Current 93 Biography

With a glut of industrial-pop hybrids on the market in the 1980s and '90s, several bands stayed true to the experimental nature of early industrial music. The Psychic TV axis alone spawned many creative artists, including Current 93's David Tibet, who blends Gothic chanting and haunting atmospherics with industrial noisescapes courtesy of tape loops and synthesizers. Though Tibet doesn't quite have bandmates, he frequently works with a core of collaborators including ex-Psychic TV compatriot John Balance (more famous for his work with Peter Christopherson in Coil); Fritz Haaman, formerly of 23 Skidoo (like PTV an offshoot of the most influential of the early industrial acts, Throbbing Gristle); Steven Stapleton of Nurse with Wound fame; Rose McDowall of Strawberry Switchblade; and Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, also a former member of Psychic TV. Steven Stapleton is probably the most frequent member, appearing on virtually all Current 93 releases - a favor which David Tibet returns by working with Stapleton on most projects by Nurse with Wound.

The trio of Tibet, Balance, and Haaman debuted in 1983 by recording the single "Lashtah" for Laylah Records. Until the end of the '80s, Tibet - utilizing the various lineups - recorded at a frenetic pace, issuing more than two albums per year for both Laylah and the Maldoror label. By the '90s, Tibet's output and style changed slightly: his productivity slowed somewhat, and the sound grew more subdued, encompassing acoustic folk in its most sinister permutations. Productivity picked up in the 2000s with more Current 93 material being recorded and reissued. Tibet also designed a bottle label for the Absinthe liquor company in 2005. 2006 saw the release of both Black Ships Ate the Sky and Sleep Has His House on Durtro Records, followed by Inmost Light in April 2007.

Biography by allmusic.com

All abums by Current 93

Cover	Album title	Year	Tracks	User rating	Preview
	Black Ships Ate the Sky	2006	21	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Black Ships Ate the Sky by Current 93
	How He Loved The Moon (Moonsongs For Jhonn Balance)	2005	4	0,0 / 0 votes	View album How He Loved The Moon (Moonsongs For Jhonn Balance) by Current 93
	Sixsixsix: Sicksicksick	2005	8	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Sixsixsix: Sicksicksick by Current 93
	Halo	2004	16	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Halo by Current 93
	Live at The Arches (October 18th 2004)	2004	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Live at The Arches (October 18th 2004) by Current 93
	The Courtyard and Jerusalem EP	2004	2	0,0 / 0 votes	View album The Courtyard and Jerusalem EP by Current 93
	Time of the Last Persecution	2004	2	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Time of the Last Persecution by Current 93
	A Little Menstrual Night Music	2003	2	0,0 / 0 votes	View album A Little Menstrual Night Music by Current 93
	The Bells Shall Sound Forever	2003	10	0,0 / 0 votes	View album The Bells Shall Sound Forever by Current 93
	Horse Hospital	2002	2	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Horse Hospital by Current 93
	The Seahorse Rears To Oblivion	2002	4	0,0 / 0 votes	View album The Seahorse Rears To Oblivion by Current 93
	Cats Drunk On Copper	2001	18	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Cats Drunk On Copper by Current 93
	Some Soft Black Stars Seen Over London	2001	7	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Some Soft Black Stars Seen Over London by Current 93
	The Great In The Small	2001	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album The Great In The Small by Current 93
	Faust	2000	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Faust by Current 93
	I Have A Special Plan For This	2000	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album I Have A Special Plan For This by Current 93
	I Have A Special Plan For This World	2000	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album I Have A Special Plan For This World by Current 93
	Sleep Has His House	2000	9	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Sleep Has His House by Current 93
	(Untitled)	1999	14	0,0 / 0 votes	View album (Untitled) by Current 93
	(Untitled)	1999	14	0,0 / 0 votes	View album (Untitled) by Current 93
	All Dolled Up Like Christ CD1	1999	17	0,0 / 0 votes	View album All Dolled Up Like Christ CD1 by Current 93
	All Dolled Up Like Christ CD2	1999	17	0,0 / 0 votes	View album All Dolled Up Like Christ CD2 by Current 93
	An Introduction To Suffering	1999	14	0,0 / 0 votes	View album An Introduction To Suffering by Current 93
	Calling For Vanished Faces CD1-Funeral Music To Us All	1999	15	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Calling For Vanished Faces CD1-Funeral Music To Us All by Current 93
	Calling For Vanished Faces CD2-Love, Sleep and Dreams	1999	15	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Calling For Vanished Faces CD2-Love, Sleep and Dreams by Current 93
	Cashmore - Heemann	1999	14	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Cashmore - Heemann by Current 93
	Misery Farm	1999	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Misery Farm by Current 93
	A Gothic Love Song	1998	2	0,0 / 0 votes	View album A Gothic Love Song by Current 93
	Soft Black Stars	1998	12	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Soft Black Stars by Current 93
	Dogs Blood Order	1997	2	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Dogs Blood Order by Current 93
	In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land	1997	4	0,0 / 0 votes	View album In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land by Current 93
	In A Foreign Town...	1997	4	0,0 / 0 votes	View album In A Foreign Town... by Current 93
	All The Pretty Little Horses (The Inmost Light)	1996	13	0,0 / 0 votes	View album All The Pretty Little Horses (The Inmost Light) by Current 93
	The Starres Are Marching Sadly	1996	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album The Starres Are Marching Sadly by Current 93
	The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home	1996	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home by Current 93
	Where The Long Shadows Fall (beforetheinmostlight)	1995	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Where The Long Shadows Fall (beforetheinmostlight) by Current 93
	Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) 1995 01-Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight)	1995	1	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) 1995 01-Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) by Current 93
	Lucifer Over London	1994	3	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Lucifer Over London by Current 93
	Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre	1994	14	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre by Current 93
	Tamlin	1994	2	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Tamlin by Current 93
	Emblems CD1 - Great Black Time	1993	13	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Emblems CD1 - Great Black Time by Current 93
	Emblems CD2 - Mighty In Sorrow	1993	15	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Emblems CD2 - Mighty In Sorrow by Current 93
	Hitler As Kalki	1993	5	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Hitler As Kalki by Current 93
	The Nodding Folk	1993	2	0,0 / 0 votes	View album The Nodding Folk by Current 93
	Thunder Perfect Mind	1992	16	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Thunder Perfect Mind by Current 93
	As The World Disappears	1991	10	0,0 / 0 votes	View album As The World Disappears by Current 93
	As The World Disappears (Live December 15.1990)	1991	10	0,0 / 0 votes	View album As The World Disappears (Live December 15.1990) by Current 93
	Island	1991	13	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Island by Current 93
	Horsey	1990	6	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Horsey by Current 93
	Looney Runes	1990	8	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Looney Runes by Current 93
	Crooked Crosses	1989	17	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Crooked Crosses by Current 93
	Crooked Crosses For The Nodding God	1989	17	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Crooked Crosses For The Nodding God by Current 93
	Christ and the Pale Queens Mighty In Sorrow	1988	7	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Christ and the Pale Queens Mighty In Sorrow by Current 93
	Earth Covers Earth	1988	12	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Earth Covers Earth by Current 93
	The Venerable 'Chi.med Rig. 'dzin Lama, Rinpoche - Tantric rnying.ma Chant of Tibet LP	1988	2	0,0 / 0 votes	View album The Venerable 'Chi.med Rig. 'dzin Lama, Rinpoche - Tantric rnying.ma Chant of Tibet LP by Current 93
	Crowleymass	1987	4	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Crowleymass by Current 93
	Dawn	1987	4	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Dawn by Current 93
	Imperium	1987	10	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Imperium by Current 93
	Swastikas For Goddy	1987	17	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Swastikas For Goddy by Current 93
	In Menstrual Night	1986	3	0,0 / 0 votes	View album In Menstrual Night by Current 93
	Live At Bar Maldoror	1985	4	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Live At Bar Maldoror by Current 93
	Dogs Blood Rising	1984	6	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Dogs Blood Rising by Current 93
	Nature Unveiled	1984	8	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Nature Unveiled by Current 93
	Hypnagogue: A Dream Prologue		9	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Hypnagogue: A Dream Prologue by Current 93
	Rare Tracks		4	0,0 / 0 votes	View album Rare Tracks by Current 93