Hypnagogue
Details
2003 CD UK Pan Durtro PANDURTRO009
300 In digipak, with signed and numbered hand-printed book by the Tragara Press, in a 8" x 10" (20cm x 25cm) format with frontispiece photograph of the author.
2003 CD UK Pan Durtro PANDURTRO009
1000 In digipak
Track Listing
  1. 1 Hypnagogue 1 (1:08)
  2. 2 Hypnagogue 2 (2:43)
  3. 3 Hypnagogue 3 (1:46)
  4. 4 Hypnagogue 4 (2:19)
  5. 5 Hypnagogue 5 (0:53)
  6. 6 Hypnagogue 6 (1:52)
  7. 7 Hypnagogue 7 (1:59)
  8. 8 Hypnagogue 8 (1:28)
  9. 9 Hypnagogue 9 (6:43)
Personnel
Sleeve Notes
Hypnagogue: a dream prologue

Dedicated to my wife, Andria Annette Tibet

Words and voice by David Tibet.
Written Tallinn - Penang - London 2002/2003.
Music composed and performed by Maja Elliott.
Photography by Andria Tibet.
Thanks to Paul Jackson at Othila.

Mixed by David Tibet and Steve Kent.
Recorded at Denmark Street Studios, March 5, 2003.

The text for this work is available for download at www.durtro.com/download.html
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Reviews
It has never been more clear that David Tibet lives in a completely idiosyncratic sphere of his own. Perhaps this is true for everyone, but Tibet's world seems particularly out of step with current trends in music, culture and thought. There is something terribly admirable and beguiling about that. Hypnagogue beautifully proves that Current 93 is continuing in its tangential orbit, and exists solely as the outlet for Tibet's poetic musings on Christ, cats, children, dreams, piety, horror, death, dread, decay and apocalypse. You're not going to find any concessions to glitch-pop or retro-electro here. This EP is designed to be a prologue to an upcoming full length, and it consists of nine tracks or "chapters" of a long poem called, appropriately, "Hypnagogue: A Dream Prologue." Like many of Current 93's recent works, it's impossible to rate this album based on the music alone, which is mostly incidental. The main focus is on the poetry, and if the listener is not willing to carefully absorb Tibet's linguistic imagery, the point of the music is lost. The musical accompaniment is minimal: Maja Elliott's impressionistic, Debussy-esque piano is the sole instrument. Her sad, skittering melodies serve to underscore Tibet's rhymeless, alliterative balladry. There are times when the piano brilliantly punctuates a passage, and others where its complex swirl of sound competes with Tibet's intense delivery. David Tibet is an impressive poet, his style remiscent of mystical and abstruse poets like T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, and even Angus MacLise. The poesy is modern, but certainly not post-modern. There is no irony in Tibet's fatalistic prose, just a classic weaving of idiosyncratic metaphors that may or may not resonate, depending on the listener's willingness to listen and think about the complex symbolism. Like a true classical poet, Tibet even slips into Latin verse here and there. As a bonus, there is a web address on the inside cover where a PDF of the accompanying text can be downloaded, so that one can read along. From the topiary bunny on the cover to the obscure magical glyph at the front of the text, Current 93 and David Tibet defiantly resist any easy categorization. Though I fully expect that many people will find Hypnagogue hopelessly esoteric and even self-indulgent, I feel that it is a beatiful and unique work of art.

Jonathan Dean
Sunday, 18 May 2003
Hypnagogue I / Hypnagogue II
Details
2005 CD CA Durtro Jnana DURTROJNANA2005CD
In digipak
Track Listing
  1. Hypnagogue I (29:18)
  2. Hypnagogue II (20:54)
Personnel
Michael Masley
Sleeve Notes
Hypnagogue II
A Dream Prologue

David Michael: text and voice
Michael Masley: music and "bowhammer" cymbalom
Recorded 2004 at Coptic Cat Studios and mixed by David Michael and Michael Lawrence

Hypnagogue I
A Dream Prologue
David Tibet: text and voice
Maja Elliott: music and piano
Recorded 2003 at Denmark Street Studios and mixed by David Tibet

All photographs by Andria Degens
Cover design by David Michael Tibet and Mark Logan
Layout by Rick Klaver

The text is available for download at www.durtro.com/download.html

God is Love
David Michael Tibet, Scotland May 4, 2005

Hypnagogue was written between Tallinn, Penang and London from 2002 to 2003
I dedicate it to my beloved wife Andria Annette
Thanks to Mark Logan and Michael Lawrence

There is a five minute gap between the ending of Hypnagogue I and the beginning of Hypnagogue II
Гипнагогия I / Гипнагогия II
Details
2006 CD RU Durtro Soyuz DSM4026-06
500 In jewel case
Track Listing
  1. Гипнагогия I (29:18)
  2. Гипнагогия II (20:54)
Personnel
Michael Masley
Sleeve Notes
ГИПНАГОГИЯ II (Пролог Ко Сну)
(записано в 2004 году в сгудии Coptic Cat)

David Michael: text and voice
Michael Masley: music and 'bowhammer' cymbalon
Recorded 2004 at Coptic Cat Studios
and mixed by David Michael and Michael Lawrence

ГИПНАГОГИЯ I (ПРОЛОГ КО СНУ)
(записано в 2003 году в сгудии Denmark Street)

David Tibet: text and voice
Maja Elliott: music and piano
Recorded 2003 at Denmark Street Studios
and mixed by David Tibet

All photographs by Andria Degens
Cover design by David Michael Tibet and Mark Logan
Layout by Rick Klaver

The text is available for download at www.durtro.com/download.html

God is Love
David Michael Tibet, Scotland, May 4, 2005.

ГИПНАГОГИЯ I
была написана в 2002-2003 гг.
(Таллин - Пинанг - Лондон)
Моей любимой жене Андрии Аннетт посвящается
Спасибо Марку Логану и Майклу Лоуренсу

Между треками ГИПНАГОГИЯ I
и ГИПНАГОГИЯ II присутствует
пятиминутный интервал

All songs © David Michael / David Tibet 1991-2005
Copyright Control. Music © by Maja Elliott
and Michael Masley as applicable.