Black Ships Ate The Sky
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Details
2006 April CD CA Durtro Jnana DURTRO JNANA 2112
In card sleeve
Promo
Promo
Track Listing
- Idumea (Vocals: Marc Almond) (3:22)
- Sunset (The Death of Thumbelina) (3:18)
- Black Ships In The Sky (3:38)
- Then Kill Cæsar (3:58)
- Idumea (Vocals: Bonny 'Prince' Billy) (2:42)
- This Autistic Imperium Is Nihil Reich (4:03)
- The Dissolution Of The Boat "Millions of Years" (3:57)
- Idumea (Vocals: Baby Dee) (4:19)
- Bind Your Tortoise Mouth (2:30)
- Idumea (Vocals: Antony) (2:02) [lesink34]
- Black Ships Seen Last Year South Of Heaven (4:07)
- Abba Amma (Babylon Destroyer) (3:19)
- Idumea (Vocals: Clodagh Simonds) (2:35)
- Black Ships Were Sinking/Idumea (11:05)
- The Beautiful Dancing Dust (Vocals: Antony) (0:57)
- Idumea (Vocals: Pantaleimon) (3:06)
- Vauvauvau (Black Ships In Their Harbour) (4:41)
- Idumea (Vocals: David Tibet) (1:50)
- Black Ships Ate The Sky (4:20)
- Why Cæsar Is Burning Part II (2:48)
- Idumea (Vocals: Shirley Collins) (2:42)
Personnel
Michael Cashmore
Amy Phillips
Sleeve Notes
None
Reviews
When I saw the latest incarnation of Current 93 in performance last June, I made it a point to personally tell David that it was by far my favorite lineup and show that I had ever seen of the group, and I meant it. This album is perhaps the most anticipated Current 93 release ever, and it is easily one of, if not, the best.
Current 93 has not released an album of this magnitude, with all new material, in 10 years. Like All the Pretty Little Horses, Black Ships Ate the Sky resembles a theatrical production. It is well-calculated and sequenced and has a dream team crew: a core featuring stellar musicians (like the addition of Six Organs of Admittance/Comets On Fire guitarist Ben Chasny and cellist John Contreras to the recurring players Michael Cashmore, Steven Stapleton, and Bill Breeze) along with a supporting cast of brilliant guest vocalists and noisemakers. Additionally, like All the Pretty Little Horses, Current 93 are not afraid to tackle a traditional folk piece multiple times.
Marc Almond opens the album with "Idumea," an 18th century hymn, which reappears later with other vocalists. His voice shines in top form here. This version serves two purposes: accompanied only by a simple acoustic guitar, it remains quite faithful to the original; additionally, its magnificence sets the bar high for the rest of the record. "Sunset," which originally came out on that one-track/two-song CD single sold last year in Toronto is David's first appearance. I can't help but think it's a subtle nod to the loss of band member (and more importantly a close, dear friend) John Balance, most explicitly by the line about not seeing "chalice or graal" (remember the short lived Threshold House offshoot Chalice, whose catalogue titles all began with "Graal"). Tibet goes from calm to fiery as the music picks up in pace and intensity with the multiple guitarists and driving drones on the following "Black Ships in the Sky," returning to a more reserved delivery on "Then Kill Caesar," which is accented by the haunting viola of Bill Breeze, echoing the sorrowful sounds he's performed during Coil's seasonal single series.
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's version of "Idumea" ushers in the next act, accompanied by a banjo and Indian drone sounds. It's followed by two more Tibet-sung standards before the next version of "Idumea." Baby Dee's take is as jaw-dropping as just about any of her own harp recordings, accompanied only by a quiet viola. "Bind Your Tortoise Mouth" follows, the perfect marriage between the respective styles of Six Organs and Current 93. The acoustic playing is distinctly Chasny's and the baroque verses speaking of God and kittens are unmistakably the lyrical obsessions Current 93. Antony's "Idumea" is perhaps one of the only things on the record I'm not completely floored by: while it's passionate and pretty, it's brief and only features his multitracked voice, and not his beautiful piano playing that I adore so much.
Veteran Irish folkstress and child star Clodagh Simonds (Mellow Candle, Mike Oldfield) accompanies herself on harmonium for her incredible version of "Idumea," ushering in the 11+ minute opus of "Black Ships Were Sinking." Here's where it seems Steven Stapleton has taken over, chopping up strings, vocals, spinning things backwards, and stretching them out before Cosey Fanni Tutti's time-stretched take on "Idumea" seamlessly and quietly segues from the chaos into Antony's second contribution, the song "Dancing Dust." A piano and vocal piece, "Dancing Dust" is indeed one of the album's highlights, but, at under one minute, it is far too short! Pantaleimon's "Idumea" follows like a beautiful soothing lullaby a mother would sing while stroking her child's hair as they fall asleep, and the serenity ends. The next act is basically the nightmare trilogy and climax: the angry dissonance of "Vauvauvau," as blistering distorted noise battles with Tibet and acoustic guitar; David Tibet's painfully direct version of "Idumea," where we actually finally believe the lyrics which address the singer's own mortality; completing with the chugging, metal-edged "Black Ships Ate the Sky," rock guitars pounding away as David gets it all out, screaming over the death of friends, the dogma of duality of messiah versus destroyer; David as the protagonist, losing control while screaming for answers: "Who will deliver me from myself?" It's an utterly frightening and cathartic track.
Peace follows with the final songs, Tibet's reflection and resolution on "Why Caesar is Burning II," ending with Shirley Collins' version of "Idumea," which is appropriately the version which sounds most like a finale.
It seems as if everything is in line for Current 93: as if their time has finally come. The musical trends of modern folk have exploded in popularity in sequence with Current 93's mastery of the genre. David Tibet and Current 93 are the true leaders and have set an almost impossible example to follow.
Jon Whitney
Monday, 01 May 2006
Current 93 has not released an album of this magnitude, with all new material, in 10 years. Like All the Pretty Little Horses, Black Ships Ate the Sky resembles a theatrical production. It is well-calculated and sequenced and has a dream team crew: a core featuring stellar musicians (like the addition of Six Organs of Admittance/Comets On Fire guitarist Ben Chasny and cellist John Contreras to the recurring players Michael Cashmore, Steven Stapleton, and Bill Breeze) along with a supporting cast of brilliant guest vocalists and noisemakers. Additionally, like All the Pretty Little Horses, Current 93 are not afraid to tackle a traditional folk piece multiple times.
Marc Almond opens the album with "Idumea," an 18th century hymn, which reappears later with other vocalists. His voice shines in top form here. This version serves two purposes: accompanied only by a simple acoustic guitar, it remains quite faithful to the original; additionally, its magnificence sets the bar high for the rest of the record. "Sunset," which originally came out on that one-track/two-song CD single sold last year in Toronto is David's first appearance. I can't help but think it's a subtle nod to the loss of band member (and more importantly a close, dear friend) John Balance, most explicitly by the line about not seeing "chalice or graal" (remember the short lived Threshold House offshoot Chalice, whose catalogue titles all began with "Graal"). Tibet goes from calm to fiery as the music picks up in pace and intensity with the multiple guitarists and driving drones on the following "Black Ships in the Sky," returning to a more reserved delivery on "Then Kill Caesar," which is accented by the haunting viola of Bill Breeze, echoing the sorrowful sounds he's performed during Coil's seasonal single series.
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's version of "Idumea" ushers in the next act, accompanied by a banjo and Indian drone sounds. It's followed by two more Tibet-sung standards before the next version of "Idumea." Baby Dee's take is as jaw-dropping as just about any of her own harp recordings, accompanied only by a quiet viola. "Bind Your Tortoise Mouth" follows, the perfect marriage between the respective styles of Six Organs and Current 93. The acoustic playing is distinctly Chasny's and the baroque verses speaking of God and kittens are unmistakably the lyrical obsessions Current 93. Antony's "Idumea" is perhaps one of the only things on the record I'm not completely floored by: while it's passionate and pretty, it's brief and only features his multitracked voice, and not his beautiful piano playing that I adore so much.
Veteran Irish folkstress and child star Clodagh Simonds (Mellow Candle, Mike Oldfield) accompanies herself on harmonium for her incredible version of "Idumea," ushering in the 11+ minute opus of "Black Ships Were Sinking." Here's where it seems Steven Stapleton has taken over, chopping up strings, vocals, spinning things backwards, and stretching them out before Cosey Fanni Tutti's time-stretched take on "Idumea" seamlessly and quietly segues from the chaos into Antony's second contribution, the song "Dancing Dust." A piano and vocal piece, "Dancing Dust" is indeed one of the album's highlights, but, at under one minute, it is far too short! Pantaleimon's "Idumea" follows like a beautiful soothing lullaby a mother would sing while stroking her child's hair as they fall asleep, and the serenity ends. The next act is basically the nightmare trilogy and climax: the angry dissonance of "Vauvauvau," as blistering distorted noise battles with Tibet and acoustic guitar; David Tibet's painfully direct version of "Idumea," where we actually finally believe the lyrics which address the singer's own mortality; completing with the chugging, metal-edged "Black Ships Ate the Sky," rock guitars pounding away as David gets it all out, screaming over the death of friends, the dogma of duality of messiah versus destroyer; David as the protagonist, losing control while screaming for answers: "Who will deliver me from myself?" It's an utterly frightening and cathartic track.
Peace follows with the final songs, Tibet's reflection and resolution on "Why Caesar is Burning II," ending with Shirley Collins' version of "Idumea," which is appropriately the version which sounds most like a finale.
It seems as if everything is in line for Current 93: as if their time has finally come. The musical trends of modern folk have exploded in popularity in sequence with Current 93's mastery of the genre. David Tibet and Current 93 are the true leaders and have set an almost impossible example to follow.
Jon Whitney
Monday, 01 May 2006
Black Ships Ate The Sky
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Details
2006 May CD CA Durtro Jnana DURTRO JNANA 2112
In digipak
North American edition
Purple cover
Booklet
In slipcase
North American edition
Purple cover
Booklet
In slipcase
2007 iTunes CA Durtro Jnana
Track Listing
- Idumæa (vocals: Marc Almond) (3:22)
- Sunset (The Death Of Thumbelina) (3:18)
- Black Ships In The Sky (3:38)
- Then Kill Cæsar (3:58)
- Idumæa (vocals: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) (2:42)
- This Autistic Imperium Is Nihil Reich (4:03)
- The Dissolution Of 'The Boat Millions Of Years' (3:57)
- Idumæa (vocals: Baby Dee) (4:19)
- Bind Your Tortoise Mouth (2:30)
- Idumæa (vocals: Antony) (2:02) [lesink34]
- Black Ships Seen Last Year South Of Heaven (4:07)
- Abba Amma (Babylon Destroyer) (3:19)
- Idumæa (vocals: Clodagh Simonds) (2:35)
- Black Ships Were Sinking Into Idumæa (vocals: Cosey Fanni Tutti) (11:05)
- The Beautiful Dancing Dust (vocals: Antony) (0:57)
- Idumæa (vocals: Pantaleimon) (3:06)
- Vauvauvau (Black Ships In Their Harbours) (4:41)
- Idumæa (vocals: David Tibet) (1:50)
- Black Ships Ate The Sky (4:20)
- Why Cæsar Is Burning Part II (2:48)
- Idumæa (vocals: Shirley Collins) (2:42)
Personnel
Michael Cashmore
Ida Mercer
Iris Bishop
Amy Phillips
Sleeve Notes
A Hallucinatory Patripassianist Dream
The texts for this album were started following an intense dream I had that Black Ships had entered our skys in preparation for the arising of the final Cæsar and for the Second Coming of Christ. In subsequent dreams I saw geometric faces , colours, words and shapes falling into my head. They appeared as a multitude of images; they were dreamlike yet vital, manifesting as processions of characters and scenesand dialogues that shifted between being utterly lacking in conventional perspectiveto that of being hyper-dimensional. I commenced writing furiously, and the words of Black Ships Ate The Sky are the recording of this period in my life.
I asked those friends and artists whom I love and whose works I most admire to interpret the haunted words of that great hymn "Idumæa" by Charles Wesley; this piece had become an obsession for me before starting work on this albumand its face watched over all these Black Ships, providing one key to this Hallucinatory Patripassianist Dream.
I live in an increasing awareness that a Love will some suddenly who will finally tear our skies apart. And then all Black Ships will be no more. This album was started four years ago by myself and Michael Cahsmore without whom this album would not exist, and finished four years later by myself and Ben Chasny, John Contreras and Steven Stapleton, without whom too this album would not exist. My heartfelt thanks to them for all they have done. More detailed acknowledgements can be found below, but I also wish to thank those other friends who worked on this album, for without them there would be just words. Andria, Marc, Will, Dee, Antony, Clodagh, Cosey, Chris, Shirley, Amy, Bill, William, Mark, Colin, Geoff, Al, Paul, Lance: thank you.
Thanks too to Blessed John Bradburne for prayers answered and and favours received.
I Dedicate Black Ships Ate The Sky to our beloved friend and companion Squiggy who went on from us on St. Valentine's Day, 2006. May she rest in the Love of Christ till all times and and all friends meet again.
I Am Black Ship
David Tibet, March 5 2006
Current 93 dreamt Black Ships sailing by, sailing by, sailing by: David Tibet voice, guitars on 19, electric leaking voices passim; Michael Cashmore guitars on 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, slide guitar on 3, bass guitar on 20; Ben Chasny guitar on 2, 4, 9, 17, 18; John Contreras cello; Steven Stapleton goatheard.
With: Marc Almond voice on 1; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy voice, banjo and tambura on 5; Baby Dee voice and harp, Ida Mercer cello on 8; Antony voice on 10, voice and piano on 15; Clodagh Simonds voice, psaltery, zither and harmonium on 13; Cosey Fanni Tutti voice and musics, Chris Carter musics on the "Idumæa" section of 14; Andria Degens voice, Appalachian dulcimer and harmonica on 16; Shirley Collins voice, Iris Bishop concertina on 21; Amy Phillips subliminal threnodic voice on 14 and 19; William Breeze viola on 17 and 19; William Basinski 9.29.82 galaxial compositions on 12 and 18. Astral projection protection production by Mark Logan, Al Cisneros and Tina Gordon with thanks and blessings.
Mixed by Steven Stapleton, David Tibet and Colin Potter at The Water Tower, England. Engineered by Colin Potter at The Water Tower. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
All texts by David Tibet except "Idumæa" , written by Charles Wesley, and the phrase "Hello Monkey-Paw" which was how I was greeted by John Contreras in a letter in 2005. Music on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20 written by Michael Cashmore; music on tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 18 written by Ben Chasny; music on track 15 by Antony; music on track 19 by David Tibet. All cello arrangements by John Contreras. All other musics by David Tibet and Steven Stapleton with Colin Potter, except for the versions of "Idumæa" which are all arranged and played by the specific singer, with the exception of track 1, arranged by Michael Cashmore/Marc Almond and track 21, arranged by Shirley Collins/Iris Bishop. Hallucinatory icons and paintings by Seth and Anna Cox-Dorée. Hallucinatory Scrawl by geoff Cox-Dorée. Cover design by David Tibet with the assistance of Paul Jackson, to whom great thanks. Coptic text and translations by Lance Eccles.
Black Ships Ate The Sky: all tracks (p) and © 2006 as follows: track 1 Marc Almond/Michael Cashmore/Charles Wesley/David Tibet; tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, David Tibet/Ben Chasny and track 18 David Tibet/Ben Chasny/William Basinski/Charles Wesley; tracks 3, 6, 7, 11, 14 (part one), 20 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore and track 12 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore/William Basinski; track 5 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Charles Wesley; track 8 Baby Dee/Charles Wesley; track 10 Antony Hegarty/Charles Wesley; tracks 14 (part two) Cosey Fanni Tutti/Chris Carter/Charles Wesley; track 15 David Tibet/Antony Hegarty; track 16 Andria Degens/Charles Wesley; track 19 David Tibet/Charles Wesley; track 21 Shirley Collins/Charles Wesley.
Thank you, again, to all those who created and worked on this album.
And to those who contributed with their friendship and support: above all, Mark Logan of Durtro Jnana Records, whose friendship and endless generosity and love kept me from capsizing under the approach of Black Ships.
I wish to acknowledge, too, the kindness of Lance Eccles who answered my endless questions about Coptic with great patience and generosity of spirit. Black Ships were launched at the same time I became obsessed with this language. Any small progress I have made in Coptic would be immeasurably less without his help.
Also my love and thanks to: Olivia Bunting, Stefanie Thiel, Stephanie Volkmar, Lynn Jackson, Carolyn Cox-Dorée, Ayse Tuzlak, Chris Hakius, Stephen O'Malley, Rob Fisk, Maja Elliott, Nick Church, Jhonn Balance, Henry Boxer, Lauren Winton, Michael Lawrence, Gary Held, Tony Sylvester, Matt Sweeney, Cam Archer, Howard Wuelf, Fabrizio Modenese Palumbo, Giulio Di Mauro, Enrico Croci, Greg Peters, Paul Cheshire, Jeremy Cantwell, Denis Blackham, Stephanie Meixner, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Tim Renner, Joolie Wood, Simon Finn, Allison Schnackenberg, José Pacheco, Hymenæus Beta, Nikki Howes, Nidge Ince, Celia Brigstocke of the John Bradburne Society, Kat Cormie, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Paul Deighton, Bill Fay, Gary Smith, Thomas Ligotti, Little Annie, Richard Moult, Mark Coyle, Michael Kolson, KatieJane Garside, Julia Kent, Johan Kugelberg, Nick Blinko, Joe Budenholzer, Devendra Banhart, David and Sara Surkamp.
And thanks to all those who supported the recording of this album by subscribing to it 93 years in advance. Without you all, Nihil.
David Tibet
The texts for this album were started following an intense dream I had that Black Ships had entered our skys in preparation for the arising of the final Cæsar and for the Second Coming of Christ. In subsequent dreams I saw geometric faces , colours, words and shapes falling into my head. They appeared as a multitude of images; they were dreamlike yet vital, manifesting as processions of characters and scenesand dialogues that shifted between being utterly lacking in conventional perspectiveto that of being hyper-dimensional. I commenced writing furiously, and the words of Black Ships Ate The Sky are the recording of this period in my life.
I asked those friends and artists whom I love and whose works I most admire to interpret the haunted words of that great hymn "Idumæa" by Charles Wesley; this piece had become an obsession for me before starting work on this albumand its face watched over all these Black Ships, providing one key to this Hallucinatory Patripassianist Dream.
I live in an increasing awareness that a Love will some suddenly who will finally tear our skies apart. And then all Black Ships will be no more. This album was started four years ago by myself and Michael Cahsmore without whom this album would not exist, and finished four years later by myself and Ben Chasny, John Contreras and Steven Stapleton, without whom too this album would not exist. My heartfelt thanks to them for all they have done. More detailed acknowledgements can be found below, but I also wish to thank those other friends who worked on this album, for without them there would be just words. Andria, Marc, Will, Dee, Antony, Clodagh, Cosey, Chris, Shirley, Amy, Bill, William, Mark, Colin, Geoff, Al, Paul, Lance: thank you.
Thanks too to Blessed John Bradburne for prayers answered and and favours received.
I Dedicate Black Ships Ate The Sky to our beloved friend and companion Squiggy who went on from us on St. Valentine's Day, 2006. May she rest in the Love of Christ till all times and and all friends meet again.
I Am Black Ship
David Tibet, March 5 2006
Current 93 dreamt Black Ships sailing by, sailing by, sailing by: David Tibet voice, guitars on 19, electric leaking voices passim; Michael Cashmore guitars on 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, slide guitar on 3, bass guitar on 20; Ben Chasny guitar on 2, 4, 9, 17, 18; John Contreras cello; Steven Stapleton goatheard.
With: Marc Almond voice on 1; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy voice, banjo and tambura on 5; Baby Dee voice and harp, Ida Mercer cello on 8; Antony voice on 10, voice and piano on 15; Clodagh Simonds voice, psaltery, zither and harmonium on 13; Cosey Fanni Tutti voice and musics, Chris Carter musics on the "Idumæa" section of 14; Andria Degens voice, Appalachian dulcimer and harmonica on 16; Shirley Collins voice, Iris Bishop concertina on 21; Amy Phillips subliminal threnodic voice on 14 and 19; William Breeze viola on 17 and 19; William Basinski 9.29.82 galaxial compositions on 12 and 18. Astral projection protection production by Mark Logan, Al Cisneros and Tina Gordon with thanks and blessings.
Mixed by Steven Stapleton, David Tibet and Colin Potter at The Water Tower, England. Engineered by Colin Potter at The Water Tower. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
All texts by David Tibet except "Idumæa" , written by Charles Wesley, and the phrase "Hello Monkey-Paw" which was how I was greeted by John Contreras in a letter in 2005. Music on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20 written by Michael Cashmore; music on tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 18 written by Ben Chasny; music on track 15 by Antony; music on track 19 by David Tibet. All cello arrangements by John Contreras. All other musics by David Tibet and Steven Stapleton with Colin Potter, except for the versions of "Idumæa" which are all arranged and played by the specific singer, with the exception of track 1, arranged by Michael Cashmore/Marc Almond and track 21, arranged by Shirley Collins/Iris Bishop. Hallucinatory icons and paintings by Seth and Anna Cox-Dorée. Hallucinatory Scrawl by geoff Cox-Dorée. Cover design by David Tibet with the assistance of Paul Jackson, to whom great thanks. Coptic text and translations by Lance Eccles.
Black Ships Ate The Sky: all tracks (p) and © 2006 as follows: track 1 Marc Almond/Michael Cashmore/Charles Wesley/David Tibet; tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, David Tibet/Ben Chasny and track 18 David Tibet/Ben Chasny/William Basinski/Charles Wesley; tracks 3, 6, 7, 11, 14 (part one), 20 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore and track 12 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore/William Basinski; track 5 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Charles Wesley; track 8 Baby Dee/Charles Wesley; track 10 Antony Hegarty/Charles Wesley; tracks 14 (part two) Cosey Fanni Tutti/Chris Carter/Charles Wesley; track 15 David Tibet/Antony Hegarty; track 16 Andria Degens/Charles Wesley; track 19 David Tibet/Charles Wesley; track 21 Shirley Collins/Charles Wesley.
Thank you, again, to all those who created and worked on this album.
And to those who contributed with their friendship and support: above all, Mark Logan of Durtro Jnana Records, whose friendship and endless generosity and love kept me from capsizing under the approach of Black Ships.
I wish to acknowledge, too, the kindness of Lance Eccles who answered my endless questions about Coptic with great patience and generosity of spirit. Black Ships were launched at the same time I became obsessed with this language. Any small progress I have made in Coptic would be immeasurably less without his help.
Also my love and thanks to: Olivia Bunting, Stefanie Thiel, Stephanie Volkmar, Lynn Jackson, Carolyn Cox-Dorée, Ayse Tuzlak, Chris Hakius, Stephen O'Malley, Rob Fisk, Maja Elliott, Nick Church, Jhonn Balance, Henry Boxer, Lauren Winton, Michael Lawrence, Gary Held, Tony Sylvester, Matt Sweeney, Cam Archer, Howard Wuelf, Fabrizio Modenese Palumbo, Giulio Di Mauro, Enrico Croci, Greg Peters, Paul Cheshire, Jeremy Cantwell, Denis Blackham, Stephanie Meixner, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Tim Renner, Joolie Wood, Simon Finn, Allison Schnackenberg, José Pacheco, Hymenæus Beta, Nikki Howes, Nidge Ince, Celia Brigstocke of the John Bradburne Society, Kat Cormie, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Paul Deighton, Bill Fay, Gary Smith, Thomas Ligotti, Little Annie, Richard Moult, Mark Coyle, Michael Kolson, KatieJane Garside, Julia Kent, Johan Kugelberg, Nick Blinko, Joe Budenholzer, Devendra Banhart, David and Sara Surkamp.
And thanks to all those who supported the recording of this album by subscribing to it 93 years in advance. Without you all, Nihil.
David Tibet
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Details
2006 May CD UK Durtro Jnana DURTRO JNANA 2112
In digipak
UK edition
Scarlet cover
Booklet
In open-ended slipcase
UK edition
Scarlet cover
Booklet
In open-ended slipcase
Track Listing
- Idumæa (vocals: Marc Almond) (3:22)
- Sunset (The Death Of Thumbelina) (3:18)
- Black Ships In The Sky (3:38)
- Then Kill Cæsar (3:58)
- Idumæa (vocals: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) (2:42)
- This Autistic Imperium Is Nihil Reich (4:03)
- The Dissolution Of 'The Boat Millions Of Years' (3:57)
- Idumæa (vocals: Baby Dee) (4:19)
- Bind Your Tortoise Mouth (2:30)
- Idumæa (vocals: Antony) (2:02) [lesink34]
- Black Ships Seen Last Year South Of Heaven (4:07)
- Abba Amma (Babylon Destroyer) (3:19)
- Idumæa (vocals: Clodagh Simonds) (2:35)
- Black Ships Were Sinking Into Idumæa (vocals: Cosey Fanni Tutti) (11:05)
- The Beautiful Dancing Dust (vocals: Antony) (0:57)
- Idumæa (vocals: Pantaleimon) (3:06)
- Vauvauvau (Black Ships In Their Harbours) (4:41)
- Idumæa (vocals: David Tibet) (1:50)
- Black Ships Ate The Sky (4:20)
- Why Cæsar Is Burning Part II (2:48)
- Idumæa (vocals: Shirley Collins) (2:42)
Personnel
Michael Cashmore
Ida Mercer
Iris Bishop
Amy Phillips
Sleeve Notes
A Hallucinatory Patripassianist Dream
The texts for this album were started following an intense dream I had that Black Ships had entered our skys in preparation for the arising of the final Cæsar and for the Second Coming of Christ. In subsequent dreams I saw geometric faces , colours, words and shapes falling into my head. They appeared as a multitude of images; they were dreamlike yet vital, manifesting as processions of characters and scenesand dialogues that shifted between being utterly lacking in conventional perspectiveto that of being hyper-dimensional. I commenced writing furiously, and the words of Black Ships Ate The Sky are the recording of this period in my life.
I asked those friends and artists whom I love and whose works I most admire to interpret the haunted words of that great hymn "Idumæa" by Charles Wesley; this piece had become an obsession for me before starting work on this albumand its face watched over all these Black Ships, providing one key to this Hallucinatory Patripassianist Dream.
I live in an increasing awareness that a Love will some suddenly who will finally tear our skies apart. And then all Black Ships will be no more. This album was started four years ago by myself and Michael Cahsmore without whom this album would not exist, and finished four years later by myself and Ben Chasny, John Contreras and Steven Stapleton, without whom too this album would not exist. My heartfelt thanks to them for all they have done. More detailed acknowledgements can be found below, but I also wish to thank those other friends who worked on this album, for without them there would be just words. Andria, Marc, Will, Dee, Antony, Clodagh, Cosey, Chris, Shirley, Amy, Bill, William, Mark, Colin, Geoff, Al, Paul, Lance: thank you.
Thanks too to Blessed John Bradburne for prayers answered and and favours received.
I Dedicate Black Ships Ate The Sky to our beloved friend and companion Squiggy who went on from us on St. Valentine's Day, 2006. May she rest in the Love of Christ till all times and and all friends meet again.
I Am Black Ship
David Tibet, March 5 2006
Current 93 dreamt Black Ships sailing by, sailing by, sailing by: David Tibet voice, guitars on 19, electric leaking voices passim; Michael Cashmore guitars on 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, slide guitar on 3, bass guitar on 20; Ben Chasny guitar on 2, 4, 9, 17, 18; John Contreras cello; Steven Stapleton goatheard.
With: Marc Almond voice on 1; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy voice, banjo and tambura on 5; Baby Dee voice and harp, Ida Mercer cello on 8; Antony voice on 10, voice and piano on 15; Clodagh Simonds voice, psaltery, zither and harmonium on 13; Cosey Fanni Tutti voice and musics, Chris Carter musics on the "Idumæa" section of 14; Andria Degens voice, Appalachian dulcimer and harmonica on 16; Shirley Collins voice, Iris Bishop concertina on 21; Amy Phillips subliminal threnodic voice on 14 and 19; William Breeze viola on 17 and 19; William Basinski 9.29.82 galaxial compositions on 12 and 18. Astral projection protection production by Mark Logan, Al Cisneros and Tina Gordon with thanks and blessings.
Mixed by Steven Stapleton, David Tibet and Colin Potter at The Water Tower, England. Engineered by Colin Potter at The Water Tower. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
All texts by David Tibet except "Idumæa" , written by Charles Wesley, and the phrase "Hello Monkey-Paw" which was how I was greeted by John Contreras in a letter in 2005. Music on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20 written by Michael Cashmore; music on tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 18 written by Ben Chasny; music on track 15 by Antony; music on track 19 by David Tibet. All cello arrangements by John Contreras. All other musics by David Tibet and Steven Stapleton with Colin Potter, except for the versions of "Idumæa" which are all arranged and played by the specific singer, with the exception of track 1, arranged by Michael Cashmore/Marc Almond and track 21, arranged by Shirley Collins/Iris Bishop. Hallucinatory icons and paintings by Seth and Anna Cox-Dorée. Hallucinatory Scrawl by geoff Cox-Dorée. Cover design by David Tibet with the assistance of Paul Jackson, to whom great thanks. Coptic text and translations by Lance Eccles.
Black Ships Ate The Sky: all tracks (p) and © 2006 as follows: track 1 Marc Almond/Michael Cashmore/Charles Wesley/David Tibet; tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, David Tibet/Ben Chasny and track 18 David Tibet/Ben Chasny/William Basinski/Charles Wesley; tracks 3, 6, 7, 11, 14 (part one), 20 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore and track 12 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore/William Basinski; track 5 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Charles Wesley; track 8 Baby Dee/Charles Wesley; track 10 Antony Hegarty/Charles Wesley; tracks 14 (part two) Cosey Fanni Tutti/Chris Carter/Charles Wesley; track 15 David Tibet/Antony Hegarty; track 16 Andria Degens/Charles Wesley; track 19 David Tibet/Charles Wesley; track 21 Shirley Collins/Charles Wesley.
Thank you, again, to all those who created and worked on this album.
And to those who contributed with their friendship and support: above all, Mark Logan of Durtro Jnana Records, whose friendship and endless generosity and love kept me from capsizing under the approach of Black Ships.
I wish to acknowledge, too, the kindness of Lance Eccles who answered my endless questions about Coptic with great patience and generosity of spirit. Black Ships were launched at the same time I became obsessed with this language. Any small progress I have made in Coptic would be immeasurably less without his help.
Also my love and thanks to: Olivia Bunting, Stefanie Thiel, Stephanie Volkmar, Lynn Jackson, Carolyn Cox-Dorée, Ayse Tuzlak, Chris Hakius, Stephen O'Malley, Rob Fisk, Maja Elliott, Nick Church, Jhonn Balance, Henry Boxer, Lauren Winton, Michael Lawrence, Gary Held, Tony Sylvester, Matt Sweeney, Cam Archer, Howard Wuelf, Fabrizio Modenese Palumbo, Giulio Di Mauro, Enrico Croci, Greg Peters, Paul Cheshire, Jeremy Cantwell, Denis Blackham, Stephanie Meixner, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Tim Renner, Joolie Wood, Simon Finn, Allison Schnackenberg, José Pacheco, Hymenæus Beta, Nikki Howes, Nidge Ince, Celia Brigstocke of the John Bradburne Society, Kat Cormie, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Paul Deighton, Bill Fay, Gary Smith, Thomas Ligotti, Little Annie, Richard Moult, Mark Coyle, Michael Kolson, KatieJane Garside, Julia Kent, Johan Kugelberg, Nick Blinko, Joe Budenholzer, Devendra Banhart, David and Sara Surkamp.
And thanks to all those who supported the recording of this album by subscribing to it 93 years in advance. Without you all, Nihil.
David Tibet
The texts for this album were started following an intense dream I had that Black Ships had entered our skys in preparation for the arising of the final Cæsar and for the Second Coming of Christ. In subsequent dreams I saw geometric faces , colours, words and shapes falling into my head. They appeared as a multitude of images; they were dreamlike yet vital, manifesting as processions of characters and scenesand dialogues that shifted between being utterly lacking in conventional perspectiveto that of being hyper-dimensional. I commenced writing furiously, and the words of Black Ships Ate The Sky are the recording of this period in my life.
I asked those friends and artists whom I love and whose works I most admire to interpret the haunted words of that great hymn "Idumæa" by Charles Wesley; this piece had become an obsession for me before starting work on this albumand its face watched over all these Black Ships, providing one key to this Hallucinatory Patripassianist Dream.
I live in an increasing awareness that a Love will some suddenly who will finally tear our skies apart. And then all Black Ships will be no more. This album was started four years ago by myself and Michael Cahsmore without whom this album would not exist, and finished four years later by myself and Ben Chasny, John Contreras and Steven Stapleton, without whom too this album would not exist. My heartfelt thanks to them for all they have done. More detailed acknowledgements can be found below, but I also wish to thank those other friends who worked on this album, for without them there would be just words. Andria, Marc, Will, Dee, Antony, Clodagh, Cosey, Chris, Shirley, Amy, Bill, William, Mark, Colin, Geoff, Al, Paul, Lance: thank you.
Thanks too to Blessed John Bradburne for prayers answered and and favours received.
I Dedicate Black Ships Ate The Sky to our beloved friend and companion Squiggy who went on from us on St. Valentine's Day, 2006. May she rest in the Love of Christ till all times and and all friends meet again.
I Am Black Ship
David Tibet, March 5 2006
Current 93 dreamt Black Ships sailing by, sailing by, sailing by: David Tibet voice, guitars on 19, electric leaking voices passim; Michael Cashmore guitars on 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, slide guitar on 3, bass guitar on 20; Ben Chasny guitar on 2, 4, 9, 17, 18; John Contreras cello; Steven Stapleton goatheard.
With: Marc Almond voice on 1; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy voice, banjo and tambura on 5; Baby Dee voice and harp, Ida Mercer cello on 8; Antony voice on 10, voice and piano on 15; Clodagh Simonds voice, psaltery, zither and harmonium on 13; Cosey Fanni Tutti voice and musics, Chris Carter musics on the "Idumæa" section of 14; Andria Degens voice, Appalachian dulcimer and harmonica on 16; Shirley Collins voice, Iris Bishop concertina on 21; Amy Phillips subliminal threnodic voice on 14 and 19; William Breeze viola on 17 and 19; William Basinski 9.29.82 galaxial compositions on 12 and 18. Astral projection protection production by Mark Logan, Al Cisneros and Tina Gordon with thanks and blessings.
Mixed by Steven Stapleton, David Tibet and Colin Potter at The Water Tower, England. Engineered by Colin Potter at The Water Tower. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
All texts by David Tibet except "Idumæa" , written by Charles Wesley, and the phrase "Hello Monkey-Paw" which was how I was greeted by John Contreras in a letter in 2005. Music on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20 written by Michael Cashmore; music on tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 18 written by Ben Chasny; music on track 15 by Antony; music on track 19 by David Tibet. All cello arrangements by John Contreras. All other musics by David Tibet and Steven Stapleton with Colin Potter, except for the versions of "Idumæa" which are all arranged and played by the specific singer, with the exception of track 1, arranged by Michael Cashmore/Marc Almond and track 21, arranged by Shirley Collins/Iris Bishop. Hallucinatory icons and paintings by Seth and Anna Cox-Dorée. Hallucinatory Scrawl by geoff Cox-Dorée. Cover design by David Tibet with the assistance of Paul Jackson, to whom great thanks. Coptic text and translations by Lance Eccles.
Black Ships Ate The Sky: all tracks (p) and © 2006 as follows: track 1 Marc Almond/Michael Cashmore/Charles Wesley/David Tibet; tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, David Tibet/Ben Chasny and track 18 David Tibet/Ben Chasny/William Basinski/Charles Wesley; tracks 3, 6, 7, 11, 14 (part one), 20 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore and track 12 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore/William Basinski; track 5 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Charles Wesley; track 8 Baby Dee/Charles Wesley; track 10 Antony Hegarty/Charles Wesley; tracks 14 (part two) Cosey Fanni Tutti/Chris Carter/Charles Wesley; track 15 David Tibet/Antony Hegarty; track 16 Andria Degens/Charles Wesley; track 19 David Tibet/Charles Wesley; track 21 Shirley Collins/Charles Wesley.
Thank you, again, to all those who created and worked on this album.
And to those who contributed with their friendship and support: above all, Mark Logan of Durtro Jnana Records, whose friendship and endless generosity and love kept me from capsizing under the approach of Black Ships.
I wish to acknowledge, too, the kindness of Lance Eccles who answered my endless questions about Coptic with great patience and generosity of spirit. Black Ships were launched at the same time I became obsessed with this language. Any small progress I have made in Coptic would be immeasurably less without his help.
Also my love and thanks to: Olivia Bunting, Stefanie Thiel, Stephanie Volkmar, Lynn Jackson, Carolyn Cox-Dorée, Ayse Tuzlak, Chris Hakius, Stephen O'Malley, Rob Fisk, Maja Elliott, Nick Church, Jhonn Balance, Henry Boxer, Lauren Winton, Michael Lawrence, Gary Held, Tony Sylvester, Matt Sweeney, Cam Archer, Howard Wuelf, Fabrizio Modenese Palumbo, Giulio Di Mauro, Enrico Croci, Greg Peters, Paul Cheshire, Jeremy Cantwell, Denis Blackham, Stephanie Meixner, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Tim Renner, Joolie Wood, Simon Finn, Allison Schnackenberg, José Pacheco, Hymenæus Beta, Nikki Howes, Nidge Ince, Celia Brigstocke of the John Bradburne Society, Kat Cormie, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Paul Deighton, Bill Fay, Gary Smith, Thomas Ligotti, Little Annie, Richard Moult, Mark Coyle, Michael Kolson, KatieJane Garside, Julia Kent, Johan Kugelberg, Nick Blinko, Joe Budenholzer, Devendra Banhart, David and Sara Surkamp.
And thanks to all those who supported the recording of this album by subscribing to it 93 years in advance. Without you all, Nihil.
David Tibet
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Black Ships Ate The Sky
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Details
2006 December 2x12" UK Durtro Jnana DURTRO JNANA 2112
1000 Black vinyl copies in gatefold sleeve
2007 February 2x12" UK Durtro Jnana DURTRO JNANA 2112
5 Black vinyl rejected test pressing copies in signed and personalized sleeve with gold ink drawing
Hand-written labels in black ink
Hand-written labels in black ink
2007 February 2x12" UK Durtro Jnana DURTRO JNANA 2112
2 Black vinyl test pressing copies in signed and personalized sleeve with gold ink drawing
Hand-written labels in black ink
Hand-written labels in black ink
Track Listing
One
- Idumæa (vocals: Marc Almond)
- Sunset (The Death Of Thumbelina)
- Black Ships In The Sky
- Then Kill Cæsar
- Idumæa (vocals: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
- This Autistic Imperium Is Nihil Reich
- The Dissolution Of 'The Boat Millions Of Years'
- Idumæa (vocals: Baby Dee)
- Bind Your Tortoise Mouth
- Idumæa (vocals: Antony) [lesink34]
- Black Ships Seen Last Year South Of Heaven
- Abba Amma (Babylon Destroyer)
- Idumæa (vocals: Clodagh Simonds)
- Black Ships Were Sinking Into Idumæa (vocals: Cosey Fanni Tutti)
- The Beautiful Dancing Dust (vocals: Antony)
- Idumæa (vocals: Pantaleimon)
- Vauvauvau (Black Ships In Their Harbours)
- Idumæa (vocals: David Tibet)
- Black Ships Ate The Sky
- Why Cæsar Is Burning Part II
- Idumæa (vocals: Shirley Collins)
Personnel
Michael Cashmore
Ida Mercer
Iris Bishop
Amy Phillips
Sleeve Notes
A Hallucinatory Patripassianist Dream
The texts for this album were started following an intense dream I had that Black Ships had entered our skys in preparation for the arising of the final Cæsar and for the Second Coming of Christ. In subsequent dreams I saw geometric faces , colours, words and shapes falling into my head. They appeared as a multitude of images; they were dreamlike yet vital, manifesting as processions of characters and scenesand dialogues that shifted between being utterly lacking in conventional perspectiveto that of being hyper-dimensional. I commenced writing furiously, and the words of Black Ships Ate The Sky are the recording of this period in my life.
I asked those friends and artists whom I love and whose works I most admire to interpret the haunted words of that great hymn "Idumæa" by Charles Wesley; this piece had become an obsession for me before starting work on this albumand its face watched over all these Black Ships, providing one key to this Hallucinatory Patripassianist Dream.
I live in an increasing awareness that a Love will some suddenly who will finally tear our skies apart. And then all Black Ships will be no more. This album was started four years ago by myself and Michael Cahsmore without whom this album would not exist, and finished four years later by myself and Ben Chasny, John Contreras and Steven Stapleton, without whom too this album would not exist. My heartfelt thanks to them for all they have done. More detailed acknowledgements can be found below, but I also wish to thank those other friends who worked on this album, for without them there would be just words. Andria, Marc, Will, Dee, Antony, Clodagh, Cosey, Chris, Shirley, Amy, Bill, William, Mark, Colin, Geoff, Al, Paul, Lance: thank you.
Thanks too to Blessed John Bradburne for prayers answered and and favours received.
I Dedicate Black Ships Ate The Sky to our beloved friend and companion Squiggy who went on from us on St. Valentine's Day, 2006. May she rest in the Love of Christ till all times and and all friends meet again.
I Am Black Ship
David Tibet, March 5 2006
Current 93 dreamt Black Ships sailing by, sailing by, sailing by: David Tibet voice, guitars on 19, electric leaking voices passim; Michael Cashmore guitars on 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, slide guitar on 3, bass guitar on 20; Ben Chasny guitar on 2, 4, 9, 17, 18; John Contreras cello; Steven Stapleton goatheard.
With: Marc Almond voice on 1; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy voice, banjo and tambura on 5; Baby Dee voice and harp, Ida Mercer cello on 8; Antony voice on 10, voice and piano on 15; Clodagh Simonds voice, psaltery, zither and harmonium on 13; Cosey Fanni Tutti voice and musics, Chris Carter musics on the "Idumæa" section of 14; Andria Degens voice, Appalachian dulcimer and harmonica on 16; Shirley Collins voice, Iris Bishop concertina on 21; Amy Phillips subliminal threnodic voice on 14 and 19; William Breeze viola on 17 and 19; William Basinski 9.29.82 galaxial compositions on 12 and 18. Astral projection protection production by Mark Logan, Al Cisneros and Tina Gordon with thanks and blessings.
Mixed by Steven Stapleton, David Tibet and Colin Potter at The Water Tower, England. Engineered by Colin Potter at The Water Tower. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
All texts by David Tibet except "Idumæa" , written by Charles Wesley, and the phrase "Hello Monkey-Paw" which was how I was greeted by John Contreras in a letter in 2005. Music on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20 written by Michael Cashmore; music on tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 18 written by Ben Chasny; music on track 15 by Antony; music on track 19 by David Tibet. All cello arrangements by John Contreras. All other musics by David Tibet and Steven Stapleton with Colin Potter, except for the versions of "Idumæa" which are all arranged and played by the specific singer, with the exception of track 1, arranged by Michael Cashmore/Marc Almond and track 21, arranged by Shirley Collins/Iris Bishop. Hallucinatory icons and paintings by Seth and Anna Cox-Dorée. Hallucinatory Scrawl by geoff Cox-Dorée. Cover design by David Tibet with the assistance of Paul Jackson, to whom great thanks. Coptic text and translations by Lance Eccles.
Black Ships Ate The Sky: all tracks (p) and © 2006 as follows: track 1 Marc Almond/Michael Cashmore/Charles Wesley/David Tibet; tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, David Tibet/Ben Chasny and track 18 David Tibet/Ben Chasny/William Basinski/Charles Wesley; tracks 3, 6, 7, 11, 14 (part one), 20 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore and track 12 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore/William Basinski; track 5 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Charles Wesley; track 8 Baby Dee/Charles Wesley; track 10 Antony Hegarty/Charles Wesley; tracks 14 (part two) Cosey Fanni Tutti/Chris Carter/Charles Wesley; track 15 David Tibet/Antony Hegarty; track 16 Andria Degens/Charles Wesley; track 19 David Tibet/Charles Wesley; track 21 Shirley Collins/Charles Wesley.
Thank you, again, to all those who created and worked on this album.
And to those who contributed with their friendship and support: above all, Mark Logan of Durtro Jnana Records, whose friendship and endless generosity and love kept me from capsizing under the approach of Black Ships.
I wish to acknowledge, too, the kindness of Lance Eccles who answered my endless questions about Coptic with great patience and generosity of spirit. Black Ships were launched at the same time I became obsessed with this language. Any small progress I have made in Coptic would be immeasurably less without his help.
Also my love and thanks to: Olivia Bunting, Stefanie Thiel, Stephanie Volkmar, Lynn Jackson, Carolyn Cox-Dorée, Ayse Tuzlak, Chris Hakius, Stephen O'Malley, Rob Fisk, Maja Elliott, Nick Church, Jhonn Balance, Henry Boxer, Lauren Winton, Michael Lawrence, Gary Held, Tony Sylvester, Matt Sweeney, Cam Archer, Howard Wuelf, Fabrizio Modenese Palumbo, Giulio Di Mauro, Enrico Croci, Greg Peters, Paul Cheshire, Jeremy Cantwell, Denis Blackham, Stephanie Meixner, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Tim Renner, Joolie Wood, Simon Finn, Allison Schnackenberg, José Pacheco, Hymenæus Beta, Nikki Howes, Nidge Ince, Celia Brigstocke of the John Bradburne Society, Kat Cormie, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Paul Deighton, Bill Fay, Gary Smith, Thomas Ligotti, Little Annie, Richard Moult, Mark Coyle, Michael Kolson, KatieJane Garside, Julia Kent, Johan Kugelberg, Nick Blinko, Joe Budenholzer, Devendra Banhart, David and Sara Surkamp.
And thanks to all those who supported the recording of this album by subscribing to it 93 years in advance. Without you all, Nihil.
David Tibet
The texts for this album were started following an intense dream I had that Black Ships had entered our skys in preparation for the arising of the final Cæsar and for the Second Coming of Christ. In subsequent dreams I saw geometric faces , colours, words and shapes falling into my head. They appeared as a multitude of images; they were dreamlike yet vital, manifesting as processions of characters and scenesand dialogues that shifted between being utterly lacking in conventional perspectiveto that of being hyper-dimensional. I commenced writing furiously, and the words of Black Ships Ate The Sky are the recording of this period in my life.
I asked those friends and artists whom I love and whose works I most admire to interpret the haunted words of that great hymn "Idumæa" by Charles Wesley; this piece had become an obsession for me before starting work on this albumand its face watched over all these Black Ships, providing one key to this Hallucinatory Patripassianist Dream.
I live in an increasing awareness that a Love will some suddenly who will finally tear our skies apart. And then all Black Ships will be no more. This album was started four years ago by myself and Michael Cahsmore without whom this album would not exist, and finished four years later by myself and Ben Chasny, John Contreras and Steven Stapleton, without whom too this album would not exist. My heartfelt thanks to them for all they have done. More detailed acknowledgements can be found below, but I also wish to thank those other friends who worked on this album, for without them there would be just words. Andria, Marc, Will, Dee, Antony, Clodagh, Cosey, Chris, Shirley, Amy, Bill, William, Mark, Colin, Geoff, Al, Paul, Lance: thank you.
Thanks too to Blessed John Bradburne for prayers answered and and favours received.
I Dedicate Black Ships Ate The Sky to our beloved friend and companion Squiggy who went on from us on St. Valentine's Day, 2006. May she rest in the Love of Christ till all times and and all friends meet again.
I Am Black Ship
David Tibet, March 5 2006
Current 93 dreamt Black Ships sailing by, sailing by, sailing by: David Tibet voice, guitars on 19, electric leaking voices passim; Michael Cashmore guitars on 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, slide guitar on 3, bass guitar on 20; Ben Chasny guitar on 2, 4, 9, 17, 18; John Contreras cello; Steven Stapleton goatheard.
With: Marc Almond voice on 1; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy voice, banjo and tambura on 5; Baby Dee voice and harp, Ida Mercer cello on 8; Antony voice on 10, voice and piano on 15; Clodagh Simonds voice, psaltery, zither and harmonium on 13; Cosey Fanni Tutti voice and musics, Chris Carter musics on the "Idumæa" section of 14; Andria Degens voice, Appalachian dulcimer and harmonica on 16; Shirley Collins voice, Iris Bishop concertina on 21; Amy Phillips subliminal threnodic voice on 14 and 19; William Breeze viola on 17 and 19; William Basinski 9.29.82 galaxial compositions on 12 and 18. Astral projection protection production by Mark Logan, Al Cisneros and Tina Gordon with thanks and blessings.
Mixed by Steven Stapleton, David Tibet and Colin Potter at The Water Tower, England. Engineered by Colin Potter at The Water Tower. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
All texts by David Tibet except "Idumæa" , written by Charles Wesley, and the phrase "Hello Monkey-Paw" which was how I was greeted by John Contreras in a letter in 2005. Music on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20 written by Michael Cashmore; music on tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 18 written by Ben Chasny; music on track 15 by Antony; music on track 19 by David Tibet. All cello arrangements by John Contreras. All other musics by David Tibet and Steven Stapleton with Colin Potter, except for the versions of "Idumæa" which are all arranged and played by the specific singer, with the exception of track 1, arranged by Michael Cashmore/Marc Almond and track 21, arranged by Shirley Collins/Iris Bishop. Hallucinatory icons and paintings by Seth and Anna Cox-Dorée. Hallucinatory Scrawl by geoff Cox-Dorée. Cover design by David Tibet with the assistance of Paul Jackson, to whom great thanks. Coptic text and translations by Lance Eccles.
Black Ships Ate The Sky: all tracks (p) and © 2006 as follows: track 1 Marc Almond/Michael Cashmore/Charles Wesley/David Tibet; tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, David Tibet/Ben Chasny and track 18 David Tibet/Ben Chasny/William Basinski/Charles Wesley; tracks 3, 6, 7, 11, 14 (part one), 20 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore and track 12 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore/William Basinski; track 5 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Charles Wesley; track 8 Baby Dee/Charles Wesley; track 10 Antony Hegarty/Charles Wesley; tracks 14 (part two) Cosey Fanni Tutti/Chris Carter/Charles Wesley; track 15 David Tibet/Antony Hegarty; track 16 Andria Degens/Charles Wesley; track 19 David Tibet/Charles Wesley; track 21 Shirley Collins/Charles Wesley.
Thank you, again, to all those who created and worked on this album.
And to those who contributed with their friendship and support: above all, Mark Logan of Durtro Jnana Records, whose friendship and endless generosity and love kept me from capsizing under the approach of Black Ships.
I wish to acknowledge, too, the kindness of Lance Eccles who answered my endless questions about Coptic with great patience and generosity of spirit. Black Ships were launched at the same time I became obsessed with this language. Any small progress I have made in Coptic would be immeasurably less without his help.
Also my love and thanks to: Olivia Bunting, Stefanie Thiel, Stephanie Volkmar, Lynn Jackson, Carolyn Cox-Dorée, Ayse Tuzlak, Chris Hakius, Stephen O'Malley, Rob Fisk, Maja Elliott, Nick Church, Jhonn Balance, Henry Boxer, Lauren Winton, Michael Lawrence, Gary Held, Tony Sylvester, Matt Sweeney, Cam Archer, Howard Wuelf, Fabrizio Modenese Palumbo, Giulio Di Mauro, Enrico Croci, Greg Peters, Paul Cheshire, Jeremy Cantwell, Denis Blackham, Stephanie Meixner, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Tim Renner, Joolie Wood, Simon Finn, Allison Schnackenberg, José Pacheco, Hymenæus Beta, Nikki Howes, Nidge Ince, Celia Brigstocke of the John Bradburne Society, Kat Cormie, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Paul Deighton, Bill Fay, Gary Smith, Thomas Ligotti, Little Annie, Richard Moult, Mark Coyle, Michael Kolson, KatieJane Garside, Julia Kent, Johan Kugelberg, Nick Blinko, Joe Budenholzer, Devendra Banhart, David and Sara Surkamp.
And thanks to all those who supported the recording of this album by subscribing to it 93 years in advance. Without you all, Nihil.
David Tibet
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Черные Корабли Поглотили Небо
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Details
2006 est. CD RU Durtro Soyuz DSM4028-06
In regular jewel case
RU edition
Purple cover
Booklet
In open-ended slipcase
RU edition
Purple cover
Booklet
In open-ended slipcase
Track Listing
- Идумея (вокал: Марк Алмонд) (3:22)
- Закат (Смерть Дюймовочки) (3:19)
- Черные Корабли В Небе (3:38)
- Засим Убей Кесаря (3:58)
- Идумея (вокал: Бонни <<Принц>> Билли) (2:42)
- Эта Аутистичная Империя - Ничто Как Рейх (4:03)
- Разрушение <<Ладьи Миллионов Лет>> (3:57)
- Идумея (вокал: Бэби Ди) (4:19)
- Скрепи Оковами Свой Черепаший Рот (2:30)
- Идумея (вокал: Энтони) (2:02) [lesink34]
- Черные Корабли, Узретые В Прошлом Году К Югу От Рая (4:08)
- Отче Мати (Разрушитель Вавилона) (3:20)
- Идумея (вокал: Клода Симондс) (2:35)
- Черные Корабли Погружались В Идумею (11:06)
- Прекрасный Танцующий Прах (вокал: Энтони) (0:58)
- Идумея (вокал: Клода Панталеймон) (3:06)
- Вауваувау (Черные Корабли В Своих Гаванях) (4:41)
- Идумея (вокал: Дэвид Тибет) (1:50)
- Черные Корабли Пожрали Небо (4:20)
- Зачем Сжигают Кесаря Часть II (2:49)
- Идумея (вокал: Ширли Коллинз) (2:43)
Personnel
Michael Cashmore
Ida Mercer
Iris Bishop
Amy Phillips
Sleeve Notes
Тексты для этого альбома возникли как следствие бывшего мне видения, будто в наши небеса вплыли Черные Корабли - предвестники появления последнего кесаря и второго пришествия Христа. В последующих видениях мне являлись геометрические фигуры, лица, цвета, слова и образы, западавшие в мой разум. Они возникали в виде множества различных форм; они были хотя и призрачными, но полными жизни и явственными: череда персонажей, сцен, диалогов - от едва воспринимавшихся сквозь призму обычной перспективы до вовсе не имевших отношения к нашему трехмерному пространству. Я лихорадочно принялся писать, и тексты с Black Ships Ate The Sky - отчет об этом периоде моей жизни.
Я попросил тех друзей и артистов, которые мне дороги и чьим творчеством я особенно восхищаюсь, истолковать будоражащие слова великого гимна Чарлвза Уэсли <<Идумея>>. Эта вещь стала для меня еще до начала работы над альбомом настоящим наваждением, а образ этот - хранителем всех Черных Кораблей и одним из ключей к разгадке Галлюцинаторного Сна Патрипассианца.
Я живу со все возрастающим ощущением, что внезапно грядет Любовь - и разверзнет наконец небеса. И тогда сгинут все Черные Корабли.
Работа над этим диском выла начата четыре года назад мной и Майклом Кэшмором, без которого этой пластинки просто не существовало бы, а завершена <четыре года спустя> с помощью Бена Часни, Джона Контрераса и Стивена Стэплтона - без которых этого альбома тоже не существовало бы. Сердечно признателен им за все, что они сделали. Более развернутое выражение благодарности можно найти ниже, однако я хотел бы также поблагодарить и других моих друзей, работавшим над этим албомом, без которых он не появился бы. Андриа, Марк, Уилл, Ди, Энтони, Клода, Кози, Крис, Ширли, Эмми, Билл, Уильям, Марк, Колин, Ажефф, Эл, Пол, Лэнс: спасибо вам.
Спасибо также преподобному Джону Брэдберну за оказанные благодеяния и то, что его молитвы были услышаны.
Посвящаю альбома Black Ships Ate The Sky нашей возлюбленной подруге и спутнице Сквигги, покинувшей нас в 2006 году в День святого Валентина. Да упокоится она в любви Христовой до скончания времен и да встретится вновь со своими друзьями.
Я - Черный Корабль.
Дэвид Тибет, 5 марта 2006
Current 93 dreamt Black Ships sailing by, sailing by, sailing by: David Tibet voice, guitars on 19, electric leaking voices passim; Michael Cashmore guitars on 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, slide guitar on 3, bass guitar on 20; Ben Chasny guitar on 2, 4, 9, 17, 18; John Contreras cello; Steven Stapleton goatheard.
With: Marc Almond voice on 1; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy voice, banjo and tambura on 5; Baby Dee voice and harp, Ida Mercer cello on 8; Antony voice on 10, voice and piano on 15; Clodagh Simonds voice, psaltery, zither and harmonium on 13; Cosey Fanni Tutti voice and musics, Chris Carter musics on the "Idumæa" section of 14; Andria Degens voice, Appalachian dulcimer and harmonica on 16; Shirley Collins voice, Iris Bishop concertina on 21; Amy Phillips subliminal threnodic voice on 14 and 19; William Breeze viola on 17 and 19; William Basinski 9.29.82 galaxial compositions on 12 and 18. Astral projection protection production by Mark Logan, Al Cisneros and Tina Gordon with thanks and blessings.
Mixed by Steven Stapleton, David Tibet and Colin Potter at The Water Tower, England. Engineered by Colin Potter at The Water Tower. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
All texts by David Tibet except "Idumæa" , written by Charles Wesley, and the phrase "Hello Monkey-Paw" which was how I was greeted by John Contreras in a letter in 2005. Music on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20 written by Michael Cashmore; music on tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 18 written by Ben Chasny; music on track 15 by Antony; music on track 19 by David Tibet. All cello arrangements by John Contreras. All other musics by David Tibet and Steven Stapleton with Colin Potter, except for the versions of "Idumæa" which are all arranged and played by the specific singer, with the exception of track 1, arranged by Michael Cashmore/Marc Almond and track 21, arranged by Shirley Collins/Iris Bishop. Hallucinatory icons and paintings by Seth and Anna Cox-Doré e. Hallucinatory Scrawl by geoff Cox-Doré e. Cover design by David Tibet with the assistance of Paul Jackson, to whom great thanks. Coptic text and translations by Lance Eccles.
Black Ships Ate The Sky: all tracks (p) and © 2006 as follows: track 1 Marc Almond/Michael Cashmore/Charles Wesley/David Tibet; tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, David Tibet/Ben Chasny and track 18 David Tibet/Ben Chasny/William Basinski/Charles Wesley; tracks 3, 6, 7, 11, 14 (part one), 20 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore and track 12 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore/William Basinski; track 5 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Charles Wesley; track 8 Baby Dee/Charles Wesley; track 10 Antony Hegarty/Charles Wesley; tracks 14 (part two) Cosey Fanni Tutti/Chris Carter/Charles Wesley; track 15 David Tibet/Antony Hegarty; track 16 Andria Degens/Charles Wesley; track 19 David Tibet/Charles Wesley; track 21 Shirley Collins/Charles Wesley.
Спасибо вновь всем, кто создавал этот альбом и работал над ним. А также тем, кто внес свой вклад в работу в виде дружбы и поддержки: прежде всего Марку Логану из Durtro Jnana Records, чьи бесконечные великодушие и любовь помогали мне выстоять перед атакой Черных Кораблей.
Я хочу также с признательностью отметить доброту Лэнса Экклса, с величайшим терпением и благородством духа отвечавшего на мои бесконечные вопросы, связанные с коптским языком - им я стал бредить одновременно с тем, как <<Корабли>> были спущены на воду. Тот небольшой прогресс, которого мне удалось достичь в коптском, был бы несоизмеримо меньше без помощи Экклса. Also my love and thanks to: Olivia Bunting, Stefanie Thiel, Stephanie Volkmar, Lynn Jackson, Carolyn Cox-Doré e, Ayse Tuzlak, Chris Hakius, Stephen O'Malley, Rob Fisk, Maja Elliott, Nick Church, Jhonn Balance, Henry Boxer, Lauren Winton, Michael Lawrence, Gary Held, Tony Sylvester, Matt Sweeney, Cam Archer, Howard Wuelf, Fabrizio Modenese Palumbo, Giulio Di Mauro, Enrico Croci, Greg Peters, Paul Cheshire, Jeremy Cantwell, Denis Blackham, Stephanie Meixner, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Tim Renner, Joolie Wood, Simon Finn, Allison Schnackenberg, José Pacheco, Hymenæus Beta, Nikki Howes, Nidge Ince, Celia Brigstocke of the John Bradburne Society, Kat Cormie, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Paul Deighton, Bill Fay, Gary Smith, Thomas Ligotti, Little Annie, Richard Moult, Mark Coyle, Michael Kolson, KatieJane Garside, Julia Kent, Johan Kugelberg, Nick Blinko, Joe Budenholzer, Devendra Banhart, David and Sara Surkamp.
Благодарю также всех тех, кто поддержал запись этого альбома, оформив на него подписку за 93 года до его выхода. Без всех вас - nihil.
Давид Тибет
Я попросил тех друзей и артистов, которые мне дороги и чьим творчеством я особенно восхищаюсь, истолковать будоражащие слова великого гимна Чарлвза Уэсли <<Идумея>>. Эта вещь стала для меня еще до начала работы над альбомом настоящим наваждением, а образ этот - хранителем всех Черных Кораблей и одним из ключей к разгадке Галлюцинаторного Сна Патрипассианца.
Я живу со все возрастающим ощущением, что внезапно грядет Любовь - и разверзнет наконец небеса. И тогда сгинут все Черные Корабли.
Работа над этим диском выла начата четыре года назад мной и Майклом Кэшмором, без которого этой пластинки просто не существовало бы, а завершена <четыре года спустя> с помощью Бена Часни, Джона Контрераса и Стивена Стэплтона - без которых этого альбома тоже не существовало бы. Сердечно признателен им за все, что они сделали. Более развернутое выражение благодарности можно найти ниже, однако я хотел бы также поблагодарить и других моих друзей, работавшим над этим албомом, без которых он не появился бы. Андриа, Марк, Уилл, Ди, Энтони, Клода, Кози, Крис, Ширли, Эмми, Билл, Уильям, Марк, Колин, Ажефф, Эл, Пол, Лэнс: спасибо вам.
Спасибо также преподобному Джону Брэдберну за оказанные благодеяния и то, что его молитвы были услышаны.
Посвящаю альбома Black Ships Ate The Sky нашей возлюбленной подруге и спутнице Сквигги, покинувшей нас в 2006 году в День святого Валентина. Да упокоится она в любви Христовой до скончания времен и да встретится вновь со своими друзьями.
Я - Черный Корабль.
Дэвид Тибет, 5 марта 2006
Current 93 dreamt Black Ships sailing by, sailing by, sailing by: David Tibet voice, guitars on 19, electric leaking voices passim; Michael Cashmore guitars on 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20, slide guitar on 3, bass guitar on 20; Ben Chasny guitar on 2, 4, 9, 17, 18; John Contreras cello; Steven Stapleton goatheard.
With: Marc Almond voice on 1; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy voice, banjo and tambura on 5; Baby Dee voice and harp, Ida Mercer cello on 8; Antony voice on 10, voice and piano on 15; Clodagh Simonds voice, psaltery, zither and harmonium on 13; Cosey Fanni Tutti voice and musics, Chris Carter musics on the "Idumæa" section of 14; Andria Degens voice, Appalachian dulcimer and harmonica on 16; Shirley Collins voice, Iris Bishop concertina on 21; Amy Phillips subliminal threnodic voice on 14 and 19; William Breeze viola on 17 and 19; William Basinski 9.29.82 galaxial compositions on 12 and 18. Astral projection protection production by Mark Logan, Al Cisneros and Tina Gordon with thanks and blessings.
Mixed by Steven Stapleton, David Tibet and Colin Potter at The Water Tower, England. Engineered by Colin Potter at The Water Tower. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
All texts by David Tibet except "Idumæa" , written by Charles Wesley, and the phrase "Hello Monkey-Paw" which was how I was greeted by John Contreras in a letter in 2005. Music on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 20 written by Michael Cashmore; music on tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 18 written by Ben Chasny; music on track 15 by Antony; music on track 19 by David Tibet. All cello arrangements by John Contreras. All other musics by David Tibet and Steven Stapleton with Colin Potter, except for the versions of "Idumæa" which are all arranged and played by the specific singer, with the exception of track 1, arranged by Michael Cashmore/Marc Almond and track 21, arranged by Shirley Collins/Iris Bishop. Hallucinatory icons and paintings by Seth and Anna Cox-Doré e. Hallucinatory Scrawl by geoff Cox-Doré e. Cover design by David Tibet with the assistance of Paul Jackson, to whom great thanks. Coptic text and translations by Lance Eccles.
Black Ships Ate The Sky: all tracks (p) and © 2006 as follows: track 1 Marc Almond/Michael Cashmore/Charles Wesley/David Tibet; tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, David Tibet/Ben Chasny and track 18 David Tibet/Ben Chasny/William Basinski/Charles Wesley; tracks 3, 6, 7, 11, 14 (part one), 20 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore and track 12 David Tibet/Michael Cashmore/William Basinski; track 5 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Charles Wesley; track 8 Baby Dee/Charles Wesley; track 10 Antony Hegarty/Charles Wesley; tracks 14 (part two) Cosey Fanni Tutti/Chris Carter/Charles Wesley; track 15 David Tibet/Antony Hegarty; track 16 Andria Degens/Charles Wesley; track 19 David Tibet/Charles Wesley; track 21 Shirley Collins/Charles Wesley.
Спасибо вновь всем, кто создавал этот альбом и работал над ним. А также тем, кто внес свой вклад в работу в виде дружбы и поддержки: прежде всего Марку Логану из Durtro Jnana Records, чьи бесконечные великодушие и любовь помогали мне выстоять перед атакой Черных Кораблей.
Я хочу также с признательностью отметить доброту Лэнса Экклса, с величайшим терпением и благородством духа отвечавшего на мои бесконечные вопросы, связанные с коптским языком - им я стал бредить одновременно с тем, как <<Корабли>> были спущены на воду. Тот небольшой прогресс, которого мне удалось достичь в коптском, был бы несоизмеримо меньше без помощи Экклса. Also my love and thanks to: Olivia Bunting, Stefanie Thiel, Stephanie Volkmar, Lynn Jackson, Carolyn Cox-Doré e, Ayse Tuzlak, Chris Hakius, Stephen O'Malley, Rob Fisk, Maja Elliott, Nick Church, Jhonn Balance, Henry Boxer, Lauren Winton, Michael Lawrence, Gary Held, Tony Sylvester, Matt Sweeney, Cam Archer, Howard Wuelf, Fabrizio Modenese Palumbo, Giulio Di Mauro, Enrico Croci, Greg Peters, Paul Cheshire, Jeremy Cantwell, Denis Blackham, Stephanie Meixner, Ossian Brown, Stephen Thrower, Tim Renner, Joolie Wood, Simon Finn, Allison Schnackenberg, José Pacheco, Hymenæus Beta, Nikki Howes, Nidge Ince, Celia Brigstocke of the John Bradburne Society, Kat Cormie, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Paul Deighton, Bill Fay, Gary Smith, Thomas Ligotti, Little Annie, Richard Moult, Mark Coyle, Michael Kolson, KatieJane Garside, Julia Kent, Johan Kugelberg, Nick Blinko, Joe Budenholzer, Devendra Banhart, David and Sara Surkamp.
Благодарю также всех тех, кто поддержал запись этого альбома, оформив на него подписку за 93 года до его выхода. Без всех вас - nihil.
Давид Тибет
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