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One of the most requested releases of the last few months was the more-or-less regular version of Astral Disaster (Definitive Edition). So, it’s here with a very special price!
At the turn of the millenium the original Astral Disaster subscription-only vinyl release was somewhat of an Unholy Grail for Coil collectors!
Virtually unobtainable in its original fiercely limited format of only 99 copies, it is the only album apart from the original Musick to Play in the Dark record to combine the genius of Balance and Sleazy with both Drew McDowall and Thighpaulsandra’s talents.
Like Musick to Play in the Dark it is an essentially tidal/lunar record with literal washes of sound enveloping the listener. Intensely engaging tracks like “The Avatars” and the later concert tour-de-force “I don’t want to be the one” owe equal amounts to drone and kraut, but are quintessentially Coil.
The record was re-imagined and enhanced a short time later, but even this more widely available re-edition on Coil’s own Thresholdhouse imprint has been unavailable for too long now.
Like that version our new definitive collection boasts exclusive all-new art by Nurse with Wound’s Steven Stapleton as well as every old picture from previous editions. This sumptuous and comprehensive 4CD Coil re-edition does not only collect the two original versions released when Coil were still alive, but also all of the rare outtakes, most which were later briefly available on now equally out-of-print vinyl and CD, thus providing the definitive gathering of all of the material from these landmark sessions.
The music has been respectfully and expertly remastered by grammy-nominated engineer Jessica Thompson. Artwork by Steven Stapleton design & layout by Oleg Galay.
