Coil, Zos Kia
Transparent
Format2LPLabelCold SpringGenreExperimental
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Comes in a gatefold sleeve with a 12" booklet of unseen images and includes a download card. The entire Transparent recordings released for the first time, completely remastered from the unedited tapes. Zos Kia was formed by John Gosling (Mekon), John Balance (Coil) and Min - with guest Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (Throbbing Gristle). Their one and only album, Transparent, was released on August 23rd, 1983 in a cassette only edition on the now defunct Austria label Nekrophile. They were the first released recordings of both Coil and Zos Kia. It was reissued years later by Coil (Threshold House/Eskaton). Includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks by Ake (pre-Zos Kia). The music on Transparent is genuinely unsettling and disturbing, with a more primal Industrial feel than the Coil album which followed; Scatology (1984). An essential insight into the very early work of these extraordinary artists and an undeniable link between Coil and Throbbing Gristle.
Release notes
Released in gatefold, including a download code and 8 page 12"x12" booklet. Contains two previously unreleased bonus tracks by AKE (pre-ZOS KIA). Features the voice/speech of Charles Manson. Mastered for Cold Spring at The Cage, 2016. Many Thanks to Eric Lanzillotta, Claus Laufenburg, Xavier/Timeless Edition. © Cold Spring Records 2016
| A1 | Sicktone | ||
| A2 | Baptism Of Fire | ||
| A3 | Violation | ||
| A4 | Poisons | ||
| B1 | Truth | ||
| B2 | Sewn Open | ||
| B3 | Sicktone | ||
| B4 | Silence & Secrecy (Section) | ||
| C1 | Truth (Version) | ||
| C2 | Stealing The Words | ||
| C3 | On Balance | ||
| D1 | No Mas | ||
| D2 | Rape (Live At Equinox, June 21, 1983) |
- Abby Helasdottir
- Graphic Design
- Martin Bowes
- Mastered By
- Peter Christopherson
- Mixed By [Live] (A1 to B1), Performer (B4)
- Hugh Harwood
- Performer (D1, D2)
- John Balance
- Performer (A1 to C3)
- John Gosling
- Performer (A1 to B3, D1, D2)
- Matt Cope
- Performer (D1, D2)
- Min Kent
- Performer (A1 to B1, D1, D2)
