World Serpent

World Serpent

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World Serpent Distribution was formed in the late 80s and was co-owned by David Gibson, Alan Trench and Alison Webster. It began operation by distributing the artist-run industrial & 'apocalyptic folk' labels Durtro (Current 93), New European Recordings (Death In June), United Dairies (Nurse With Wound) and Tursa (Sol Invictus).

Other similar labels later joined the fold, such as Threshold House/Eskaton (Coil), Conspiracy International (Chris & Cosey) and Biter Of Thorpe (Danielle Dax/Lemon Kittens).

World Serpent also functioned as a label, although they released very few records on their own. The vast majority of the releases they distributed were on other labels & imprints.

World Serpent went bankrupt in August, 2004.
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Releases:
00PU 001CD Konstruktivist Live (CD, Album) 1992
ART 3 Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud, The A New Soldier Follows The Path Of A New King (CD, Album, 2nd) 1995
ART 8 Deutsch Nepal & Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud, The A Night In Fear (CD, EP) 1996
ART 12 Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud, The Rest On Your Arms Reversed (CD, Comp) 1999
ATR 1 Above The Ruins Songs Of The Wolf (CD, Album) 1996
BAD VC CD 36 Death In June But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter? (CD, Album, Ltd, Dig) 1992
BAD VC CD 63 Death In June Paradise Rising (CD, Maxi, Gol) 1992
BAD VC CD 144 Fire + Ice Gilded By The Sun (CD, Album) 1992
bot 131-01 Danielle Dax Pop-Eyes (CD, Album) 1992
bot 131-04 CD Danielle Dax Inky Bloaters (CD, Album, RE) 1993
BOT 131-07 EP Danielle Dax Timber Tongue EP (12", EP, Cle) 1995
CC 0503 Chris & Cosey C&C Luchtbal (CD, Album, Enh) 2003
CC 1096 Chris & Cosey Skimble Skamble (CD, Album) 1996
CHI01CD Edward Ka-Spel Caste O' Graye Skreeëns (CD, Album) 2001
CP 131-07CD Shock Headed Peters Tendercide (CD, Album) 1996
CR16 CD Crisis (2) We Are All Jews And Germans (2xCD, Comp) 1997
CTI93 004 Cosey Fanni Tutti Time To Tell (CD, RE, RM, Ltd, Dig) 1993
CTI 98004 CTI Point Seven - The Library Of Sound, Edition 4 (CD, Album) 1998
CTI CD 1 CTI Collectiv One (CD, Comp, RM) 1996
CTI CD 2 Chris & Cosey Collectiv Two: The Best Of Chris & Cosey (CD, Comp, RM) 1989
CTI CD 4 Chris And Cosey* Heartbeat (CD, Album, RE)  
CTI CD 5 Chris And Cosey* Trance (CD, Album, RE)  
CTI CD 8 Chris & Cosey Collectiv Four: Archive Recordings (CD, Comp, RM) 1996
CTIEAR1 CTI Ëlectrøniç Åmbîent Rêmïxes One (CD, Album) 2000
CTIEAR2 CTI Electronic Ambient Remixes Two (CD, Album) 2000
DFX 14 Lustmord The Monstrous Soul (CD, Album) 1992
DNDC 002 CD Elijah's Mantle Remedies In Heresies (CD, Album) 1994
DNDC 010CD CoEx Ascents Meteora (CD, Album) 1997
Dénial 01 CD Nobody (3) Double Dream (CD, Dig) 2000
DNS 001 Red (2) Joy (CD) 1998
DURTRO 002CD Current 93 Dawn (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1992
DURTRO 006 CD Current 93 / HÖH* Island (CD, Album) 1991
DURTRO 008 CD Current 93 Imperium (CD, Album, RE) 1992
DURTRO 009CD Current 93 Nature Unveiled (CD, Album, RE) 1992
DURTRO 011CD Current 93 Thunder Perfect Mind (CD, Album) 1992
DURTRO 014CD Current 93 Hitler As Kalki (CD, Album) 1993
DURTRO 016CD Current 93 Emblems: The Menstrual Years (2xCD, Comp) 1993
DURTRO 017 CD Current 93 Swastikas For Goddy (CD, Album, RP, RM) 1993
DURTRO 027CD 93 Current 93* Dogs Blood Rising (CD, Album, RE) 1995
DURTRO 028 CD Current 93 Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) (CD, EP) 1995
DURTRO 030CD Current 93 All The Pretty Little Horses (CD, Album) 1996
DURTRO 031 Current 93 The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlight Thirdandfinal) (LP, Ltd, S/Sided, Pur) 1996
DURTRO 035CD Current 93 / Thomas Ligotti In A Foreign Town, In A Foreign Land (CD, RP) 2002
DURTRO 039CD Current 93 presents: Dogs Blood Order Dogs Blood Order (CD, Album) 1997
DURTRO 045 Current Ninety Three* / Michael Cashmore / Christoph Heemann Untitled (LP, Ltd, Comp, Cle) 1999
Durtro 048CD Current93* I Have A Special Plan For This World (CD, EP) 2000
DURTRO 051CD Current Ninety Three* Sleep Has His House (CD, Album, Dig) 2000
DURTRO 053 93 Current 93* The Great In The Small (LP, Album, Mixed, Ltd, Ora) 2001
DURTRO 053CD 93 Current 93* The Great In The Small (CD, Album, Mixed) 2001
DURTRO 060CD Current Ninety Three* Faust (CD, Album) 2000
EAE004 Tor Lundvall Evening / Leaves (7", Pic, Ltd) 2002
EPIPHANY 01 Andrew King The Bitter Harvest (CD, Album) 1998
ESKATON 008 Coil Presents Black Light District A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room (CD, Album) 1996
ESKATON 009 Coil Presents Black Light District A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room (2xLP, Album, Ltd, Blu) 1996
FRIGHT 055 Amelia Fletcher Can You Keep A Secret? (CD, Single) 1991
GB1 People Like Us / Abraxas (2) Another Kind Of Humor / Another Kind Of Murder (LP) 1993
GBCD1 People Like Us / Abraxas (2) Another Kind Of Humor / Another Kind Of Murder (CD) 1993
Graal cd 001 Various Foxtrot (CD, Comp) 1998
H 3301 CD Boyd Rice Experience, The Hatesville! (CD) 1995
H 3303 CD Boyd Rice Death's Gladsome Wedding (CD) 1996
HCD 002 Backworld Isles Of The Blest (CD, Album) 1998
HCD 003 Backworld Anthems From The Pleasure Park (CD) 1999
HCD 004 Backworld Of Silver Sleep (CD, Album) 2001
HILL CD 18 Dave & Toni Arthur Morning Stands On Tiptoe (CD, RE, Comp) 1997
HR!04 Nový Svět Faccia A Faccia (CD, Album) 1999
lilith 01 Yasnaïa Oniro (CD) 1996
LM 4716 Nurse With Wound / Current 93 / Coil England's Hidden Reverse (CD, Comp) 2003
LOCI CD5 Coil How To Destroy Angels (Remixes And Re-Recordings) (CD, Album) 1992
LOCI CD7 Coil Windowpane & The Snow (CD, Comp) 1995
LOCI CD10 Coil Unnatural History II (CD, Comp) 1995
LOCI CD18 Coil Live One (2xCD, Album) 2003
LOCI CD 19 Coil Live Two (CD, Album) 2003
LOCI CD 20 Coil Live Three (CD, Album) 2003
LUNE 002 CD In Gowan Ring The Twin Trees (CD, Album) 1997
LUNE 003 In Gowan Ring The Glinting Spade (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1999
MAL 666 CD Current 93 Christ And The Pale Queens Mighty In Sorrow (CD, Album, RE) 1992
NERO VI Strength Through Joy The Force Of Truth And Lies (CD, Album, RE)  
NERO XXXIX Scorpion Wind Heaven Sent (CD, Album) 1996
OGPU002CD Konstruktivists* Forbidden (CD, Album) 1992
OMCO 01 Cyclobe Luminous Darkness (CD, Album) 1999
OMCO 02 Cyclobe The Visitors (CD, Album) 2001
PERS 03 Regard Extrême Vague À L'Âme (CD, Album, Dig) 1998
SCICD 0200 4th Sign Of The Apocalypse Lost Hour World (CD) 1998
SD 01 Death In June & Les Joyaux De La Princesse Östenbräun (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1993
SD 04 Les Joyaux De La Princesse & Regard Extrême Die Weiße Rose (Album) ◄ (4 versions) 1995
SIN01 Ordo Eqvitvm Solis* Solstitii Temporis Sensvs (CD) 1999
SIN06 Ordo Equitum Solis Planetes (CD, Album) 1999
SIN07 Ordo Equitum Solis Signs (CD, MiniAlbum) 1999
SIN08 Ordo Equitum Solis Octo (2xCD, Comp) 1999
SIN09 Ordo Equitum Solis Metamorphosis - Personam Impono (CD, Album) 2000
SVL. 002. CD Sol Invictus Sol Veritas Lux (CD, Comp) 1990
TK 01 CD Arkkon Arkkon (CD, Album) 1995
TURSA 001 CD Sol Invictus Lex Talionis (CD, Album, RP) 1993
TURSA 008 CD Sol Invictus Death Of The West (CD, Album) 1994
UD00CD Nurse With Wound The Ladies Home Tickler (CD, MiniAlbum) 1993
UD03CD Nurse With Wound To The Quiet Men From A Tiny Girl (CD, Album, RP) 1994
UD04CD Nurse With Wound Merzbild Schwet (CD, Album, RP) 1994
UD 011CD Operating Theatre Rapid Eye Movements (CD, Album, RE) 1992
UD013CD Nurse With Wound Homotopy To Marie (CD, Album, RE) 1992
UD 032 CD Nurse With Wound A Sucked Orange (CD, Album, RP) 1995
UD035CD Nurse With Wound Soliloquy For Lilith (2xCD, Album, RE) 1993
UD 059 CD Nurse With Wound • Stereolab Crumb Duck (CD, Comp) 1996
UD 072CD Nurse With Wound The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion (CD, Album, RE) 1995
UD 073CD Nurse With Wound Spiral Insana (CD, Album, RE) 1997
WKN03 Der Blutharsch Der Sieg Des Lichtes Ist Des Lebens Heil! (CD, Album, 1st) 1998
WKN08 Der Blutharsch The Pleasures Received In Pain (CD, Album, 1st) 1999
WS7 001 Terminal Cheesecake Unhealingwound ◄ (2 versions) 1991
WS7 002 Sol Invictus Looking For Europe (7", S/Sided, Etch, Ltd) 1992
WS7 003 Nurse With Wound Alien ◄ (2 versions) 1992
WS7 004 Chris And Cosey* Passion ◄ (2 versions) 1991
WS7 005 Belborn Seelenruhe / Phoenix (7", Pic) 2000
WSB 013 Boyd Rice Ragnarok Rune ◄ (2 versions) 1992
WSBCD 013 Boyd Rice Ragnarok Rune (CD) 1992
WSCD 001 Terminal Cheesecake Pearlesque Kings Of The Jewmost (CD) 1992
WSCD 003 Primordia The Gleaming Eye (CD, Comp) 1993
WSCD 004 Loretta's Doll XXI Degrees (CD) 1994
WSCD 006 In Gowan Ring Love Charms (CD, Album) 1994
WSCD 007 Rainfall Years, The 33rd Of March (CD, Album) 1995
WSCD 008 Loretta's Doll War Of The Worlds (CD) 1995
WSCD 009 Chekists, The Never Mind The Electrodes! (CD) 1993
WSCD010 Enslave Half Past Human (CD) 1994
WSCD 011 Neither/Neither World Alive With The Taste Of Hell (CD, Album) 1996
WSCD015 Changelings, The The Changelings (CD, Album) 1996
WSCD 018 Ozymandias Ahara (CD) 1998
WSCD 019 Nobody (3) Transparent Seasons (CD) 1998
WSCD 020 Neither/Neither World Torch Songs From The Neither/Neither World (CD) 1998
WSCD 021 Leutha And Nobody (3) You Will Hate Yourself In Me (CD) 1998
WSCD 022 Dawn & Dusk Entwined A Leftover Of Gaia (CD, Album) 1999
WSCD 023 Loretta's Doll Creeping Sideways (CD, Album) 2001
WSCD 024 Soil Bleeds Black, The Alchemie (CD, Album) 1999
WSCD 025 Various MM (CD, Comp, Ltd) 2000
WSCD 026 Leutha Plan(e)s For Empty Cities (CD, EP) 2000
WSCD 027 Belborn Belborn (CD, Album) 2000
WSCD 028 Dawn & Dusk Entwined Forever War (CD, Album) 2000
WSCD 029 Unveiled Silver (CD) 2000
WSCD 030 Lupercalia Soehrimnir (CD, Album) 2000
WSCD 032 Le Triste Sire Exorde (CD, Album) 2001
WSCD 033 Soil Bleeds Black, The Quintessence (CD, Album) 2001
WSCD 034 Belborn 3 Drei Three (CD, Album) 2001
WSCD 333 Loretta's Doll Nocturnal Arcade (CD) 1998
WSCDE 001 Primordia Antiphon (CD, Maxi) 1992
WSCDE 002 Konstruktivists* Tic Tac Toe (CD, Maxi) 1991
WSCDE 003 Chekists, The Technophilia (CD, Maxi) 1992
WSCDE 004 Primordia The Spawn (CD, Maxi) 1993
WSCDE 005 Reptilicus Snaketime (CD, Maxi) 1993
WSCDE 006 Enslave God's Iron Fist (CD, Maxi) 1993
WSCDE 007 Loretta's Doll The Chemical Theater (CD, Maxi) 1993
WSCDE 009 Spasm (2) Meating Disorder EP (CD, Maxi) 1993
WSCDE 010 Loretta's Doll World Of Tiers (CD, Maxi) 1995
WSCDL 001 Death In June / Current 93 / Sol Invictus Frankfurt Sound Depot 24-03-1991 (CD, Album) 1992
WSCDL 002 Sol Invictus Black Europe (CD, Album) 1994
WSDCD 016 Various Terra Serpentes (2xCD) 1996
WSLP 001 Terminal Cheesecake Pearlesque Kings Of The Jewmost ◄ (2 versions) 1992
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Review by Carstor May 01, 2003
World Serpent isn't a label, it works as a distributor for many smaller labels like David Tibets "Dutro", Steven Stapletons "United Dairies" or Piski Disk. The styles tend between noisy industrial and accoustic neofolk. But besides that World Serpent did release some items itself. Mainly compilations just as the Terra Serpent or the MM compilation.

I'm not quite sure, which of the releases currently listed here actualy belong to another label, but I guess some of them do.
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