''funkyhell'' (or sylized as '':funkyhell:'') is the second

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by haloblack, released on November 1, 1994, by

Fifth Colvmn Records Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, DC. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure. ...

. The album represented the band's musical shift from a guitar dominated syle into a minimalist approach to dark ambient and electronic music composition.

Reception

Aiding & Abetting gave ''funkyhell'' a positive review, saying "I love "dirty" electronic music albums" and " Bryan Black (aka Haloblack) has crafted a fine set of experimental industrial tunes. Tom Schulte of AllMusic called the album "an impressionistic headspace, electronica incompatible for the dancefloors of even neo-gothic club nights." ''Last Sigh Magazine'' praised the contributions of the guest artists and said "it continues right where '' Tension Filter'' left off, the sound remains constant and is just as good if not better than ''Tension Filter''." More negative in their critique of the album was ''

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'', who was critical of "the relentless 4/4 beats, the cheap arcade video game soundtracks, the pseudo-creepy whispered vocals and the campy banality of heaaawvy lyrics." ''Sonic Boom'' criticized the band's lack of musical progression from their previous work and stated "there is zero deviation in the whispered vocal arrangement, all of the percussion loops are extremely stifled, and many of the sounds are reused from track to track."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''funkyhell'' liner notes. haloblack * Bryan Barton (as Bryan Black) – vocals,

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, production, mixing,

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, recording (1-8) Additional performers * Joel Allard – guitar (3, 5, 6, 8),

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(2) * John "Servo" DeSalvo – drum programming (6),

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(7) * Charles Levi – bass guitar (1, 3, 4, 7, 11) * Krayge Tyler – guitar (1, 4, 7, 11) * Ned Wahl – bass guitar (2, 5, 6, 8) Production and design *

Zalman Fishman Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, DC. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure. ...

– executive-production * John Golden – recording (1-8), engineering and mixing (2, 3, 5, 6, 8) * Dan Hoyt – mixing (1, 4, 7, 11), engineering (1, 4, 7) * Martin Thomas – mastering

Release history

References

External links

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''funkyhell''
at Bandcamp * {{Authority control 1996 albums Haloblack albums Fifth Colvmn Records albums