Current 93
Current 93 is the ongoing work of David Tibet (now known as David Michael), once a member of Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo and also the founder of Dog's Blood Order. Though the group is really Tibet's own, a family of ever changing musicians helps out with each release. The one musician to appear on virtually all Current 93 releases is Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound, and David Tibet in his turn has appeared on numerous Nurse With Wound releases. Members of Current 93 have collaborated with other groups such as Coil and Death In June.
Current 93 is the ongoing work of David Tibet (now known as David Michael), once a member of Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo and also the founder of Dog's Blood Order. Though the group is really Tibet's own, a family of ever changing musicians helps out with each release. The one musician to appear on virtually all Current 93 releases is Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound, and David Tibet in his turn has appeared on numerous Nurse With Wound releases. Members of Current 93 have collaborated with other groups such as Coil and Death In June.
Earth Covers Earth
"Recorded whilst I was starring as H.R. Pufnstuf in the titular US documentary of the same name, Earth Covers Earth followed up the apocalyptic Sing Song Sounds of Swastikas For Noddy with another clutch of classic C93 chimes, none of which bothered the Hit Parade In Any Way Ever. Many of the songs on this beautiful album have been tattooed on the inner thighs of the Illuminati. The drugs had stopped working, and I was staring into several voids, as I couldn't focus on anything, whilst Moving Wa…
Lucifer Over London
"I was obsessed, am obsessed, by The Groundhogs, so gave C93 a chance to cover their perfect "Sad-Go-Round" from their perfect Solid album. I also loved Black Sabbath, but had listened to them so much that I never wanted to hear them again. So Michael Cashmore's Perfect Playing of their intro to "Paranoid" was Perfect Way To Wave GoodBye to them, and slip into my visions of Lucifer Over London, May G+D damn him again. "The Seven Seals_" I wrote whilst sitting at my desk in my Then House in Aubre…
I Have A Special Plan For This World
"I had become close friends with Thomas Ligotti, the pre-eminent writer of Nights and DeadEnds and Doubled Darknesses. I had written him many fan-letters, and we both wanted to work with each other. I Have A Special Plan For This World was our second work together, after our In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land. This album Channels an enormous emotional response from me. Ligotti was, is, and will be a huge influence on my work. No-one has seen the bells tolling, tolling, tolling for us all like …
Imperium
"Recorded at the same time as I and Then C93 were channelling Swastikas For Noddy, Imperium was the BackSide GrimStory to the Bright 'n' Breezy (Locust) SummerTime Whistkes of Swastikas For Noddy. I was very ill whilst making both records, and my main memories (along with Speed And Vodka, ThankYou, ThankYou) were lying sick on a grimy couch at the long-gone IPS Studios in Shepherd's Bush. There was a heavy leak in the kitchen and the water was running over the studio floor and up my distressed, …
Sketches Of My Nightmares And Dreams Occurring
Renowned visionary collective Current 93, led by the ever-enigmatic David Tibet, return with their latest work, Sketches Of My Nightmares and Dreams Occurring. Set to be released this season, the album unfolds as an intimate cartography of the psychic landscapes that define Tibet’s unique creative universe.
Sketches Of My Nightmares and Dreams Occurring is a testament to Current 93’s ability to transmute dream-visions into sound, weaving together spectral folk, minimalist textures, and otherwo…
Like Swallowing Eclipses
VERY last copies!!! - The first 500 mail-order copies version that includes the playable full-color picture-postcard reproducing David Tibet's painting of the track Like Swallowing SunBeams, inserted in risograph-printed CandyBag. The box set essentially represents a dark ambient/industrial re-imagination of Current 93's early apocalyptic works, where Andrew Liles has extracted and amplified the most disturbing and ritualistic elements, creating soundscapes that function as sonic invocations rat…
Mi-Mort
Re-issue of the first NWW / Current 93 split cassette from 1983 manufactured and marketed by RRRecords in 1987 on behalf of United Dairies.
Nylon Coverin' Body Smotherin'
Re-issue of the second NWW / Current 93 split cassette from 1984 manufactured and marketed by RRRecords in 1987 on behalf of United Dairies.
Papal Ejaculations
Rare grey area split 7" EP from the late 80's with pieces from live recordings and compilation cassettes. Second edition of 93 copies with yellow cover.
No Hiding From The Blackbird / The Burial Of The Stoned Sardine
1990 partly re-mixed re-issue on Harbinger with picture sleeve of the split 7" single originally included in the first 1000 copies of C93's Nature Unveiled.
Lashtal
1988 re-issue on L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords, with beautiful new cover by Steven Stapleton, of the very first C93 record release from 1984, with David Tibet, Stapleton, Coil's John Balance and 23 Skidoo's Fritz Häaman.
Dogs Blood Rising
1988 first CD re-issue on L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords of the second C93 album from 1984, featuring Krank's and SPK's John Murphy, Crass' Steve Ignorant and Diana Rogerson.
Live At Bar Maldoror
1987 reissue with new cover limited to 2000 copies of the 1985 LP featuring NWW's Steven Stapleton and John Fothergill, Krang's and SPK's John Murphy and Coil's John Balance.
Dawn
1990 first CD re-issue on Durtro of the 1988 LP featuring NWW's Steven Stapleton, Death In June's Douglas P., Strawberry Switchblades' Rose McDowall, Krank's and SPK's John Murphy and Coil's John Balance.
Looney Runes
First CD edition on Durtro of the 1990 album featuring NWW's Steven Stapleton, Death In June's Douglas P., Sol Invictus' Tony Wakeford and Strawberry Switchblades' Rose McDowall.
As The World Disappears...
First CD edition on Durtro of the 1991 album featuring Michael Cashmore and Julie Woods among others.
Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre
Rare original edition on clear blue vinyl and gatefold sleeve on Durtro of C93's 1994 album featuring Tibet, Stapleton, Nature and Organisation's Michael Cashmore and Louis Wain!. With insert.
Tamlin
Original edition on Durtro with gatefold sleeve of C93's 12"EP featuring Tibet, Stapleton, Nature and Organisation's Michael Cashmore, Bevis Frond's Nick Saloman, David Kenny and Tiny Tim. With insert.
All The Pretty Little Horses
Rarer second edition on Durtro on amber vinyl limited to 300 copies of C93's 1996 album featuring Tibet, Stapleton, Michael Cashmore, John Balance, David Kenny and Joolie Wood. With insert.
The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlight Thirdandfinal)
Original edition on purple vinyl on Durtro of C93's one-sided 12"EP featuring Tibet, Stapleton (who also did the cover), David Kenny and Shirlt Collins. With insert.