Black Ships Ate the Sky (CD)
Black Ships Ate The Sky, Current 93's long awaited new studio album, is a 76-minute opus exploring David Tibet's vision of the apocalypse as wrought by the ominous Black Ships. For his latest studio enterprise, Tibet assembled perhaps the band's strongest line-up ever. Longtime C93 collaborator Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound) is joined by guitarist Michael Cashmore, cellist John Contreras, ambient sound composer William Basinski, William Breeze (Coil), Seattle artist Amy Phillips and newest member Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance).
The album also features contributions from an impressive array of vocal talent: Marc Almond (Soft Cell), Antony (Antony And The Johnsons), Bonnie 'Prince' Billie, British folk legend Shirley Collins, Clodagh Simonds (Mellow Candle), Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle), and Durtro labelmates Baby Dee and Pantaleimon.
| Tracklisting | |
| Disk | 1 | |
| 1 | Idumæa [Vocals: Marc Almond] |
| 2 | Sunset (The Death of Thumbelina) |
| 3 | Black Ships in the Sky |
| 4 | Then Kill Cæsar |
| 5 | Idumæa [Vocals: Bonnie "Prince" Billy] |
| 6 | This Autistic Imperium Is Nihil Reich |
| 7 | Dissolution of 'The Boat Millions of Years' |
| 8 | Idumæa [Vocals: Baby Dee] |
| 9 | Bind Your Tortoise Mouth |
| 10 | Idumæa [Vocals: Antony] |
| 11 | Black Ships Seen Last Year South of Heaven |
| 12 | Babylon Destroyer |
| 13 | Idumæa [Vocals: Clodagh Simonds] |
| 14 | Black Ships Were Sinking into Idumæa [Vocals: Cosey Fanni Tutti] |
| 15 | Beautiful Dancing Dust [(Vocals: Antony] |
| 16 | Idumæa [Vocals: Pantaleimon] |
| 17 | Black Ships in Their Harbours |
| 18 | Idumæa [Vocals: David Tibet] |
| 19 | Black Ships Ate the Sky |
| 20 | Why Cæsar Is Burning, Pt. 2 |
| 21 | Idumæa [Vocals: Shirley Collins] |