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CoilConstant Shallowness Leads To Evil

Label:

Eskaton – ESKATON 24

Format:

CD, Album, Pink Clamshell

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Abstract, Noise, Experimental

Tracklist

1Higher Beings Command4:09
2I Am The Green Child13:45
3Beige5:57
4Lowest Common Abominator5:00
5Free Base Chakra5:14
6Tunnel Of Goats5:00
7Tunnel Of Goats0:29
8Tunnel Of Goats0:21
9Tunnel Of Goats0:23
10Tunnel Of Goats2:00
11Tunnel Of Goats2:00
12Tunnel Of Goats2:00
13Tunnel Of Goats2:00
14Tunnel Of Goats2:00
15Tunnel Of Goats2:00
16Tunnel Of Goats2:00
17Tunnel Of Goats2:00
18Tunnel Of Goats2:00
19Tunnel Of Goats1:00
20Tunnel Of Goats1:00
21Tunnel Of Goats0:15
22Tunnel Of Goats0:51
23Tunnel Of Goats0:17
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Companies, etc.

  • Made ByUniversal M & L, UK

Credits

Notes

On disc:
Thanks to Simon Norris.
May cause drowsiness – Do not play while driving or operating machinery

On clamshell:
US PAT#5,713,463
US PAT# DES 387,217
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Only 6 track titles are listed, the piece 'Tunnel Of Goats' is spread over tracks 6 to 23.
Shares the catalog number with Coil Presents Time Machines.

Initially made available at Coil's live appearance co-headlining with Foetus at London's Royal Festival Hall on September 19th, 2000. The live performance was entitled "Persistence Is All". A commercial edition was issued via World Serpent the following week.

Packaged in a pink clamshell case. Another version exists with a clear clamshell case.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): ESKATON24 01 6
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, mould hub): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 04D9
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): ESKATON24 01 6
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, mould hub): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 04B6
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): ESKATON24 01 6
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, mould hub): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 04A8

Other Versions (5 of 29)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (CD, Album, Clear Clamshell)EskatonESKATON 24UK2000
Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release)Mosh RecordsnoneUkraine2001
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Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (CDr, Album, Unofficial Release)M.A.D. Records (4)noneRussia2001
New Submission
Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (CD, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release)Not On Label (Coil)noneThailand2015
New Submission
Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (Cassette, Album, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release, C50)Keep Tapes AliveKTA19US2016

Recommendations

Reviews

  • barhoniac's avatar
    barhoniac
    Is the Dais reissue a different mix to this the original?
    • Honey_Bucket's avatar
      Honey_Bucket
      Imagine pressing Tunnel Of Goats over 2 sides of a record.
      • Carlodeguyo's avatar
        Carlodeguyo
        Totally worth the vinyl--mine is clear with pink splatter. From dusty old speakers on up, this album probably just gets further and further to the edge, piercing the mind and staying there. What the hell kind of crazy keyboards are they playing?! I guess that's the kit of Drew McDowell and Thighpaulsandra.
        The presentation of the physical copy is extremely glossy--a little more dry than the body-horror drug anatomy stuff Coil usually employed, but very geometrical and suggests the band's themes of nature, mathematics, and most of all coils (crossbred with ferris wheels).
        • aairplane77's avatar
          aairplane77
          Dais pressing is pressed at 45 and sounds fantastic! Word.
          • digreverend's avatar
            digreverend
            Does anyone know what's happened with the 2022 official reissue? Thighpaulsandra offered copies on his own site, perhaps prematurely, for order (People have received physical copies). It's a Dais Records release, Its not listed here, Dais haven't offered it for sale yet?
            • timpropst23's avatar
              timpropst23
              I think anyone who purchases this knows what they are purchasing. The CD or the internet archive is a considerably better source and this release benefits from a clean sound. This bootleg does not provide this. That said, I prefer LPs. I prefer the experience of setting out time to listen to an LP and this release allows me to listen to something I really enjoy in my preferred format. It is a bootleg, it is a little noisy and the sound quality is inferior to a digital copy. Bottom line, if I lost my copy, I would buy another.
              • cblanger's avatar
                cblanger
                How does this bootleg LP sound ? Pressing ? Thx
                • mikey4502's avatar
                  mikey4502
                  Edited 3 years ago
                  there's a vinyl reissue of this out. probably a bootleg. edition of 300.
                  • dalakouras's avatar
                    dalakouras
                    Edited 4 years ago
                    Max volume, no headphones. Let the electronic mayhem blast through your speakers, sterilizing everything in the room, your bone marrow included. Inhale and let be inhaled. Purification. Catharsis. How does silence sound now that it is all over?
                    • MazaroAnonymous's avatar
                      If you think this album is 'not music', or 'thrown together', all I can say is, you must never have heard it on acid.

                      This is one of the most powerful and profound expressions of a manic state that I have ever heard. Coil means every sound gesture and lyric very, very seriously and it should be taken as such. This album is a beautiful poem with beginning, middle and end. It is very carefully sequenced. It is perfectly paced. Every sound texture is rich and glowing with magick. Turn it up loud and these drones will vibrate your soul and your bones.

                      A bit like Time Machines but more overtly human, emotional and aggressive. They intend to drill a hole to the center of consciousness, and it is evident. There is a lot to learn from this album.

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