Almost in the beginning was
Current 93 as:

David Tibet: vocals, July and Gorgon guitar, mix
James Blackshaw: 12-string guitar, piano
William Breeze: electric viola, viola controlled sampler
Ossian Brown: synthesizers, treated organ, electronics
John Contreras: cello, synthesizers
Baby Dee: piano, Hammond organ
Andria Degens: vocals
Sasha Grey: vocals
Andrew Liles: electronics, guitars, mix
Alex Neilson: drums, percussion
Rickie Lee Jones: vocals
Alice Rousham: vocals
Henry Rousham: vocals
Steven Stapleton: electronics, mix
Matt Sweeney: electric guitar, vocals
Andrew WK: bass, piano, vocals, finger bells
Keith Wood: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, bass

All songs composed by Current 93. Produced and mixed by Andrew Liles, Steven Stapleton and David Tibet. Recorded at The Rooms with Rob Sands. Final recording and mixing at Metway Studios with Jake Rousham as engineer.
All English text and all artwork by David Tibet. All translations from the Coptic by David Tibet. David Tibet's art is represented by Isis Gallery. Design by David Tibet and Paul Jackson.
Thanks to: Geoff Cox-Dorée and Michael Lawrence for attending the final day of the mix, Marc Almond, Peter Atanasoff, David Bianchi, Lee Cantelon, Michael Cashmore, Ben Chasny, Al Cisneros, Chris Connelly, Miss Kat Cormie, Enrico Croci, Attila Csihar, Maja Elliot, Barbara and Stephen Emmel, Eva and Michel Faber, Bill Fay, Mark and Roxy Fry, Sven Erik Fuzz-Kristiansen, Gary Held, Antony Hegarty, Joie Iacono, Lynn Jackson, Melon Liles, Hugo Lundhaug, John Marchant, Carola Marruchi, Othon Mataragas, Giulio Di Mauro, Annabel Mehran, Richard Moult, Stephen O'Malley, Fabrizio Palumbo, David Pepe, Keith Richmond, Roasrio Rivero, Allison Schnackenberg, Vivian Slaughter, Tony Sylvester, Joel Thibodeau, Chris Towers, Ayse Tuzlak, Todd Uzel, Cherie Lily W.K., Lauren Winton, Tod Wodicka, and Joolie Wood.



The Gospel of Thomas, Logion 6

Profound thanks to Stephen Emmel for opening up the endless beauty and mystery of Coptic grammar to me.

Love unlimited to Mark Logan, without whom this album and so much else, would never have happened. You are Chariot Avatar!

The love of God and the Fury of Charoits to you all, Anok Pe 93. Hastings 28 IV 2009

Booklet photo credits: David Tibet and Andria Degens: Eric Leiser . Andrew Liles: Melon 'Jezebel' Liles . James Blackshaw: unknown . Andrew W.K.: Victoria Stevens . Alex Nielson: photobooth . Rickie Lee Jones: Charlotte nabet . the Roushams: the Roushams . Ossian Brown: Stephen Thrower . Baby Dee: Legge Humpürr . Matt Sweeney: Andrew W.K. . Sasha Grey: Ian Preston Cinnamon . William Breeze: Carl Abrahamsson . Keith Wood: Leon Dufficy . John Contreras: Johnny Stein.

(p) Current 93 and David Tibet 2009 © Current 93 and David Tibet 2009

Almost in the beginning was Current 93 as:

David Tibet: vocals, July and Gorgon guitar, mix
James Blackshaw: 12-string guitar, piano
William Breeze: electric viola, viola controlled sampler
Ossian Brown: synthesizers, treated organ, electronics
John Contreras: cello, synthesizers
Baby Dee: piano, Hammond organ
Andria Degens: vocals
Sasha Grey: vocals
Andrew Liles: electronics, guitars, mix
Alex Neilson: drums, percussion
Rickie Lee Jones: vocals
Alice Rousham: vocals
Henry Rousham: vocals
Steven Stapleton: electronics, mix
Matt Sweeney: electric guitar, vocals
Andrew W.K.: bass, piano, vocals, finger bells
Keith Wood: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, bass

All songs composed by Current 93. Produced and mixed by Andrew Liles, Steven Stapleton and David Tibet.
All artwork taken from the series 'I arose as Aleph, the Speller, the Killer' by David Tibet

This is one of 41 self-portraits in the series "I Arose as Aleph, the Speller, the Killer". Each copy comes with a white label test-pressing of "Monohallucinatory Mountain"