The bar was set very high indeed, but remarkably, 1994's Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre upped the ante once more, a gorgeous song suite that married Michael Cashmore's brilliant and minimal arrangements with Steven Stapleton's hallucinatory audio wizardry, with a set of texts that were the equal or better of TPM's finest moments.ĭavid Tibet was creating his own world, with a sound to call his very own, laboring away in relative obscurity, but slowly building a loyal fanbase that would hang on his every word. However, TPM was an inestimably huge advance for Current 93, a stunning concept album that finally gelled in its sincere and heartfelt recreation of British psych-folk, with lyrics that were fully invested with Tibet's now familiar blend of cryptic poetry, existential musing and teleological obsession. Up to this point, Tibet and company had always been reliable purveyors of grim, post-industrial soundscapes: noisy loops punctuated by sinister nursery rhymes, possessed chanting and the occasional, quasi-satirical dip into traditional English folk. In 1992, Thunder Perfect Mind exploded everything for which Current 93 had been known. This album is much, much better than Black Ships, and I unreservedly consider it to be one of the finest albums ever recorded. This will sound like blasphemy to the legions who jumped aboard the apocalyptic folk train with last year's Black Ships Ate the Sky, but trust me: I know what I'm talking about. Remastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering in December 2006.Ĭurrent 93 hit the hight point of their career with the album at the center of this trilogy: 1996's All the Pretty Little Horses was and is the most perfectly rendered artistic statement that David Tibet and company have created. Design and layout by David Tibet, Paul Jackson and Andria Degens. "Crying Girl" found in the street by Geoff Cox-Dorée. "Master of Fallen Years" by Steven Stapleton. Thank you, Tom!Īll Louis Wain artworks from the collection of David Tibet. The phrases "The Frolic" and "In Gnostic Indignation" were given to Current 93 by Thomas Ligotti. A special thank you from the future into the past for Ben Chasny, who loved this record. Peter Christopherson, Shirley Collins, Lilith Stapleton, Denis Blackham, David Rowlands, Karl Blake, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Carolyn Cox-Dorée, Steffi Thiel, Kat, Thomas Ligotti, Edwin Pouncey, Thorn, Tiny Tim, Salamah binti Isa, Nick Cave, Henry Boxer, Paul Jackson, David Suff. And to all those who worked on, or inspired, this record, either before, during or after its completion. Thanks as always to Steven Stapleton, Michael Cashmore, Mark Logan, Joolie Wood, John Balance, Geoff Cox-Dorée, Andria Degens, without whom nihil. Mixed by Steven Stapleton with David Tibet and Michael Cashmore. Hallucinatory Patripassianist Sound by David Tibet and Steven Stapleton. Central musics and melodies by Michael Cashmore Catholic Cat additions by David Tibet, Joolie Wood, and Steven Stapleton. All lyrics by David Tibet except I and II - the phrase "Why can't we all just walk away" by John Balance III and XIII - traditional central text for X - Epistle of Paul To The Romans VII:24 XI - Westron Wynde is a mediæval English poem. "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not."Īll songs ©Current 93 1995/1996/2007 and (p) David Tibet 1995/1996/2007. The Inmost Light is dedicated to these three friends, their one past and two futures, and to that Heart where all will meet in joy. To the blessed memory and soul of Dorothy Ann 'Dolly' Collins (1933 - 1995).Īnd to the lives of Seth Joseph Burgess Cox-Dorée (born 1995) and Anna Maria Cox-Dorée (born 1998)
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