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'Current 93' are an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982[1] by David Tibet (né David Michael Bunting, renamed 'Tibet' by Genesis P-Orridge sometime prior to forming the group).
| Contents |
| Background |
| Discography |
| Compilation appearances |
| ''Current 93 Presents'' releases |
| References |
| External links |
| Reviews |
Background
David Tibet
Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton (of Nurse With Wound) has appeared on nearly every Current 93 release.[2] Michael Cashmore has also been a constant contributor since Thunder Perfect Mind. Douglas P. of Death In June has played on well over a dozen Current 93 releases, and Steve Ignorant of Crass (using the name ''Stephen Intelligent''), Boyd Rice, runologist Freya Aswynn [1], Nick Cave, Björk, Rose McDowall,2 Tiny Tim, Tony Wakeford of Sol Invictus, Marc Almond, John Balance of Coil and Ian Read of Fire + Ice have also lent their talents over the years. Tibet is fond of the works of American writer Thomas Ligotti, and invited him to collaborate with Current 93.
Current 93 have released some twenty albums, and many singles, as well as having been a guest on many of the above listed artists' records, and others' such as Nature and Organisation and The Hafler Trio.
Much of Current 93's early work was similar to late 1970s and early 1980s industrial music: abrasive tape loops, droning synthesizer noises and Tibet's distorted, ranting vocals. This early work became influential with the goth scene. Later works found Tibet mostly casting off such trappings in favor of a more organic sound, labeled by some as "apocalyptic folk" music, occasionally featuring his sinister nursery rhyme-influenced singing and primarily acoustic folk-styled music.
The later 1990's music has shifted from the sound to more complex and orchestated sound
Tibet's lyrics have been fairly consistent, regardless of delivery: The earlier recordings reflect his preoccupation with death, Christ, mysticism, Aleister Crowley (Tibet borrowed the term "93 Current" from Crowley - the 93 Current [2] being the current of Thelema or Agape), Tibetan Buddhism, Gnosticism, runes, swastikas, Noddy, ''The Wicker Man'', and a variety of occult notions. The later to present-day period of Current 93's recordings increasingly reflect Tibet's interest in Christian mysticism. Tibet has stated that he now identifies as a Christian. [3].
Literary influences include Lautreamont's ''Les Chants de Maldoror'', ''The Bible'', ''The Poetic Eddas'', Francis Parker Yockey's , Hildegard von Bingen, John Dee, Heptarchia Mystica, The Thunder, Perfect Mind, William Blake, Louis Wain, writer Thomas Ligotti, M.R. James's various ghost stories, ''The Cloud of Unknowing'', and Count Eric Stenbock.
Musical influences include religious chants, traditional folk music, The Tam Lin ballad, The Incredible String Band, Sand, Comus, Blue Öyster Cult, Love, Shirley Collins, and the Parsi composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
Recommended further reading: England's Hidden Reverse - A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground by David Keenan (SAF Publishing 2003)
Discography
Compilation appearances
★ "Black Ships Ate The Sky (Alternate Mix)" on ''Brainwaves'' (2006)
''Current 93 Presents'' releases
★ 1986 Aleister Crowley - ''The Hastings Archives/The World As Power'' LP
★ 1988 The Venerable 'Chi.med Rig. 'dzin Lama, Rinpoche - ''Tantric rNying.ma Chant of Tibet'' LP/CD
★ 1990 Harry Oldfield - ''Crystal'' LP/CD
★ 1990 Sveinbjorn Beinteinsson - ''Edda'' LP/CD
★ 1992 Shirley Collins - ''Fountain of Snow'' CD
★ 1995 Tiny Tim - ''Songs of an Impotent Troubadour'' CD
★ 1997 The Aryan Aquarians - ''Meet Their Waterloo'' LP/CD
References
1. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/37055-interview-current-93
2. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:w9fyxqt5ldde~T1
External links
★ Durtro Records homepage Official Durtro and Current 93 homepage
★ Official archive, extensive discography, live information archive, related literary sources.
★ Interview with David Tibet (May 2006)
★ Photo concert Amiens 1992-France ( Xavier Ponset)[4]
★ Photo concert Amiens 1992-France ( Xavier Ponset)
★ [5]
Reviews
★ Black Ships Ate The Sky
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