Vent

Vent may refer to:

Geology and biology

  • Hydrothermal vent, a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues
  • Volcano, a point where magma emerges from the Earth's surface and becomes lava
  • Cloaca region of an animal
  • Tailoring

  • Vent (tailoring), a slit up the back of a jacket or coat
  • Technology

  • Vent (submarine), a valve on a submarine's ballast tanks
  • Drain-waste-vent system or plumbing drainage venting, pipes leading from fixtures to the outdoors
  • Duct (HVAC), used to deliver and remove cold air
  • Flue, a duct, pipe, or chimney for conveying exhaust gases from a furnace or water heater
  • Medical ventilator, mechanical breathing machine
  • Ventrilo (or Vent), Internet VoIP chat software
  • Vent (imprint), an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing
  • Entertainment

  • Vent (radio series), a comedy series produced for BBC Radio 4 in 2006
  • Music

  • Vents (musician), an Australian hip hop MC
  • Vent (album), a 2001 album by Caliban
  • Vent (EP), 2008 release from the band Sounds of Swami
  • "Vent" (song), a song by Collective Soul
  • Vents (musician)

    Joseph Lardner, better known by the stage name Vents and also known as Vents One, Vents 1 and Vents Uno, is an Australian hip hop artist from Adelaide, South Australia. He has released two albums, 2007's Hard to Kill and 2011's Marked for Death. The latter was nominated for an ARIA Music Award.

    Early life

    Joseph Lardner was born in Adelaide in 1983 and left university placements on two occasions without completion. Vents was involved with Adelaide's graffiti sub-culture before commencing as a MC around 1997.

    Music

    Vents made his debut on Funkoars' release, Who's Your Step Daddy, in 2003, appearing on the track "Whoremoans". Prior to the release of his debut album in 2007, he also appeared on albums by Hilltop Hoods, Mr. Trials (Funkoars),Pegz and Hospice Crew.

    Hard To Kill (2006–2011)

    In 2006, Vents began working with Funkoars producer Trials on a solo album release and Pegz, also the CEO of the Melbourne, Australia-based Obese Records hip hop label, announced a release deal for the album in early 2007.Hard to Kill, released 28 July 2007, was produced almost exclusively by Trials and features guest appearances by Suffa (Hilltop Hoods), Sesta and Trials (Funkoars), and Mortar (Clandestein).

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