Download – HElicopTEr (2009)

The new downLOAD is CRUNchy, criSPY and FUNky. I would link HElicopTEr with the dark industrial/analog aggressiveness of the early downLOAD noise beat era, the playful, psychedelic and light-hearted IDM/techno of III and Effector, the great dynamics of FiXer + the new analog/mind-bending retro-quality of the bubbling sounds used. Furthermore, Phil Western's Kone albums and some of his solo-under-his-own-name stuff's esoteric signature can be felt in many parts throughout. As a matter of fact, I feel confident this will become a classic downLOAD album, because it has everything the band is appreciated for, from most eras though in a distilled, i.e. purified form. Under the apparent simplicity of the beating structures, however, whenever you follow the inner and outer details, you soon notice the many variations, nuances, textures, main lines, sub lines, types of beat per minutes, sismic oscillations, splashing bursts, distanced voices, echoes of echoes of echoes, etc. The band admitted to the fact that it is a highly improvisational album, the closest we could get to a live electronics jam from the legendary duo of Phil Western and cEvin Key. I say mission accomplished. A special mention goes to Mark Spybey's presence on the dreamy and subconscious Beati, one of the most beautiful compositions from the band's (almost) original lineup. Very experi-'mental' shit, it's already one of my favorite downLOAD album! Many critical individuals have complained about the loud and apparently pounding beat nature of HElicopTEr's intense music. Well, I say, if you don't like loud, intense and pounding beat, why are you listening to downLOAD anyway?

Hail to the Bubbling Psychedelism of Nuclear Fusion Groove.

TRACKLIST

1 Propeller 3:31 

2 Bell 47 3:45
3 Hut 8:07
4 Decadance 4:44
5 Lift 6:15
6 Message From Gort 5:39
7 Radio Silence 5:36
8 Pilots Requiem 4:00
9 Landed 2:57
10 Beati 6:19

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