Stolen and Contaminates Songsfrom Compulsion
Coil's long awaited limited edition release is finally available. Over
60 minutes of material evolved from the Loves Secret Domain sessions,
extensively reworked and remixed with the addition of previously
unreleased material. Possibly not the ambient release we were expecting
but a worthwhile recording all the same. A version of Further, Back and
Faster opens the album. Gone is the lyric replaeed by a weird sample
over an even weirder obsessive rhythm. A strange mix of Chaostrophy,
covering familiar Coil temtory is present. A new track with real
percussion, ethnic singing maybe and another strange lyric of "Whose To
Tell" is followed by a sort of jazz piece which puts the sex back in Coil,
excellent. An early version of Loves Secret Domain is the singular vocal
outing by John on the album. The track itself catches Coil in a jovial
mood, providing what can be basically described as a pop song, with its
deep flowing bass. Some conventional dance sounds are utilised by Coil in
a couple of traeks though as John says "it's dance music for the head".
If the Tainted Love video stopped the dancing in the clubs, the track
using the answering machine dialogue telling of suicide will make you stop
whatever you're doing in the house. A devastating track aided by
sympathetic backing music very moving and emotionally draining. From then
on in like prior Coil releases nothing really flows together, lengthy
disembodied pieces of music, showing their versatility. S&CS's shows Coil
have more tricks up their sleeves and remains a remarkable piece of work.
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