Helicopter (album)
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| Released | October 23, 2009 Re-released September 27, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2007 (Subconscious Studios, Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | IDM, electronica, industrial | |||
| Length | 50:49 1:10:02 (re-release) | |||
| Label | Subconscious Communications, Metropolis Records | |||
| Producer | cEvin Key & Phil Western | |||
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Cover of 2011 re-release | ||||
Helicopter is the seventh studio album by the post-industrial electronic band Download. Much like Download's previous release, FiXeR, Helicopter features a guest appearance by former vocalist, Mark Spybey. It also puts a prominent focus on analogue equipment, using the oldest machines that Subconscious Studios had to offer.
Initially given a limited release as part of Subconscious Communications' Beyond The Vault series, Helicopter eventually sold out and, in 2011, was given a second pressing and a wider release through Metropolis Records. This re-release is retitled Helicopter + Wookie Wall, and features three additional tracks. According to Simon Paul, designer of the Helicopter's original album art, the art of this re-release will be an amalgamation of the album's original artwork and the artwork he submitted for the proposed Wookie Wall EP.
The song "Message From Gort" is a reference to the PlatEAU album Gort Spacebar, which was also a Key and Western project and released as part of the Beyond The Vault series.