Coil

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Coil was a British avant - band .

history

The Coil group was founded in 1982 by John Balance in London . In its early days it was closely linked to the Zos Kia project . Back then, London was the go-to place for musicians and bands from the more experimental areas of music. Both Noise , Industrial and Neofolk were developed here. This ensured that the musicians exchanged ideas and a year later, Peter Christopherson , known as Sleazy , joined Coil. Christopherson had previously co-founded the band Throbbing Gristle . Both were also members of Psychic TV , one of the follow-up projects to Throbbing Gristle. Other members of the industrial scene also came from this environment. Artistic differences about the musical future of Psychic TV were ultimately the trigger for Christopherson and Balance to go musical ways together and to use the name Coil, which was already used by Balance.

On November 13, 2004, John Balance died of severe head injuries after falling under the influence of alcohol in the stairwell of the house where he and Christopherson lived. Peter Christopherson then announced the end of Coil.

Six years after the death of John Balance, on November 25, 2010, Peter Christopherson died in his sleep at the age of 55.

A music video for Coil's cover version of Gloria Jones' / Ed Cobb's Tainted Love , in which Marc Almond appears as the Angel of Death, is on display at the Museum of Modern Art - several television networks refused to play the video because of its AIDS- related issues. For the film Hellraiser - Das Tor zum Hölle , director Clive Barker asked the band to compose the score, but the studio turned it down. It was first released as a 10 "single and later with additional material as a maxi CD under the title The Consequences of Raising Hell (as vinyl ) or The unreleased Themes for Hellraiser (as CD) on the Bonn label Normal.

style

Coil's music is dark and psychedelic , but varies from recording to recording. Samples , synthesizers , tape loops are used as well as orchestral instruments. Influences from folk music to acid house can be heard depending on the album. Sexuality, drugs and spirituality are often discussed.

A lively exchange of guest musicians took place between the group and the other projects from the same artistic sphere of influence. Particularly noteworthy here are JG Thirlwell from Foetus, Stephen Thrower from Cyclobe , Gavin Friday , Boyd Rice , Steven Stapleton from Nurse with Wound , Current 93 and Marc Almond from Soft Cell .

Bands like Nine Inch Nails , Marilyn Manson and Ulver count Coil among their influences. In addition, Trent Reznor's project How to Destroy Angels is named after Coil's first single.

Discography

Albums

  • 1984: Transparent
  • 1984: Scatology
  • 1986: Horse Rotorvator
  • 1987: Gold Is the Metal
  • 1988: Scatology - 1988 Reissue
  • 1991: Love's Secrets Domain
  • 1994: The Angelic Conversation
  • 1995: Worship the Glitch
  • 1996: Black Light District: A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room
  • 1998: Time Machines
  • 1999: Astral Disaster (LP)
  • 1999: Musick to Play in the Dark
  • 2000: Astral Disaster (CD)
  • 2000: Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil
  • 2000: Musick to Play in the Dark 2
  • 2001: Scatology - 2001 Reissue
  • 2003: The Plastic Spider Thing (Remixed)
  • 2003: Moon's Milk
  • 2003: Live One
  • 2003: Live Two
  • 2003: Live Three
  • 2003: Live Four
  • 2004: Selvaggina, Go Back into the Woods
  • 2005:… And the Ambulance Died in His Arms
  • 2005: Black Antlers
  • 2005: The Ape of Naples
  • 2008: New Backwards

Compilations

  • 1990: Unnatural History I
  • 1992: Stolen And Contaminated Songs
  • 1995: Unnatural History II
  • 1996: Windowpane / The Snow
  • 1997: Unnatural History III
  • 2002: The Golden Hare With a Voice of Silver (2 CD, originally a Russian bootleg , subsequently authorized by the band)

Singles and EPs

  • 1984: How to Destroy Angels
  • 1985: Panic
  • 1987: The Anal Staircase (12 ")
  • 1987: The Unreleased Themes for Hellraiser (10 ")
  • 1987: The Wheel (7 ")
  • 1990: Windowpane (12 ", also as 12" Picture Disc )
  • 1991: The Snow (12 ")
  • 1992: How to Destroy Angels (Remixes and Re-Recordings) (CD)
  • 1993: Airborne Bells
  • 1993: Themes for Derek Jarman's "Blue" (7 ", limited to 1,000 pieces, 23 copies in yellow vinyl, the rest dark blue)
  • 1994: pHILM # 1 (10 ")
  • 1996: Coil Vs. Elph (10 ")
  • 1998: Summer Solstice: Bee Stings
  • 1998: Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers (7 ", with additional material also on CD)
  • 1998: Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk
  • 1999: Winter Solstice: North

literature

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  1. ↑ Threshold House - John Balance ( Memento from January 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Coil band site, news item dated 24 November 2010. brainwashed.com, accessed on 30 August 2012 .

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