Birdsong in The Empire is a 2007 album by Current 93

Current 93

Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...

. The album is a live recording from 4 June 2005 and was recorded at St George the Martyr Church in Toronto, Canada. Current 93 consisted of the following band members during this performance: David Tibet

David Tibet

David Tibet is a British poet and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only full-time member. He had earlier collaborated with Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo...

, Ben Chasny

Ben Chasny

Ben Chasny is an indie rock and psych folk guitarist. His primary projects are Six Organs of Admittance and Comets on Fire . He made his recording debut in 1996 with his heavy, free rock project Plague Lounge on "The Wicker Image", an LP released conjointly between the New World of Sound and Holy...

, Maja Elliott, John Contreras

John Contreras

John Contreras is an American cellist, best known for his work with Current 93 and Baby Dee. He has also performed with Marc Almond, Fovea Hex and Nurse With Wound. In addition to the cello, he also performs with the Buchla 200e. His work is released on the Durtro label.- External links :* * * [...

, Joolie Wood, Simon Finn

Simon Finn

Simon Finn is an English psych folk musician.Finn was born in 1951 in Surrey, moved to London in 1967, where his first performance was opening for Al Stewart at the Marquee Club in Soho. He released his Pass the Distance LP in 1970, which in later years attained legendary status as it was so hard...

, William Breeze

William Breeze

William Breeze was born in Paris, France on 12 August 1955 and is an American musician and occultist, best known as a member of Coil and as the current international leader of Ordo Templi Orientis...

, Baby Dee

Baby Dee

Baby Dee is an American performance artist, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio.-Early career:In the 1970s, Baby Dee began her musical career as a street performer, but soon decided to take work as an organist at a Catholic church in the Bronx...

, Andria Degens and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. The album was limited to a 1000 copy digipack.

Track listing

1. Where the Long Shadows Fall (A Cappella)
2. At Sunset
3. Black Ships Ate The Sky
4. Time Of The Last Persecution
5. Alone
6. Idumæa(Will Oldham vocals, Andria Degens Harmonium)
7. Black Flowers, Please
8. Bind Your Tortoise Mouth
9. Larkspur and Lazarus
10. Niemandswasser
11. Calling for Vanished Faces II
12. Moonlight, or Other Dreams, or Other Fields
13. Sleep Has His House
14. Whilst the Night Rejoices Profound and Still