How to Destroy Angels (Coil EP)
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 19 February 1984 | |||
| Studio | Britannia Row Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Ritual ambient, drone | |||
| Length | 16:45 | |||
| Label | L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords LAY05 | |||
| Producer | Coil | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
How to Destroy Angels is the debut extended play by British experimental band Coil. At this point, the group consisted only of John Balance and Peter Christopherson.[2] It was originally released in 1984 on L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords, but was later re-pressed in 1988.[2]
Background
[edit | edit source]The record has two songs on it, each taking up each one side of vinyl in its entirety. The contents of the B-side varied over repressings: the first edition contained noise-filled grooves, the second edition held playable, multi-layered music, and the third edition contained a flat, grooveless face.[2]
Originally, track "How to Destroy Angels" was intended to be the B-side of the track "Silence and Secrecy", but due to Christopherson and Balance leaving Psychic TV, owners of Temple Records, the idea was shelved.[2] "Silence and Secrecy" has only been released in partial form by way of a two-minute excerpt on the Zos Kia and early Coil retrospective Transparent.[3]
Both songs appeared, with additional remixes, on the album How to Destroy Angels (Remixes and Re-Recordings).
How to Destroy Angels is also the name of Trent Reznor's (of Nine Inch Nails fame) side project together with his wife Mariqueen Maandig and Atticus Ross. Reznor has acknowledged that the earlier Coil release was the source of the band's name and that he had run the idea by Peter Christopherson before using it.[4]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]Side one
[edit | edit source]- "How to Destroy Angels" – 16:45
Side two
[edit | edit source]- "Absolute Elsewhere" – 22:47
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- John Balance – performer
- Peter Christopherson – performer
Notes
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External links
[edit | edit source]- How to Destroy Angels at Discogs (list of releases)
- How to Destroy AngelsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- How to Destroy Angels at Brainwashed
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