1) Download is… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Download is a Canadian electronic music group formed in 1995.
2) Download is a Brazilian drum & bass artist from Sao Paulo.
3) DOWNLOAD is an alias of Emma Essex.
1) 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 Goettel's death. Download's music has been described as 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 synthesizers and sampled instruments; the music is particularly centered on elements of percussion and rhythm.
As industrial and industrial metal band, Download was originally begun by Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key and Rudolph Dwayne Goettel in 1995 as a side project from their rapidly disintegrating full-time interest. Also a part of Download were Skinny Puppy contributors Anthony Valcic and Ken Marshall, plus Philth and Mark Spybey (from Dead Voices on Air). The debut album Furnace was issued on their own SubConscious Records (and distributed by Cleopatra) in late 1995; several months earlier, however, Goettel had died from a heroin overdose.
Skinny Puppy disbanded in 1996 after the release of (The Process), and Download continued with two EPs early in the year. The first, (Microscopic) included remixed tracks from Furnace, while the second (Sidewinder) was the group's first release for Nettwerk Records (though not for Key, who had released many on Nettwerk through Skinny Puppy). Second album The Eyes of Stanley Pain followed in mid-1996, and began to show the effect of the electronic dance music which Skinny Puppy had influenced a full decade before. The film soundtrack Charlie's Family appeared on Metropolis Records in 1997, followed by Download's third proper album (III) in October 1997. Effector was released three years later.
2) Download is a Brazilian drum & bass artist from Sao Paulo.
3) DOWNLOAD (formerly stylized as ⇩LOAD) is an alias of Emma Essex under the Halley Labs label. They are a hellbat that produces compilations of noise music.
They were originally separate from Halley Labs and their releases were on a separate Bandcamp page, which is no longer available.
DOWNLOAD's name was taken from the duology of PC Engine and CD games and a shmup of the name. Their design from 2013 was made as a way to personify and sexualize Emma's own fears to lessen their effect on her. As such, the decision to make them a bat was based on stereotypical personality traits. As time passed, DOWNLOAD's design was toned down significantly and more effeminate, making them Emma's "casual" fursona.
On December 10, 2019, Emma announced on Twitter that the character of DOWNLOAD would have a 'real name' (deuteronomy) attached to them to reflect less harsh noise tracks, but the character was later entirely rebranded to this new name.
Seven Plagues
Download Lyrics
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Stani ili kreni, nemas vremena
Navijam za tebe
Tvoju igru igram ja
Samo reci sebi, mogu, moram
Ne mislis da gubis, imas me
Neka igra krene
Igraj crni ples
Igraj protiv vremena
Samo crni ples
Tvoju igru igram ja
Igraj sporo, bejbe, igraj hrabro
Ne, ne misli da gubis, uzmi sve
Neka igra krene
Pusti sve i idi sam
Igraj crni ples
Igraj protiv vremena
Samo crni ples
Tvoju igru igram ja
Igraj crni ples
Igraj protiv vremena
Samo crni ples
Tvoju igru igram ja
Igraj crni ples
Igraj protiv vremena
Samo crni ples
Tvoju igru igram ja
Igraj crni ples
Igraj protiv vremena
Samo crni ples
Tvoju igru igram ja
The lyrics of Download's song Seven Plagues describe a woman who is being encouraged to take control of her life and play her own game. The song's title, "Seven Plagues," suggests a sort of Biblical apocalypse, and the lyrics are similarly evocative of a world gone mad. The woman in the song is urged to "play the black dance" against time itself, to embrace the chaos and take risks.
The song can be interpreted as a call to self-empowerment, a reminder that we each have the ability to take control of our lives and live on our own terms. The repetition of "igray crni ples" or "play the black dance" throughout the song serves to reinforce this idea, reminding the woman (and the listener) that she has the ability to shape her own destiny and control her own fate.
Line by Line Meaning
Baci pogled, bejbe, preko ramena
Take a glance, baby, over your shoulder
Stani ili kreni, nemas vremena
Stop or go, you have no time
Navijam za tebe
I'm rooting for you
Tvoju igru igram ja
I'm playing your game
Samo reci sebi, mogu, moram
Just tell yourself, I can, I must
Ne mislis da gubis, imas me
Don't think you're losing, you have me
Neka igra krene
Let the game begin
I pusti sve i idi sam
And leave everything and go alone
Igraj crni ples
Dance the black dance
Igraj protiv vremena
Play against time
Samo crni ples
Just the black dance
Igraj sporo, bejbe, igraj hrabro
Dance slowly, baby, dance bravely
Ne, ne misli da gubis, uzmi sve
No, don't think you're losing, take everything
Contributed by Avery F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.