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sidewinder · 08-06-2014, 04:20 PM

Download - Furnace (1995)
Most of you won't have any idea who the hell this band is, but a few of you certainly do. It's quite the mind-bender, and still incredibly unique to my ears almost 20 years after its release. The group's name was much more cool in 1995 than it is now, though. :mrgreen: Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key and Dwayne R. Goettel (RIP) join forces with Phil Western, producer/mixer Ken "Hiwatt" Marshall, and Mark Spybey from Dead Voices on Air to produce what sounds like a logical progression of Skinny Puppy's sound after Last Rights - something a bit more techno with dance beats strewn about that tease you just enough to get you on the dance floor before crumbling into chaos - all while retaining SP's electro industrial, multi-textured sound. Very fresh indeed. I believe Dwayne R. Goettel once described Download's sound direction as "destroyed techno". Mark Spybey (DVOA) and Genesis P. Oridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) provide otherwordly vocals and vocal samples throughout. A real fucking head trip! Happy to revisit it once in a while, especially with a nice set of cans on my ears.

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sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	Download - Furnace (1995) Most of you won't have any idea who the hell this band is, but a few of you certainly do. It's quite the mind-bender, and still incredibly unique to my ears almost 20 years after its release. The group's name was much more cool in 1995 than it is now, though. :mrgreen: Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key and Dwayne R. Goettel (RIP) join forces with Phil Western, producer/mixer Ken "Hiwatt" Marshall, and Mark Spybey from Dead Voices on Air to produce what sounds like a logical progression of Skinny Puppy's sound after Last Rights - something a bit more techno with dance beats strewn about that tease you just enough to get you on the dance floor before crumbling into chaos - all while retaining SP's electro industrial, multi-textured sound. Very fresh indeed. I believe Dwayne R. Goettel once described Download's sound direction as "destroyed techno". Mark Spybey (DVOA) and Genesis P. Oridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) provide otherwordly vocals and vocal samples throughout. A real fucking head trip! Happy to revisit it once in a while, especially with a nice set of cans on my ears. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.