Coil Equinox 7" Soisong Nurse With Wound Current 93 SPK

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  Coil Equinox 7" Soisong Nurse With Wound Current 93 SPK complete set of 4 Coil Equinox 7" Spring Equinox Vinyl is EX Cover is EX ltd to 1000 "milky" white 7" singles
Summer Solstice Vinyl is EX Cover is EX ltd to 1000 orange/yellow 7" singles
Autumn Equinox Vinyl is EX Cover is EX ltd to 1000 amethyst 7" singles
Winter Solstice Vinyl is EX Cover is EX ltd to 1000 clear 7" singles




Spring Equinox
Tracks

Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull (part one)
Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull (part two)

Personnel
John Balance
Peter Christopherson
Bill Breeze
Drew McDowell

Reviews
Overall impression: excellent. This is the first of a 4 part series to be released this year in conjuction with the 4 seasonal equinoxes. It will cease to be available on June 21, the Summer Solstice, at which time the new single "Bee Stings" will become available. This disc continues in the same vein musically as the preceeding Coil oriented release, "Time Machines". The music is essentially instrumental drone based pieces, Parts 1 and 2 being much alike, except that Part 2 has the wonderful addition of electric viola melodies. Very organic and relaxing in nature. My only complaint is how short the running time is. I understand that it's a single, but just when you're starting to really get into it, it's over. However, it's a wonderful companion to the "Time Machines" disc.
- Mark Weddle

Summer Solstice
Tracks

Bee Stings
Summer Substructures

Personnel
John Balance
Peter Christopherson
Bill Breeze - electric viola on "Bee Stings" and "Summer Substructures"

Reviews
Overall impression: excellent. This is the second installment in the equinox/solstice series by Coil. Once again, this cd is limited, and is available only until the Autumnal Equinox, September 23rd. This disc continues in the minimal vein, like "Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull", but each of these tracks has vocals. "Bee Stings" begins with an electric viola melody (courtesy William Breeze), which continues throughout, as Balance's spoken vocal, more misc sounds and a subtle beat are added. "Glowworms/Waveforms" is comprised of various bizarre effected sounds, loops and drones as Balance asks various questions, such as "where's the bells?", "where's my corn field?", "where's my breeding ground?" and "where's my horse head?" "Summer Substructures" is a moody vocal, electric viola and keyboard piece. "A Warning .." begins with a noisy barrage of distorted/effected sounds that give way to one crunchy, distorted loop (reminiscent of Autechre) and what sounds like a slide guitar as Balance sings in a high-pitched, nasal, operatic voice. An odd, but very intriguing batch of new stuff from Coil. Two more singles to go. - Mark Weddle


Autumn Equinox
Tracks

Amethyst Deceivers
Switches

Personnel
John Balance
Peter Christopherson
Bill Breeze

Notes
7" single has slightly alternate versions of the songs that are on the CD.
Collected on Moon's Milk (In Four Phases).

Reviews
Overall impression: good. Ahhh ... the warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing that a new twenty-ish minutes of Coil is forthcoming every 3 months! Coil aren't ones to repeat themselves, but I do hope they do something similar to this solstice/equinox singles series in 1999, or at least manage to put out as much material as they did this year in future years. "Amethyst.." is, naturally, the third in the 1998 single series (see also: "Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull" and "Summer Solstice: Bee Stings") and it is the most musically varied of the 3 so far. Track by track: "Regal" is a short Balance vocal mantra piece with a minimal background of animal-like howls and some sort of keyboard sound (difficult to explain ... the kind of sound you'd only hear on a Coil record). "Rosa.." is a spacy mixture of Balance's spoken words with the vocals of Rose McDowall and Robert Lee of Sorrow, synthesizer and William Breeze's heavenly electric viola. "Switches" is comprised of very minimal pressure changes as composed via a synthesizer, this one would fit right in on ELpH vs Coil "Worship the Glitch". "The Auto.." harkens back to mid-80's Coil due to it's distorted orchestral sound combined with whispered and effected male and female vocals. "Amethyst.." features utterly beautiful swirling sounds, plucked acoustic instrumentation, and synth bass accompanied by whispered and/or effected chants of "Amethyst Deciever" throughout ... truly one of the finest tracks I've ever heard by Coil. Again, this single is very minimal and similar to the other two, but at the same time completely different. All the tracks have the "Coil sound" as I like to call it ... a comfortable, meaningful, warm and welcoming sound. A good single, but overall I prefer "Bee Stings" to "Amethyst..". Once again, very nice artwork ... this time warping an image similar of that of the previous singles. The 7" version of this single features slightly different versions of just "Amethyst Decievers" and "Switches". I'm looking forward to the final chapter, the winter solstice single on Dec. 22. - Mark Weddle


Winter Solstice
Tracks

A White Rainbow [ESKATON23]
Christmas is Now Drawing Near [ESKATON23]

Personnel
John Balance
Peter Christopherson
Bill Breeze
Drew McDowell
Rose McDowell - vocal on "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near"
Robert Lee - vocal on "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near"

Reviews
Overall impression: excellent. The fourth and final of the 1998 seasonal singles, "North" continues in the same vein as the previous three: "Amethyst Deceivers", "Bee Stings" and "Moon's Milk". Once again Coil create a minimal yet deep, emotive aural environment for Balance's interesting words. "A White Rainbow" is centered around John's double tracked sprawling vocals and William Breeze's electric viola. Balance's lyrics on this song seem to tie the whole equinox/solstice singles series together. The last 3 minutes or so are essentially instrumental and the song ends in a chaotic jumble of sounds (similar to "A Warning From the Sun" from "Bee Stings"). "North" is comprised of washes of sound, a hushed spoken 2 line vocal from Balance and a heavily chorused, subtle beat. "Magnetic North" is more drone-y ... flowing synth lines form the background for Balance's quietly spoken words. "Christmas.." is sung by Rose McDowall with a glorious backing of disorted snyths and viola ... only Coil can transform a traditional Catholic song into something so achingly beautiful. The artwork is similar to the previous singles, except that this time it appears energy is exploding outwards from the oval. "North" evokes the same sort of feelings in me as most other music by Coil ... a sense of otherworldliness and unsettling familiarity, and an impression of a great importance that is beyond my ability to fully comprehend. This is emotion drenched music. All good things must come to an end though, so I eagerly await the next project by Coil. - Mark Weddle Shipping discounts on multiple wins. Rate applies to the whole world. $1 per CD $1 per 7" $2 per 10" or 12" wait for my invoice on multiple wins

M Mint... perfect no flaws never touched

NM Near Mint...played but still perfect

EX Excellent...very tiny barely visible flaws (CD/Record may have tiny marks) (Cover/Jacket has slight imperfections)

VG Very Good... few noticible flaws 90%-95% perfect (CD/Record may have a few scuffs or scratches) (Cover/Jacket has minor more noticible wear or slight edgewear)

G Good... severely flawed but still playable (CD/Record will have a lot of scuffs or scratches) (Cover/Jacket has severe wear or ringwear & edgewear)

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