ZOS KIA / COIL – Transparent 2xLP

Description

Essential early document of the creation of Coil, when membership, aesthetic and style was still very embryonic. This double LP set reissues the tape credited mainly to Zos Kia, featuring at the time John Balance who, along with John Gosling, was still playing in Genesis P-Orridge’s (oc)cult-obsessed free-form collective Psychic TV. Their ultra-dark, tribal tracks are total early industrial in their sound and execution, and fit well with the first Coil recordings: Manson, Crowley, Spare are the obvious inspirations and thematic touchpoints. The music here can often be a wee bit aimless but it represents a time of total juvenile musical and artistic freedom, and showed Balance what he was capable of and where he could take Coil in years to come.