World without Balance

A glass of spirits made of ethereal salt, hermetically sealed up
Kept continually in quicksilver, of so volatile a nature
That it will scarcely endure the light
And therefore only shown in winter
Or by the light of a carbuncle, or a firefly
-- Batwings, by Coil (from the album 'Musick to play in the Dark II')

Johnn Balance passed away on Saturday. Balance was composer and co-founder of Coil, as well as a one-time member of such hugely influential acts as Current 93 and Psychic TV . The official memorial site can be found here.