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United Kingdom (1982 – present)
Current 93 is a British music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet (né David Michael Bunting, renamed ‘Tibet’ by Genesis P-Orridge) in United Kingdom.
Much of Current 93’s early work was similar to late 1970s and early 1980s industrial music: abrasive tape loops, droning synthesiser noises, and Tibet’s distorted, ranting vocals. Later works found Tibet mostly casting off such trappings in favour of a more organic sound, labelled by some as “apocalyptic folk”, occasionally featuring his sinister nursery-rhyme influenced singing and primarily acoustic folk-styled music. Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound) has appeared on nearly every Current 93 release, and Michael Cashmore (Nature and Organisation) is another frequent collaborator.
Other notable collaborators have included Douglas P., Rose McDowell, Ben Chasney, Nick Cave, Marc Almond, Antony Hegarty, Baby Dee, and Andrew W.K.
Tibet’s lyrics have been fairly consistent, regardless of delivery: The earlier recordings reflect his preoccupation with death, Christ, mysticism, Aleister Crowley, Tibetan Buddhism, Gnosticism, Weltschmerz, nihilism, Noddy, 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 and the apocalypse.
Much of Current 93’s early work was similar to late 1970s and early 1980s industrial music: abrasive tape loops, droning synthesiser noises, and Tibet’s distorted, ranting vocals. Later works found Tibet mostly casting off such trappings in favour of a more organic sound, labelled by some as “apocalyptic folk”, occasionally featuring his sinister nursery-rhyme influenced singing and primarily acoustic folk-styled music. Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound) has appeared on nearly every Current 93 release, and Michael Cashmore (Nature and Organisation) is another frequent collaborator.
Other notable collaborators have included Douglas P., Rose McDowell, Ben Chasney, Nick Cave, Marc Almond, Antony Hegarty, Baby Dee, and Andrew W.K.
Tibet’s lyrics have been fairly consistent, regardless of delivery: The earlier recordings reflect his preoccupation with death, Christ, mysticism, Aleister Crowley, Tibetan Buddhism, Gnosticism, Weltschmerz, nihilism, Noddy, 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 and the apocalypse.
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iluvdeathinjune wrote:
Sometimes I'm like "Dude I feel XXITheWorld likes it up the arse when listening to his neololk Current 93'
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TexasStinkHog wrote:
Theoretically
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TexasStinkHog wrote:
Being a Nazi is cool
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thybbuk wrote:
i've never met a nazi that wasn't too much of a pussy to be a real nazi
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thybbuk wrote:
i've never met a nazi that wasn't too much of a pussy to be a real nazi
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XXITheWorld wrote:
Better listen to a nonsensical Christian than to Nazi dudes
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XXITheWorld wrote:
Sometimes I'm like "Dude I listen to way too much Current 93 and pretty much no other 'neofolk' " so I go check those other bands out and quickly come back when I realize they're all nazis
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XXITheWorld wrote:
Oh my god Crowleymass Unveiled makes my ears bleed
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DemonaDeLonge wrote:
Current 93 is so fucking amazing for listen as simply deadly listener [5]
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Reflection_kill wrote:
"Пиздец хуйня!!! Мои уши и мировозрение не осилили" >>Radiohead, Leningrad, Coldplay - не волнуйся, всё в порядке вещей, лол.[2]
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denny_cancer wrote:
"Пиздец хуйня!!! Мои уши и мировозрение не осилили" >>Radiohead, Leningrad, Coldplay - не волнуйся, всё в порядке вещей, лол.
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Yeti_Corb wrote:
kwokwokwo, ахаха))))
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kwokwokwo wrote:
Пиздец хуйня!!! Мои уши и мировозрение не осилили
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Gisssh wrote:
Thanks, i think i will go. :)
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cadavreflex wrote:
i scrobble my tracks at 93%. how about you?
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AntisoJahnk wrote:
GODLIKE AND PIERCING
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Lyciummusic wrote:
Fields of Rape has many versions, both by Death in June and Current 93. I've always wanted to make a comparison between them, so I made this compilation.
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Mart1n_O wrote:
эта группа просто разрыв мозга
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UglySyntaxError wrote:
you should go with Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre. because, to quote Reflection_kill, "it's very good for listen". [2]
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OnanismMonthly wrote:
@ ravagingmasses: honestly, if it's your first time listening to C93's folk stuff (i.e. the stuff BEFORE Black Ships Ate The Sky and AFTER Dawn) you should go with Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre. because, to quote Reflection_kill, "it's very good for listen".
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Savoy-teatteri, Helsinki, Finland
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Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany
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