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This is a historical tome in the Coil discography that the pioneering U.K. industrial group released as a cassette-only album on Nekrophile Records. Performances of early Coil as a harsh industrial noise/performance art group are captured in various live settings during 1983, including Berlin and London concerts, as well as studio/rehearsal room sessions that predate the Coil of the legendary 1884 album Scatology, which subsequently became a massively influential recording in the post-industrial movement. Here are the earliest Coil recordings, exhibiting the band as it develops a fierce noise music that later became some of the most poetic and elegiac of the era. Whether reshaping electro, new wave, hyper-minimalism, or futuristic folk, Coil remained one of the most vital groups of the '80s post-punk movement. For fans of the group, this early archival material is essential listening. The disc is packaged in a mini-LP-style cardboard slipcase, and includes a booklet with photos from Coil/Zos Kia performances. A text of the Coil manifesto penned by John Balance and a transcription of a conversation between founders Balance and Peter Christopherson are included in the booklet. Newcomers to the group are advised to explore first the albums Scatology, Horse Rotorvator, and Love's Secret Domain, though Coil fans and collectors will not be disappointed by this obscurity. Transparent provides a much-needed insight into the very early work of the extraordinary industrial music institution.
© Skip Jansen /TiVo
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John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
Coil, MainArtist - John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
Coil, MainArtist - John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
Coil, MainArtist - John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
Coil, MainArtist - John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
Coil, MainArtist - John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
Coil, MainArtist - John Gosling, Composer - John Balance, Composer - Zos Kia, MainArtist - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
John Gosling, Composer - Ake, MainArtist - John Balance, Composer - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
John Gosling, Composer - Ake, MainArtist - John Balance, Composer - Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, Composer
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
Album review
This is a historical tome in the Coil discography that the pioneering U.K. industrial group released as a cassette-only album on Nekrophile Records. Performances of early Coil as a harsh industrial noise/performance art group are captured in various live settings during 1983, including Berlin and London concerts, as well as studio/rehearsal room sessions that predate the Coil of the legendary 1884 album Scatology, which subsequently became a massively influential recording in the post-industrial movement. Here are the earliest Coil recordings, exhibiting the band as it develops a fierce noise music that later became some of the most poetic and elegiac of the era. Whether reshaping electro, new wave, hyper-minimalism, or futuristic folk, Coil remained one of the most vital groups of the '80s post-punk movement. For fans of the group, this early archival material is essential listening. The disc is packaged in a mini-LP-style cardboard slipcase, and includes a booklet with photos from Coil/Zos Kia performances. A text of the Coil manifesto penned by John Balance and a transcription of a conversation between founders Balance and Peter Christopherson are included in the booklet. Newcomers to the group are advised to explore first the albums Scatology, Horse Rotorvator, and Love's Secret Domain, though Coil fans and collectors will not be disappointed by this obscurity. Transparent provides a much-needed insight into the very early work of the extraordinary industrial music institution.
© Skip Jansen /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:20
- Main artists: Coil Zos Kia Ake
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Cold Spring
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Progressive Rock
(C) 2017 Cold Spring Records (P) 2017 Cold Spring Records
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