
"You've got to take a chance and throw it away, no matter how important it is."
Click here to see Mayhem's initial design.
Click here to see Mayhem's first redesign.
Species: Thresher Shark
Gender: Female
Genre: Electro House
Date Created: 2008, 2012 (first redesign), 2022 (second redesign)
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Rasasha, Squeedge (redesign)
May produces what is generally electro house-inspired music with chiptune and breakbeat influences. She also stars in the game Shark Attack. Mayhem was one of the mascots of PSURG Design along with Mischief, who she was shown to be in a relationship with. On August 18th, 2015, Emma mentioned in a Reddit post that Mayhem as a musical alias was unlikely to be heard from again. However, she returned in December 2016, under a track called Boneless with Rotteen. She has since been a mainstay of Halley Labs.- Ms. Fanservice: Up until Washed Out, when she underwent breast reduction surgery.
- Navel-Deep Neckline: Artwork often shows her with her vest zipped halfway up or lower, showing this.
- Non-Mammal Mammaries: If the album Sharktits didn't give it away. Nowadays downplayed.
- Official Couple: With Mischief.
- The Smurfette Principle: For a while, Emma considered her the only female alias under the LapFox Trax label. This was supposedly because D-Mode-D was retired, and KITCALIBER wasn't created yet.
NegaRen
"shawty comin' down / the roof is on fire"
Species: Pumpkin Fox
Gender: Unknown (previously male-identifying physically gender-null)
Genre: Raggaeton Fusion
Date Created: September 25, 2009
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Squeedge
A cartoon fox (referred to as a "pumpkin fox") that was created from the collective spirit of Halloween. He that produces a fusion of happy hardcore, speed dance, and moombahton/reggaeton which Emma has jokingly referred to as "next-gen miami speed bass". NegaRen can be recognized through his telling use of half-time breakdowns uitilizing the Dem Bow rhythm. As his name would imply, NegaRen is basically a "negative" version of Renard, which is the reason for his "inverted" coloring. Work under the alias is only released between late September-November, and is primarily a Halloween gimmick. As such, much of the work under the alias arguably bleeds into what would regularly be released as Renard. Ironically, NegaRen's style is a bit more upbeat and happier than that of Renard's despite being a negative version of him.-
Chaotic Neutral - Deep Sleep: He goes into hibernation outside of Halloween.
- Gay Best Friend: He is gay, and he just scares for fun."He's not gonna cause any actual harm. He's out for a good time but he is a bastard and will cause mischief." — Squeedge
- The Gimmick: He started out as just a Halloween-themed Renard, but evolved into something more.
- Holiday Personification: he's meant to embody the outrageousness and childishness of Halloween.
- Incredible Shrinking Man: His design was initially lanky, but became shorter over time. Nowadays he has a stature more akin to the title characters of Gremlins.
- Shout-Out: Paranormal Activity and Soulja Boy's Halloween mixtape were inspirations for NegaRen's design and music. Freddy Krueger was a direct design reference for his older artwork. He also hibernates in the scary tree from Ernest Scared Stupid.
- Stingy Jack: Downplayed, as he has a look evoking one (even having a release named Jack), but not the personality.
- Trademark Favorite Food: He loves candy corn. Even his guts resemble it.
Renard
"BECAUSE MAYBEEEEEEE-"
Click here to see Renard's old design.
Click here to see Mr.R.
Species: Foxcoon (fox/raccoon hybrid)
Gender: Physically gender-null (but identifies as male)
Genre: Breakcore, Raggacore, Experimental, Noise (pre-Aurastys)
Date Created: 2005, 2009 (redesign)
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Squeedge, Suguro, Kamicheetah
Renard Queenston (once going under the name of Mr. R) is a fox-raccoon hybrid (also known as a "foxcoon") who produces raggacore and breakcore, often with noise influences. He used to produce ambient tracks before Aurastys was created, and occasionally produced noise music before ⇩LOAD was created. He sometimes incorporates vocals from existing popular music into his songs as well. Renard also has existed as Emma's first fursona for a near-decade before transitioning to Emma Essex and DOWNLOAD. On August 18th, 2015, Emma mentioned in a Reddit post that the character of Renard was unlikely to be heard from again. However, he did release a single, INSIDE 99999999999999999999999999999, in July 2016, and the album SHOUNEN BASS! TURBO in April 2018.- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: In all of his designs, he's maintained a bright red as his main fur color.
- Genre Roulette: He's done Experimental, Noise, and "Dream Bass" music along with his standard Breakcore and Raggacore.
- Mix-and-Match Critter: He's a fox-raccoon, though the only real evidence of his raccoon blood in his ringed tail.
RHODE STRIXMAN
"WORLD IS ENDED:ALL IS OVER"
Species: Musk deer
Gender: Female
Genre: Textural Gorge
Date Created: October 2019
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Lexorians
A grey musk deer who fights with a deer crossing sign. Her work is characterized by the sound of clashing metal.- Capital Letters Are Magic: As of now, their name always seems to be written like this in music info.
Rotteen
"And you could SHINE!"
Click here to see PAL-B.
OHHH NOOO!Click here to see PAL-C.
Click here to see PAL-?.
Species: Cat
Gender: Female
Genre: Hardcore Fusion
Date Created: September 2014
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex, Recobox
Halley Labs Position: Head of HLRD [Halley Labs Rave Division (formerily Lapfox Trax, acquired 2014.09.01)], Researcher
Rotteen D'Moon is a cat that produces hardcore fusion. On September 25, 2014, Rotteen was introduced as a replacement for Furries in a Blender, due to Emma considering him as a joke.note - Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: As illustrated by her multiple palettes. Averted in the case of her actual fur color, which is gray.
- Psychic Starship Pilot: 2YR, 40:28.649 depicts Rotteen in what looks like a spaceship cockpit, watching a totem made of faces.
RQ/RQ laji-2
SPEAK ⇧ BUDDY
Click here to see RQ laji-2.
YOU LOST YOUR BODYSpecies: Demon princess
Gender: Agender
Genre: Trappy Hardcore, Hypercore; Improvisional Synth Jam, Synth Rock (as RQ laji-2)
Date Created: July 17, 2013
Character Designer(s): nishimikan
Ren Queenston is a demon princess who specializes in Trappy Hardcore and Hypercore. As RQ laji-2, they produce Improvisational Synth Jam and Synth Rock music. The Quick Brown Fox
"i'm filled with wanderlust"
Species: Fox piñata
Gender: Nonbinary (formerily male)
Genre: Speedcore
Date Created: 2008
Character Designer(s): Squeedge
The Quick Brown Fox (often abbreviated to TQBF) is a fox-shaped piñata that produces speedcore. They are recognized mostly for their staccato synth lines and very fast tempos, ranging from approximately 200 beats per minute up to and over 1000 beats per minute. Emma has stated that the original driving force to creating the alias was inspiration from m1dy's speedcore productions and the generally upbeat or non-serious tone, which tends to be a stark contrast against speedcore's generally serious and angry tone. As such, TQBF is often seen as a good entry point for speedcore, as it is accessible, if not through melodic content, then through comedic. They have a strong fondness for BANDETTO.- Animate Inanimate Object: They're a fox piñata created from a series of experimental projects with the goal of building a resilient, thin robotic shell.
- Shout-Out: Their design strongly resembles the Pretztails from Viva Piñata.
- Synthetic Voice Actor: They speak through Software Automatic Mouth.
Truxton
Species: Hellhound
Gender: Nonbinary (formerily male)
Genre: Plunderphonics, Trap
Date Created: January 26, 2012
Character Designer(s): Emma Essex
Truxton Dogyuun is a hellhound that produces plunderphonics and trap music.- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: They're strongly associated with a bluish-green.
- Arc Number: Their albums always have 8 tracks.
- Genre Roulette: Although they also does Trap, a majority of Truxton's works are mashups of existing songs.
- Mix-and-Match Critter: More so than other hellhounds. They're mainly canine-like, but has cloven hooves and curled ram horns. They also has a long, tasseled tail, not unlike that of a bull.
- Shout-Out: Their first and last names come from two shmups.
Group Aliases
The Queenstons
"but it's okay to be afraid/when you're staring face to face/with time that's gone to waste"
Species: Icy asteroid
Genre: Melodic Drum & Bass, Synth-pop, Nu-Disco, Jump-Up, Dubstep, Electro
Date Created: 2008
Members (formerily): Renard, Jackal Queenston
An icy asteroid that was initially a duo comprised of Renard and Jackal Queenston, producing anthem style drum and bass with influences from liquid DnB and trancestep. The Queenstons is also one of the few aliases that has original vocals, sung by Emma themselves. Halley Labs Associates
"we completely forget."
Genre: Experimental, Impressionist
Date Created: 2015
Members: Darius, Rotteen, et. al.
A collaborative research team (also abbreviated to HLA) that produces experimental and impressionist pieces. They are described as "nobody" and "everybody" in terms of what members comprise it. Their subtitle is the "aural psychonautical research division".- He Who Must Not Be Seen: This alias is treated more like an omniscient entity than just a group of characters. Despite what the alias' album art depicts, HLA is not a group solely consisting of Rotteen, Darius, and hyi. phwoa depicts what looks like new characters, but they are meant to be an abstract representation of the music.
- Non-Standard Character Design: There's no art of their physical appearance, only static.
- Psychic Starship Pilot: The album art of their first album, 2YR, 40:28.649, depicts Rotteen and Darius in what looks like a spaceship cockpit, encountering a totem of faces surrounded by Tweesees. The album is meant to illustrate "an emotionally devastating journey after having a very powerful moment with a friend".
- Sensory Abuse: Their music sometimes evokes this, given its experimental nature.
HALLEY LABS R&D
Genre: Various
Date Created: 2016
Members: Everyone
A group alias that releases compilations of sketches that vary in genre. HALLEY HARD SOUND UNIT
"Who is it that hides beyond?"
Species: Flora
Genre: Hardcore Ambiance
Date Created: December 22, 2016; unknown (in-lore)
Members: 𝕮𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖚𝖒, 𝕏𝕪𝕝𝕖𝕞, 𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝔀𝓸𝓸𝓭
Halley Labs Position: Phwoa Translation + Localization, Resource Management, Gardeners
Parasitic flora inhabiting a trio of deer (also shortened to HHSU) that produce hardcore ambiance. For information on the other members, see other characters. HHSU is an affiliate group located within The Underground Garden below Halley Labs. However, Darius is responsible for remastering the sounds they produce.- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: In the dark, all three members have glowing markings, which each one being a primary additive color (if you count magenta as a red hue).
- Chromatic Arrangement: There's a member for each primary additive color - red, green, and blue. However, 𝕮𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖚𝖒 is more of a magenta than red, with magenta being a true primary subtractive color.
- Lucky Charms Title: Each member's name is written in unicode.note
- Puppeteer Parasite: They're all plants that took over deer as hosts.
OOPARTs
built on a horrible moment
A duo consisting of deuteronomy and Darius. They make freeform noise.