Coil - Live Archive

On 1999 December 14 Coil performed elph.zwölf at Volksbuehne in Berlin. Although the performance lasted just under 18 minutes, it marked the beginning of a new era of what would become a series of legendary performances. Coil would go on to perform nearly 50 more concerts, with varied setlists as well as performers. Like the studio incarnation of Coil, John Balance and Peter Christopherson were the key performers and performed in most of the concerts. Other performers who took part in a significant amount of shows included Thighpaulsandra, Ossian Brown (from Cyclobe) and Tom Edwards. Cliff Stapleton and a few other names also contributed at certain events. Although Coil performed many well known shows at festivals, they were involved in several tours, performing the most in 2002. In 2004 Coil embarked on their final tour titled "Even An Evil Fatigue".

Coil's performances were surrealistic visually as well as soundwise. John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra and Ossian Brown were known to dress in fluffy suits, an idea inspired by Sun Ra. The suits would later be used as album covers for the release Live One - other costumes appear on the covers of Live Two and Live Three (straightjacket and mirror-chested hooded jumpsuit respectively). Video screens projected footage and animations created by Christopherson, while fog machines created a thick eerie atmosphere. Balance would often screech and howl during performances, which would add to the effect. However, the overall feeling of an individual Coil performance was extremely varied. Other props were used, such as mini tents for Christopherson and Thighpaulsandra created by the artist Ian Johnstone, as well as a sculpture which would become the cover art for Live Four, designed by John Balance and Ossian Brown and created by the London dress maker and costumier David Cabaret. Cabaret was also known for working with the performance artist Leigh Bowery in the 1980s.
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Live One
CD A: Royal Festival Hall - April 2nd 2000
"The Industrial Use Of Semen Will Revolutionise The Human Race"
1-1 Everything Keeps Dissolving 15:14
1-2 Queens Of The Circulating Library 13:50
1-3 Chasms 21:39

Disc one recorded at Royal Festival Hall in London on April 2nd, 2000.
Previously released as "Coil Presents Time Machines" (Eskaton 024 CD), a limited edition CD available with initial mail order copies of "Musick To Play In The Dark Vol. 2".


Live One/CSO 2
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Barcelona SONAR - June 17th 2000
2-1 Everything Keeps Dissolving 5:28
2-2 Amethyst Deceivers 6:23
2-3 Circulating 12:48
2-4 The Universe Is A Haunted House 18:09
2-5 Elves 8:17

Disc two recorded at the Sonar Festival in Barcelona on June 17th, 2000.
There are only 5 tracks on the disc, but six titles were listed on the cover. After the band homepage the track "Blue Chasms" isn't on the CD.


Live Two/CSO 4

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1 Something: Higher Beings Command 8:45
2 Amethyst Deceivers 6:32
3 What Kind Of Animal Are You? 8:53
4 Blood From The Air 5:25
5 The Green Child 7:56
6 Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil 17:11

Recorded live on September 15, 2001 at DK Gorbunova in Moscow, Russia.


Live Three/CSO 5

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1 Anarcadia: All Horned Animals 6:54
2 Amethyst Deceivers 7:46
3 Slur 5:48
4 A Cold Cell 6:25
5 Broccoli 9:15
6 Paranoid Inlay 8:08
7 Sick Mirrors (Version) 8:49
8 A.Y.O.R. 6:46
9 Backwards 15:22

Recorded on April 6, 2002 at Teatro delle Celebrazioni in Bologna, Italy.

Live Four/CSO 7

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1 I Am Angie Bowie (Sine Waves) 6:01
2 Last Rites Of Spring 10:44
3 Are You Shivering? 8:22
4 Amethyst Deceivers 8:26
5 A Warning From The Sun 6:21
6 The Universe Is A Haunted House 11:17
7 Ostia 8:15
8 I Don't Want To Be The One 5:12
9 Bang Bang 2:46
10 An Unearthly Red 12:23

Recorded on October 27th, 2002 at Palac Akropolis, Prague, Czech Republic (tracks 1 and 10) and October 29th, 2002 at Flex, Vienna, Austria (tracks 2-9).

Spoiler Workshop

A 110-minute recording of a lecture/workshop presented by Coil at the Spoiler electronic culture centre in Vienna, Austria on October 30th, 2002. This release is limited to one copy which can be borrowed free of charge from the Spoiler library in Vienna.

Zip MP4 001
Zip MP4 002



Transparent (1984/1997)

1 Zos Kia - Sicktone
2 Zos Kia - Baptism Of Fire
3 Zos Kia - Violation
4 Zos Kia - Poisons
5 Zos Kia - Truth
Berlin Atonal. 3.XII.1983
Zos Kia were John Balance, Joan D'Arc & Min.
Mixed live by Peter Christopherson.

6 Coil / Zos Kia - Sewn Open
Rehearsal 5.X.83 (Balance/D'Arc)
7 Coil - Silence & Secrecy (Section)
Live At Magenta Club, London 5.VIII.1983 (John Balance/Peter Christopherson)
8 Coil - Here To Here (Double Headed Secret)
taken from Beast 666 Cass (Nekrophile, 1983)
9 Coil / Zos Kia - Stealing The Words
3.VIII.82 (John Balance)
10 Coil / Zos Kia - On Balance
5.V.82 (John Balance)

The packaging of the initial cassette copies of this release was orangish-brown in colour. Subsequent editions were green, as are the CD and LP reissues.



How to Destroy Angels (CSO1)

Air Gallery London 24-08-83 (MP4)

Nantes France 25=03=2001

Antwerp Belgium 30-05-2001

Paradiso Amsterdam 01-06-2001

Dutch Radio 4 Supplement aired 18-06-2001


Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig Germany 03-06-2001


Convergence Irving Plaza NYC 18-08-2001 (MP4)
DVD Extra MP4

Limoges France 30-03-2002

Ghent Belgium 02-04-2002

Munich Germany 07-04-2002

Fabrik Hamburg 10-04-2002


Volksbühne Berlin Germany 12-04-2002
(M4v ripped from You-Tube - Poor visual quality)

Glauchau Germany 13-04-2002

Barbican London UK 27-04-2002


Den Haag Netherlands 07-06-2002 (MP4)

Fano Italy 26=07=2002


Vagonka Club Kaliningrad Russia 29-09-2002 (MP4)

Royal Festival Hall London 01-10-2002


Ydrogeios Club Thessaloniki Greece 05-10-2002 (MP4)

Megalithomania! Conway Hall London 01-10-2002

Betong Oslo Norway 17-10-2002


Fylkingen Stockholm Sweden 19-10-2002

Tavastia Helsinki 21-10-2002

St. Johns Church Gdansk Poland 24-10-2002

Lodz Poland 26-10-2002

Camber Sands UK 06-04-2003
AKA ...And The Ambulance Died In His Arms.


Mutek Montreal Canada 29-05-2003 (MP4)
DVD Extra MP4

Porto Portugal 21-06-2003

Birmingham Supersonic 12-07-2003


La Locomotive Paris France 23-05-2004 (MP4)
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Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig Germany 31-05-2004


Melkweg Amsterdam Netherlands 03-06-2004 (MP4)


Selvaggina Jesi Italy 11-06-2004 (MP4)

Ocean London UK 25-07-2004


City Hall Dublin Eire 23-10-2004 (MP4)

See Also:
Reconstruction Kit
Tributes
Remixes

DVD rips at rareclips.net