CURRENT 93 — The Inmost Light
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"Bei den Aufnahmen, die jetzt unter dem Titel »The Inmost Light« (Durtro Jnana) auf drei CDs wieder veröffentlicht worden sind, bestand das LineUp von current 93 aus David Tibet, Steven Stapleton, Michael Cashmore und Joolie Wood. Mit dem heutigen Ohr gehört, ist erst
vernehmbar, welch paradigmatische Stellung die beiden MiniAlben »Where The Long Shadows Fall« und »The Stars Are Marching Sadly Home« sowie die LP »All The Pretty Horses« aus den Jahren 1995/96 für die derzeit doch sehr lebendige und innovative Folkszene einnehmen. Nicht nur die Organisation als Kollektiv im Stile der späten
1960er Jahre, die sich durch Fluktuation der Mitglieder und gegenseitige Aufwartung (Nick Cave, John Balance von Coil, Andria Degens von Pantaleimon sind Gäste hier) genauso auszeichnete wie durch die Inspiration anderer Künste (die C93Trilogie wurde inspiriert durch den Maler Louis Wain und den Schriftsteller Thomas Ligotti), ist es die musikalische Nutzbarmachung von Zeit (eine Idee = 40 Minuten), die dieser künstlerischtheatralischen Folklore nun schon seit 1982 anhaftet und vergleichbar macht mit Sunburned Hand Of The Man oder JackieO Motherfucker. Selbst solche Bizarrheiten wie der hier zelebrierte gnostische Fanatismus taucht heutzutage wieder auf: beispielsweise bei Wooden Wand. Mit weiterem Blick auf diese uneindeutigen, geflüsterten, schaurigen Texte (»I take your hand / We walk towards where the roses once grew«), ist das heute gebräuchliche Eigenschaftswort »wyrd« für diesen Folk wohl mehr als zutreffend" [Goon]
"Durtro Jnana is proud to re-release of one of Current 93's most ambitious and enduring projects: the Inmost Light trilogy. Originally issued in 1995 as Hallucinatory Patripassianist Song, this set includes in their entirety the mini-albums Where The Long Shadows Fall, The Stars Are Marching Sadly Home, and the full-length All The Pretty Little Horses. The band at the time of these recordings included David Tibet, Steven Stapleton, Michael Cashmore and Joolie Wood with guests Nick Cave, Jhonn Balance (Coil), Andria Degens (Pantaleimon) and Shirley Collins contributing vocals. This series was inspired by visionary painter Louis Wain and author Thomas Ligotti (to whom a track is dedicated), nursery sing-songs and Christian heresies, most notably Patripassianism. In Current 93's hands, the traditional lullaby of the album title sparks an explosive torrent of bittersweet childhood memories and apocalyptic prophecies. The musical setting for Tibet's narrative is exquisite -- kaleidoscopic compositions featuring 12-string guitar, piano, string arrangements, flutes, bells, massed drones, children's voices and ecstatic recitations. Together, the three movements make Inmost Light a powerful and extremely moving listening experience. The three discs have been newly remastered and are housed in a deluxe eight-panel digipack with a 24-page full-color booklet of photos of the group as children, a complete set of lyrics and liner notes." [label info]
"Where The Long Shadows Fall opens with a stately loop of a beautifully sad / eternally holy female choral melody, obviously taken from an old piece of vinyl as the crackle and hiss of the surface noise provides a familiar antiquated patina. Additional baroque vocal melodies intertwine with a chiming 12-string acoustic
guitar strum which slowly progresses with the plod of a heavy doom track, minus the downtuned distortion; and then of course, there's David Tibet reciting his trademarked revelations surrounding his heretical beliefs about Christ, Satan, and the end of the world as we know it. Where The Long Shadows Fall is an open ended piece, built upon illusion and impression. For the elegantly mangled nursery rhymes that Current 93 is known for, look to the second disc All The Pretty Little Horses. Here, David Tibet conducts business mostly as a duet with the acoustic guitar of Michael Cashmore, who has done more to define Tibet's apocalyptic take on British folk than any other guitarist (including Ben Chasny, Tony Wakeford, Douglas P, etc.).
These tunes are sparsely arranged with occasional flourishes of electronic manipulation and baroque instrumentation. Along with
Cashmore, other noteworthy guest appearance include Nick Cave and Shirley Collins.
The final disc The Stars Are Marching Sadly Home is one of the darker recordings that Current 93 has made since Tibet abandoned the
dirge collages of tape loops and cackling voice which dominated his very first recordings. That same vocal loop which opens Where The Long Shadows Fall is the backbone to this atmospheric work, although it has been shrouded in reverb and pushed into the background of whispering drones and shadowy sounds. Tibet's voice growls with the aid of plenty of timestretched tricks that perfectly augment Tibet's already creepy voice.
If you didn't have the opportunity to pick these up when they originally came out, you really should now, and spend some time with
these recordings as they have clearly aged well over the past decade and stand amongst the best of the Current 93 recordings." [Aquarius Records]
vernehmbar, welch paradigmatische Stellung die beiden MiniAlben »Where The Long Shadows Fall« und »The Stars Are Marching Sadly Home« sowie die LP »All The Pretty Horses« aus den Jahren 1995/96 für die derzeit doch sehr lebendige und innovative Folkszene einnehmen. Nicht nur die Organisation als Kollektiv im Stile der späten
1960er Jahre, die sich durch Fluktuation der Mitglieder und gegenseitige Aufwartung (Nick Cave, John Balance von Coil, Andria Degens von Pantaleimon sind Gäste hier) genauso auszeichnete wie durch die Inspiration anderer Künste (die C93Trilogie wurde inspiriert durch den Maler Louis Wain und den Schriftsteller Thomas Ligotti), ist es die musikalische Nutzbarmachung von Zeit (eine Idee = 40 Minuten), die dieser künstlerischtheatralischen Folklore nun schon seit 1982 anhaftet und vergleichbar macht mit Sunburned Hand Of The Man oder JackieO Motherfucker. Selbst solche Bizarrheiten wie der hier zelebrierte gnostische Fanatismus taucht heutzutage wieder auf: beispielsweise bei Wooden Wand. Mit weiterem Blick auf diese uneindeutigen, geflüsterten, schaurigen Texte (»I take your hand / We walk towards where the roses once grew«), ist das heute gebräuchliche Eigenschaftswort »wyrd« für diesen Folk wohl mehr als zutreffend" [Goon]
"Durtro Jnana is proud to re-release of one of Current 93's most ambitious and enduring projects: the Inmost Light trilogy. Originally issued in 1995 as Hallucinatory Patripassianist Song, this set includes in their entirety the mini-albums Where The Long Shadows Fall, The Stars Are Marching Sadly Home, and the full-length All The Pretty Little Horses. The band at the time of these recordings included David Tibet, Steven Stapleton, Michael Cashmore and Joolie Wood with guests Nick Cave, Jhonn Balance (Coil), Andria Degens (Pantaleimon) and Shirley Collins contributing vocals. This series was inspired by visionary painter Louis Wain and author Thomas Ligotti (to whom a track is dedicated), nursery sing-songs and Christian heresies, most notably Patripassianism. In Current 93's hands, the traditional lullaby of the album title sparks an explosive torrent of bittersweet childhood memories and apocalyptic prophecies. The musical setting for Tibet's narrative is exquisite -- kaleidoscopic compositions featuring 12-string guitar, piano, string arrangements, flutes, bells, massed drones, children's voices and ecstatic recitations. Together, the three movements make Inmost Light a powerful and extremely moving listening experience. The three discs have been newly remastered and are housed in a deluxe eight-panel digipack with a 24-page full-color booklet of photos of the group as children, a complete set of lyrics and liner notes." [label info]
"Where The Long Shadows Fall opens with a stately loop of a beautifully sad / eternally holy female choral melody, obviously taken from an old piece of vinyl as the crackle and hiss of the surface noise provides a familiar antiquated patina. Additional baroque vocal melodies intertwine with a chiming 12-string acoustic
guitar strum which slowly progresses with the plod of a heavy doom track, minus the downtuned distortion; and then of course, there's David Tibet reciting his trademarked revelations surrounding his heretical beliefs about Christ, Satan, and the end of the world as we know it. Where The Long Shadows Fall is an open ended piece, built upon illusion and impression. For the elegantly mangled nursery rhymes that Current 93 is known for, look to the second disc All The Pretty Little Horses. Here, David Tibet conducts business mostly as a duet with the acoustic guitar of Michael Cashmore, who has done more to define Tibet's apocalyptic take on British folk than any other guitarist (including Ben Chasny, Tony Wakeford, Douglas P, etc.).
These tunes are sparsely arranged with occasional flourishes of electronic manipulation and baroque instrumentation. Along with
Cashmore, other noteworthy guest appearance include Nick Cave and Shirley Collins.
The final disc The Stars Are Marching Sadly Home is one of the darker recordings that Current 93 has made since Tibet abandoned the
dirge collages of tape loops and cackling voice which dominated his very first recordings. That same vocal loop which opens Where The Long Shadows Fall is the backbone to this atmospheric work, although it has been shrouded in reverb and pushed into the background of whispering drones and shadowy sounds. Tibet's voice growls with the aid of plenty of timestretched tricks that perfectly augment Tibet's already creepy voice.
If you didn't have the opportunity to pick these up when they originally came out, you really should now, and spend some time with
these recordings as they have clearly aged well over the past decade and stand amongst the best of the Current 93 recordings." [Aquarius Records]