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'''''Uncoiled''''' is an unofficial download-only remix compilation made up of new mixes re-created by Danny Hyde from his original source material, though they were initially believed to be outtakes from the remix sessions by all members of Coil for ''Fixed'', ''Closer To God'' and ''Further Down The Spiral''. A selection of these tracks was later semi-officially released as ''Recoiled''.
Rumors of outtakes had been circulating since 1995 and in 2012, Hyde stated that he had multiple tracks in his possession. Funds were then raised by members of the Echoing The Sound forum to acquire the tracks and the collection was put up for free download in November 2012. It was later revealed by Hyde that the provenance of the remixes was not as initially understood, and that he had personally re-created them in response to being contacted by NIN fans.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77irenJlxs0] After the release of ''Uncoiled'', Robin Rimbaud (aka scanner) unearthed a DAT with Coil remixes of NIN songs matching the names from the PHANTOM NIN SONGS portion of the nothing.nin.net discography (see below). The soaudio matched what was on ''Further Down the Spiral'' -called outtakes confirming that had been mentioned on the web since the 1990s most likely never existedrumors of unreleased Coil remixes were in fact just rumors.
===Track Listing===
#"Gave Up" (More Perc No Bass) - 1:42
===About===
<p>They were known as the pre-big studio mixes because as I said before I've got a huge, huge book which I used to type out. Before computers and printers I used to do it on the word processor from my notepads of the sessions where I scribbled everything down. I would type these up and store them and when the Nine Inch Nails forum boys said they'd heard about these outtakes and things I went back to the DATs from those days and found the rough cuts I did at my house before the big expensive one thousand pounds a day studio. What we'd do is copy the multitracks to DAT so we could take the sounds home. At my home I had a DAT machine digitally linked up to the sequencer, so I could digitally transfer the samples or the SMPTE could control the sequencer that could fire samples all through the mixing desk. I'd do a rough outline of what was happening that day. Pete would come over and we'd discuss bits and bobs and he'd join and we'd do stuff. With 'Closer' we actually worked in synch, as Pete did the same at his house and did a load of sessions. This was before Skype so we'd phone each other up and play down the phone where we were at and we knew we were in the same tempo and we knew we were in the same key as we were working to the same samples. So we knew that when we synched them ours would run and we could whittle down what we didn't need and we could synch it to the multitrack and take from that what we needed. So the pre big mix studio sessions were effectively all the pre big studio runs of what we were doing at home in the little studio. You'd do a little mixdown to DAT for your records so when you got to the big studio you could play it, if someone said "what are you thinking?" But before you set up all the machines and fired it at them you could play them that if they wandered in. And those DATs and subsequent notes those DAT created I reran a load of the sections that we had created, and I reran them exactly as we had done them. And I record all the notes, the effects, the levels and everything. If I didn't have a certain section as the DAT had corrupted or whatever I reran them again and cut and pasted between the various versions. The pre-big studio versions is exactly what it says; it's the versions that were done at home before the multi thousand pound machines were allowed to do the final mix. The final mix being all of these samples and the multitrack running through a big SSL mixing desk mixed down again to half-inch tape and the half-inch tape is sent to the pressing plant and they cut the vinyl.</p></blockquote>
==2018 Extras''Uncoiled Extended'' ==A month and a half after the original ''Uncoiled'' release, a special ''Uncoiled Extended'' version was announced via an email sent to those who had donated to the release of the initial version. It included the following bonus tracks: a mock demo version of "Closer" with commentary by Hyde and two other Hyde commentaries, one on remixing "Gave Up" and one on the project in general. The original, wide distribution download of ''Uncoiled'' had a mistakenly sped-up version of "Gave Up (Open My Eyes)", which was corrected for ''Uncoiled Extended'' and ''Recoiled''. ===Track Listing===#Uncoiled Commentary from Danny Hyde - 1:13#"Gave Up" (Open My Eyes) - 5:57#"Closer" (Unrecalled) - 7:41#"The Downward Spiral" (A Gilded Sickness) - 7:59#"Eraser" (Reduction) - 8:45#"Closer" (Demo) - 5:21#Gave Up Remix Commentary from Danny Hyde - 0:18#"Gave Up" (Flim Mix) - 3:45#"Gave Up" (Coldcutter) - 1:29#"Gave Up" (In Your Face) - 1:38#"Gave Up" (Full Mix) - 1:50#"Gave Up" (Full Mix+) - 2:07#"Gave Up" (More Perc) - 1:43#"Gave Up" (More Perc No Bass) - 1:42 ==''Recoiled Extra''==
In 2018, Danny Hyde announced that he would be releasing additional remixes (based on those from ''Recoiled'') as part of a special release for 26 spare pieces of the vinyl that he received from Cold Spring Records. He explained further on his website:[http://www.auralrage.com/Recoiled%20special%20pics.htm]
<blockquote>When the ''Recoiled'' vinyl records were constructed, bizarrely the factory sent me, as well as the finished records, 26 black vinyl records in clear plastic sleeve, no cover. I have pondered what to do with these for a few years. I have decided to sell them on. To make it interesting, I have labelled each, a letter from the alphabet and created a unique CD, with separate cover/sleeve label for each one. The CDs, and vinyl sleeve label are each unique for the 26 letters. Each CD contains the same 4 songs, BUT these are versions never heard before by anyone else still living. The buyer of one of these will be the only one of a possible 26 to own these versions of the songs, and ever hear them. You will not find them on YouTube, Spotify or anywhere. Of course I hope you keep these for yourself, but obviously that is not legally binding, it will be your choice, to share or not. Also you will have the vinyl record as well, of course. I have to get rid of these now; I am not sure of the time frame I will release each letter of the alphabet, but possibly a few this year, then sporadic. Who knows.</blockquote>
The 2018 remixes are titled tracklisting for the ''Recoiled Extra'' CD is as follows:*#"Gave Up/Given Up " (Intense mix) - 5:57*#"Closer " - Dreamspace Mix (Moody) - 7:52*#"The Downward Spiral " (Raw Mix) - 7:21*#"Eraser/Erased Mix " (Spartial Driven) - 6:57#Narration and Thanks - 1:16
==External Links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77irenJlxs0 Video from Danny Hyde about the creation of ''Recoiled'']
*[https://archive.org/details/NineInchNails-UncoiledExtended ''UncoiledExtended'' FLAC at archive.org]
*[http://coldspring.co.uk/discography/csr193cd/ ''Recoiled'' at Cold Spring Records]
*[https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/recoiled-csr193cd ''Recoiled'' at Bandcamp]