ANS
Box set by Coil
Released	September 2004
Recorded
Genre	Experimental
Length	192:57
Label	Threshold House THRESHOLD1
Producer(s)	Coil
Professional reviews
Coil chronology
The Restitution of Decayed Intelligence (2003)	ANS (2004)	Black Antlers (2004)

ANS was an box set created and produced by Coil. The album uses a strange and esoteric photoelectric synthesizer known as the ANS synthesizer. It was built around half a century ago and still to this day sits where it was originally conceived; in the Moscow State University. Only one was ever built. This release also came with a DVD that held animations which synched with four of the songs. A box set (or boxed set) refers to one or more recordings, movies and television programs that are contained in a box made generally out of cardboard. ... Coil is an experimental music group that has worked in several forms of music (electronic and otherwise) such as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Coil is an experimental music group that has worked in several forms of music (electronic and otherwise) such as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... Coil is an experimental music group that has worked in several forms of music (electronic and otherwise) such as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... A box set (or boxed set) refers to one or more recordings, movies and television programs that are contained in a box made generally out of cardboard. ... The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons from matter upon the absorption of electromagnetic radiation, such as visible light or ultraviolet radiation. ... ANS synthesizer is a photoelectronic musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin in 1937 - 1957. ... Moscow State University campus M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский Государственный Университет имени М.В.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... It has been suggested that Dual layer recording be merged into this article or section. ...

Track listing

1. untitled – 20:54
2. untitled – 25:38
3. untitled – 29:40
4. untitled – 26:22
5. untitled – 30:13
6. untitled – 28:04
7. untitled – 32:06