ELpH vs Coil "Worship the Glitch" World Serpent ESKATON 006 1995 (53:57)
Dark Start (4:12)
Opium Hum (2:38)
Caged Birds (1:34)
The Halliwell Hammers (2:40)
Clorax Hurd (3:00)
The Halliwell Hammers (2) (3:43)
We Have Always Been Here (6:11)
Manunkind (1:23)
Bism (4:58)
Hydlepark (6:00)
Hysteron Proteron Jewel (2:18)
Decadent & Symmetrical (1:52)
Mono (5:27)
The Halliwell Hammers (3) (3:37)
Anything That Flies (3:09)
Ended (1:14)
Overall impression: good. Coil confronts themselves once again, or rather the sometimes accidental results from their equipment (from Coil site at Brainwashed - "ELpH is the entity Coil use to describe what musical compositions come out of the equipment that are sometimes unrehearsed or consciously thought of." ) This album is essentially a collection of minimal instrumental sound pieces, not to say that the tracks are random noise, but rather snippets of "glitch" that Coil often use throughout their work. Bits and pieces of sound, some electronic/samples and some acoustic, but all often heavily effected and/or affected via computer. A few highlights: the 3 "Halliwell Hammers" tracks are the most structured and "song-like", with their beautiful echoing bell-like melodies and "Bism" is a minimal but roomy ambient track with a gentle white noise and a far away water and calling of birds. Subtle but relaxing, "Worship the Glitch" is not my favorite disc from Coil, but is a welcome addition to my Coil collection that will be listened to every now and then. Very cool mosaic artwork too. As always, this album is unique when compared to Coil's other work, but I'd say it's a first cousin of "Time Machines" and "Coil Presents Black Light District: A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room", and is similar to various segments of "Unnatural History II" and "Unnatural History III". An mp3 snippet of "Halliwell Hammers" is available at the Brainwashed Jukebox.
Coil at Brainwashed