Coil Manifesto read by John Balance in 2001

This recording was the opening of a 4-hour radio-special on Coil for the legendary 'Supplement' on NPS/VPRO Radio 4 on June 18th, 2001*.
As a tribute to my musical architects, who now both have left us, I put this up here. with the text in the videoslides as well.
Coil is unwound, the musick will stay. RIP
* see www.nps.nl/nps/... for details.

[@RobertoTifi]

Years pass, aeons pass, multiverses pass. Coil remain.

[@ArnoPeeters]

@Shatterprone: I used software to get rid of the noisy background (a cafe in an Amsterdam zoo... ;-) so at those points you can hear children's voices mangled by a noise reduction plugin... Coil would love it!

[@808FUCKEM]

I cry every time I listen to this. But I love them. And I love every Coil fan in the world. Deeply. For fuckin real.

[@ernstendsal840]

Same here. 🖤

[@highlonesomed]

love you too friend

[@skriptico]

é bello sentirsi amati :)

[@saoirsecruise6713]

It's so powerful. It transports me to somewhere else every time, as much of their work does.

[@berlinsneakerz]

They were the best.

[@Kolutic4723]

The are the best

[@ModernPlague]

I don't think I'd ever read that manifesto, and I know I'd never heard Jhon read it, so thanks for posting!!!!!! I like how he says "Pretentious..." at the end!

[@everything_is_backwards]

Is it Queens Of The circulating Library playing in the background?

[@DerekHunterDHChaosRiddler]

Absolute Beauty in Words. Thank you, Mr. Balance. (I love the bit at the end ... perfect).

[@StereotypicBehaviour]

You’re mis-spelling of delerium (they insist it should be delirium) is something I purposefully do as well.
Brothers find your brothers.

[@RobertoTifi]

In the original manifesto (you can find it at brainwashed.com) you read "The cure is delirium", and then "over the edge, to the Delerium state". And knowing of Coil's link with Thelema, I consider this as a "class A document" of which "not even a letter should be altered"! 😉

[@goldenhog]

written by a shaman

[@LoKust_Layne]

Wow. Thank you for this video. It is no coincidence that there are so many new Coil-related videos circulating (yeah!) the youTube right now...It is I guess the 20th anniversary month of 'Love's SEcret Domain" right now and I think a lot of people are feeling a reason to reflect about Coil without being totally sure of a reason why...

[@Shoateel]

and now they are both dead.

[@SilhouetteJudas]

Shoateel But we still have their brilliant music.

[@NotraNaum]

You missed the point

[@svobodasimon1185]

Coil are immortal

[@23angelful]

superb.

[@Guadeloop]

hahaha the altered voice saying "pretentious" at the end followed by laughter

[@borg-borg-2015]

Dogen on some bad weed, I love it!

[@earinsound]

marvelous...

[@Shoateel]

a sonnet of impotence, projected into an uncaring universe.

[@vwvwvwvvw6143]

stfu

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

..

[@feralmettle1504]

Geoff was *pissed* that Gen got Derek first. ¡lol!

[@shatterprone]

Can someone please tell me what title(s) might be playing in the background, OTHER than "how to destroy angels" (IF it's mainly that one to start with)? Especially the sound from 1:25 to 1:40 and again from 1:58 to 2:03 sounds unfamiliar to me and I'd like to know which track it is.

[@wp6007]

Maybe it's how to destroy angels two off the of the remix album

[@everything_is_backwards]

This is Queens Of The Circulating Library I believe

[@MutleeIsTheAntiGod]

Don't happen to have the rest of the recording do you?

[@ArnoPeeters]

Yes, because I recorded it myself. The raw unedited version is here: on.soundcloud.com/3zdU688CBhMwTFLF6
Part two can be found there as well.

[@devon6valentine]

🙇🏻‍♂️

[@jairlaiter6679]

Brilliant. However, in the end it's Lucifer and that's a deal breaker

[@conniexo1996]

Carly really like J Balance

[@richardm123uk]

What koilikethefish? Make music? Not to do as it is geeky to you? I'm sure they'd stopped if you'd have asked.

[@Lounge-Hound]

geeky- and more geeky, someone should have told them not to.