Coil // Queens Of The Circulating Library LP [COLOR]

A reissue record of British industrial band Coil. (originally released in 2000)

It is a minimal drone work. Comes with DL code.

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Pressed on 12" clear vinyl - edition of 1200. Includes DL code.

Dais Records:

"Queens Of The Circulating Library stands alongside Time Machines and Nurse With Wound's Soliloquy For Lilith as a post-industrial pinnacle of sensory-warping long-form drone. Crafted by the distilled duo of Thighpaulsandra and John Balance, the 49-minute piece unfurls in swirling , cyclical waves, tidal as much as textural, channeling the spirit of levitational minimalism pioneered by La Monte Young. A case study in Coil's exceptional capacity for mutation and extremes.

The theatrical introductory monologue delivered by Thighpaulsandra's mother – a career opera singer, in her 80's at the time of recording – sets the stage for a grandiose ascension. Written by Balance, the text is declamatory but dreamlike, refracted through megaphone echo: “Return the book of knowledge / Return the marble index / File under "Paradox" / The forest is a college, each tree a university.” As her voice fades, the lulling synthetic infinity deepens, congealing into transient crests of volume and haze, like slow- motion surf misting in moonlight. Thighpaulsandra describes their aesthetic intention as a “bliss out,” static but shape-shifting, an amniotic drift towards an eternal vanishing point. A supreme sonic embodiment of the slogan on the sleeve of Time Machines, two years prior : "Persistence is all."

Dais-exclusive Lenticular Limited Editions: Come in lenticular plastic jacket that animates when tilted, using frames of projections from Coil's live performances during the era."

Artist: Coil

Label: Dais Records