Current 93
With a glut of industrial-pop hybrids on the market in the 1980s and '90s, several bands stayed true to the experimental nature of early industrial music. The Psychic TV axis alone spawned many creative artists, including Current 93's David Tibet, who blends Gothic chanting and haunting atmospherics with industrial noisescapes courtesy of tape loops and synthesizers. Though Tibet doesn't quite have bandmates, he frequently works with a core of collaborators including ex-Psychic TV compatriot John Balance (more famous for his work with {$Peter Christo...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. The long-awaited Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain is Current 93's first album in three years, following their double-platinum-selling Black Ships Ate the Sky. Spinning around epic series of verses written by Current 93 founder David Tibet, the new album sees Tibet back with a new 1972-style supergroup comprised of himself on vocals and July and Gorgon guitars; guitar hero James Blackshaw on 12-string guitar and piano; counter-culture guru William Breeze on electric viol [ read more ]
2xLP $21.99
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The long-awaited Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain is Current 93's first album in three years, following their double-platinum-selling Black Ships Ate the Sky. Spinning around epic series of verses written by Current 93 founder David Tibet, the new album sees Tibet back with a new 1972-style supergroup comprised of himself on vocals and July and Gorgon guitars; guitar hero James Blackshaw on 12-string guitar and piano; counter-culture guru William Breeze on electric viola and viola-co [ read more ]
CD $14.99
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Birth Canal Blues is the first CD release on Coptic Cat, the new label started by David Tibet and Current 93. The album consists of one 20-minute song in four movements that sets the basic narrative structure of Anok Pe Current 93's new Hallucinatory Mountain trilogy, whose first part, Invocation of Hallucinatory Mountain, is due in January 2009. Birth Canal Blues was recorded by Tibet, Baby Dee, John Contreras, and Andrew Liles. The packaging includes an 8-page color booklet with photographs [ read more ]
CD $10.99
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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 membe [ read more ]
CD $14.99
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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 membe [ read more ]
MP3 $10.49
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VINYL FORMAT. On blood-colored vinyl with poster and glossy insert. Originally issued in 1985, in an edition of 1000 copies, Dogs Blood Rising was Current 93's second full length release. Here, the audio has been significantly restored and remastered and is presented as an exact reproduction of the original as possible. Dog's Blood Rising picks up where Nature Unveiled left off - eerie, disturbing, and powerful. In fact, this album is perhaps the finest example of the experimental side [ read more ]
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Having established his art on initial releases, Tibet makes a stunning declaration of purpose on Dogs Blood Rising, one of the most frightening, nerve-wracking records ever released. Interspersing quicker tracks and two lengthy evocations of destruction, Dogs Blood shows [ read more ]
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Having established his art on initial releases, Tibet makes a stunning declaration of purpose on Dogs Blood Rising, one of the most frightening, nerve-wracking records ever released. Interspersing quicker tracks and two lengthy evocations of destruction, Dogs Blood shows Tibet and his collaborators -- including, as always, Stapleton -- combining everything from invocations of Yukio Mishima to Christianity in a harrowing blend. Opening track "Christus Christus" sets the tone with its hea [ read more ]
CD $15.18
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Recording of Current 93's October 2003 concert at London's prestigious Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Center. The CD comes in a beautiful gatefold full-color digipak with full-color print on CD. The CD has 16 tracks and is 67 minutes long and features the entire concert that Current 93 played that night. It includes three tracks previously unreleased, as well as 'Locust' from the 'Imperium' album, never before performed live. The lineup included David Tibet, Michael Cashmore, Joe Budenholzer, Maja Elliott [ read more ]
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Recording of Current 93's October 2003 concert at London's prestigious Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Center. The CD comes in a beautiful gatefold full-color digipak with full-color print on CD. The CD has 16 tracks and is 67 minutes long and features the entire concert that Current 93 played that night. It includes three tracks previously unreleased, as well as "Locust" from the "Imperium" album, never before performed live. The lineup included David Tibet, Michael Cashmore, Joe Budenholzer, Maja Elliott [ read more ]
CD $16.99
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