Current 93 “Lashtal” [L.A.L.Y.L.A.H.]

Featuring Psychic TV’s David Tibet (also in Nurse With Wound) and John Balance (also in Coil, Nurse With Wound, and Death in June), as well as 23 Skidoo’s Fritz Haaman, this is Current 93′s debut single from 1983. Experimental, dark, and paranormally peculiar, Lashtal realizes unnerving industrial audio-experiences devoid of dance orientation. Closer analysis unveils mesmerizing tape loop shrill along with paranoid horn blasts. Intimately resonating incantations echo through dismal catacomb corridors as billowing tribal drums surge forth from depths below. Remarkable ambient spookiness coalesces and rapidly dissipates. Sustained listening is strongly encouraged as Lashtal’s prize selections are mournfully abbreviated; that means they’re really good and too goddamned short! Play this and PLAY IT CONSTANTLY!!!