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Infobox musical artist | name = Download| image =| caption = Anthony Valcic , cEvin Key & Phil Western III era| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada | instrument =| genre = Intelligent dance music|IDM Post-industrial music|Post-Industrial Ambient techno Experimental music|Experimental | occupation =| years_active = 1994dashpresent| label = Subconscious Communications Nettwerk Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra Metropolis Records|Metropolis Flesh Eating Ants Records | associated_acts = Skinny Puppy Mark Spybey Genesis P. Orridge Doubting Thomas (Canadian band)|Doubting Thomas Plateau (band)|PlatEAU Hilt (band)|Hilt Tear Garden Cyberaktif Dead Voices on Air|Dead Voices On Air | website = http://www.subconsciousstudios.com/download SubconsciousStudios.com/Download| current_members = cEvin Key Phil Western | past_members = Mark Spybey Dwayne Goettel Anthony Valcic | notable_instruments = Download is a Canadian electronic music group formed by Dwayne Goettel and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1994. The initial lineup also included Off & Gone's Phil Western and Mark Spybey of Dead Voices on Air , but has since been particularly fluid, with Key and Western being the only constant members following Dwayne Goettel|Goettel 's death. Download's music has been described as post-industrial music|post-industrial , drawing from the band's genesis as part of Skinny Puppy but also sharing common stylistic ground with such artists as Aphex Twin and Autechre . The primary instrumentation common throughout their albums is a blend of synthesizer s and Sampling (music)|sample d musical instrument|instrument s; the music is particularly centered on elements of Percussion instrument|percussion and rhythm .
Other artists that have been involved are Genesis P. Orridge , Anthony Valcic, Bill Van Rooy, and Ken Marshall. Earlier releases frequently included vocal elements and lyrics , but since III (Download album)|III (and Mark Spybey's departure in 1996) their work has been strictly instrumental.
History
Furnace and Microscopic
In the first era of Download's career, the band's sound was an Experimental Industrial style which featured vocals by Mark Spybey and guest vocals by Genesis P. Orridge. Their first LP, Furnace (album)|Furnace , was arguably their least accessible& mdash;most of the tracks lasted for over four minutes, some lasting as long as nine minutes. Their next release, the Microscopic (EP)|Microscopic EP continued this style. It featured three remixes of tracks from Furnace (only one of which was remixed by the band itself, the other two were remixed by Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere and Newt (band)|Newt ), along with five original tracks.
''Charlie's Family
'' Charlie's Family was another experimental industrial LP by Download, except this LP was a soundtrack to the movie of the same name, and it had significantly different sound than the previous two releases. Instead of the beat-oriented music that dominated Furnace and Microscopic'', this LP's music was mostly dominated by a simple beat along with many samples of anything from women orgasm ing to airplane s taking off.
The Eyes of Stanley Pain and Sidewinder
What could be considered Download's third era to one fan could be considered a revisit to their first style by the next. The Eyes of Stanley Pain is arguably Download's most diverse-sounding and accessible industrial album. It spanned 14 tracks, most of which were about four or five minutes long. The only exceptions were the tracks "Glassblower" and "Collision", which were 3:02 and 10:38, respectively. Later that year, the Extended play|EP Sidewinder (EP)|Sidewinder was released by the band. In the same vein as their first EP-- Microscopic --it contained eight tracks, except four were remixes. Three were remixes by Download of songs from The Eyes of Stanley Pain , and one was a remix of the song "Attalal" from Furnace by the band Haujobb (although the packaging of Sidewinder spells it "Attallal"). The other four songs were original songs recorded by Download, and the last of Download's Post-industrial music|post-industrial era.
III and Effector
III (Download album)|III marked a turning point for Download. Their sound became more melodic and accessible while still retaining the experimental quirks of their older material. Their next album Effector (album)|Effector continued this direction.
Two more albums, III Steps Forward and Inception (Download album)|Inception were released as part of Subconscious Studio's From The Vault series. Inception contained outtakes from Download's more experimental early era, while III Steps Forward included outtakes from the III and Effector eras as well as new tracks. Although the original pressing of each was limited to 1000 copies, 2nd pressing editions are currently available from Subconscious Studio's website.
Fixer
In December 2006, cEvin Key announced that new material has been recorded for a new album (entitled Fixer (album)|Fixer ). The album was released on April 2007.
HElicopTEr
In late 2009, Subconscious Communications announced the release of the "Beyond the Vault" series. With it, a new Download album titled HELicopTer|HElicopTEr was included in the series. Written by cEvin Key and Phil Western with a guest appearance by Mark Spybey. As stated on the official Subconscious Communications website, the album employs some of the oldest synthesizers the studio has in its sprawling collection. The result differs from the more ambient releases of Effector and Fixer and is more akin to Download's previous works such as Furnace or Charlie's Family. The album is available as part of the Beyond the Vault series or individually via the subconscious Communications website and as of February 2010 a digital download has become available through Amazon.com. The album has not yet been released through the iTunes Store.
A special-edition of Furnace was also released with Subconscious' From the Vault II series. The new release includes a second disc with a collection of the live jams and improvisations that were the basis of the finished album.
http://www.subconsciousstudios.com/download/ Download Official Site
http://www.spybey.net/being/diaries/download96.html Mark Spybey's 1996 Europe Download tour diaries at http://www.spybey.net/ Spybey.net
http://www.litany.net/ Litany.net - Unofficial Site Covering Skinny Puppy and other side projects of Ogre and cEvin kEy
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