''ANS'' is a
box set
A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit.
Music
Artists and bands ...
by
Coil. The album uses a strange and esoteric
photoelectric
The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation, such as light, hits a material. Electrons emitted in this manner are called photoelectrons. The phenomenon is studied in condensed matter physics, and solid sta ...
synthesizer known as the
ANS synthesizer
The ANS synthesizer is a photoelectronic musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1937 to 1957. The technological basis of his invention was the method of graphical sound recording used in cinematography (developed in Ru ...
. It was built around half a century ago and still to this day sits where it was originally conceived; in the
Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
.
Release history
This 3 CD release also came with a
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind ...
that held animations created by Peter Christopherson which synched with four songs that are not included on any of the CDs. It is an expanded release of ''ANS'', with CD A being the same as that release.
Originally limited to 500 copies, it was re-released together with several other albums. The re-release appears to be mostly identical to the original edition, the only notable difference being that the front covers of the CDs and DVD are slightly different now.
Several of the drawings that were made to create the music are shown, although it is nowhere stated to which track the drawings do correspond.
It is stated in the insert that the songs are the work of
Jhonn Balance solo, Jhonn Balance and
Ossian Brown
Ossian Brown (born 3 April 1969, London, England) is an English musician and artist, most notable for being a member of the groups Coil and Cyclobe.
He joined Coil in 1999 and remained with them until the band’s cessation following the deat ...
,
Peter Christopherson
Peter Martin Christopherson (also known as Sleazy, 27 February 1955 – 25 November 2010) was an English musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, and former member of British design agency Hipgnosis.
He also found ...
solo,
Thighpaulsandra
Timothy Lewis – best known by the stage name Thighpaulsandra – is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist, known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. He began his career working with Julian Cope in the late ...
solo,
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physiol ...
solo and Jhonn Balance and Ivan Pavlov, although it is nowhere stated to whom which track corresponds.
All of the tracks present on the CDs and DVD are untitled.
Track listing
"CD A"
# 20:54
# 25:38
# 29:39
"CD B"
# 26:22
# 30:18
"CD C"
# 28:04
# 32:06
"DVD"
# 15:36
# 10:10
# 15:36
# 20:55
References
External links
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''ANS''at
Brainwashed
2004 compilation albums
Threshold House compilation albums
Coil (band) compilation albums
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