Astral Disaster

by Coil

Astral Disaster cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1999
  • Label: Prescription
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:12:22
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: John Balance

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded deeply beneath the River Thames, 'Astral Disaster' is an incredibly cold, atmospheric excursion into dark ambient and ritualistic drone. Coil constructs a meditative, aquatic-sounding space that feels profoundly isolated and mysterious.

Genres

Descriptors: leftfield, atmospheric, nature, ritualistic, space, aquatic, experimental, ambient, long-form, electronic, avant-garde, sampling, synthesizers

Tracklist

  1. The Avatars (03:02)
  2. The Mothership & The Fatherland (22:24)
  3. 2nd Sun Syndrome (04:16)
  4. The Sea Priestess (14:10)
  5. I Don't Want To Be The One (05:47)
  6. MU-UR (22:43)

Credits

  • Coil - primary artist
  • Peter Christopherson - computer [macintosh]
  • David James - engineer, mixed by
  • Gary Ramon - engineer, mixed by, sitar [haunted blues], effects [backward reverbs]
  • Adam Nunn - lacquer cut by
  • John Balance - lyrics by, vocals, synthesizer [moogs], other [obsidian mirrors], other [scrim generator]
  • Thighpaulsandra - organ [hammond], mellotron, synthesizer [synths]
  • Drew McDowall - synthesizer [moog], other [thought forms]

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