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Originally Posted by sidewinder
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 f ucking head trip! Happy to revisit it once in a while, especially with a nice set of cans on my ears. |
A great album, and one I definitely need to listen to more!
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Also, I got this based on Goofle's comments:
I really dig it. It has this hyperactive, wise ass energy to it that reminds me a lot of S
hitmat. I think my only complaint is that it's way too long, and because of that, listening to it straight through gets kind of dull after a while. But I think it's the perfect thing to throw in my "Manic Electro" playlist and listen on shuffle with the tracks popping in among the likes of Maruosa, Kid 606, Igorrr, Otto Von Schirach and the aforementioned S
hitmat.