Sickness Of SnakesNightmare Culture

Label:

L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords – LAY 14

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Mini-Album

Country:

Belgium

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Experimental

Tracklist

A 93 Current 93* Killy Kill Killy (A Fire Sermon)
Performer [93 Current 93 May Be]Tathata Wallis
12:15
B1 Sickness Of Snakes Various Hands
Written-ByChristopherson*
3:15
B2 Sickness Of Snakes The Swelling Of Leeches
Written-ByChristopherson*
2:55
B3 Sickness Of Snakes The Pope Held Upside Down
Written-ByChristopherson*
3:28

Companies, etc.

  • Lacquer Cut AtBovema / EMI Studios – 58843
  • Lacquer Cut AtBovema / EMI Studios – 58844

Credits

  • CoverJoël V.A.*
  • Performer [Sickness Of Snakes Consisted Of]Peter Christopherson (tracks: B1 to B3)

Notes

Included is a 2-sided 12" sized info sheet.
Initial copies were sealed with a sticker across the open end of the jacket.
The spine reads "Brékkek Kékkek kékkek Kékkek! Koáx Koáx Koáx! Ualu Ualu Ualu! Quaouauh!".
'Made in Benelux' and 'Made in EEC' on B-side label.
Durations are not mentioned on release.

A reissue came out in 1988 with different center labels.

The 93 Current 93 track was later appended to the CD reissue of Raoul Vaneigem.

The Sickness Of Snakes tracks recorded and mixed in 9 hours. They later appeared on Coil's Unnatural History (Compilation Tracks Compiled) CD.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM TM
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): LAY14A/58843-2 Time for tea and feed the thing
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): LAY14B/58844-2 I slept with Faith - and woke up with a corpse in my arms

Other Versions (2)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Nightmare Culture (LP, Mini-Album, Test Pressing) L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords LAY 14 Belgium 1985
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Nightmare Culture (LP, Mini-Album, Reissue) L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords LAY 14 Belgium 1988

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Reviews

  • a..'s avatar
    a..
    Edited one year ago
    if only they got william bennett to do the shouted verse....
    • Beyond_John's avatar
      Beyond_John
      So, is Sickness of Snakes COIL? Both John and Sleazy? Just John? Neither?
      • cthulhu303's avatar
        cthulhu303
        Killy Kill Killy has to be the scariest track I know. After a distorted version of "A Clockwork Orange" overture, experimental classical music topped with worrying incantations comes in, then a sample from "The Eve of Destruction", speeches played backwards, Gregorian songs... The whole has a very sect-ish atmosphere.

        One of the very few tracks I cannot listen to entirely...

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