Eskaton is a defunct vanity record label

Vanity label

A vanity label is an informal name given sometimes to a record label founded as a wholly or partially owned subsidiary of another, larger and better established record label, where the subsidiary label is controlled by a successful recording artist, designed to allow this artist...

 created by Coil

Coil (band)

Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...

, exclusively for albums put out by the group and their friends. Its brother labels are Threshold House

Threshold House

Threshold House is one of several record labels created by Coil to release their own work and that of affiliated projects. Associated labels include Eskaton and Chalice. It is also the name for the ....

 and Chalice

Chalice (record label)

Chalice is a defunct Britain vanity record label created by Coil, exclusively for albums put out by the group. Its brother labels are Threshold House and Eskaton....

.

The record label is often associated with the symbol of the "Chaos Cross" and the "Twisted Chaos Cross", symbols which have appeared on several Eskaton releases, such as Gold Is The Metal With The Broadest Shoulders.

Releases

Catalogue number	Artist	Release title	Format	Release date
Eskaton 001	Coil Coil (band) Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...  Vs The Eskaton	Nasa Arab Nasa Arab Nasa Arab was the only release ever to be credited to "Coil Vs. The Eskaton". "The Eskaton", however, is Coil, so the release is basically, though not officially, just by Coil. The 12" release was limited to 2500 copies....	12" vinyl	1994
Eskaton 002	Coil Vs ELpH	Born Again Pagans Born Again Pagans Born Again Pagans was the only release attributed to "Coil Vs. ELpH", though another album Worship The Glitch would be attributed to "ELpH Vs. Coil". "ELpH" is a name that Coil used for a few releases, so this CD is basically, though not officially, a Coil release. In the CD booklet track one is...	CD	1994
Eskaton 003	ELpH	pHILM #1	10" vinyl	1995
Eskaton 004		(came with pHILM #1)	poster	1995
Eskaton 005		(chaosphere badge)	badge	1995
Eskaton 006	ELpH Vs Coil	Worship The Glitch Worship The Glitch Worship The Glitch is the only album to be released by "ELpH vs. Coil", though an EP called Born Again Pagans is credited to "Coil vs. ELpH"...	CD	1996
Eskaton 007	ELpH Vs Coil	Worship The Glitch	10" vinyl	1996
Eskaton 008	Black Light District	A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room is the only release by the group Black Light District. Although this is not an official Coil release, "Black Light District" was merely an alias for the group...	CD	1996
Eskaton 009	Black Light District	A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room	2X12" vinyl	1996
Eskaton 010	Time Machines	Time Machines Time Machines Time Machines is Coil's landmark drone music album, released under the alias Time Machines. It consists of four tracks which are composed of a single tone, called a drone. Each tone represents a certain hallucinogenic chemical...	CD	1998
Eskaton 11	Coil	Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull is part one of the four part Seasons collective created by Coil. A first edition, released on spring equinox 1998, consisted of a limited 7" of 1000 copies on milky white vinyl and 55 copies on yellow vinyl and a CD-EP, which was deleted on...	CD	1998
Eskaton 12	Coil	Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk or Under an Unquiet Skull	7" vinyl	1998
Eskaton 13	Coil	Summer Solstice: Bee Stings Summer Solstice: Bee Stings Summer Solstice: Bee Stings is part two of the four part Seasons collective created by Coil.The 7" was limited to 1300 copies on honey yellow vinyl and 50 copies on green vinyl. the CD version was unlimited, but deleted on autumn equinox 1998, when the third part of the series was released...	7" vinyl	1998
Eskaton 14	Coil	Summer Solstice: Bee Stings	CD	1998
Eskaton 15	Coil	Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers is part three of the four part Seasons collective created by Coil.This was first released on autumn equinox 1998 as a limited edition of 1000 7" on dark red vinyl and 40 copies on light blue vinyl. the cdep release was unlimited, but deleted on winter solstice...	7" vinyl	1998
Eskaton 16	Coil	Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers	CD	1998
Eskaton 17	Zos Kia Zos Kia Zos Kia was a British musical group initially formed by John "Zos Kia" Gosling along with John Balance and Min... /Coil	Transparent Transparent (album) Transparent is the first release by the band Coil. It was a collaboration with Zos Kia and credited to "Zos Kia/Coil".The cassette version was released in 1984 on Nekrophile Rekords with catalogue number NRC 05. The CD version was released in 1997 on the label "Threshold House" with catalogue...	12" vinyl	1998
Eskaton 18	Coil	Winter Solstice: North Winter Solstice: North (album) Winter Solstice: North is the final release of the four part seasons collective created by Coil. Vocalists Rose McDowall and Robert Lee contribute to the song "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near", a traditional Catholic song. The song features Rosa Mundi....	7" vinyl	1999
Eskaton 19	Coil	Winter Solstice: North	CD	1999
Eskaton 20	Coil	Queens Of The Circulating Library Queens Of The Circulating Library Queens of the Circulating Library is a 2000 album by the experimental British group Coil. It is unusual in the sense that it is perhaps the only release without participation from Peter Christopherson. On this album, Coil were: "Thighpaulsandra & John Balance with Dorothy Lewis as the queen of the...	CD	2000
Eskaton 21	Thighpaulsandra Thighpaulsandra Thighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth...	Some Head EP Some Head EP Some Head is the first release by Thighpaulsandra. The CD was released via Coil's label Eskaton. The EP was limited to 1000 copies and was packaged in a black clamshell case.- Track listing :All tracks by Thighpaulsandra.# "Black Nurse" – 16:23...	CD	2000
Eskaton 22		(Backwards watch)	watch	2000
Eskaton 23	Coil	Moons Milk (In Four Phases) Moons Milk (In Four Phases) Moon's Milk is release by Coil that compiles four of their singles onto a double CD. The two disc album compiles the CD versions of Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice...	2XCD	2001
Eskaton CD 24	Coil	Coil Presents Time Machines Coil Presents Time Machines Coil Presents Time Machines was a live CD by Coil. This CD was produced in a limited amount of 1,000 copies and was given away with the initial mail orders of Musick To Play In The Dark Vol. 2. The CD is a live performance which took place on April 2, 2000 at the Cornucopia festival in the Royal...	CD	2000
Eskaton 24	Coil	Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil is a CD by Coil, released the same year as Queens of the Circulating Library. Like Queens, this album comes packaged in a pink c-shell case....	CD	2001
Eskaton 25		(unreleased)
Eskaton 26	Thighpaulsandra	I, Thighpaulsandra I, Thighpaulsandra I, Thighpaulsandra is the debut album by Thighpaulsandra. I showcased Thighpaulsandra's interests in krautrock, experimental and industrial music and featured his only single to date, "Michel Publicity Window"...	2XCD, 2X12" vinyl	2001
Eskaton 27	Thighpaulsandra	The Michel Publicity Window E.P. The Michel Publicity Window E.P. The Michel Publicity Window E.P. is a CD by Thighpaulsandra. The title track is a radio-friendly edit of the 27-minute epic from I, Thighpaulsandra, excising the ambient suites that bookend the rock midsection. The rest of the EP features forays into electronica and hard rock, and remains...	CD, 7" vinyl	2001
Eskaton 28	Time Machines	Time Machines Time Machines Time Machines is Coil's landmark drone music album, released under the alias Time Machines. It consists of four tracks which are composed of a single tone, called a drone. Each tone represents a certain hallucinogenic chemical...	2X12" vinyl	2002
Eskaton 29	Coil	The Golden Hare With A Voice Of Silver The Golden Hare With A Voice Of Silver The Golden Hare With A Voice Of Silver, a double CD by Coil, compiles two Russian compilation albums. "Disc One" is Пособие для начинающих: Глас Сéребра and "Disc Two" is Пособие для кончающих: Волос Злата....	2XCD	2002
Eskaton 30	Black Sun Productions Black Sun Productions Black Sun Productions is the project of sound, visual and performance artists & activists Massimo & Pierce.-Biography:Black Sun Productions is the project of sound, visual and performance "artivists" Massimo & Pierce, also known as the Anarcocks....	Plastic Spider Thing	CD	2002
Eskaton 31		(unreleased)
Eskaton 32	Mount Vernon Astral Temple	Musick That Destroys Itself	CD	2003
Eskaton 32x	Mount Vernon Astral Temple	(untitled)	CD-R	2003
Eskaton 033	CoH CoH (musician) CoH is the musical alias of Ivan Pavlov , a Russian-born sound artist and engineer. He has lived in Sweden since 1995. After Pavlov moved to Sweden, he adopted the alias CoH which can be read in Cyrillic as well as in Latin alphabet and means in Russian sleep or dream...	Love Uncut Love Uncut Love Uncut is a CD EP by CoH released in 2000 on Coil's Eskaton label, and features Coil members John Balance and Peter Christopherson as well as a Cyclobe member Stephen Thrower.-Track listing:#"My Angel [Director's Cut]"...	CD	2000
Eskaton 34	Coil	ANS ANS (CD single) ANS was a CD-R created and produced by Coil with use of the famed ANS synthesizer. The CD-R originally sold at Mutek 2003, in Montreal, Canada for their performance on 29 May 2003. The CD-R came in black c-shell case. No artwork was included....	CD-R	2003
Eskaton 077	CoH CoH (musician) CoH is the musical alias of Ivan Pavlov , a Russian-born sound artist and engineer. He has lived in Sweden since 1995. After Pavlov moved to Sweden, he adopted the alias CoH which can be read in Cyrillic as well as in Latin alphabet and means in Russian sleep or dream...	Above Air Above Air Above Air is an album by CoH released on CD. The album marks the end of the record label Eskaton. The first 55 copies were hand-numbered and contain individual automatic drawings and Eskaton holographic stickers.-Track listing:...	CD	7 March 2006

Chaos Cross

The symbol of the chaos cross was used almost exclusively in the times of Coil's side projects. It is a dominant symbol which can be found on a number of releases and merchandise.

External links

• Threshold House
• Chaos Cross on Above Air artwork