Beastbox redirects here. For the Transformers character, see Beastbox (Transformers).

The Key To Joy Is Disobedience was a box set released by the 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...

. It contains the following releases: Live Four

Live Four

Live Four was a compilation CD of live Coil songs. This CD was the first of four releases in a series. Its counterparts are Live Three, Live Two and Live One. This album was later released as part of Coil's box set The Key To Joy Is Disobedience.The performance dates for "Bang Bang" and "An...

, Live Three

Live Three

Live Three was a CD by Coil which documents their live performance on 6 April 2002 at Teatro delle Celebrazioni in Bologna, Italy. This CD was one of four releases in a series. Its counterparts are Live Four, Live Two and Live One...

, Live Two

Live Two

Live Two was a CD by Coil which documents their live performance on 15 September 2001 at DK Gorbunova in Moscow, Russia. This CD was one of four releases in a series. Its counterparts are Live Four, Live Three and Live One...

, Live One, ANS

ANS (CD single)

ANS was a CD-R created and produced by Coil with use of the famed ANS synthesizer. The CD-R originally sold at Mutek 2003, in Montreal, Canada for their performance on 29 May 2003. The CD-R came in black c-shell case. No artwork was included....

 and Megalithomania!

Megalithomania!

Megalithomania! was an official CD-R release by Coil limited to a pressing of 230 copies, 123 of which were available in their box set The Key To Joy Is Disobedience...

. The set is often incorrectly referred to as "Live Box". Upon its release, the set cost just under $200. Other than CDs, the set contains four art prints, one of which is signed and one of which contains an actual drawing. A list of beast boxes is included as well. A black glass disc and a clear glass disc are also included, supposedly for scrying

Scrying

Scrying is a magic practice that involves seeing things psychically in a medium, usually for purposes of obtaining spiritual visions and less often for purposes of divination or fortune-telling. The most common media used are reflective, translucent, or luminescent substances such as crystals,...

 use. The set is sealed with a sticker that must be broken in order to access its contents.

The box set's title is based on a line from Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...

's "Hymn to Lucifer": "The Key of Joy is disobedience."

Edition

This box set is limited to an edition of 100 normal copies and 23 special copies, which are subtitled "Beast Box". These so called "beast boxes" each have their own individual titles. The titles are as follows:

• lipstick eyes meat
• arse doctor lense haircut
• spilt guilt
• decadent + symmetrical
• fear of the bee means the honey is for me
• why is a mouse when it spins
• it just is
• lake big nay ions lays
• feral evidence animal reverence
• jhonn balance
• when sycophancy was in its infancy
• we cure the unacceptable
• animals dream differently in winter
• offending team north division
• the word that light unites is space
• a bigger bucket
• sipping birdsong through bedsprings
• they all told lies beautifully
• a murder of crows
• extraterrestrial antelope

The "beast boxes" were hand decorated by 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...

as well as a few other known Coil acquaintances.