Coil "Windowpane" WaxTrax!/TVT Records TVT 8642 1990 (17:04)

Windowpane (Minimal Mix) (5:37)
Windowpane (5:48)
Windowpane (Astral Paddington Mix) (5:37)

Coil at this time was John Balance and Peter Christopherson with Rose McDowell and Danny Hyde.

Overall impression: excellent. This is one of 2 singles from the wonderful "Love's Secret Domain" album (the other being "The Snow"). The "Minimal Mix" is just that: it strips the original down to the instrumental essentials of the bass and beat. The second track is the same as the original from the album: John Balance's lyrical tribute to acid on a big bass line that will sit in your head for a week. The "Astral Paddington Mix" is another instrumental version very similar to the the "Minimal Mix", except that lots of extra swirling sounds are used throughout. A truly brilliant song and single, and a very nice companion to the album. Great cover too, it's a still of John Balance dancing in the water from the "Windowpane" video.

Coil at Brainwashed

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