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Live in London, October 2003. One of the best live Current 93 albums ever, Halo was originally issued in a small edition by World Serpent and quickly sold out. Now available once again.
The first of a comprehensive reissue series of the Durtro and United Dairies catalogue, concentrating almost exclusively on the work of the legendary English bands Current 93 and Nurse With Wound, Halo is a live album featuring the entire set performed by the expanded line-up of Current 93 (David Tibet, vocals; Michael Cashmore, guitar and bass; Maja Elliott, piano; Joe Budenholzer, guitar; Graham Jeffery, piano; Joolie Wood, violin, whistle and recorder; John Contreras, cello; Karl Blake, voice; Finn Sands: voice) at their sold-out concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's South Bank center on October 9, 2003; it is David Tibet's personal favorite of all the live Current 93 albums.
This 67-minute-long album is packaged in a beautiful full-color gatefold digipak. It was originally released by World Serpent in an edition of 1,000 copies which sold out immediately. This the album's second pressing, making it one of the rarer of the recent Current 93 albums.
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emptyspace600 says on 5 Apr 2005
This current 93 cd is quite excellent, On Par with David's best.
Baxter says on 25 Apr 2005
A brilliant live album, however having seen them live I've gotta say this album pales in comparison to the real thing. David Michael is an excellent performer, one of the few who succeeds in projecting himself to the audience. There's an air of weirdness to his presence that is lost on any live recording of Current 93. Nonetheless I'd suggest checking this album out for the wonderful renditions of 'Fields of Rape,' 'Good Morning, Great Moloch,' a personal favorite to hear live, and 'Locust.'
I have one beef with this album, rather it's a beef regarding the press release which states this recording features three unreleased songs... Which songs? To my knowlege all of these tracks have appeared in some form or another on various albums.
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