Description:	CD on Coptic Cat
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Gothic Folk / Neofolk
	Label:	Coptic Cat
	Price:	£13.19
	Availability:	Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average).

5
...according to our Brett on 14 May 2009.

I think everyone else in here hates Current 93. It's not hard to understand why, David Tibet's ridiculously theatrical delivery is an acquired taste to say the least (one which I've never acquired, but can just about tolerate) and the lyrics, dense with Biblical, literary and mythological references, are tough to defend against accusations of pretensiousness but if you happen to be able to open yourself up and go with it there are riches to be had. The music's always fantastic on his releases and Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain is no different, mixing up drone, metal, industrial, folk, post-rock and God knows what else to create about the most insanely epic apocalyptic shit you're ever likely to hear. As usual he's roped in an impressive cast to join him, including James Blackshaw, Baby Dee, Matt Sweeney, Andrew WK, Steven Stapleton, Andrew Liles and porn star turned Hollywood leading lady Sasha Grey. I always tend to think this stuff would be absolutely amazing with someone else singing (a point proved by much of Black Ships Ate the Sky) but still, a pretty ace record and one to get lost in if you fancy a bit of over-the-top escapism.. Or maybe a laugh at someone who probably plays Warhammer. Whichever.

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Sound clips for Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain by Current 93: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Coptic Cat, NIFE004CD , £13.19.

What their label says...

Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain is the long-awaited new album from Current 93 and their first album in three years, following on from their double-platinum-selling album Black Ships Ate The Sky, and is released on David Tibet’s new label Coptic Cat.

*  Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain is the most unique, most unpredictable and most powerful album yet from Current 93. David has brought together an amazing and bizarre array of talents from artists as varied as Nurse With Wound’s Stapleton and Liles, rock god phenomenon Andrew W.K., haunting chanteuse and composer Baby Dee, Grammy award-winning genius Rickie Lee Jones, the beautiful Hush Arbor’s Keith Wood, world famous porn-star (and winner of the Best Three Way Sex Scene and Best Group Scene at the Adult Video Network awards) Sasha Grey, Pantalemon’s enchanted Andria Degens, guitar-hero James Blackshaw, Cyclobe and Coil’s Ossian Brown, NYC legend Matt Sweeney (ZWAN, Neil Diamond, Superwolf), extraordinary percussionist supreme Alex Neilson (Red Krayola, Trembling Bells, Bonnie Prince Billy), counter-culture guro William breeze and heavenly cellist John Contreras (Marc Almond, Baby Dee) and created an album unlike any other over. Ever!

*  The album comes packaged in a beautiful 6-panel digipak with artwork by David Tibet and with a 28-paged full-colour booklet containing all of David’s lyrics for the album and photographs of all the members of the band.

*  Track Listing 1.Invocation Of Almost 2.Poppyskins 3.On Docetic Mountain 4.26 April 2007 5.Aleph Is The Butterfly Net 6.Not Because The Fox Barks 7.UrShadow 8.As Real As Rainbows