John Balance

Books and archival publications by John Balance (Jhonn Balance / Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton), co-founder of Coil — in stock at Lokator100.

  • Archival artist books and post-industrial publications
  • Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths — Timeless Edition
  • The Cupboard Under The Stars — Timeless Edition
  • Coil context: writing, collage, and private systems in print
  • Accurately documented by condition; dispatched from Germany

John Balance books and art

This collection brings together books and archival publications by John Balance currently in stock at Lokator100. Balance (born Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton, also credited as Jhonn Balance) was an English musician, artist, and poet. The titles here sit within the broader Music Books & Sound Culture category and address his work in print rather than on record.

Writer, archivist, artist

John Balance's books are often closer to archive than biography: notebooks, drawings, correspondence, and edited documents. In print, the work reads as method — how an aesthetic was built, stored, revised, and circulated. The publications available here document that private system as it became a publishable form.

John Balance and Coil

Balance co-founded Coil with Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson. Alongside the music, he maintained a parallel practice of writing and collage-like thinking that accumulated over time into material now preserved in archival editions. The two bodies of work are related but distinct; the books do not simply document the records.

Titles in stock

Current holdings include volumes published by Timeless Edition, the primary publisher of Balance's archival output: Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths and The Cupboard Under The Stars. Related post-industrial and experimental artist books by Genesis P-Orridge are also held at Lokator100, alongside publications from Korm Plastics and Ian Johnstone.

All titles are documented accurately by condition and edition. Orders are dispatched from Germany with tracked shipping.

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