How I Devoured Apocalypse Balloon
Details
2005 2xCD CA Durtro Jnana JNANA2004
In regular jewel case
Track Listing
CD 1
  1. Intro (2:07) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  2. Good Morning Great Moloch (3:57) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  3. 5 Hypnagogue 5 (6:06) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  4. While The Night Rejoices Profound And Still (4:25) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  5. Earth Covers Earth (4:29) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  6. Calling For Vanished Faces II (4:55) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  7. All This World Makes Great Blood (4:35) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  8. Mary Waits In Silence (3:40) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  9. Judas As Black Moth (1:51) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  10. A Gothic Love Song (4:11) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  11. The Bloodbell Chime (4:51) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  12. Walking Like Shadow (3:15) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  13. Sleep Has His House (4:16) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  14. Time Of The Last Persecution (3:41) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  15. Long Satan And Babylon (3:34) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  16. A Sadness Song (5:29) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
CD 2
  1. Intro (2:42) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  2. Alone (8:11) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  3. Red Hawthorn Tree (3:27) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  4. All The World Makes Great Blood (4:57) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  5. The Signs In The Stars (3:17) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  6. 4 Hypnagogue 4 (3:33) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  7. Mary Waits In Silence (3:31) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  8. The Inmost Light Itself (7:45) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  9. Falling Back In Fields Of Rape (3:18) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  10. Whilst The Night Rejoices Profound And Still (4:03) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  11. Black Sun Bloody Moon (1:07) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  12. They Returned To Their Earth (7:50) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  13. So, This Empire Is Nothing (1:40) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  14. The Shining Shining World (3:50) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  15. The Blue Gates Of Death (7:03) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
Personnel
Michael Cashmore
Graham Jeffery
Sleeve Notes
David Michael Tibet, Michael Cashmore, Graham Jeffery, John Contreras, Ben Chasny, Simon Finn were Current 93 on June 18 and 19, 2004 at St. George the Martyr Anglican Church, Toronto.

Thanks to Mark Logan who made this all possible, to Stephanie Volkmar, Stefanie Thiel, Ayse Tuzlak for being there with us, to the sadly absent Andria Tibet, and to Steven Stapleton who was just along for the rides.

And to Six Organs Of Admittance and Simon Finn for playing at the event too.
Notes
No track listing is provided in the sleeve notes
Reviews
To me, the live albums always seemed like filler in the Current 93 catalog, frequent stopgaps between studio material, meant to please hardcore fans and completists. The problem plaguing much of the past material, in my opinion, is that Current 93 just weren't a very good live act until very recently. Though they have performed many live shows since their earliest incarnation, David Late Tibet and his merry band of apocalyptic folksters have frequently given new meaning to the term amateur. Just listen to the Hitler as Kalki material with Douglas P. senselessly pounding away on the same chord he's been playing for twenty years, John Balance "playing" stick guitar and Tibet and Rose McDowall shrieking out of key, taking a massive shit all over songs that sounded powerful and hypnotic on the proper studio album. Adding to the problem were bad PA systems and bad recording equipment. So, with all this in mind, I found myself pleasantly surprised by How I Devoured Apocalypse Balloon, a new double-disc live album featuring two full sets from last year's two dates at Toronto's St. George-the-Martyr Church on June 18th and 19th. (By the way, I can't stop singing the title of this album to the tune of The Fall's "How I Wrote Elastic Man.") This is probably Current 93's best live album, at least the best one that I've ever heard, as I admit to having skipped a few. Though the ensemble featured here is not quite as large and spectacular as that which was featured during this year's three-night run, the players still do a wonderful job of creating a fine musical accompaniment for Tibet's intense, crepuscular, poetic speak-singing. Though there are no liner notes which would indicate the personnel that performed at these concerts (and also, alas, no track listing), I think that I can hear and identify Maja Elliott on piano, Joolie Wood on violin, and perhaps also Simon Finn and Ben Chasny on acoustic guitar at various times. The recording quality is sparklingly clear, and the setlist chosen for both nights features of some of Current 93's best and best-loved material, drawn from as far back as Island and Imperium, all the way through Thunder Perfect Mind, Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre, All the Pretty Little Horses, Soft Black Stars, Sleep Has His House and even a cut off of Bright Yellow Moon. Along the way are some surprising wild cards from the back catalog that I've never heard performed live - including the haunting and powerful "They Return to Their Earth," "A Sadness Song" and "The Blue Gates of Death (Before and Beyond Them)," each faithfully rendered within a more limited instrumental palette. The second features very effective usage of noise loops and live electronic voice manipulations, which I can't recall hearing since the earliest phases of Current 93 live shows. I still don't think I'll listen to this much beyond the few spins I gave it before writing this review, but as Current 93 live albums go, this one is truly definitive.

Jonathan Dean
Sunday, 12 June 2005
Как Я Поглотил Воздушный Шар Апокалипсиса
Details
2006 est. 2xCD RU Durtro Soyuz DSM4026-06
In regular jewel case
Track Listing
CD 1
  1. Intro (2:07) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  2. Good Morning Great Moloch (3:57) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  3. 5 Hypnagogue 5 (6:06) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  4. While The Night Rejoices Profound And Still (4:25) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  5. Earth Covers Earth (4:29) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  6. Calling For Vanished Faces II (4:55) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  7. All This World Makes Great Blood (4:35) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  8. Mary Waits In Silence (3:40) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  9. Judas As Black Moth (1:51) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  10. A Gothic Love Song (4:11) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  11. The Bloodbell Chime (4:51) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  12. Walking Like Shadow (3:15) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  13. Sleep Has His House (4:16) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  14. Time Of The Last Persecution (3:41) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  15. Long Satan And Babylon (3:34) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
  16. A Sadness Song (5:29) [c93-live-18-JUN-2004]
CD 2
  1. Intro - !!! (2:42) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  2. Alone (8:11) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  3. Red Hawthorn Tree (3:27) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  4. All The World Makes Great Blood (4:57) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  5. The Signs In The Stars (3:17) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  6. 4 Hypnagogue 4 (3:33) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  7. Mary Waits In Silence (3:31) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  8. The Inmost Light Itself (7:45) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  9. Falling Back In Fields Of Rape (3:18) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  10. Whilst The Night Rejoices Profound And Still (4:03) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  11. Black Sun Bloody Moon (1:07) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  12. They Returned To Their Earth (7:50) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  13. So, This Empire Is Nothing (1:40) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  14. The Shining Shining World (3:50) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
  15. The Blue Gates Of Death (7:03) [c93-live-19-JUN-2004]
Personnel
Michael Cashmore
Graham Jeffery
Sleeve Notes
как я поглотил воздушный шар апокалипсиса

David Michael Tibet, Michael Cashmore,
Graham jeffrey, John Contreras, Ben Chasny, Simon Finn

Концерты Current 93 в англиканской церкви Святого
мученика Георгия в Торонто 18 и 19 июня 2004 года

Thanks to Mark Logan who made this all possible, to Stephanie Volkmar, Stefanie Thiel, Ayse Tuzlak for being there with us, to the sadly absent Andria Tibet, and to Steven Stapleton who was just along for the rides.

And to Six Organs of Admittance and Simon Finn for playing at the event too.
Notes
No track listing is provided in the sleeve notes