LASHTAL

This early Current 93 EP captures some of David Tibet's earliest work under the name, recorded in 1982 just as he was emerging from the shadow of Psychic TV. With John Balance of Coil helping out, Tibet crafts a strange tribal ambient atmosphere with snarling industrial electronics rarely far away. The overall is of a secret recording made of a strange ritual performed somewhere in an abandoned factory. It is a brief but intriguing statement of intent which puts Tibet's mystical interests at front and centre and derives ample musical inspiration from them. Thrifty collectors may wish to be aware that two of the three tracks where tacked onto some CD editions of Nature Unveiled as bonus tracks.