Coil – Queens Of The Circulating Library
Label: | Eskaton – ESKATON 20 |
|---|---|
Format: | CD, Pink Clamshell |
Country: | UK |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic |
Style: | Abstract, Drone, Experimental, Ambient |
Tracklist
| 1 | Queens Of The Circulating Library | 49:26 |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – World Serpent
- Made By – PMDC, UK
- Manufactured By – Dering Corporation
Credits
- Featuring [With], Voice [As Queen Of The Circulating Library] – Dorothy Lewis
- Performer [Coil Were] – John Balance, Thighpaulsandra
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".
On disc:
Thanks to Simon Norris.
On clamshell case:
C Shell manufactured by The Dering Corporation © Patent @5,713,463 & 5,716,388 www.dering.com
Packaged in a pink clamshell case.
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".
On disc:
Thanks to Simon Norris.
On clamshell case:
C Shell manufactured by The Dering Corporation © Patent @5,713,463 & 5,716,388 www.dering.com
Packaged in a pink clamshell case.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): WORLD SERPENT ESKATON20 02 5
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, etched on inner hub): MADE IN THE UK BY PMDC
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L135
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0414
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): WORLDSERPENT ESKATON20 01 6
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, etched on inner hub): MADE IN THE UK BY PMDC
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L136
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0470
Other Versions (5 of 22)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Queens Of The Circulating Library (CD, Limited Edition, Album, Clear Clamshell ) | Eskaton | ESKATON 20 | UK | 2000 | ||
New Submission | Queens Of The Circulating Library (CD, Album, Reissue, Pink Clamshell ) | Eskaton | ESKATON 20 | UK | 2001 | ||
New Submission | Queens Of The Circulating Library (CD, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release) | Not On Label (Coil) | none | Thailand | 2015 | ||
Recently Edited | Queens Of The Circulating Library (LP, Numbered, Unofficial Release, Red) | Eskaton (3) | ESKATON 20 | UK | 2015 | ||
New Submission | Queens Of The Circulating Library (LP, Numbered, Unofficial Release, Blue) | Eskaton (3) | ESKATON 20 | UK | 2015 |
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Reviews
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.
Edited 13 years agoA 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.- 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.
Release
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