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http://www.brainwashed.com/brain/brainv06i19.html Has anyone heard "Hypnagogue" yet? Due to certain technical problems I am unable to download and listen to the samples.. From what I gather from the review I'm sure it's wonderful though. I really like the direction David Tibet has taken C93 in the past few years; 'Soft Black Stars' remains to be one of the most honest and poignant albums I've ever heard. Melancholic grandeur. That 'Antony : Androgynous Zone' sure looks nice. Has anyone here ever witnessed him perform live before? I went to see the Johnsons perform at the Andy Warhol Museum about a year and a half ago.. I sat in the front row and he fluttered his eyelashes at me as he sung 'I'm in Love with a Dead Boy' - transformative. There were literally torrents of tears running down the aisles. We've been keeping in touch since then and I might go stay with him for a few weeks this summer before I set out to conquer the world. |
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Favorite Current 93(and closely related) albums : - Soft Black Stars * - Bright Yellow Moon - Sleep Has His House - In a Foreign Town, In a Foreign Land - An Introduction to Suffering * - All the Pretty Little Horses : Theinmostlight * - Beauty Reaps the Blood of Solitude(Nature and Organisation)* - Musical Pumpkin Cottage - Tamlin - Misery Farm - Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre * - Island - Christ and the Pale Queens Mighty in Sorrow * - Imperium - Nature Unveiled * favored above all others |
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I like Dogs Blood Rising, I find it hard to get into his more folky stuff. "Larkspur and Lazarus" is a great song off Soft Black Stars |
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What about Thunder Perfect Mind? That's my favourite C93 release. |
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I really like the first half of Thunder Perfect Mind. 1. A Beginning 2. The Descent of Long Satan and Babylon 3. A Sadness Song 4. A Song for Douglas After He's Dead 5. In the Heart of the Wood and What I Found There -- probably my favorite song on record. The rest don't settle so well with me.. Something just sounds out of place. There are a few bits towards the end that I do like though - and the photos in the interior are lovely, particularly the one of John Balance peaking through the ivy. |
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Am I the only devotee on this message board? It seems to me that there were at least a handful of you at one point or another. It might interest some of you Bjorkians to know that she provided backup vocals on C93's 'Island' record. Fellow Icelander Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson(of Sigur Ros and Psychic TV fame) was also involved in the recording and intrumentation - a presence definately felt when listening. |
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are you getting ? seems nice.. with a cd |
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Soft Black Stars, Dog's Blood Rising, Nature Unveiled, Thunder Perfect Mind, Crooked Crosses for the Nodding God, Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre, I've gotten to know these albums fairly well, so where do I go next? I think SBStars and Ruine are my faves so far... those spare piano songs have enamoured even my mother. I'm listening to Earth Covers Earth right now, lots of electric guitars which is kind of strange... Tell me more about that Nature and Organisation (sp?) thing, whodunnit and all that. |
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I reserved a copy of England's Hidden Reverse directly from Durtro. It, along with the cd, should be here sometime in june. Hourglass(for Diana) and Rome(for Douglas P.) are my favorite songs off of Earth Covers Earth. It's a pretty good record though not one of my favorites.. The cd sleeve art is a tip of the hat to The Incredible String Band's 'The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter' album. Nature and Organisation(English spelling) is the musical endeavor of Current 93 guitarist Michael Cashmore. He's only released two full records, one of which was unfinished. 'Beauty Reaps the Blood of Sorrow' is definately in my All Time top ten list. Take a look here as I don't have time to convey right now: http://www.longshadows.com/23.html Check out the rest of the page afterwards - very well done. You may like 'I Have a Special Plan for this World'. Tibet reading a short story by Thomas Ligotti over an eerie swirling atmosphere.. Unsettling. |
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I really wanna get that book, its release date got pushed back again though. i have some mp3s of c93 but he's the person\group ive heard the least of of nww and coil. |
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I recommend 'The Flower is RedRobed'(from Introduction to Suffering), 'Immortal Bird'(from Sleep Has His House) and 'Butterfly Drops'(from Bright Yellow Moon). |
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Blipseed, Spookyluke, Uzim.. None of you are fans? |
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i'm browsing sites to see what's available... not many are! 'Soft Black Stars', nowhere available.. but it seems like i can get 'Emblems - The Menstrual Years', double CD, nice artworks and 4.5 stars on AMG... do you recommend it? : ) (can't find sound samples anywhere) |
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The Menstrual Years are awesome, great compilation and it's good for me too since I'm a beginner. But maybe you should hear it from Cabbog 93 though, cuz he's the pro. I'm a mere apprentice. I like it though. I've been listening to Nature and Organisation the last little while... Snow Leopard is nice if unexciting, but Beauty Reeps is really breathtaking. Now this is some delicious Apocalyptic Folk. A Dozen Summers is next on my hitlist. |
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good then ^^ other releases that are said to be available would be Hitler As Kalki, Crooked Crosses... and also Sleep Has His House, Some Black Stars Seen Over London, Crystal, Crowleymass... (but those would take much longer to ship). and a lot of others too but of course with those artists i guess you've got big chances that you wait for a month or two, then get told they're unavailable... |
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nevermind for the sound samples... i didn't see some were at the official site! (and they're working, which is rare enough for brainwashed.com sound samples to be signaled...) (for the hypnagogue ones, the link is broken. they linked to ".mp3" without what was before the extension.) |
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yeah, i'll just wait for Cabbog's advice, but i think i'll order it, thanks : ) |
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What sites are you browsing? If you live in north America http://www.strangefortune.com is your best bet. The prices are ludicrously low and availability is rarely a problem. Just make sure to check with Mr. Michael J. on the delivery time.. As for recommendations, I'm not really sure what to tell you. My personal favorites are marked above.. A lot of people advise starting at the beginning and working your way up. I'm not sure if I'd agree though. I guess your best bet would probably be to download a few songs off of the albums that sound interesting to you and get your impressions there. |
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i don't live in north america... i live in france and were browsing amazon (.fr, .de, .co.uk) and fnac.com. anyway i ordered emblems - the menstrual years, i'll see afterwards in other sites maybe for another album if i like it! : ) |
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i got it and i like it very much! 'Diana', 'The Ballad Of The Pale Christ', 'Happy Birthday Pigface Christus', 'Maldoror Is Ded Ded Ded Ded', 'Hooves', 'Broken Birds Fly' are my favorites... there is also a nice remix-destruction of California Dreamin' in 'Great Black Time II'! a lot of tracks (especially in disc 1) are actually excepts, that needs to be noticed though it is all very good... i'd like to hear the entirety of some of the tracks in excerpts. |
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I'm a huge Current 93 fan. I actually got Of Ruine Or Some Balzing Starre and Some Soft Black Stars Seen Over London (the live Soft Black Stars album) in the post this morning. Favourites: 1.Soft Black Stars 2.Thunder Perfect Mind 3.Some Soft Black Stars Seen Over London 4.All The Pretty Little Horses 5.Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre Dogs Blood Rising is an incredibly interesting album, but I can't listen to 'Jesus Wept' - it's really fucking evil. The only piece of music to actually scare me. I really love Tibet's latest work the most, though. I want to get Sleep Has His House (kind of like Soft Black Stars only with Harmonium instead of Piano) and In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land. Island is another I need to get. I have a lot of mp3s, and Anyway, People Die and Passing Horses are two of my favourite C93 songs. All The Pretty Little Horses would be a good place to head next, only it's very, very out of print (they go for a lot on Ebay these days). All the currently available stuff is available from their manufacturers and distributers, World Serpent, at www.worldserpent.com - I always get my stuff from there (although they are sometimes a little slow on shipping). My personal favourite C93 tracks: KillyKillyKilly (from In Menstrual Night) Anyway, People Die, Passing Horses (from Island) Hitler As Kalki, A Silence Song, A Sadness Song (from Thunder Perfect Mind - actually, most of this album) All The World Makes Great Blood (from Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre) The Inmost Night, This Carnival Is DEAD And Gone (from All The Pretty Little Horses) A Gothic Love Song, The Signs In The Stars, Whilst The Night Rejoyces Profound And Still (from Soft Black Stars) I Have A Special Plan For This World (from EP of the same name) Immortal Bird, Red Hawthorn Tree (from Sleep Has His House) Okay, I think that's enough from me for now. ;) |
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what is really to understand in the stairs song? "Oh when she fell down the stairs I tried very hard not to laugh Gripping the bannister Gripping my crutch I tried hard not to go to her I tried hard not to go to her There is something of Heaven in death There is something of Heaven in death" it sounds evil... |
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The Stair Song *is* evil. ;) |
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but what does it mean? she died falling down the stairs? or is it the stairway to heaven or something? |
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An old woman fell down the stairs and he didn't go to help her. I'm...not sure about the last lines, though. |
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oh, ok : ) i thought it was more evil than this! is worse i think... i hate sad and unfair tales like this. |
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well, not so unfair - but still horrible. |
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If you like piano based music, get Soft Black Stars, it's so beautiful! I'm just attempting to get into the more chaotic early stuff like Dog's Blood Rising... unsettling stuff. It unsettles me. |
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Dogs Blood Rising is VERY unsettling. I think that's the desired effect, but I really can't listen to it sometimes. Anyway, this weekend, I got a few more C93 discs. Swastikas For Goddy - this one is completely and utterly stupid. Twisted, but fun. Not exactly my favourite C93, though... In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land - the soundtrack to an accompanying Thomas Ligotti book. This is utterly, utterly brilliant. The whole thing is a very scary, brooding dark ambient soundscape, with a few lines from the text read by David Tibet. Brilliant. The Great In The Small - every C93 track ever, all played ontop of each other. Er...yes. It's interesting, and some moments are wonderful. It probably won't be a regular listen, though. If you like piano music and Soft Black Stars, get the latest one, Hypnagogue (I think it was released just as 'David Tibet', I'm not sure... from earlier this year). It's a lot like Soft Black Stars. I've just ordered my copy. |
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Oh, and Thunder Perfect Mind is a fantastic album to have sex to, strangely enough... |
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Got Sleep Has His House today. Absolutely wonderful (although the title track does drag on a bit [read: lot]). Where's Cabbog buggered off to? |
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i still have no releases by them but soon i will have a bunch of cash and buy dogs blood rising at least. |
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Do beware, Raio No Terrasu (Jesus Wept) from Dogs Blood Rising is the most evil sounding song. Ever. Otherwise, it's a great album. |
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Do beware, Raio No Terrasu (Jesus Wept) from Dogs Blood Rising is the most evil sounding song. Ever. Otherwise, it's a great album. |
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i'm really lovin' thunder perfect mind right now... has anyone heard the Nurse With Wound companion album (of the same name) |
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I wish people would stop bumping Cabbog's old posts. I always think he has either resurrected or heaven got the internet |
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so do i - those songs are fucking classics !!! check this out -first time i heard current , i was 16 years old ... dropped a hit of family acid , and listened to 93 dead sunwheels .... im still on the bus. |
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I wouldn't wait for a reply. Cabbog sadly died saving his brother on a rock climbing day out :( |
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