haloblack

haloblack was formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Bryan Barton (as Bryan Black).{{cite magazine|first=Ed |last=Finkler |author-link=Ed Finkler |url=https://sonic-boom.com/interview/haloblack.interview.html |title=Interview with haloblack |magazine=Sonic Boom |date=January 24, 1997 |volume=5 |issue=1 |access-date=August 16, 2020}} His first release was the cassette HB2 in 1992. Musicians Olivier Grasset and Arianne Schreiber joined to Barton make haloblack into a band and Fifth Colvmn Records signed them in 1994, releasing the band's debut album titled Tension Filter in November.{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000120515|pure_url=yes}}|title=Haloblack: Tension Filter > Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 15, 2020}}{{cite magazine |first=Mike |last=Santarpia |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/haloblacktensionfilter.htm |title=HaloBlack: Tension Filter |magazine=Last Sigh Magazine |date=1998 |volume=1 |issue=3 |access-date=August 16, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603233629/http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/haloblacktensionfilter.htm |archive-date=June 3, 2009 }} The music was favorably compared to Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and the compositional depth received praise.{{cite magazine|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/haloblack-1.html |title=Haloblack: Tension Filter |magazine=Sonic Boom |date=December 1, 1996 |access-date=August 16, 2020}} The band followed that release in 1995 with the EP titled raw tension e.p..{{cite magazine |first=Larry |last=Miles |url=http://lundinoir.com/mag/bmv1_6.pdf |title=Various Artists: World War Underground |magazine=Black Monday |date=1997 |issue=6 |pages=4 |access-date=August 16, 2020 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512104116/http://lundinoir.com/mag/bmv1_6.pdf |url-status=dead }} haloblack moved to a less guitar driven sound for their third and final full-length album funkyhell, released in 1996 for Fifth Colvmn.{{cite magazine|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archH.html#HALOBLACK |title=Haloblack: Funkyhell |magazine=Aiding & Abetting |date=January 13, 1997 |issue=126 |access-date=July 28, 2020}}{{cite magazine |first=Mike |last=Santarpia |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/haloblackmacro2.htm |title=HaloBlack: :Funky Hell: |magazine=Last Sigh Magazine |date=1998 |volume=1 |issue=3 |access-date=August 16, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603004656/http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/haloblackmacro2.htm |archive-date=June 3, 2009}}{{cite magazine|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/haloblack-2.html |title=Haloblack: Funkyhell |magazine=Sonic Boom |date=January 1997 |volume=5 |access-date=August 16, 2020}} The album was highly informed by electronica music and lead with the track "Distractor", which had previously appeared on the Fascist Communist Revolutionaries various artists compilation.{{cite magazine|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archV.html#FCR |title=Various Artists: Fascist Communist Revolutionaries |magazine=Aiding & Abetting |date=November 4, 1996 |issue=122 |access-date=July 28, 2020}}{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Schulte |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000478069|pure_url=yes}}|title=Haloblack: Funkyhell > Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 15, 2020}}{{cite magazine |first=Larry |last=Flick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgcEAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews & Previews: Singles |magazine=Billboard |date=September 7, 1996 |volume=108 |issue=36 |pages=99 |access-date=July 28, 2020}} In 1997 Haloblack has received commissions to score sonic backgrounds for 3D video games.{{cite magazine |first=Bill |last=Tilland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BDBLAAAAYAAJ |title=Haloblack: funkyhell |magazine=Option |date=1997 |volume=72-77 |pages=108}}{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9uYwm-dwInwC |title=RPM |magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly, Inc. |date=February 8, 1999 |pages=28 |access-date=August 16, 2020}}

After the haloblack's second album Barton moved from Minneapolis to London in the late 90s.{{cite magazine|first=Daniel |last=Hinds |url=http://haloblack.info/interviews/release-magazine-2004/ |title=Haloblack Interview |magazine=The Plague |date=1999 |access-date=August 16, 2020}} After being inspired to write again after listening extensively to Maxinquaye by Tricky and other electronic music Barton began working on a third album.{{cite magazine|first=Kristoffer |last=Noheden |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Spotlight/spotlighthaloblack.htm |title=The Electronic Music World of Bryan Black – Haloblack, H3llb3nt, Xlover, Motor... |magazine=Release Magazine |date=2004 |access-date=August 16, 2020}} The band released Throb on the United Kingdom-based music labels Armalyte Industries and The Sick City.{{cite magazine|first=Kristoffer |last=Noheden |url=http://releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orhaloblackt.htm |title=Haloblack: Throb. |magazine=Release Magazine |date=February 18, 2004 |access-date=August 16, 2020}} The album was made with collaborative efforts of musicians Kraig Tyler, Charles Levi, Raymond Watts and Olivier Grasset.{{cite magazine|url=http://haloblack.info/interviews/side-line-magazine-2004/ |title=Haloblack Interview |magazine=Side-Line Magazine |date=2004 |access-date=August 16, 2020}}{{cite magazine |last=C. Parker |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiNMAAAAYAAJ |title=Haloblack: Throb |magazine=The Wire |date=2004 |issue=239–244 |pages=183 |access-date=July 23, 2020}}

Studio albums

• Tension Filter (1994, Fifth Colvmn)
• funkyhell (1996, Fifth Colvmn)
• Throb (2004, Armalyte Industries/The Sick City)

Extended play

• HB2 (1992)
• raw tension e.p. (1995, Fifth Colvmn)

Compilation albums

• rESONANCE (1992)

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