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Is that Andrew WK once performed bass guitar with them and I found this surprising. Since then my threshold from being surprised by things Andrew WK does has been raised vastly increased.

Current 93 fun fact: Sasha Grey is singing on a few songs off one of his more recent albums

1) Thunder Perfect Mind
This record is exquisite. I love every moment of it. It's likely his best work, hands down. It's also likely his most palatable.
2) Black Ships Ate The Sky
Also probably his best work. This is the kind of thing I think about when I hear someone talk about an artist's opus.
3) Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
I don't know how anybody else responded to this record, but it was my first Current 93 album, and I feel like "Not Because The Fox Barks" makes absolutely everyone in music who wants to be "edgy" look like the goddamn Partridge Family.

You should not be put off by his work, and you should frequently read interviews with him. He's an insanely likable person, smarter than most everybody around him, and is, quite possibly, completely insane. There is a lot to take in with his music, so wade in slowly.

Hugely prolific, very much a collector scum band that attracts obsessives. Tibet's voice is usually the deal breaker. TPM is a fan favourite, The Inmost Light (a comp of EP's) & Black Ships Ate The Sky are 2 of my faves. Lot of more well-known names are in the band's orbit, Marc Almond, Ben Chasny, Andrew WK, & Antony, who rose to fame after working with Tibet. Also long-term connections with Nurse With Wound, a similar band in many ways.

is just incredible. There are so many recurring images and motifs in his immense body of work that you can easily live inside his world for months on end, not to mention the uncountable references he places in his lyrics to other fascinating artists and spirituality that open numerous wormholes to disappear into should you choose. I started with All The Pretty Little Horses, and found this to be a good starting point. I've never been keen on his industrial stuff, however.

then Thunder Perfect Mind
then Black Ships

are all you really need

Like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxZpEFJhO6k

Also, this version of Twilight Twilight Nihil Nihil off the live album Cats Drunk on Copper is pretty amazing as well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V009qmIoiF8

And a good Comus cover... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSctRiv35eg

A lot of albums have great moments on them., would be wrong to just dismiss everything other than the few albums mentioned here. There are some not great bits though.

just listened to Hitler as Kalki.
Wow.