Coil - Queens Of The Circulating Library

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Coil ‎– Queens Of The Circulating Library

Label:
Eskaton – ESKATON 020
Format:
CD
Country:
UK
Released:
2000
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Abstract, Drone, Experimental, Ambient

Tracklist

1 Queens Of The Circulating Library 49:26

Credits

Notes

Part one of "a continually mutating series of circulating musickal compositions".

Initially limited to 2000 copies in a clear grey clamshell case, sold at Coil's live performance as Time Machines at the Royal Festival Hall in London on April 2nd, 2000. The performance featured Peter Christopherson, John Balance, Thighpaulsandra and Simon Norris (Cyclobe) and was entitled "The Industrial Use Of Semen Will Revolutionise The Human Race".

Copies remaining after the show were made available via World Serpent, along with an additional 1500 copies packaged in a pink clamshell case.

The music was created by Thighpaulsandra and John Balance, and Thighpaulsandra's mother, opera singer Dorothy Lewis, recites the lyrics especially written by John Balance for "her and for mothers everywhere".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): WORLD SERPENT ESKATON20 02 5
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): WORLD SERPENT ESKATON20 01 6
  • Other (Etched On Inner Plastic Hub): MADE IN THE UK BY PMDC
  • Other (Variant 1 SID Codes): IFPI L135 IFPI 0414
  • Other (Variant 2 SID Codes): IFPI L136 IFPI 0470

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Rated 5/5
Review by FilboidStudge Jan 09, 2012
Wonderful, magical, third-eye-opening drone voyage. You can feel time and space fluctuating and things starting to wibble in your peripheral vision. The music makes the walls melt and as the ceiling peels off you can see a thousand trillion little spermatozoa chortling and doing the watusi in the night sky.

Someone told me this was the only recording by Coil which doesn't actually feature Peter Christopherson at the controls. Mind you, the same person once claimed to have seen a sasquatch just outside Lincoln town centre.
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Review by Yage_2097 Nov 23, 2008 (edited about 1 year ago)
A very special release by COIL and maybe their warmest track up till today. Nearly 50 minutes of fine experimental ambient featuring Dorothy on vocals. Though it's not a very much varied track, it's very atmospheric. I would not say that "Queens of the Circulating Library" is only for hardcore Coil fans. And since the world of music does not end on Avantgarde/Neo Folk/Post Industrial/Noise/Experimental bands like Current 93, Nurse With Wound, The Legendary Pink Dots or Coil, I would recommend this release also for listeners of Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Tangerine Dream and similar.
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Review by nothinger May 17, 2004
Only for hardcore Coil fans - one 50 minutes long track. Few loops and the voice of Thighpaulsandra mother - and after about 18 minutes only the loops left, repeating infinitely. Pure minimal. But only for the chosen ones.
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