Coiled One

Spahn Ranch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B000006NYZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #432,592 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Locusts

2. Heretic's Fork

3. Vortex

4. Infrastructure

5. Compression Test

6. Threnody

7. The Judas Cradle

8. Syndrome Exhibit

9. Babel

10. Static Detonates the Gel

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars more static..., December 23, 2002

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Martian Bachelor (Feminacentric America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coiled One (Audio CD)

I've had this CD for a couple of years and still like it. I'm not a huge fan of this genre -- I'm more into techno/trance/dance/house these days -- but if you like interesting synth-heavy dark/goth industrial like such better-known bands as Xymox, Delerium (early), Front 242 have made at times you may like Spahn Ranch.

I do have to add that I like "Architecture" better than "The Coiled One", and for some reason I didn't really appreciate or fully grok this CD until after I'd heard "Architecture" several times; then I got it. Funny how that it is... Anyway, this is a pretty good if not great CD, definitely on the moody/harsh/angry side. Maybe not 4 stars, but definitely more than 3 1/2.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamic, Diverse, But Not Over Done, October 14, 2005

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M. Mierzwa (Davis, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coiled One (Audio CD)

As a big fan of industrial and electronic music I've been exposed to a large amount of good and bad albums. I count the Los Angeles based Spahn Ranch's "The Coiled One" in the good column. When I used to vend music at industrial and goth clubs I made a point to turn a few younger industrial music fans onto this album. (As an interesting aside, "Spahn Ranch" is also the name of the old western filming set that Charles Manson's gang was based from.)

My favorite tracks (which you can listen to) include "Locusts" and "Compression Test". Locusts is fairly upbeat and aggressive, while Compression Test is a much slower and measured track that is more reminiscent of older Belgian-styled electronic body music (EBM). Others have suggested listening to "Heretic's Fork", and though it is not my favorite track, it is still a good track and very representative of this album. Please listen to all three tracks and decide for yourself if you like this album.

Other tracks like "The Judas Cradle" can be best described as good guitar based industrial akin to KMFDM or Denmark's Birmingham 6. Overall, this album represents a good mix of guitars and electronics and non distorted vocals.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC - everone should hear, July 30, 2002

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Gary Sackman (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coiled One (Audio CD)

I had a tape of this album left in my car and it didnt leave the player for a year. It is a fantastic piece of work, with great production and stunningly written, arranged and performed songs. A massive slab of industrial/techno/metal/goth which should get a lot more play in clubs than it does. Superb.