(2022) Current 93 - If A City Is Set Upon A Hill            


Review:
Current 93 are the long running project of David Tibet who has collaborated with a wide range of musicians over the years. ‘If A City Is Set Upon A Hill’ is no different in that includes guest spots from the likes of Alasdair Roberts and Andrew Liles. It continues Tibet’s interest in folk and mysticism and follows on from the hugely successful 2018 work ‘The Light Is Leaving Us All’. Current 93 are an English experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet, who has been Current 93’s only constant member. Tibet has been the only constant member in the group, though Steven Stapleton (of Nurse with Wound) has appeared on nearly every Current 93 release. Michael Cashmore has also been a constant contributor since Thunder Perfect Mind. Douglas P. of Death in June has played on well over a dozen Current 93 releases, and Steve Ignorant of Crass (using the name Stephen Intelligent), Boyd Rice, runologist Freya Aswynn, Nick Cave, Björk, Andrew W.K., Anohni, Baby Dee, Will Oldham, Ben Chasny, Rose McDowall, have also lent their talents over the years. Current 93 have released over twenty albums and many singles as well. Much of Current 93’s early work was similar to late 1970s and early 1980s industrial music: abrasive tape loops, droning synthesizer noises and Tibet’s distorted, excoriating vocals. The earlier recordings reflect his preoccupation with death, Christ, mysticism, Aleister Crowley (Tibet borrowed the term “93 Current” from Crowley – the 93 Current being the current of Thelema or Agape), Tibetan Buddhism, Gnosticism, runes, swastikas, Noddy, The Wicker Man, 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 apocalypse.





Track List:
01. If A City... (5:58)
02. There Is No Zodiac (5:54)
03. Joke Moon (4:30)
04. Clouds At Teatime (4:30)
05. A Column Of Dust (4:42)
06. The Child, And Fire (4:58)
07. ...Is Set Upon A Hill (6:41)


Media Report:
Genre: alternative folk, experimental
Country: UK
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits


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