12 Years since ole John Balance shuffled off this mortal coil today. In his honour, have had a week of mostly Coil related musicks and finally got around to starting to read the 'Englands Hidden Reverse' second (expanded) edition.

Coil - Live at Cornucopea - Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtEtiU7tabU
Coil - Live at Royal Festival Hall, London, England (Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zg9ZcJNDwg
Coil - CSO DVD #14 - Live at D.E.A.F - City Hall, Dublin, Ireland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHkXkaXoNGs
Coil CSO 11, La Loco, Paris, 2004-05-23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_In_dsRF10
Coil - Live at St. John's Church, Gdansk, Poland (2002-10-25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8_jLLTZPAM

Other than that...

Orb - Birth
This is a cracker, Sabs level funky heaviosity with Acid King edge and the odd twidddly synth arppegio. Luuuurve it!!! So far fav' track is the aptly named Iron Mountain (not quite Iron Man, but it dos have 'Iron' in the title:) Must have played this about 50 times I love it that much.....better watch out for overkill though. Iron Mountain - https://orband.bandcamp.com/track/iron-mountain-2

The other Orb.... COW/ Chill Out World
Almost a return to the 'Adventures Beyond The Underworld' kinda vibe. Some lovely chilled out grooves on show here....lovin' it!
https://soundcloud.com/kompakt/sets/the-orb-cow-chill-out-world-1

Anyways, at the risk of being flippant, maybe in this Trump as president / post Brexit, rise of the right, quasi fascistic period we seem to be entering, the arts (and I'm thinking particularly music wise here) we'll get some artists appearing with some real fire and ire in their bellies to ignite the pyres, man the barricades and fuel us on to the revolution (that'll probably never happen, but hey!, will be awesomely soundtracked nonetheless).

Have a good one whatever you're up to!