Current 93

Real Name:
David Michael Bunting
Profile:
Current 93 is the ongoing work of David Tibet (now known as David Michael), once a member of Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo and also the founder of Dog's Blood Order. Dog's Blood Order was David's project which preceeded Current 93.

Current 93 began in 1982, releasing a ritualistic single in the next year called LAShTAL and went on to release LPs of noisy soundscapes up through 1986.

At that point, they turned to a more "apocalyptic folk" sound, with acoustic guitars and atonal vocals; yet they constantly evolve a new style with each record.

Though the group is really Tibet's own, a family of ever changing musicians helps out with each release.

The one musician to appear on virtually all Current 93 releases is Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound, and David Tibet in his turn has appeared on numerous Nurse With Wound releases.

Members of Current 93 have collaborated with other groups such as Coil and Death In June.

In addition to this, David's record label, Durtro, has released music from Antony and the Johnsons, Shirley Collins, Nature And Organization, Tiny Tim and others.

NOTE: DO NOT ADD ANY MEMBERS TO THIS GROUP! David Tibet is the only permanent member of the group.** All other artists who are "members" of Current 93 for a particular release should be listed in the Extra Artist field on the release.

**Per a statement made by David Tibet several years ago, Steven Stapleton is a permanent member of Current 93. Whether he still considers Steven Stapleton a permanent member is unknown.
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Releases:
Mi-Mort (2 versions)   Mi Mort ... 1983
Dogs Blood Rising (Album) (9 versions)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords ... 1984
LAShTAL (2 versions)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords 1984
Nature Unveiled (Album, Single) (8 versions)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords ... 1984
No Hiding From The Blackbird / Burial Of The Sardine (2 versions)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords ... 1984
Nylon Coverin' Body Smotherin' (2 versions)   Mi Mort ... 1984
Bar Maldoror (Album) (5 versions)   Mi Mort ... 1985
NL Centrum-Amsterdam (Cass)   Staalplaat 1985
Nightmare Culture (MiniAlbum) (2 versions)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords 1985
In Menstrual Night (Album) (6 versions)   United Dairies ... 1986
Crowleymass (Maxi) (2 versions)   Maldoror ... 1987
Dawn (Album) (5 versions)   Maldoror ... 1987
Happy Birthday Pigface Christus (12")   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords 1987
Imperium (Album) (6 versions)   Maldoror ... 1987
Christ And The Pale Queens Mighty In Sorrow (Album) (3 versions)   Maldoror 1988
Earth Covers Earth (Album) (4 versions)   United Dairies ... 1988
Faith's Favourites (12", Ltd)   Yangki 1988
Scrambled Egg Rebellion In The Smegma Department / Time Stands Still (7", Ltd)   Augenblick 1988
Swastikas For Noddy (Album) (3 versions)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords ... 1988
The Red Face Of God (12", Ltd)   Maldoror 1988
????! (12")   Yangki, Yangki 1989
Crooked Crosses For The Nodding God (CD, Album)   United Dairies 1989
She Is Dead And All Fall Down / God Has Three Faces And Wood Has No Name (2 versions)   Shock 1989
1888 (3 versions)   New European Recordings 1990
American Society / Broken Birds (7", Ltd)   Ptolemaic Terrascope 1990
Edda (Album) (3 versions)   Durtro 1990
Horse / Lex Talionis / Lumbs Sister (3xLP, Ltd + Box, Ltd)   Cerne 1990
Looney Runes (Album) (2 versions)   Durtro 1990
The Summer Of Love (7", Ltd)   Cerne 1990
As The World Disappears... (CD, Album)   Durtro 1991
Island (Album) (4 versions)   Durtro 1991
Frankfurt Sound Depot 24-03-1991 (CD, Album)   World Serpent 1992
Thunder Perfect Mind (Album) (6 versions)   Durtro ... 1992
Emblems: The Menstrual Years (Comp, MiniAlbum) (2 versions)   Durtro 1993
Hitler As Kalki (CD, Album)   Durtro 1993
Lucifer Over London (MiniAlbum, Maxi) (3 versions)   Durtro 1994
Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre (Album) (7 versions)   Durtro ... 1994
Tamlin (Maxi) (5 versions)   Durtro 1994
The Fire Of The Mind (CD, MiniAlbum)   Durtro 1994
Since Yesterday: A Peek Into The Pit (VHS)   Durtro 1995
Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) (EP) (3 versions)   Durtro 1995
All The Pretty Little Horses (Album) (6 versions)   Durtro 1996
The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlight Thirdandfinal) (EP) (4 versions)   Durtro 1996
When The May Rain Comes (CD, Single, Ltd)   United Durtro 1996
Dogs Blood Order (2 versions)   Durtro 1997
Horsey (CD, Album)   Durtro 1997
In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land (2 versions)   Durtro 1997
Meet Their Waterloo (CD, Album)   Durtro 1997
A Gothic Love Song (Maxi) (3 versions)   Durtro 1998
Soft Black Stars (Album) (6 versions)   Durtro ... 1998
All Dolled Up Like Christ (2xCD)   Durtro 1999
Calling For Vanished Faces (2xCD, Comp)   Durtro 1999
Misery Farm (CD, Single, Ltd)   Durtro 1999
Untitled (Album, Comp) (3 versions)   Durtro 1999
Faust (Album) (3 versions)   Durtro ... 2000
I Have A Special Plan For This World (Maxi) (2 versions)   Durtro 2000
Immortal Bird / Cripple And The Starfish (Maxi) (3 versions)   Durtro 2000
Sleep Has His House (Album) (6 versions)   Durtro ... 2000
Bright Yellow Moon (Album) (2 versions)   United Durtro 2001
Cats Drunk On Copper (CD, Dig)   Durtro 2001
Motherfuckers Live + Hot Buttered Xhol (2xCD, Album + CD, EP)   United Durtro 2001
Purtle (CD, Maxi, Ltd)   United Durtro 2001
Some Soft Black Stars Seen Over London (CD, Dig)   Durtro 2001
The Great In The Small (Album) (4 versions)   Durtro ... 2001
This Degenerate Little Town (CD)   Durtro 2001
Who Is The Sufferer? (2 versions)   Durtro 2001
Live At Saint Olave's Church (CD, Maxi)   PanDurtro 2002
Maldoror Is Dead (CD, Ltd)   PanDurtro 2002
Music For The Horse Hospital / Sounds From The Horse Hospital (2xCD, Album, Ltd)   PanDurtro, PanDurtro 2002
The Seahorse Rears To Oblivion (Maxi) (2 versions)   PanDurtro 2002
A Little Menstrual Night Music (Album) (2 versions)   Anomalous Records ... 2003
Calling For Vanished Faces I / Virgin Mary (7", Ltd, Pur)   PanDurtro 2003
England's Hidden Reverse (CD)   SAF Publishing, World Serpent 2003
Hypnagogue (Maxi) (2 versions)   PanDurtro 2003
Live At The Teatro Iberico, Lisbon, Portugal (CD, Ltd)   PanDurtro 2003
Halo (Album) (3 versions)   Durtro ... 2004
SixSixSix: SickSickSick (Comp, Album) (3 versions)   Durtro ... 2004
The Courtyard / Jerusalem (CD, Maxi, Ltd)   Durtro, Jnana Records 2004
Time Of The Last Persecution / Black Flowers, Please (7", Ltd)   Durtro, Jnana Records 2004
How He Loved The Moon (Moonsongs For Jhonn Balance) (Album) (4 versions)   Beta-lactam Ring Records 2005
How I Devoured Apocalypse Balloon (Album) (2 versions)   Durtro ... 2005
Hypnagogue I / Hypnagogue II (Album) (2 versions)   Durtro ... 2005
Judas As Black Moth (Comp) (2 versions)   Castle Music 2005
Niemandswasser (CDr)   Durtro 2005
Ntnau Nhôtp Mprê Ahenjêu Eukêm Ouem Tpe (3 versions)   Durtro ... 2005
The Dream Of The Green Goddess (CD, Single)   Absinthevertrieb Lion 2005
Black Ships Ate The Sky (Album) (4 versions)   Durtro ... 2006
Black Ships Ate The Sky Tour Single (CD, Single, Ltd, Dig)   Durtro, Jnana Records 2006
Black Ships Eat The Sky (CD, Album, Ltd)   Durtro, Jnana Records 2006
God Is A Man Eater (CD, EP, Ltd)   PREcordings 2006
Hypnagogue (Stereo/Mono) (Acetate, 12", Ltd, W/Lbl)   Beta-lactam Ring Records 2006
I Am Black Ship (CD, Ltd)   Durtro, Jnana Records 2006
Inerrant Rays Of Infallible Sun (Blackship Shrinebuilder) (Maxi) (10 versions)   Neurot Recordings ... 2006
Birdsong In The Empire (Album) (2 versions)   Jnana Records ... 2007
Black Ship In The Underworld (CDr, Single, Ltd)   Durtro, Jnana Records 2007
The Inmost Light (Album) (4 versions)   Durtro ... 2007
Birth Canal Blues Live (EP) (2 versions)   Coptic Cat 2008
Black Ships Heat The Dancefloor (2 versions)   Durtro ... 2008
Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain (Album) (5 versions)   Coptic Cat 2009
Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain (Subscribers Edition) (CD, Ltd + DVD-V)   Coptic Cat 2009
Aleph On Docetic Mountain (CD, Album, Ltd)   Coptic Cat 2009
Monohallucinatory Mountain (CD, Ltd)   Coptic Cat 2009
Appears On:
Myths 4: Sinople Twilight In Çatal Hüyük (Comp) (2 versions) Some Morning When The ... Sub Rosa 1989
11-89/12-89 (2xCass, Mixed, C60)   Psychic Rally 1990
The Myths Collection Part Two (CD, Comp) Some Morning When The ... Sub Rosa 1990
Fruits Of Yggdrasil (CD) Panzer Rune, North Edition Ananael 2002
Windswept Trees And Houses (CDr, Album, Comp, Ltd) The Signs Of Emptiness Jewelled Antler 2002
Seeds Of The Past (Album) (2 versions) Oh Coal Black Smith (C... Not On Label (InRuin Self-released) ... 2003
Hail Hail Hail (Single) (3 versions) Benediction / Malediction Heiðrunar Myrkrunar 2005
Elegy Sampler 42 (CD, Smplr) Black Ships Ate The Sk... Elegy 2006
Ecstasy, Nightmare, Doom (CD, Album) Immortal Bird ISO666 Releases 2007
Amfetamin (CD, Album)   Cold Spring 2008
A Dog's Anguish (File, MP3) Abraxas In Fields Of Rape Kaos Ex Machina Promotions 2009
Bad Seeds Nick Cave: Roots & Collaborations (CD, Comp) All The Pretty Little ... Mojo Magazine 2009
CD Side 54 (CD, Smplr) Invocation Of Almost D-Side 2009
Electric Brain Storms Vol.5 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320)   The Pod Room 2009
Elegy Sampler 61 (CD, Smplr) Microwave, Oh Galaxy Kill Elegy 2009
Music For Frozen Landscapes (CDr, Ltd) The Bloodbells Chime GR Productions 2009
The Organization Of Appearances (CDr, Album, Ltd) Idumea Soccer Mom Ebonics  
Tracks Appear On:
Meridians 1 (Cass, Comp, C60) Salt Touch 1983
From Torture To Conscience (LP, Ltd) Christs First Howling,... New European Recordings 1984
Merry Christmas (LP) Forms Of Silence Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1984
Devastate To Liberate (Comp) (2 versions) Jesus Wants Me For A M... Yangki ... 1985
Ohrenschrauben (Comp) (3 versions) I'm The One Dom ... 1985
The Fight Is On (LP, Comp) A Visit To Dogland L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords 1985
You Bet We've Got Something Against You (2 versions) Holy Holy Holy (For Dusa) Cathexis Recordings ... 1986
Ghosts Of Christmas Past (CD) Happy Birthday Pigface... Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1988
Peyrere (Cass, Comp, C60) Anti-Christ Anti-Chris... Peyrere 1988
Absolute (Comp) (3 versions) Holy Holy Holy (For Dusa) Parade Amoureuse ... 1989
Myths 4: Sinople Twilight In Çatal Hüyük (Comp) (3 versions) Some Morning When The ... Sub Rosa 1989
The Myths Collection Part Two (CD, Comp) Some Morning When The ... Sub Rosa 1990
The Portable Altamont (CD, Comp) She Is Dead And All Fa... Shock 1991
Sicktone 21/04/1995 (2xCass, Comp, C60) In Menstrual Night Sicktone R.e.c.o.r.d.s. 1995
Songs Of An Impotent Troubadour (CD) Just What Do You Mean ... Durtro 1995
Seven Seals (CD, Maxi, Ltd) The Seven Seals, And T... Durtro 1996
Succour (The Terrascope Benefit Album) (2 versions) Nihil Ptolemaic Terrascope ... 1996
Terra Serpentes (2xCD) Frolicking World Serpent 1996
Foxtrot (Comp) (3 versions) A Dream Of TheInmostLi... Chalice 1998
The Swinging Reflective - Favourite Moments Of Mutual Ecstasy (2xCD, Comp) Panzer Ruin, Just What... United Dairies 1999
Brain In The Wire - Disc A (CD, Comp) The Magical Bird In Th... Wire Magazine, Brainwashed Recordings 2000
The Wire Tapper 6 (2xCD, Dig) Red Hawthorn Tree Wire Magazine 2000
Brain In The Wire (3xCD, Comp, Ltd) The Magical Bird In Th... Brainwashed Recordings 2002
Motherfuckers Live / Hot Buttered Xhol (2xLP + 12", EP) Memories Streamline 2002
Brainwaves (3xCD, Ltd, Comp) Black Ships Ate The Sk... Brainwashed Recordings 2006
CD Side 34 (CD, Smplr) Then Kill Final Cæsar... D-Side 2006
Elegy Sampler 42 (CD, Smplr) Black Ships Ate The Sk... Elegy 2006
Not Alone (5xCD, Comp) Sunset Durtro, Jnana Records 2006
We Got Actions (CD, Album, Comp, Promo) Then Kill Caesar Southern Records 2006
10 Allumés Du Rock (CD, Comp) Idumea Les Inrockuptibles 2007
Kristiansen And Kvarforth Swim In The Sea Of Equalibrium While Waiting... (CDr, Ltd) Who Will Deliver Us Fr... Not On Label (Skitliv (2) Self-released) 2007
Peace (For Mom) (2xCD, Comp, Car) All The Pretty Little ... Brainwashed Recordings 2008
Bad Seeds Nick Cave: Roots & Collaborations (CD, Comp) All The Pretty Little ... Mojo Magazine 2009
CD Side 54 (CD, Smplr) Invocation Of Almost D-Side 2009
Elegy Sampler 61 (CD, Smplr) Microwave, Oh Galaxy Kill Elegy 2009
Transmissions From Sinai (CD, Comp) Mockingbird Arthur 2009
New Icelandic Music (Cass, Comp, Promo) Paperback Honey Gramm Records, Smekkleysa, Erðanúmúsik  
Unofficial Releases:
Devastate To Liberate (Cass, Comp, Unofficial) Jesus Wants Me For A M... RRRecords 1987
Dogs Blood Order (2 versions) Great Black Time Pt. I... Not On Label (Current 93) ... 1987
Mi-Mort (2 versions) Maldoror Est Mort RRRecords ... 1987
Nylon Coverin' Body Smotherin' (Cass) The Great In The Small RRRecords 1987
Tetragrammaton (LP) Maldoror Is Dead Not On Label (Current 93), Not On Label (Sigillum S) 1989
Noddy Goes To The Sea (12", S/Sided, Ltd)   Not On Label (Current 93) 1990
Ohrenschrauben / Ohrensausen (2xCD, Comp) I'm The One Dragnet Records (2) 1990
The Day Of Dawn (2 versions) The Guilty Have No Pri... Not On Label (Current 93) ... 1991
Dark Black Embers (CDr)   New Temple 1999
As The World Disappears... (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Crooked Crosses For The Nodding God (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Dogs Blood Order (CD, Ltd, Unofficial)   ArsNova 2000
Earth Covers Earth (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Emblems: The Menstrual Years (2xCD, Comp, Ltd) Great Black Time I (Ex... ArsNova 2000
Foxtrot (CD, Comp, Unofficial, Ltd) A Dream Of TheInmostLight ArsNova 2000
Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre (CD, Unofficial, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Untitled (CD, Album, Ltd) An Introduction To Suf... ArsNova 2000
Current 93 (1): 1984-1988 (CD-ROM, Comp)   Домашняя Коллекция 2001
Current 93 (2): 1988-1994 (CD-ROM, Comp) The Dilly Song, Hourgl... Домашняя Коллекция 2001
Current 93 (3): 1994-2000 (CD-ROM, Comp) Lucifer Over London, S... Домашняя Коллекция 2001
The Seahorse Rears To Oblivion (7", S/Sided, Ltd)   Not On Label (Current 93) 2002
Coil (3xCD-ROM, Comp) A Dream Of TheInmostLight Фонотека В Кармане 2003
Current 93 (5) (CD-ROM, Comp) Twilight Twilight Nihi... Домашняя Коллекция 2003
Unveiled (CD)   Not On Label (Current 93) 2005
Live At Modena, 1991 (7", Unofficial)   Trauco Discos 2008
Die Volksbuehne (2 versions)   Not On Label (Current 93) 2009
VauVauVau (Black Ships In Their Harbours) Live In Berlin (7", S/Sided, Unofficial)   Not On Label 2009
Papal Ejaculations (7") Antichrist - Antichris... United Dairies (2)  
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