Coil is mostly John Balance and Peter Christopherson(the more famous
member, from Hipgnosis(legendary graphic design group), Throbbing
Gristle, and an excellent video creator/director).
For more and better information than I could provide, please visit
http://www.brainwashed.com/coil
This is an excellent page, which covers all the bases.
HORSE ROTORVATOR
Not a very electronic album. IDM fans are more likely to appreciate
Love's Secret Domain. Nevertheless, I love it. It is very cohesive,
with such lovely themes as: dark angels, war, death, sewage, and male
sexual energy.
Coil's music does not sound like much else. This album is no exception.
It relies heavily on strings, horns, war drums, animal cries, and other
miscellaneous sound effects. The first couple of songs manage to be
disturbing in an energetic, cheery way. There is a song that sounds like
live parade music, one with brooding acoustic guitars, and some heavy,
buzzing industrial. They cover Leonard Cohen's "Who By Fire". There is
singing and narration in a few places.
from Ostia (The Death Of Pasolini):
There's honey in the hollows
And the contours of the body
A sluggish golden river
A golden, sticky trickle
You can hear the bones humming
And the car reverses over
The body in the basin
In the shallow sea-plane basin.
Really worth a listen, but many of you will absolutely hate it. Very few
albums put me in a thoughtful mood like this one does.
Notes:
Stephen Thrower is listed as a band member for this one, & I have a feeling
that the CD tracklisting is messed up.