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as influences. There was also a limited edition of the recording for subscribers who paid in advance including a second CD with a rough mix of the tracks and also a monophonic version that was released for the band's concert at German

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2009 with all of the tracks titled differently, though the music remains the same.

Track listing

# "Invocation of Almost" – 8:49 # "Poppyskins" – 5:17 # "On Docetic Mountain" – 8:14 # "26 April 2007" – 5:13 # "Aleph is the Butterfly Net" – 5:54 # "Not Because the Fox Barks" – 10:14 # "UrShadow" – 4:37 # "As Real as Rainbows" – 5:23

Personnel

David Tibet David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting; 5 March 1960) is an English poet, artist and musician. He is best known for the musical group Current 93, which he founded and is the only consistent member of, along with his contributions to the b ...

– vocals, july guitar, gorgon guitar, mixing, production *

James Blackshaw James Blackshaw (born 1981) is an English, Hastings-based folk fingerstyle guitarist and pianist. Blackshaw primarily plays an acoustic 12 string guitar and has been compared to Bert Jansch, Robbie Basho, John Fahey, Jack Rose, and Leo Kottke. ...

– 12-string guitar, piano *

William Breeze William Breeze (born 1955), also known by his neo-Gnostic bishop title of Tau Silenus, is an American writer and publisher on magick and philosophy. He is the Sovereign Patriarch, or supreme governing cleric, of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E ...

– electric viola, viola controlled sampler *

Ossian Brown Ossian Brown (born 3 April 1969) is an English musician and artist, most notable for being a member of the groups Coil and Cyclobe. He joined Coil in 1999 and remained with them until the band's cessation following the death of singer John B ...

– synthesizers, treated organ, electronics *John Contreras – cello, synthesizers *

Baby Dee Baby Dee (born 1953) 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 ...

– piano, hammond organ *Andria Degens – vocals *

Sasha Grey Marina Ann Hantzis (born 1988), known professionally as Sasha Grey, is an American actress, model, writer, musician, and former pornographic film actress. She began her acting career in the pornographic film industry, winning 15 awards for h ...

– vocals *

Andrew Liles Andrew Liles (born 11 March 1969) is a British sound artist and multi-instrumentalist. He has released recordings since the mid-1980s, covering a variety of styles as experimental music, dark ambient music, progressive rock and hints of hard ...

– electronics, guitars, mixing, production *

Alex Neilson Alex Neilson (born 22 September 1982) is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He is a founding member and main songwriter of folk-rock group Trembling Bells (2008-2018). He is also known fo ...

– drums, percussion *

Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. Over the course of a career that spans five decades and 15 studio albums, she has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, pop, soul, an ...

– vocals *Alice Rousham – vocals *Henry Rousham – vocals *

Steven Stapleton Steven Peter Stapleton (born 3 February 1957) is an English musician who is best known as the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound. He is often seen as one of the pioneers of the British industrial music scene, ...

– electronics, mixing, production *

Matt Sweeney Matt Sweeney (born July 2, 1969) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist of Skunk, Chavez, and supergroup Zwan. Early life and education Sweeney was born in New Jersey. His father was John D. Sweeney, a profess ...

– electric guitar, vocals * Andrew WK – bass, piano, vocals, finger bells *Keith Wood – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, bass

References

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