Current 93 - SixSixSix: SickSickSick

Mr-Self-Destruct, Feb 24, 2006

This is a collection of various singles and EP's from David Tibet's Current 93. The styles therefore change but the quality never drops.

Track 1 features a killer guitar riff with Tibet's howled vocals set to drum clangs and noises. Track 2 is then an instrumental remix of this. Both of these always sound to me like something Skinny Puppy could have come up with!

The next three songs are from the "Lucifer Over London" single and show a change in sound. The title track contains some of Tibet's most evocative lyrics,helped along by wailing backing vocals from John Balance of Coil fame. "Sad-Go-Round" (a cover) slows things down with melancholic lyrics before degenerating into fairground organs. The third track from the single is the epic "The Seven Seals...". This evolves from simply spoken words before introducing a harmonium-type instrument, a guitar and a glockenspiel. The words tell a story of our world being God's twisted experiment in pain and suffering, and by the time the track reaches its climax of multilayered vocals the effect is spellbinding. This is probably the best song on the album.

The next two tracks are from the "Tamlin" EP/single. "Tamlin" is a traditional folk song about love conquering all (the devil in this case) whilst "How the Great Satanic Glory" apparently tells of a vision Tibet experienced of Satan lamenting his fall from Heaven. Both are reasonably straight forward folk songs.

The final song "Misery Farm" shows that Current 93 aren't all pain and despair. It's another cover, this time ending in a sing along by the musicians plus animal noises aplenty. Great stuff!

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1		Panzer Ruin (In The Hands Of Gillespie) (6:16)
		Engineer - Colin Potter Performer - David Tibet , Douglas P.* , Rose McDowall , Steven Stapleton , Tony Wakeford Remix - Steven Stapleton Vocals - Freya Aswynn
2		That's All, Folks (5:46)
		Engineer - Colin Potter Performer - David Tibet , Douglas P.* , Rose McDowall , Steven Stapleton , Tony Wakeford Remix - Steven Stapleton Vocals - Freya Aswynn
3		Lucifer Over London (7:49)
		Engineer - David Kenny Guitar [Second] - David Kenny Guitar, Bass, Tambourine - Michael Cashmore Mixed By - Steven Stapleton Other [Black Sabbath] - Nick Saloman Producer - Current 93 , Greg Orion Chance Vocals - David Tibet , John Balance
4		Sad-Go-Round (5:43)
		Acoustic Guitar, Bass - Michael Cashmore Arranged By - Current 93 Engineer - David Kenny Guitar [Lead], Dulcimer [Electric] - Nick Saloman Mixed By - Steven Stapleton Producer - Current 93 , Greg Orion Chance Vocals - David Tibet Written-By - Tony (T.S.) McPhee*
5		The Seven Seals Are Revealed At The End Of Time As Seven Bows: The Bloodbow, The Pissbow, The Painbow, The Faminebow, The Deathbow, The Angerbow, The HoHoHoHoBow (13:40)
		Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Melodica, Glockenspiel - Michael Cashmore Engineer - David Kenny Guitar [Sheep Ventilator], Other [Secret Weapon] - Steven Stapleton Mixed By - Steven Stapleton Producer - Current 93 , Greg Orion Chance Vocals - David Michael*
6		Tamlin (10:35)
		Engineer - David Kenny Guitar, Bass - Michael Cashmore Mixed By - David Kenny , David Tibet Other [παν] - Steven Stapleton Vocals - David Tibet
7		How The Great Satanic Glory Faded (6:23)
		Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Whistle - Michael Cashmore Engineer - David Kenny Guitar, Dulcimer [Electric] - Nick Saloman Other [He Has The Whole Wide World And Snakehorn In His Hands], Mixed By - Steven Stapleton Vocals - David Michael Tibet* Voice - Tiny Tim
8		Misery Farm (2:29)
		Performer - Barry McCarus , David Michael* , Joolie Wood , Michael Cashmore , Steven Stapleton

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