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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's kind of lounge-world-techno-industrial-dance music!, November 5, 2002
Wow. There is so much going on in these songs I don't know where to start except to say that it is a crime that I must purchase all my Coil CDs at inflated prices from overseas. Anyone from a record company reading this?? PLEASE reprint their albums on US soil so that I can stop pumping money into the pockets of British music execs. However, the fact that I willingly pay... for each of their CDs is a testament to how far I would go for music this great.I don't really know what to call Coil. They might... fit into a genre I heard called "sampledelic" the other day. They bring in so much from so many varied sources that it's no wonder they're nestled in my CD changer right between Ministry and Johnny Cash. In order to have this review be useful to readers, I would generally try and categorize what sorts of listeners might buy this CD. In the case of Coil, there are so many cultures woven into their music that it's hard not to be inclusive and say "everyone would like this!" But in the interest of experimentation I will try. This is a good CD for you if you like: flamenco, lounge, industrial, dance, trance, IDM, African, gypsy, goth, ambient, fusion, Middle Eastern, or Indian musics. If none of those categories interest you in the slightest, you might not enjoy this very much. But for everyone else, this is a solid buy.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
seminal Coil, December 2, 2001
Coil's not much interested in easy listening. "Gold Is the Metal" is the only other Coil I have, so that's all I can compare it with. On Gold, the songs are offered take it or leave it; some are quite challenging. (Boy in a Suitcase, frinstance)LSD is smoothly crafted for lounge listening, for example the silky Things Happen. (Or, perhaps some chanteuse might come over for a cigarette?) The cd is subtitled, "Out of Light Cometh Darkness." And I believe that the painting on the cover may be the face of a lion (king of the beasts). Darkness, the king of beasts, the didgeridoo, the cacophany of Disco Hospital--Coil brings these out of the light. LSD is the bomb. I believe the cacophony that begins this cd (and the song Disco Hospital) is actually taken from the 1957/58 electronic composition "Artikulation" by the composer György Ligeti (b. 1923 in Translvania). Ligeti's most famous piece [non-electronic] is "Lux Aeterna" (Eternal Light), which is on the "2001 a Space Odyssey" soundtrack. Perhaps an additional explanation of the "out of light cometh darkness" motto...
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must-have for the seasoned techno afficionado., October 27, 2001
My copy of Love's Secret Domain was obtained years ago with a hoot of realized good luck in the used stacks at Orpheum in Seattle. My best friend had a copy when he was staying with me, and we had lost contact, so this CD is a great rediscovery and a missing link between my goth-teen past and my techno-adult present. Tastewise, it nestles nicely on the shelf between my Nitzer Ebb CD I stole back then and the Autechre CD I ordered the other day. The influence of this recording is obvious, a mixture of trebly textures and house beats as well as more unique rhythms and melodies. 10 years old, I don't know why its still OOP in USA.
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