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Release of 2017.
Comes as DELUXE 2CD Digibook including some pages with information and exclusive archive pictures.
ZOS KIA was formed by John Gosling (MEKON), John Balance (COIL) and
Min – with guest Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson (THROBBING GRISTLE).
Their one and only long-play album, Transparent, was released August
23rd 1983 in a cassette the only edition on the now-defunct Nekrophile
label, Austria. They were the first released recordings of both COIL and
ZOS KIA. It was reissued years later by COIL (Threshold House /
Eskaton) in an edited edition. Later, 2017, the entire recordings were
reissued on CD/vinyl via COLD SPRING RECORDS. Definitely, "Transparent"
one of the most legendary and important industrial releases of all
times. But beside of "Transparent", ZOS KIA released 2 EP vinyls and
record several tracks for compilation as well as about an hour of
unreleased material which was found in John Gosling archives.
Now the final and complete anthology of ZOS KIA recordings released under title "23" on 2CDs in Luxor Digibook via INFINITE FOG PRODUCTIONS. 23 tracks, more than 2 hours of exciting material in various styles, was сarefully extracted and prepared for publishing by John Gosling himself, and artwork was done by Cold Graves. Well-known track in different forms, unknown, rare and unreleased composition, and many more for the deep diving into the esoteric underground music from 80th.
"23" is the long-awaited release for those who deeply in the old-school industrial music, collectors, rare-searchers and especially great gift for all COIL lovers.