ELpH vs Coil
Worship The Glitch 2LP

Unexplainable may well be the best explanation for the members of the UK based electronic outfit Coil. Making a radical shift from intentional accessibility, by means of traditional pop songwriting, to abstract happenstance, Coil had entered into a new phase in their career...uncharted waters utilizing what was then the newest computer technology, digital and analog synthesis and the newly formed ideas that something outside of themselves was steering the ship. During the studio sessions that developed into what would become Worship the Glitch. Coil became aware of random compositions emitting from their gear, and were at odds with constant ͞”accidents” that were perpetually plaguing the recordings. The band called these unintentional emissions "ELpH": a conceptual being that is one part physical equipment, one part celestial being...constantly playing the role of trickster, throwing a wrench into Coil’s methodology. Eventually, these accidents and mistakes were embraced by the band, and the process of misusing audio software to create intentional "errors" was adopted as a musical technique. The acceptance of the "mistake", and the use of discovered mistakes as intentional elements slowly became the drive and concept behind the album, thus birthing the title Worship the Glitch. Originally released in 1995 on Coil’s in-house imprint Eskaton, Worship the Glitch was Coil’s first proper album-length attempt at conceptual ambient composition, with a radical focus on chance. Seamless vignettes of shattered electronics (though ebbing softly and in delicate balance with each other) provide an underlying uncertainty and discomfort to the listener.

Produs Nou / Anul aparitiei: 1995 / Reissue 2018

Tracklist:

A1 Dark Start

A2 Opium Hum

A3 Caged Birds

A4 The Halliwell Hammers

A5 Clorax Hurd

B1 The Halliwell Hammers (2)

B2 We Have Always Been Here

B3 Manunkind

C1 Bism

C2 Hydlepark

C3 Hysteron Proteron Jewel

D1 Decadent & Symmetrical

D2 Mono

D3 The Halliwell Hammers (3)

D4 Anything That Flies

D5 Ended