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Experimental musician turned experimental/experimental folk musician, David Tibet is an English musician who records primarily under the name Current 93. Active since 1982, he has worked with such artists as Chris And Cosey, [[Thomas Ligotti]], the Hafler Trio, and Tiny Tim. Recurring themes of his work include theism, gnosticism, (particularly with regards to Christianity) mythology, philosophy, and nihilism.
 
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=== Tropes present in his works include: ===
* [[And I Must Scream]]{{context}}
* [[Arc Words]]: "Black Ships", "Menstrual night", "Imperium", "Arise arise, full of eyes, of eyes", "Baalstorm, sing Omega", "Theinmostlight". In other words, loads of them: both arcs within albums and arcs linking albums.
* [[Drone of Dread]]: Present in a lot of his stuff.
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* [[Fake Guest Star]]: Steven Stapleton.
* [[Genre Roulette]]
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]{{context}}
* [[Leitmotif]]: Shows up in a sizeable portion of his output.
* [[Looped Lyrics]]: Common, and in multiple instances, overlapped with [[BSOD Song]] or [[Madness Mantra]].
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* [[Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book]]: The liner notes for ''Black Ships Ate the Sky.''
* [[Punny Name]]: ''Looney Runes.'' He even played this up by having a pastiche of a [[Golden Age]] character on the cover, with the back reading ''Merry Malaise.''
* [[Rule of Symbolism]]{{context}}
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: A recurring theme.
* [[Scary Musician, Harmless Music]]: Alternatingly inverted and averted.
* [[Self -Backing Vocalist]]
 
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