![]() Beyond the iconic Steven Stapleton cover art here reproduced in unseen definition the doors of perception still open wide for both long-term Coil aficionados and new-comers to this supremely innovative release to explore unknown depths. Marc Almond guests on the Typhonian 'Titan Arch' and This Heat's Charles Hayward provides some amazing drum stylings.This album is Coil pushing their sound ideas and probably their sanity to their very limits. To mark it's 30 year anniversary Infinite Fog are beyond proud to present an expanded, fully remastered re-release of this fan favourite available for the first time ever in it's entirety on vinyl with 10 rare and mostly unreleased tracks and alternative versions from the period added as a bonus to a luxurious 3LP/2CD set.Love's Secret Domain contains among it's many highlights the Lynchian William Blake tribute of it's title track and the intoxicating single 'Windowpane', original versions of the later Coil live staple 'Teenage Lightning' and the majestically warped classicisms of 'Chaostrophy'. In 1991, Coil released the third of their early classic full-length albums 'Love's Secret Domain', seemingly casting aside the gloom and funereal beauty of it's predecessors in favour of a painstakingly multi-layered hallucinogenic electronic beast, which unlike some of their fellow ex-industrial contemporaries' releases of the time wasn't an attempt at easy accessibility or (the-gods-forbid) danceability, but a vibrating psychedelic masterpiece unrivalled in their discography and still a landmark album. Not long ago, I picked up Stolen And Contaminated Songs, a collection of outtakes and reworked themes from the LSD sessions, which makes for an excellent companion piece, but there doesn't appear to be much overlap with the new deluxe edition. Perhaps their crowning achievement, 1991's Love's Secret Domain will be getting the deluxe treatment later this month, including a second disc with various remixes and alternate versions, as well as a vinyl release. For a time, it was a revolution.I'm not ordinarily a huge fan of electronic music, but there was something really unique about Coil-their fearless creativity, their mastery of dynamics and textural distortions both subtle and extreme. Furthermore, Wax Trax! (celebrating its 40th Anniversary this month) is far more than simply a record store. ![]() That notion is at the core of Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records, and a point that Nash capitalizes upon. “I felt like I owed it to the fans, because of the people who’d come up to me and would pour their hearts out saying, ‘you have no idea, I’d be dead right now without this music and without your parents - they gave me hope, they gave me courage, they gave me purpose.’ For me that was massive, and I thought, you should know more about these people who saved your life.” Speaking a year ago, on why she created the film, Julie Nash did it for the fans. Through stories and laughs, the film came full-circle, as it was less a story about selling records as a story about helping people find their voice. Following both screenings, the audience was invited to participate in a Q&A with the director, Julie Nash and screenwriter, Mark Skillicorn, as well as those who lived right alongside the original operators and knew their story by heart. Selling out two consecutive showings at the Sie FilmCenter, the film brought nostalgia to the retired rock ‘n’ rollers in the audience and enlightenment for those who have unknowingly walked past the present-day iteration without batting an eye. ![]() Photography courtesy of the Wax Trax Facebook
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