In the late-1990s, after a successful career as an MTV-era music video director, Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson moved with Jhonn Balance – his partner in life and in Coil – from London to the rural Weston-super-Mare, creating an environment for all things “musick, musick, musick!” with a revolving door of new members, including Thighpaulsandra. This eruption in activity saw Coil’s discography nearly double, and during this fruitful period, Thighpaulsandra asked the simple question: why doesn’t Coil play live? After a 16-year wait, thanks to the rapid technological advancement in the form of MacBooks, DAWs, VSTs and plugins, Coil were able bring their music to the stage as always envisioned. In live performance, they could embrace the risks and freedoms of real time sonic manipulation, as noted by Sleazy: “Reshape the show minute by minute… the direction is very spontaneous, not so much in the way of like jazz improvisation but in a kind stream of consciousness… Thighpaulsandra brought us his wisdom, and he was able to convince us we could do it.”
From 1999 to 2003, Coil was “like a snake shedding its skin,” transforming every six months into something “completely different.” Their evolution was documented in real time through the recent advent of lower-cost CD-R manufacture, on limited edition albums including Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil and Queens of the Circulating Library. In preparing for 2004’s “Even an Evil Fatigue” live series, Coil began work on their next period-defining masterpiece, Black Antlers. The Dais reissue presents Coil’s 2006 version of Black Antlers, with 2004’s “Wraiths And Strays (From Montreal)” available as a downloadable bonus track. Remastered by Josh Bonati.

Tracklisting:
The Gimp (Sometimes)
Sex With Sun Ra (Part One – Saturnalia)
The Wraiths And Strays Of Paris
All The Pretty Little Horses
Teenage Lightning (10th Birthday Version)
Black Antlers (Where’s Your Child?)
Sex With Sun Ra (Part Two – Sigillaricia)
Departed
Things We Never Had
Wraiths And Strays (From Montreal) [digital bonus track]