Coil - Musick to Play in the Dark 2
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Artist: CoilEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Limited Edition
CD Release Date: 2000-11-21
Music Label: Phantom Sound & Visi
Soundtracks:
- Something
- Tiny Golden Books
- Ether
- Paranoia Inlay
- Emergency
- Where Are You?
- Batwings (A Limnal Hymn)
Free Music Notes for Musick to Play in the Dark 2
Free Music Review: In the light of the moon
Hit: 5 Stars
The first MtPitD was an audio hallucinogen, relying more on spacial effects and careful panning to create an environment inside your headphones. The place it took you to was reminiscient of the moonlit forest on the cover. The sequel revisits this place briefly, but is much more focused on a depressive, melodic, song-based approach, still intensely colorful and visual but not really an 'environment', per se. The only truly three-dimensional, ambient track on it is the instrumental "Tiny Golden Books", which is remiscient of "Red Birds Will Fly Out of the East" with its arpeggiated synth tones and build of energy, but in my opinion even more effective. It's one of the best tracks Coil has ever produced.
The instrumentation is generally the same as the first time around. Nocturnal and watery washes of sound, clicking and popping arranged into subtle rhythms. Square waves are generally avoided.
Unlike the first volume, Volume 2 can be enjoyed at any time of day and doesn't need to be played in absolute silence to work. Lyrics and spoken poetry are less of a focus. The piano ballad "Ether" is beautiful, structured more traditionally but still maintaining that loose, improvisational nature that permeates much of Coil's work through the use of spontaneous, unstructured soloing. Several tracks (as opposed to only one on Volume 1) feature the melodic vocals of John Balance as well as occasionally Rose McDowall (not present on Volume 1) such as the sparse, beat-driven "Paranoid Inlay" and "Batwings". "Batwings" uses a lot of pleasant, muffled synth tones. The minute long, dream-like "In Emergency" manages to be a highlight. Rose's voice is really gorgeous.
The differences between Volume 1 and Volume 2 are in the end a good thing, as each is of equal quality. Both are highly recommended and worth hunting down, and I believe them to be among the best ambient musick ever made. Threshold House has recently started repressing them. Get them before they're gone!
Musick to Play in the Dark 2 Poster
Limited edition sequel to the British industrial/ambient/electronic outfit's 1999 release 'Music To Play In The Dark Volume One'. Artists include Balance, Thighpaulsandra and Sleazy. 7 tracks 'Something', 'Tiny Golden Books', 'Ether', 'Paranoid Inlay, 'AnAlternative Rock Music CDs
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