Browse by Label: JNANA (CANADA)

Artist:	CASHMORE, MICHAEL
Title:	The Snow Abides
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	LP
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	DJ 002LP

"Michael Cashmore (currently of Current 93/ex-Nature & Organization) follows up his well received debut CD from 2006 (Sleep England) with a brand new 5 track mini album. In stark contrast to the entirely instrumental album, The Snow Abides mixes fully orchestrated music composed by Mr. Cashmore with lyrics and texts specially written by David Tibet and sung by Antony Hegarty of Antony & The Johnsons. The results are as lush, celebratory and melancholy as you could hope for. This will be of particular interest to Antony & The Johnsons' fans, as this is Antony's first new material since 2005's Mercury award-winning I Am A Bird Now which catapulted him into the hearts and minds of the mainstream. Beautiful snow-white colored heavy-weight vinyl also includes an extra B-side 'untitled' track that is specially cut into the center of the disc."

Artist:	CURRENT 93
Title:	The Inmost Light
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	DJ 033LP

"Durtro Jnana are proud to announce the release of one of Current 93's most ambitious and enduring projects: The Inmost Light trilogy. Originally issued in 1995/1996, this set, which originally announced itself as being 'Hallucinatory Patripassianist Song' reissues in their entirety the mini-albums Where The Long Shadows Fall and The Stars Are Marching Sadly Home, as well as the full length All The Pretty Little Horses. Current 93 became David Tibet, Steven Stapleton, Michael Cashmore and Joolie Wood for this album. Guest vocalists included Nick Cave, Jhonn Balance of Coil, Andria Degens of Pantaleimon and Shirley Collins. This series was inspired by such visionaries as painter Louis Wain and author Thomas Ligotti (to whom a track was dedicated), nursery singsongs and Christian heresies (most notably Patripassianism, otherwise known as Trinitarian heresy). In Current 93's hands, the traditional lullaby that lends the album its title, sparks an explosive torrent of bittersweet childhood memories and apocalyptic prophecies. The musical setting for Tibet's narrative is exquisite, kaleidoscopic music composed with twelve-string guitar, piano, string arrangements, flutes, bells, massed drones, children's voices and ecstatic recitations. A powerful and extremely moving listening experience."

Artist:	CURRENT 93
Title:	Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	LP
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	DJ 1961LP

"Durtro Jnana are pleased to announce the reissue of Current 93's masterpiece Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre. Originally released in 1994, Of Ruine... follows the classic Thunder Perfect Mind album and marks another leap forward in the sound of Current 93. The gorgeously delicate guitar of Michael Cashmore augmented by drones, bells and sound manipulations make this one of Current's most hypnotic albums musically with the vocals and text of David Tibet adding a quietly controlled power and drama which is virtually unsurpassed in the canon of the band. This reissue has been remastered and features newly designed artwork in a full color digipack with a 20-page booklet."

Artist:	CASHMORE, MICHAEL
Title:	The Snow Abides
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 002CD

"Durtro Jnana is delighted to release The Snow Abides, a new solo mini-album from longtime Current 93 guitarist and contributor Michael Cashmore. Comprised of five thematically linked songs, the album was written and performed by Cashmore with song texts composed by David Tibet (Current 93) and vocals contributed by Antony (Antony And The Johnsons). Cashmore has enjoyed a long and successful partnership with Tibet and his compositions have appeared on some of Current 93's most acclaimed albums including classics like Thunder Perfect Mind, Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre, Soft Black Stars, All the Pretty Little Horses and Black Ships Ate the Sky. Presented in an elegant, full-color digipak, The Snow Abides is Cashmore's most accomplished and poignant work to date, solo or otherwise."

Artist:	PANTALEIMON
Title:	Cloudburst
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 003CD

"Pantaleimon (pronounced 'Pan-ta-lay-mon') is the adopted moniker of vocalist and composer Andria Degens. Sometimes collaborating with friends, though often alone, she creates beautifully haunting and meditative music. Cloudburst, her first recording as Pantaleimon since 2002's Change My World, features four tracks of hypnotic vocal passages that together form a long conceptual piece, which, Degens says, '...is symbolic of the journey every human being makes in a lifetime... the transformation, transfiguration, the state of being, the space between heaven and Earth.' Initially packaged with a limited, hand-printed edition of Degens's poetry and drawings, Cloudburst is now available as a proper CD release."

Artist:	CURRENT 93
Title:	Inmost Light
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	3CD
Price:	$44.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 033CD

"Durtro Jnana is proud to re-release of one of Current 93's most ambitious and enduring projects: the Inmost Light trilogy. Originally issued in 1995 as Hallucinatory Patripassianist Song, this set includes in their entirety the mini-albums Where The Long Shadows Fall, The Stars Are Marching Sadly Home, and the full-length All The Pretty Little Horses. The band at the time of these recordings included David Tibet, Steven Stapleton, Michael Cashmore and Joolie Wood with guests Nick Cave, Jhonn Balance (Coil), Andria Degens (Pantaleimon) and Shirley Collins contributing vocals. This series was inspired by visionary painter Louis Wain and author Thomas Ligotti (to whom a track is dedicated), nursery sing-songs and Christian heresies, most notably Patripassianism. In Current 93's hands, the traditional lullaby of the album title sparks an explosive torrent of bittersweet childhood memories and apocalyptic prophecies. The musical setting for Tibet's narrative is exquisite -- kaleidoscopic compositions featuring 12-string guitar, piano, string arrangements, flutes, bells, massed drones, children's voices and ecstatic recitations. Together, the three movements make Inmost Light a powerful and extremely moving listening experience. The three discs have been newly remastered and are housed in a deluxe eight-panel digipack with a 24-page full-color booklet of photos of the group as children, a complete set of lyrics and liner notes."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Not Alone
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	5CD
Price:	$44.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 1963CD

"Five-CD box featuring music by a wide variety of artists traversing many boundaries and genres. All proceeds go to benefit M�decins Sans Fronti�res (Doctors Without Borders), specifically their work on the AIDS pandemic in Africa. The majority of tracks on this collection are previously unreleased and exclusive to this set." Artists: Vashti Bunyan, William Basinski, Bill Fay, Simon Finn, Six Organs of Admittance, Angels of Light, Antony, Baby Dee, The Hafler Trio, Pearls Before Swine, Jarboe, Devendra Banhart, Pantaleimon, Faun Fables, Nurse With Wound, Current 93, irr. app. (ext.), Thighpaulsandra, srmeixner, Little Annie Anxiety, Jim O'Rourke, Lynn Jackson, Small Creatures, Michael Yonkers, Linda Perhacs, Edward Ka-Spel, Teenage Fanclub, Richard Buckner, Mary 5E, Anomoanon, Isobel Campbell, Allen Ginsberg, David Surkamp, Matmos, Jad Fair, Sundial, Ghost, Mirror, Bonnie Prince Billy, Marc Almond, Damon and Naomi, Charlemagne Palestine, Mount Vernon Arts Lab, Unveiled James William Hindle, Rose McDowall, John Maslen, Larsen, Mr Durt, Shannon Lyon, John Contreras, Brett Smiley, Cyclobe, Blue Eyed Black, Stephanie Volkmar, Howie B, Bevis Frond, Thurston Moore, Shockheaded Peters, John Terrill, Max Richter, Colin Potter, AUBE, Keiji Haino, Jeremy Reed, The Hollowings, Tom Recchion, Fursaxa, Amy Curl, Joolie Wood, Genesis P-Orridge, Suishou no Fune, Coil, Eric Lanzillotta, Scott Stapleton, Shirley Collins, Ghostigital.

Artist:	LITTLE ANNIE
Title:	Songs From the Coal Mine Canary
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 1967CD

"Little Annie -- aka Annie Anxiety, aka Annie Bandez -- is an adventuress, chanteuse, lyricist, multi-media artist and post-modern cabaret queen with a long, illustrious and eclectic recording career. Songs From the Coal Mine Canary, Annie's fabulous new full-length, features ten songs written and performed with guests Antony (of The Johnsons), Joe Budenholzer (Backworld/Small Creatures), Paul Wallfisch, Todd Cohen, Paul Geluso, and Maxim Moston."

Artist:	FINN, SIMON
Title:	Pass The Distance
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 1970CD

Repressed. "The official legit re-issue of this incredibly rare dark acid folk masterpiece, originally released in England on the legendary Mushroom label in 1970, has been remastered from the original two-track tapes. Four extra tracks, including the never-released seven-inch single of which only a solitary acetate remains, are also included on this 54-minute CD. The 20-page booklet, with full-color cover reproduction of the original artwork, contains all the lyrics to the album, photographs of the musicians, and extensive liner notes by Simon Finn, David Toop (who also plays on the album), Vic Keary of Mushroom Records, and David Tibet of Current 93. Tibet cites this album as one of his 10 top records of all time."

Artist:	FAY GROUP, BILL
Title:	Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrrow
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 1976CD

"With the renewed interest in Bill Fay's past work, the reissue of his first two albums, Bill Fay and Time Of The Last Persecution, and recently made-available pre-Decca demos (From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock), it's surprising to discover that twenty new songs have remained unreleased for over two decades. Fay has been portrayed as a mysterious figure who somehow created two brilliant albums and then vanished. But as Fay himself has said, 'It wasn't me who left the music, it was the music business that left me.' With no contract or record company support, he continued to write, rehearse and play occasional shows, which is how he met, in 1977, guitarist Gary Smith, electric and bowed bass-player, Rauf Galip, and drummer Bill Stratton -- also known as improvising trio The Acme Quartet. A mutual interest in and respect for each other's work led to the decision to collaborate as The Bill Fay Group. Tomorrow, Tomorrow And Tomorrow continues Fay's tradition of writing thoughtful, life-affirming songs that, this time, benefit from extended studio sessions and input from three equally committed musicians. This CD does not consist of demos, outtakes or 'alternative' versions of previously recorded songs. It was planned and recorded as Fay's followup to Time Of The Last Persecution. It is The Bill Fay Group's third, previously unreleased, album, recorded between 1978 and 1981."

Artist:	CURRENT 93
Title:	Halo
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 1977CD

"The first of a comprehensive reissue series of the Durtro and United Dairies catalogue, concentrating almost exclusively on the work of the legendary English bands Current 93 and Nurse With Wound, Halo is a live album featuring the entire set performed by the expanded line-up of Current 93 (David Tibet, vocals; Michael Cashmore, guitar and bass; Maja Elliott, piano; Joe Budenholzer, guitar; Graham Jeffery, piano; Joolie Wood, violin, whistle and recorder; John Contreras, cello; Karl Blake, voice; Finn Sands: voice) at their sold-out concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's South Bank center on October 9, 2003; it is David Tibet's personal favorite of all the live Current 93 albums."

Artist:	CONNELLY, CHRIS
Title:	The Episodes
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 1984CD

"Durtro Jnana are pleased to announce the release of the new CD by Chris Connelly -- The Episodes. A native Scotsman, former member of Ministry and The Revolting Cocks and founding member of Fini Tribe, Connelly has collaborated with Cabaret Voltaire, Killing Joke, Robert Fripp and Jah Wobble, among many others. After fronting some of the era's most popular and influential industrial acts, he embarked on a very unique solo career in the early '90s. His music, drawing on orch-pop, glam, and classic singer-songwriter influences, has been compared to the likes of David Bowie, Scott Walker, and Robert Wyatt. The Episodes, Connelly's eighth full-length solo work, was produced by Joan of Arc's Tim Kinsella and Town & Country's Ben Vida. The album is timeless and unique with radical arrangements and a crack band culled from Califone, Joan of Arc, Town & Country, US Maple and other Chicago jazz and improv luminaries."

Artist:	NURSE WITH WOUND
Title:	Salt Marie Celeste
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 2001CD

"United Jnana's Nurse With Wound reissue series continues. Similar in spirit to Gavin Bryars's The Sinking of the Titanic, the album's sixty-plus-minute title track delves deep into the themes of unknown darkness and ultimate demise. Recorded in 2002 by Steven Stapleton and electronic studio wizard Colin Potter, this is a landmark recording in the field of contemporary electronic music. Restored here to its hour-plus running time, the music becomes much more of a foreground-listening experience. Orchestral-like chords flutter back and forth like ships lost at sea while the sounds of passing cars, boat horns, and creaking doors slowly gather momentum in the background. At around the fifty-minute mark all the extraneous sounds are cut short, leaving only the droning chords and the sound of water. It's a stunning effect and quite different than the dense maximalism of earlier albums."

Artist:	CURRENT 93
Title:	Hypnagogue I/Hypnagogue II
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 2005CD

"Hypnagogue was originally released as a limited EP in 2003 and has been out of print since. This new release, which comes in a full colour digipack with booklet, includes the original and adds a newly recorded version of the piece. The original featured David Tibet reading from the book of the same name with musical accompaniment by Maja Elliott on piano. The new version features a sublime orchestral arrangement by Michael Masley."

Artist:	CURRENT 93
Title:	Black Ships Ate the Sky
Label:	JNANA (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	JNANA 2112CD

"Black Ships Ate The Sky, Current 93's long awaited new studio album, is a 76-minute opus exploring David Tibet's vision of the apocalypse as wrought by the ominous Black Ships. For his latest studio enterprise, Tibet assembled perhaps the band's strongest line-up ever. Longtime C93 collaborator Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound) is joined by guitarist Michael Cashmore, cellist John Contreras, ambient sound composer William Basinski, William Breeze (Coil), Seattle artist Amy Phillips and newest member Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance). The album also features contributions from an impressive array of vocal talent: Marc Almond (Soft Cell), Antony (Antony And The Johnsons), Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, British folk legend Shirley Collins, Clodagh Simonds (Mellow Candle), Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle), and Durtro label mates Baby Dee and Pantaleimon."

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