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11 EP's later & HVS finally welcomes Soeneido back to the label! Alongside Dope On Plastic for two collab tunes in PT. And it's too bad this couldn't drop before Halloween this year, because this EP is some dark bizness! In the time between HVS02 and now, Soeneido has made some incredible music and put it out on some incredible imprints. And anyone who has been following him and Soulox know the score already, just so many good releases and demos too, it's crazy. And in an effort to shorten these descriptions a little more, I'll just say that Soen in my opinion, is the fu*king man. He's such a nerd, not only about trackers and technical shit, but way more importantly about making actually amazing tunes. I think some of us might get caught up in the hardware sometimes when we should be focusing on productions and getting weird in the studio. Soen is able to juggle all that and crank out some beautiful work. I'm happy to call him my friend, happy he's down to press up on HVS, and proud that he's representing the west coast. I obviously hold dop in the same regard! When Soen sent me a pack of tunes and I heard these collab tunes I couldn't resist! I was lucky enough to hang with dop a few months ago when they came out for a Sea/Pdx/Sfo mini tour with Ontology. And it was such a fun time. It's super sick getting to actually hang with digital friends IRL. Hopefully these collab tunes will hold you all over until the next “HVS VS DOP” ting, which is in the works now :) The artwork was fully hand drawn by Kim Lilly, who is an absolute beast and chameleon on the canvas. And I appreciate her so much for her patience in getting this piece right. The original inspo came from Soen who was telling me about a Grimoire (which is dope) but also sending me some really dope Japanese art and comic book elements. I think we incorporated all of those things together well for an original idea. The artwork is half the fun and sometimes even more of an experiment than the music.
