Duplais Balance

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Duplais Balance
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Box set by
ReleasedDecember 2006
Genre Experimental
Length11:39
Label Absinthevertrieb Lion HOA237862
Producer Coil
Coil chronology
The Ape of Naples
(2005)
Duplais Balance
(2006)
The New Backwards
(2008)
Additional artwork
DuplaisBalanceBottleLabel.jpg
Bottle label

Duplais Balance is a box set by Coil, containing a CD with the track "Animal Are You?", a bottle of absinthe, two glasses and two spoons. [1]

Contents

Background

It was first available for preorder in November 2006 and offered for sale in "mid December". The box set was produced in a limited edition of 250. [1]

According to the official merchant, the box set contains the following: [2]

Track listing

  1. "Animal Are You?" - 11:39

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References

  1. 1 2 "Coil, "Animal Are You?"". Brainwashed .
  2. "Duplais Balance Coil - Box Set". ABSINTHE.DE. Archived from the original on 2008-04-03.