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CURRENT 93 - Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre

2007 (Durtro)
apocalyptic folk
by Antonio Ciarletta
7.5

Dopo la pubblicazione del mastodonte “The Inmost Light”, continua l’operazione di ristampa del vecchio catalogo dei Current 93 sull’etichetta personale dello stesso Tibet. Così è stavolta il turno di “Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre”, che è per chi vi scrive la vetta del periodo apocalyptic folk del collettivo, insieme a “Thunder Perfect Mind”.

Poco da dire, davvero, se non che il disco è pervaso da un’atmosfera magica (e decadente) dall’inizio alla fine; e che le varie “Steve And I In The Field Of Stars”, “All The World Makes Great Blood” e “The Great, Bloody And Bruised Veil Of The World” sono tra le migliori elegie di british folk scritte negli anni 90. Raffinate anche le melodie, che qui non vengono sacrificate al cospetto dell’atmosfera complessiva.

Elegante edizione cartonata – ma si trova anche nella versione in vinile limitata a 1000 copie – e contenuto superlativo… Consigliato senza la benché minima esitazione.

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28/12/2007

This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Antonio Ciarletta, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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Tracklist

  1. 1. Voice From Catland
  2. 2. Steven And I In The Field Of Stars
  3. 3. Teeth Of The Winds Of The Sea
  4. 4. Moonlight, You Will Say
  5. 5. Into The Bloody Hole I Go
  6. 6. Darkly Splendid World
  7. 7. Cloud Of Unknowing
  8. 8. Let Us Go To The Rose
  9. 9. All The World Makes Great Blood
  10. 10. The Great, Bloody And Bruised Veil Of The World
  11. 11. Into The Menstrual Night I Go
  12. 12. Dormition And Dominion
  13. 13. So: This Empire Is Nothing
  14. 14. This Shining, Shining World

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