HB2 (EP)
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{{Infobox album
| name = HB2
| type = ep
| artist = haloblack
| cover = haloblack - HB2.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1992|2|10}}
| recorded = February 7 – {{Start date|1992|2|9}}
| venue =
| studio = Danger Studios
{{small|(Minneapolis, Minnesota)}}.
| genre = Industrial rock
| length = 11:39
| label =
| producer = {{hlist|Bryan Barton|Carl White}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = rESONANCE
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = ep
| cover = haloblack - HB2 (digital cover).jpg
| caption = Digital cover
}}
}}
HB2 is the debut EP by haloblack, self-released on February 10, 1992. The album comprises a collection of demos that were recorded in 1992 with the intention of being part of the band's debut Tension Filter.{{cite AV media notes |title=HB2 |title-link=HB2 |others=haloblack |year=1992 |type=booklet |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota}}{{cite journal|first=Ed |last=Finkler |author-link=Ed Finkler |url=https://sonic-boom.com/interview/haloblack.interview.html |title=Interview with haloblack |journal=Sonic Boom |date=January 24, 1997 |volume=5 |issue=1 |accessdate=August 16, 2020}}{{cite journal|first=Kristoffer |last=Noheden |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Spotlight/spotlighthaloblack.htm |title=The Electronic Music World of Bryan Black – Haloblack, H3llb3nt, Xlover, Motor... |journal=Release Magazine |publisher=WordPress |date=2004 |accessdate=August 16, 2020}}
Reception
CAKE Music gave HB2 a positive review and said haloblack's "beatbox and bass, with buzzsaw melodies and dissonant droning vocals become an emotional biopsy drill for your average, sensitive, new-age guy."{{cite journal |last=columnist |title=haloblack: HB2 |journal=CAKE Music |publisher=Art monthly |date=1992}} Industrialnation awarded the release five out of five possible stars and made note of the energetic performances.{{cite journal |last=columnist |title=haloblack: HB2 |journal=Industrialnation |publisher=Paul Valerio |date=1991 |issue=5}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Bryan Barton
| title1 = What You Mean
| length1 = 4:19
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Get Your Balance
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 = Everything Inside
| length2 = 3:38
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the HB2 liner notes.
haloblack
- Bryan Barton (as Bryan Black) – vocals, instruments, production, engineering
Production and design
- Carl White – production, engineering
Release history
References
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External links
- {{Official website|haloblack.info}}
- [https://haloblack.bandcamp.com/album/hb2-2 HB2] at Bandcamp
- {{Discogs master |master=475264 |name=HB2 |type=album}}