Thunder Perfect Mind [Import]

thunder perfect mind [import]

Track Listings

1. Cold

2. Colder Still

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
2001 reissue of 1991 companion piece to Current 93's album of the same name. Packaged in a specially produced full color digipak. Three tracks 'Cold', 'Colder Still' & Cold (Miss Ticker Mix).

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Thunder Perfect Mind [Import]

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Come skip through the enchanted forest with Current 93
Subjectivity and the Word
pretty much an essential for anyone's collection
What an Album.
a good record, but not THAT good

Thunder Perfect Mind
Current 93
Manufacturer: Pidm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006XY3
Release Date: 2000-07-25

Tracks:

Beginning
Descent of Long Satan and Babylon
Sadness Song
Song for Douglas After He's Dead
In the Heart of the Wood and What I Found There
Mary Waits in Silence
Silence Song
Lament for My Suzanne
Riverdeadbank
All the Stars Are Dead Now
Rosy Star Tears from Heaven
When the May Rain Comes
Thunder Perfect Mind I
Thunder Perfect Mind II
Hitler as Kalki (SDM)
Sad Sadness Song

Album Description

Limited repressing of 1992 release for Durtro bythe English experimental/ electronic/ ambient/ industrial act, the sister album to Nurse With Wound's 1992 album of the same name. 16 tracks.

Album Details

White-faced Watch, with Louis Wain from Thunder Perfect Mind Cover as the Centerpiece.

Customer Reviews:

Come skip through the enchanted forest with Current 93.......2005-08-06

So I stumbled upon a Wikipedia article on "apocalyptic folk," a genre apparently spearheaded by Current 93, most notably on this particular recording and its successors. The description intrigued me, and for years I had heard the praises of this band sung by many of my more new wave / industrial / goth associates. So here's my two cents:

Did you ever notice how, on every heavy metal album of the eighties, there's always one interlude, usually instrumental, of corny Medieval music (usually complete with flutes or some such sbomination,) that, at lest for me, brings to mind images of those midgets that come out and dance amongst the miniature Stonehenge during that part in Spinal Tap? Or perhaps they bring to mind "Bravely Bold Sir Robin" from Monty Python and The Holy Grail. In either case, these are silly little outings, but were apparently part of some obscure clause in every 80's metal band's record contract. Well, imagine, if you will, an entire album of those numbers and that's pretty much what we've got here. I'm sorry - I really wanted to like this, knowing that this guy's got some history as one of the pioneers of some primitive, f**ked-up tape loop analog industrial. But it is just a cliche, renaissance fair-styled rendition of what Medieval folk music was supposedly like.

I suppose the fact that the "apocalyptic folk" genre in general and Current 93 in particular revel in the revival of extinct pagan religions of Northern Europe should have sent up red flags - such things are never a good sign, as witnessed by the Norweigan Black Metal bands which inevitably wound up mixed up with neo-Nazi ideology when seeking out their Nordic roots. Yeah, ok, go worship Loki or whatever - that's real forward-thinking and will inevitably lead to original, innovative thinking and music. The key to incorporating various religious / mystical concepts into your art is to do it in such a way that you're not simply nostalgizing / romanticizing a time that may never have been. That's backward thinking. The key is to make something new. I don't think Current 93 does this.

Subjectivity and the Word.......2004-10-11

"Thunder Perfect Mind" is a gnostic poem of rare beauty. We only know it because it remained hidden until it was discovered in Egypt in 1945, escaping the repression of the early church in the second century of our age. The ideas of Gnosticism were considered dangerous because they defied the instuticionalised rules of the church proposing a more personal relation to God. What does this have to do with this magnificent album of Current 93? In this record David Tibet follows a somehow similar operation inherent to Gnosticism entering a more personal path culminating a extraordinary discography influenced by a fascination with religion around the texts of Christianism, Budhism, Paganism, etc (Imperium, Swastikas for Noddy, Earth Covers Earth, etc). This fascination is to continue for the brilliant albuns to follow, but with an increasing personal touch (Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre, All the Pretty Little Horses, Soft Black Stars, Sleep as His House). "Thunder Perfect Mind" is the key album of this transition, where both paths, the historic and the personal, start to collide and mix. There is nothing like it. The strangeness of the musical atmosphere throw us in the sphere of transcendence through imanence, where the terrestrial dialectic opositions disseminates in an all inclusive world. This album doesn't simply illustrate the Sacred Word. And it doesn't only gives you an individual expression, a personal interpretation. We, along with Mr Tibet and friends, confront ourselves with the incommensurability of Being. That is why this music is so powerful and cannot be easily described. It just opens the world through truly creative work. This is the poetic dimension of music, that cannot be understood as ligth entertainment for a capitalist society. There is melancholy ("sadness song"), schizophrenie ("Hitler as Kalky", "All the stars are dead now"), dreadness ("Thunder Perfect Mind"), pure beauty ("Mary waits in silence"), and so on. If you are interested in something that unveils our profound human nature this is one place to start musically digging...

pretty much an essential for anyone's collection.......2004-07-21

This album is gorgeous and quite an experience. If you are open to letting music take you places, this is the band for you. I do agree that this is not their strongest release, but it is their most accessible to those who want to hear 'songs'. ethereal and horrifying.

Anyways, this is one of my favorite albums of all time for several reasons, mostly deeply personal. If you want an introduction to neofolk - start here. if this disapoints you, you probably wont like the genre. if you already love the genre, this is an essential.

What an Album........2004-02-07

Containing nothing more than a frightened, innocent looking cat on the cover, I think this album contains some of the best simple, dark, sad folk songs and a few strange, experimental ones. I should probably be saying things like "this is Current 93's highest point of their career," or "their best album by far", but I don't know for sure since the only other one I have so far is "All the Pretty Little Horses" - I'm having a little trouble obtaining more of their albums. This album is very diverse and solid, with 16 tracks, 78 minutes of music, and 15 people contributing things, complete with pictures of all of them. Instrumentation Includes: *takes a deep breath* 6 vocalists, 5 guitarists, 2 bassists, corrugations (samples), "smokes," percussion, hand percussion, violin, tin whistle, clarinet, recorder, harp, electric dulcimer, cello, and bells.

It starts off with a very short instrumental, which sounds so medieval-like, but in a very warm, countryside kind of way... then it goes into "The Descent of Long Satan and Babylon," a fairly short and basic song. Next comes "A Sadness Song," one of my favorites. The acoustic melody is just so dark, calm, and satisfying, and after a while, the recorder is added to the song, along with female backing vocals adding more color and atmosphere. "A Song for Douglas After He's Dead" is complete with a pleasant medieval-sounding harp; this song really sounds like something you'd hear while exploring a castle in England in the 1500's. "In the heart of the wood and what I found there" starts off with the same melody as the first track, and turns out to be one of the best songs (I say that a lot though) that gradually picks up tempo and has a great flowing acoustic melody. "A Silence Song" is maybe my favorite song on the album, starting off very calmly, with one of the best cascading and soft acoustic melodies, along with cello, forming a very dark, lonely, and calm atmosphere, isolating the listener from reality. It's truly one of the most epic and inspiring songs I've ever heard, but in a subtle way, not lengthy or melodramatic by any means. "A Lament for My Suzanne" has more of those super light and fluffy vocals by Rose McDowell, and consists mainly of harp, no guitar. Harp should be used instead of guitar more often - it's very pleasant, yet melancholy. "Riverdeadbank" is one of the calmest songs; it has unique low-pitched female vocals and a very restrained violin loop in the background.

"All the Stars are Dead Now" begins some slightly strange and experimental songs. It starts off with a breif "big-band" type intro, with trumpets and everything, which is even more bizarre juxtaposed to the song before it. Most of the song has very bizarre sounding electronically distorted echoes on Tibet's voice, and he must say the word "dead" about 200 times, along with very strange, unsettling lyrics. The constant, repetitive acoustic guitar melody is very good, and when the recorder comes into the song though, it is so good. "Rosy Star Tears from Heaven" has more of the same vocals, but much more obvious, and almost frightening. Halfway through the song, you can hear the strange, raspy voice transform into a soft female voice, and they go through the same series of lyrics. This then transforms into "When the May Rain Comes" with a very nice intro that sounds good because its kind of "back to normal" after two strange songs. This sounds almost like a children's or fairytale song, with slightly southern-US sounding guitar work. "Thunder Perfect Mind I" & II are more on the experimental side, comparatively ambient and frightening, and pretty interesting. "Hitler as Kalki" is 16 and a half minutes long, and not one of my favorites, although it's not too bad. It starts off very slowly, and in my opinion, is quite tiresome in its entirety. The album concludes with "A Sad Sadness Song," sort of a reprise of track 4, changing aspects of it to make it sound the most depressing possible. The guitars are more distant and blurred together; the recorder melody is extremely distant and barely audible, and the vocals are handled by the same female on "Riverdeadbank" with the same style: very hopeless, low-pitched, lonely, and echoed. "A Sad Sadness Song" Indeed - the perfect way to close the album.

This is by far one of my favorite Folk-Noir CDs so far (Probably third right now, who knows, I may consider it my favorite someday), it definitely is one of those albums that has a distinct sound that just cannot be found anywhere else, and can never be outdone by themselves or anyone else.

a good record, but not THAT good.......2003-08-10

First of all, i have to say c93 is "my favourite band", although saying it is a "band" is almost as silly as the whole phrase above, but i'm still saying it, since i believe it is able to show the state of my mind and heart when it comes to current's music. That being said, I really do not share opinions of so many people who say Thunder prerfect mind is "one of the best" or "the best" current's release. It is, indeed, a collection of really good folkish songs, but there are several big problems that i have with this record. First of all is that itdoesn't function as an album that has to be heard as a whole to get the big picture and be fully appreciated and that's something i really like about current's music, the sense of songs not standing for themselves, but rather functioning as parts of one whole - of an album. These songs, however, do stand for themselves, and in my opinion, lots of the depth that characterises current's music is absent on this album because of that. Second of all is that the songs are structured in a very traditional way, the songwriting is not really that challenging at all, and while the songs really do posess beautiful melodies, and often quite good lyrics, I don't find them even nearly as strong as the pieces on "of ruine or some blazing starre", or "all the pretty little horses". So, the bottom line for me would be: if you want a collection of great SONGS, get this, but if you're after the deep poetical experience and cohesiveness that current usually gives us, you might be a little disappointed since these songs ARE, in fact, pretty "normal", meaning "not that challenging" - when it comes to both, music and lyrics.

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Magical!!
A Re-issue of a Classic C93 Album

Thunder Perfect Mind
Current 93
Manufacturer: Durtro / Jnana
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009F4462
Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

Beginning
Decent of Long Satan and Babylon
Sadness Song
Song for Douglas After He's Dead
In the Heart of the Wood and What I Found There
Mary Waits in Silence
Silence Song
Lament for My Suzanne
Riverdeadbank
All the Stars Are Dead Now
Rosy Star Tears from Heaven
When the May Rain Comes
Thunder Perfect Mind I
Thunder Perfect Mind II
Hitler as Kalki (SDM)
Sad Sadness Song
Ending

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Maldoror Is Ded Ded Ded Ded
They Return to Their Earth
In Sadness Sang
Khor Ba'i Nyes Dmigs [Live]
Lament for Her [Live]
Song for Douglas After He's Dead [Live]
They Return to Their Earth (For My Christ Thorn) [Live]
Song for Douglas After He's Dead (Rebirth) [Live]

Customer Reviews:

Magical!!.......2006-08-24

The previous reviewer did a good job of describing this album, so I will keep it short. In a word, the music contained on this newly remasterd cd is Magical. It certainly is unlike anything I've ever heard. David Tibet's ideaology conveyed here is masterful. Female vocals are angelic. For me, the guitar playing of Nick Saloman on "Hitler as Kalki"(sdm) is monumental. The mellow skein of acoustic guitars, cello, flute and violin are sublime throughout. A Masterpiece of what I would describe as English/Folk/Pyscadelia, but, that's just what I hear. Pick this beauty up. ASAP. Peace.

A Re-issue of a Classic C93 Album.......2005-12-28

For those who have never heard the album, it is certainly unlike anything you've heard before. Originally planned as a Gnostic version of "The Who's Tommy" it ended up becoming something more personal. Songs range from the achingly beautiful, like "A Sadness Song," to the apocalyptic, like "Hitler as Kalki." All are gorgeous. They are characterized by David Tibet's lyrics steeped in archaic imagery. These lyrics are then enveloped by a folk tapestry made up of 12-string guitars, recorders, violin, harp, and a little sonic manipulation from Steven Stapleton. The overall effect is one that seems cathartic and mystical.
For those already familiar, it is the return of an old friend. Everything is as you remember it but better. The sound has been remastered for a crisper sound and, even better, an extra CD is included of Outtakes from the Thnder Perfect Mind sessions, as well as live versions of some of the songs as they were first performed in Amiens, 1990.

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So You Think You Know "Industrial Music"?
slow-mo machine speak
slow-mo machine speak

Thunder Perfect Mind
Nurse with Wound
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ASIN: B0000272UF
Release Date: 1999-06-25

Tracks:

Cold
Colder Still

Album Description

2001 reissue of 1991 companion piece to Current 93's album of the same name. Packaged in a specially produced full color digipak. Three tracks 'Cold', 'Colder Still' & Cold (Miss Ticker Mix).

Customer Reviews:

So You Think You Know "Industrial Music"?.......2005-03-22

I've played this for hard core Skinny Puppy fans, and they freak. THIS RECORDING IS THE DEFINITION OF "INDUSTRIAL". "Cold", and "...(Miss Ticker Mix)" - are filled with machine noises, beeps, blips, and blings. There's audible alarms that WON'T go away, and metallic clanking, clicking, and clonking - all put together in a wonderful, delightful, eccentric mix. Any "rivet head" that you know will enjoy this recording.

The two tracks mentioned above are broken up by the recording's avante track - "Colder Still". A woman speaking in a foreign language, a voice that reminds me of a fantasy-land troll, and keyboard horn cresendos - all make up this avante garde masterpiece. This is superior to most of NwW's avante work, but is definitely not as dark as some earlier works.

The artwork speaks for itself. The front cover is mesmerizing, and disturbing.

This would be a good introduction to the wild, wacky world of Nurse With Wound. They put most other avante/experimental bands to shame.

slow-mo machine speak.......2000-06-20

i put this in the deck straight away and thought, now that is strange, i hear the washing machine humming. it sounds to me like someone wiring up an electronics kit and putting a stethescope to the resistors, then the capacitors, then maybe over a diode to see what sounds come out.

of the two tracks, colder still is more lively and disjointed. listening to this disc is like i imagine death in the cold, numbing, soothing and hallucinogenic if you can switch off, bludgeoning pain if you try to grasp the textures.

slow-mo machine speak.......2000-06-20

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Amplified
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Customer Reviews:

Excellent debut!.......2005-10-23

This is awesome doom metal! I didn't know what to expect when I first got this album, but I can truthfully say, it blew me away! The first track, Amplified is a particular standout. Clocking in at over 11 minutes, it features a jazzy break in the middle that reminded me a little of the end of Sabbath's Symptom of the Universe. There isn't weak track on this album. And for Pentagram fans, the album features not only a cover of 20 Buck Spin with Bobby Liebling helping out on vocals, but also Dark Knight, an original composition with Bobby Liebling-penned and sung lyrics. I highly recommend this to any metal fan.

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Encore, Please!!
MAKES YOUR HEART SING
Stunning Work.
Saw Live
Track 4 is the bomb.

Thunder Perfect Mind

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The Burning of Auchindoon
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Glass of Beer
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My Best Friend
Amazing Angel
Where are their Names?
Geordie
The Good Natured Man/An Comhra Donn
Broken
Donal Og
The Tender

Album Description

The debut CD from Logan's Well features their moody blend of traditional Celtic and original music.

Customer Reviews:

Encore, Please!!.......2002-10-16

Wow! - for starters. Steve Baughman combines his much lauded talents as an acclaimed solo Celtic guitarist with Dylan Shorer's genius for accompaniment and finally Carlene Duncan's soulful vocals to produce an absolutely sumptuous feast for the ears. Having previously enjoyed Steve's solo CDs, videos and instructional material and Dylan's editorial contributions and instructional material via Acoustic Guitar Magazine, it was with much excitement and anticipation that I purchased this collaboration. And Carlene Duncan - superb vocals!! Encore, please.

MAKES YOUR HEART SING.......2000-07-26

BOUGHT THIS CD A FEW MONTHS AGO AND FIND IT TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITES. HER VOICE IS AS PLEASANT AS A SMILE, AND THE GUITAR PLAYER MAKES YOUR HEART SING. I KNOW WE WILL HEAR ALOT FROM THIS GROUP, WHEN YOU ARE GIFTED YOU NEVER FADE.........

Stunning Work........2000-03-24

I've been absorbing this cd for quite some time now and I'm just beginning to realize what a stunning piece of work this really is. Like a pearl diver, I do a lot of serching and occasionally come up with a gem. Seamless dual guitar work, interesting tunings, powerful, uninhibited vocals. This is truly a unique experience.

I first heard a cut from this cd on an NPR celtic music show. While there is definitely a celtic flavor here there is far more. Essentially an acoustic outing with occasional electic work, very tastefully done by Dylan Schorer. I wish I had the words to adequately describe it, but unfortunately for you, I don't. I can say that if you have a taste for bluesy, folksy, acoustic, celtic music with real soul and shimmering beauty. This is it. BUY THIS CD! You will not be disappointed.

Saw Live.......1999-01-30

I saw this band live in the bay area, and if their live performance is any indication of the quality of their cd, the cd is well worth buying. Many or all of the songs on the cd were played.

Track 4 is the bomb........1999-01-07

Jubilee is the best song on the album in it's invovative, heart-bending sound. The contrasting electric and acoustic guitars are a match made in heaven.

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