COIL

Coil were a band that in many ways passed me by, although I bought both Horse Rotorvator and Love's Secret Domain when they were released. Since the sad death of Jhonn Balance I've found myself digging deeper into their rather dark, magickal, back catalogue. In an interview with Peter ' Sleazy' Christopherson he says that he and Jhonn started Coil because nobody was making the sort of music that they wanted to listen to late at night. At the moment most of my listening of them is a solitary night time experience. The occasional ' challenging' aspect of the music means it's never likely to be something we play in the car as a family, or put on when friends come round. In fact I like that, in a way, it feels like it's music to be listened to on your own in the dark. Not in a way that prepares you to drift off into sleep, it's too visceral for that. Regular night time listening seems to have made my dreams more vivid and easily remembered though. I'd like to think Coil would like that.
There are some interesting interviews available of the group talking about their working methods, influences and the importance of magick to them. Much of their back catalogue is being made available as CDs or Downloads by Christopherson via his site.