Re: [microsound] On the subject of coil...

[Ranedown@xxxxxx]

also for coil:

music to play in the dark--just give the vocals a chance...even if you hate 
them at first, they will eventually show themselves as brilliant.

and absolutely essential is the eskaton 003,. trk titles: 1. Philm  
                                                                              
  2. static electrician  
                                                           3. red scratch
....the third track of which i can safely say within my own opinion is the 
epitome of their work and completely OWNS.  it  puts most of the current 
"glitch" material that is spewing forth now completely in the dust...and it 
sounds to be made mostly with old analogue synths.  it's structure is the 
most organic and sarcastic i have heard. such  delicate blend of sincerity 
and humour is almost impossible to find in any medium by any other artist 
right now.

coil are consistenly showing us, as of late, that most of the newest 
technology is simply being used as a crutch by most artists.  they are able 
to reach within a lot of the old familiar sounds and pull out the essences,  
the barest skeletons of the soul in those seemingly tired sounds and put them 
forth in ways that move you on levels that you weren't aware you could be 
moved. how ironic that music made by guys at such an advanced age, and music 
that uses such seemingly arcane imagery and ideologies, is also the music 
that i believe to be some of the most humanly evolved music that is recorded 
right now.  i think that our whole "hypermodern" aesthetic is getting it's 
ass kicked by them and that a lot of the current "glitch" artists should stop 
writing code for a few weeks, drop some acid, and lock themselves away with 
as much coil as they can find.  they are definitely our fathers, our 
forefathers, and the under-appreciated shamans of our small, arrogant tribe.  
worship the glitch, indeed.

also, it would be difficult for me to overstate the spiritual, emotional, and 
otherwise unexplainable impact that the eskaton 14 has had on me this past 
summer... the ep is dedicated to and recorded during the summer solstice, and 
the sounds and lyrics have opened up modes of awareness within me that have 
created new dimensions to my ideas and perceptions of my own existence. the 
fact that it is time-specific, that it is based on the location of our planet 
and it's effect on our individual interiors, is felt and not thought. my 
skepticism of occult sciences and astrology have been exposed as ignorance 
and arrogance. the album changed me, which is the last thing i was thinking 
music capable of doing anymore.                        yeah, it's that 
fuckin' good, yo.  i'm still a kid, basically. i like jungle, and i was 
almost afraid of the depth of this recording, because now it seems my 
listening has reached a plateau. no one else is gonna be able to do it for me 
like they have anytime soon, i'm afraid. 
            i say, enough self-serving ideology and fetishistic 
techno-worship, and more instinct and essential nature.  

the sun is coming.
--Boundary_(ID_PhzV1iGZWfjkYCsCKHmwuA)
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