bryan was a sound designer, and keyboard technician for Prince
and The New Power Generation in the late 90's.
After working at Paisley Park Studios, bryan saved enough money and decided to make his own record. Under the name of haloblack, 'FunkyHell'
was released in 1996. Released on Caroline/ Fifth Column Records, it quickly became an underground hit. It was in the top 10 for Rolling
Stone's alternative charts, and Alternative Press magazine
branded it as 'One of the 10 Best Industrial Rock Albums' (of all time).
haloblack supported Marilyn Manson in Minneapolis the same year, before bryan decided to move to London and start completely all over again.
At this time, bryan started working with Felix Da Housecat
on his new album, 'Devin Dazzle and The Neon Fever'. Felix and
Bryan found a shared interest in the early sounds of Prince mixed with the modern
production techniques available today. After finishing work on the Felix record,
Bryan and Felix worked on bryan's XLOVER project together.
After an explosive live performance at the Berlin Love Parade,
DJ Hell signed XLOVER to his label, International DeeJay
Gigolo Records. The debut record, 'Pleasure & Romance' soon followed, and proved to be the most ambitious and successful record of bryan's career so far.
Sometime during the recording of XLOVER, bryan put together a new haloblack record, which he had been slowly picking away at for 4 years between projects. 'Throb.' was released in 2004 and showcased a new sound which was inspired by hanging out with Tricky and Raymond Watts (PIG). electro trip hop? whatever it's called, it was declared a masterpiece by many a magazine. its the only haloblack record still in print.
MOTOR (bryan black and mr. no from XLOVER) have just released their debut album on novamute/mute/EMI. and have remixed some of their heroes in the process- Depeche Mode, Throbbing Gristle, T. Raumschmiere, Nitzer Ebb and others..
bryan haloblack now divides his time between London and New York,
and is now on tour with his band MOTOR and compiling a new haloblack album of new and unreleased songs to be called 'The Black Book'.
HALOBLACK - PLEASE COME BACK! Also Mr Black would you consider rallying the usual suspects for another dose of H3llb3nt? Hardcore Vanilla really was something special. A beautiful mix of Haloblack, Pig, Chemlab and 16 Volt....I nearly fucking imploded. All the best fella!
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