''The Coiled One'' is the second studio album by American electro-industrial group Spahn Ranch, released on September 12, 1995 by Cleopatra Records. Founding member and chief composer

Rob Morton Spahn Ranch was an American electro-industrial group from Los Angeles. Active from 1992 to 2000, the band played a subgenre of industrial music with its fusion of electronic dance, industrial and gothic music. History The band was formed in ...

departed from the band soon after recording sessions for the album had finished. The album's main musical theme is about religion. ''The Coiled One'' was released on Bandcamp as a music download in 2011.

Reception

Jon Worley of Aiding & Abetting called ''The Coiled One'' and said "the sound is much fuller and the beats omnipresent" In his review for Allmusic, John Bush awarded ''The Coiled One'' three out of five stars and said "Electronic industrialists Spahn Ranch unmask the previously distorted vocals but continue their dance grooves." ''Sonic Boom'' said the band "has taken the road paved by many industrial related artists lately and moved their music towards a more accessible audience without compromising one little bit on the sound quality or musical value." Critic Dave Thompson gave the album a mixed review, saying "tossing away much of their old sound (including the heavily processed vocals) for a sharp teclmo-industrial hybrid, the straight crossovers lack innovation." ''Black Monday'' was also somewhat critical in their review and described the music as "nothing mediocre, mind you, just quality sameness or likeness, with a tinge of excitement burgeoning at the seems."

Track listing

Personnel

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– programming, sampler, synthesizer, production (4–6, 8, 9), mixing (4, 5) Production and design * Nicole Hagedorn (as Nikki Vonhagedorn) – design * Judson Leach – recording, mixing, production, additional programming

Release history

References

External links

''The Coiled One''
at Bandcamp
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