The Angelic Conversation is a CD soundtrack released 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...

 for the film The Angelic Conversation

The Angelic Conversation (film)

The Angelic Conversation is a 1985 arthouse drama film directed by Derek Jarman. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving photographic images and Shakespeare's sonnets read by Judi Dench...

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"Enochian Calling", "Angelic Stations" and a few other tracks use samples from How to Destroy Angels. "Never" was previously released in a shorter form on Unnatural History

Unnatural History

Unnatural History is a compilation album produced by Coil. Including tracks that originally appeared on various compilations and limited edition releases along with some previously unreleased material...

and the mysterious compilation Less Than Angels

Less than Angels

Less Than Angels is a novel by Barbara Pym, first published in 1955.The novel is largely concerned with the activities of a group of anthropologists, and is to some extent based on the author's own experiences working at the African Institute in London...

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This album was recorded 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...

, 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 Stephen Thrower

Stephen Thrower

Stephen Thrower is an English musician and author.Formerly a member of the music group Coil , his current music project is Cyclobe, with Ossian Brown...

. Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo...

 provides the vocals.

This album is the soundtrack to the Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman

Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.-Life:...

 film bearing the same name

The Angelic Conversation (film)

The Angelic Conversation is a 1985 arthouse drama film directed by Derek Jarman. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving photographic images and Shakespeare's sonnets read by Judi Dench...

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This album is currently available for download in FLAC

FLAC

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, AAC

Advanced Audio Coding

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, and MP3

MP3

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formats on the official Coil website, Thresholdhouse.com.

Track listing

1. "Ascension" – 2:18
2. "Enochian Calling" – 7:30
3. "Angelic Stations" – 4:59
4. "Finite Bees" – 2:14
5. "Cave Of Roses" – 7:58
6. "Sun Ascension" – 4:07
7. "Madriiax" – 7:17
8. "Escalation" – 15:07
9. "Never" – 6:02
10. "Enochian Calling II" – 7:16
11. "Montecute" – 5:07