I see several posts about this already, but Download has to be the most
underrated electronica groups out there, so I feel the need to expound on
its greatness.
The incarnation of Download was a Skinny Puppy track on Last Rights called,
appropriately enough, "Download." In 1995 cEvin and philth (phil western)
teamed up with Mark Spybey (Dead Voices on Air, which is a hell of a lot
closer to 'ambient with some drums' than Download is) to be the central
elements of Download, including lots of guests like Genesis P'Orridge
(*shudder*... it's rumored that the only reason he gets to stick around is
that he has all the drugs) and Ohgr, etc.
The early Download sound was really nothing like III, it grew more out of
the Skinny Puppy sound. But with the influence of ambient folks like philth
and spybey, it turned into the awesome force it is now. If you like III,
pick up Effector and DO NOT i repeat DO NOT miss out on part 3 of
Subconscious Studios "From the Vault..." series called III Steps Forward. It
is unquestionably my favorite one so far; there are only 1000 copies and I
have #702, so they're bound to be gone soon. A lot of SP fans got turned off
of Download when III came out precisely because it has somewhat of a softer
edge than the previous ones (have a listen to Charlie's Family or Furnace or
The Eyes of Stanley Pain and you'll see what I'm talking about).
Also, it's likely that you'll dig the more techno project of cEvin's as
well, called Plateau. Music From Grass Bars is awesome, and they will be #4
in the From the Vault series... if III Steps Forward is any indication of
the quality of this series, the new Plateau promises to be hella cool.
Unfortunately, III Steps Forward was philth's last work with cEvin on
Download (apparently).
Oh, and please for the love of pete don't call Download IDM.
m
craque
http://craque.net
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