Current 93 Discussion (With Johnathan Cridford)-Top10 C93 Albums (Part 2)

[@tysfalsehood]

I shared my absolute favourite last time, but here would be my personal top 10 in-studio for c93. 1. Sleep Has His House (I have to go on a bit about this one again) ‘Sleep’ is probably venerated most for it’s mournful centrepiece but honestly I think it’s just the greatest collection of songs sounds and words Tibet and co. have ever breathed out. It’s the final full outing led by that holy triumvirate of Tibet/Cashmore/Stapleton, who have woven such incredible oceans/forests of sound and do so to an extreme here. Sunken into it all is Tibet’s mourning, grasping, praying over his father (title-track, ‘Magical Bird…’) reflecting on that life, love, life itself, (‘Niemandswasser’) and who perforates those ill feelings with loveliness (‘Red Hawthorn Tree’). The epigraphal quoting of Gower’s original phrasing of the title in the closing moments finally heaves that boat of grief out to sea. What a balm this album is. 2. The Inmost Light 3. Lucifer Over London (an EP - but I don’t see much reason to differentiate) 4. Soft Black Stars 5. Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre 6. Horsey 7. Black Ships Ate the Sky 8. I Am the Last of All the Field that Fell (A Channel) 9. Imperium 10. If a City is Set Upon a Hill - Special mention to ‘Birth Canal Blues’ & ‘Mirror Emperor’ with Zu, and the very underrated and soft-spoken ‘Honeysuckle Æons’, which I hope to grow to understand deeper.

[@NewMusickalChairs]

Part 3 will feature a few of these. Great list, once more! J

[@NewMusickalChairs]

Once again, thank you to everyone for watching to the end! Tre and I have really enjoyed making these - and props to him for editing and making sense of it all - and it's been a fascinating journey. We're looking forward to more collaborations in the future, and it's great that we've found kindred spirits out there to explore underground music like this! J

[@o6a5d]

Excellent series. Agree that the discography has richness and depth that rewards extended exploration and isn't something that can be digested in a single pass. For comparison, my ever changing list, as it is today: Dogs Blood Rising Black Ships Ate the Sky Sleep Has His House I Have a Special Plan for This World Soft Black Stars and a few minor releases that shine brightly to me: HoneySuckle Aeons The Moons at Your Door Invocations of Almost Crowleymass

[@NewMusickalChairs]

Thanks for watching! We will be doing more. Love your list, too. J

[@stahlgewitter69]

My favourite industrial & atonal Current 93 albums: 1. Current 93 - ‎Nature Unveiled (1984) 2. Current 93 - Live at Bar Maldoror (1985) 3. Current 93 - In Menstrual Night (1986) 4. Current 93 - Imperium (1987) 5. Current93 - Dogs Blood Rising (1984) 6. Current 93 - Dawn (1987)

[@NewMusickalChairs]

Great list. I'd have Imperium at 1 and Nature Unveiled at 2, but everything else would be as you have it here. Thanks for watching, J

[@AntZombie121]

So glad I stumbled upon these videos I’m a massive fan also but have no friends who listen to them so just watching you 2 talk so passionately about the band is thrilling

[@arcanefrequencies5157]

I'm glad you are enjoying the videos. That's the whole reason I started this channel. I was listening to these artists (specifically C93) for years and never had no one to talk to them about it. So, I made this channel to start a community for us industrial experimental NeoFolk lovers.

[@stahlgewitter69]

My favourite neofolk current 93 album (without the industrial & atonal stuff) 1. Current 93 - Thunder perfect mind (1992) (7,5) 2. Current 93 & HÖH - Island (1991) (6,5) 3. Current 93 - Soft Black Star (1998) (6,5) 4. Current 93 - Black Ships Ate The Sky (2006) (6,5) 5. Current 93 - All the pretty little horses (1996) (6,5) 6. Current 93 - An Introduction to Suffering (1999) (6,5) 7. Current 93 - Horsey (1997)(6,5) 8. Current 93 - Earth Covers Earth (1988) (6,0) 9. Current 93 - Baalstorm, Sing Omega (2010) (6,0) 10. Current 93 - Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain (2009) (6,0)

[@stahlgewitter69]

the points behind is for me the album points max 8 points, but i normally never give 7 or 8... 6,0 means for me a fantastic album... and 4,0 is a solide album

[@NewMusickalChairs]

What a great list, and a great nod to Island with HÖH, too. I'd definitely have that high on my list if we were including collaborations. Fantastic stuff! Thanks for watching, J

[@What_Happens_Between_Bars]

JCrid - MIssion and Sex Gang Children in background - Nice!