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Sixteen Days Gathering Dust Remastered by This Mortal Coil

Artist Biography For This Mortal Coil

This Mortal Coil Was A Project Of Ivo Watts-Russell From Northamptonshire England President Of The British 4AD Record Label Which Began In 1983 And Lasted Until 1991. This Mortal Coil TMC Is An Example Of A Supergroup And Performers Include Members From Bands On 4AD's Roster Such As Cocteau Twins Dead Can Dance Colourbox The Wolfgang Press Dif Juz X Mal Deutschland And Modern English. The Records Consist Mostly Of Dark And Moody Interpretative Cover Versions Of A Wide Variety Of Artists Ranging From Big Star And Talking Heads To The Apartments And Tim Buckley. The Group Recorded Three Albums It'll End In Tears Filigree & Shadow And Blood. The Group Takes Its Name From Shakespeare. In Particular Hamlet's Soliloquy To Be Or Not To Be Where It Refers To Dying "coil" Is Used In Its Archaic Sense Of "disturbance Trouble" "What Dreams May Come When We Have Shuffled Off This Mortal Coil Must Give Us Pause."
Hamlet Act III Scene 1 Line 67.

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