Foxtrot benefit compilation release for John Balance

John Balance

John Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...

's alcohol addiction. The album features tracks by Balance's close friends, including his group Coil

Coil (band)

Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...

 and was released via their label Chalice

Chalice (record label)

Chalice is a defunct Britain vanity record label created by Coil, exclusively for albums put out by the group. Its brother labels are Threshold House and Eskaton....

.

For this release Coil were John Balance, Peter Christopherson

Peter Christopherson

Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....

, and Drew McDowall

Drew McDowall

Drew McDowall is a Scottish musician, most notably as a member, collaborator and remixer for influential music groups...

.

"In My Head A Crystal Sphere Of Heavy Fluid" is one of only two songs ever released by Peter Christopherson credited solely to himself, using his own name ("All Possible Numbers", on Autumn Blood (Constructions), is the other). "Blue Rats (Blue Cheese Mix)" is a remix of "Blue Rats" from the album A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room

A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room

A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room is the only release by the group Black Light District. Although this is not an official Coil release, "Black Light District" was merely an alias for the group...

. "Heartworms" appears in an altered form on the compilation Terra Serpentes. "Inflatable Sideshow" is Steven Stapleton

Steven Stapleton

Steven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound...

. "Bone Frequency" is an altered version of the track from Nurse With Wound's The Swinging Reflective. Nurse With Wound's "Think Jazz, Think Punk Attitude" is the track "Cooloorta Moon" as played on BBC Radio 3's Mixing It

Mixing It

Mixing It was a radio programme showcasing experimental music. Its original remit was to showcase "crossover" music that blurred the established boundaries between genres...

 program.

This album was produced in a CD and 2X10" vinyl version. The 2X10" release is limited to 1000 copies on "magnolia" coloured vinyl (off white with red & pink flecks - although some copies don't have the flecks) and 30 numbered copies on grey vinyl (most personally signed and given to friends of the bands).

Credits for "Bone Frequency":

Engineer - Matt Purcell

Performer - Daragh Grealy , Peat Bog , Steven Stapleton

Credits for "A Dream Of The Inmost Light":

Guitar - Michael Cashmore

Michael Cashmore

Michael Cashmore is a British composer and musician who has created music under the name of Nature And Organisation and more recently under his own name.Cashmore has also been a member of the group Current 93 since the late 1980s...

Guitar (Hawaiian Plucked Steel) - Thomas Ligotti

Thomas Ligotti

Thomas Ligotti is a contemporary American horror author and reclusive literary cult figure. His writings are unique in style, have been noted as major continuations of several literary genres – most prominently Lovecraftian horror – and have overall been variously described as works of...

Guitar (Sheep Ventilator) - Steven Stapleton

The vinyl was etched as follows:

Side A - CLARITY CONFUSES ME

Side B - COOLOORTA MOONSHINE

Side C - FIGHTING THE UGLY SPIRIT

Side D - HAIR OF THE DOG

CD format

1. "In My Head A Crystal Sphere Of Heavy Fluid" by Peter Christopherson
   Peter Christopherson
   Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....
   
   
2. "Bone Frequency" by Inflatable Sideshow
3. "Think Jazz, Think Punk Attitude" by Nurse With Wound
   Nurse with Wound
   Nurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...
   
   
4. "Spooky Loop" by Nurse With Wound
5. "Blue Rats (Blue Cheese Mix)" by Coil
   Coil (band)
   Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...
   
   
6. "Heartworms" by Coil
7. "A Dream Of TheInmostLight" by Current 93
   Current 93
   Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...
   
   

2X10" vinyl format

Side A:

1. "In My Head A Crystal Sphere Of Heavy Fluid" by Peter Christopherson
2. "Bone Frequency" by Inflatable Sideshow

Side B:

1. "Think Jazz, Think Punk Attitude" by Nurse With Wound
2. "Spooky Loop" by Nurse With Wound

Side C:

1. "Blue Rats (Blue Cheese Remix)" by Coil
2. "Heart Worms" by Coil

Side D:

1. "A Dream Of TheInmostLight" by Current 93