David Tibet
Daviid Tibet performing with Current 93 in 2007
Background information
Birth name	David Michael Bunting
Born	March 5, 1960 (1960-03-05) (age 47)
Origin	England
Label(s)	Durtro
Associated acts	Current 93, Death in June

David Tibet (born David Michael Bunting, 5 March 1960 in Batu Gajah, Malaysia) is a British poet and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only full-time member. He had earlier collaborated with Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo. He was given the name "Tibet" by Genesis P-Orridge, and in January 2005 he announced that he would revert to the name David Michael. In historical scholarship, a primary source is a document, or other source of information that was created at or near the time being studied, by an authoritative source, usually one with direct personal knowledge of the events being described. ... In library and information science, historiography and some other areas of scholarship, a secondary source is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 605 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 1,015 pixels, file size: 748 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Current 93 at All Tomorrows Parties. ... This article is about the day. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Durtro is an independent record label established by British poet, singer and artist David Tibet in 1988 to publish his own work and that of fellow friends and musicians. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Death In June is the musical brainchild of English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. Death In June was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of... This article is about the day. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Batu Gajah (population 34,000) is a town located in the state of Perak in Malaysia, about 24 km from Ipoh, the Perak state capital. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... 23 Skidoo is an American slang popularized in the early Twentieth Century (first appearing before World War I and becoming popular in the Roaring Twenties). ... Genesis P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson February 22, 1950) is an English performer, musician, writer and artist. ...

Tibet left Psychic TV in 1983 and founded Current 93 the same year. He has worked with Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound (of which band he is a member), Michael Cashmore, Douglas P. (of Death In June, on whose albums he has appeared several times), Steve Ignorant (of Crass, using the name "Stephen Intelligent"), Boyd Rice, Nick Cave, Rose McDowall, and Ian Read of Fire and Ice. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... See also: 1983 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1983 Record labels established in 1983 // Michael Jacksons Thriller, the most successful album not only of 1983, but of all time, was released in 1982 and began its epic domination of the music charts the following year, 1983. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nurse With Wound or NWW is the main recording vehicle of British musician Steven Stapleton. ... Michael Cashmore is a British musician who creates d under the monicker of Nature And Organisation. ... Douglas P., (born Douglas Pearce, 27 April 1956), is an English musician, record label owner, photographer and actor who records under the name Death In June. ... Death In June is the musical brainchild of English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. Death In June was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of... Steve Ignorant performing with Crass at the Autonomy Centre, East London, December 1981 Steve Ignorant is a singer and artist. ... For information about the anarchist writer, see Chris Crass Crass was an English anarchist punk rock band, formed in 1977[1][2] and based around Dial House, an open house community near Epping, Essex. ... Boyd Rice (born 1956) is an American experimental sound artist, occultist, archivist, actor, photographer, prankster and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name NON. // Rice started creating experimental noise recordings in 1975, drawing on his interest in tape machines and bubblegum pop sung by female... Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. ... Rose McDowall in 1987. ... Ian Read is an English Pagan Folk musician and who has long been a seminal figure in the European dark folk community. ...

Tibet's lyrical subject matter reflects a consistent preoccupation with all aspects of apocalypse. He has long been a student of Christian eschatology. At a precocious age, he developed a strong interest in Aleister Crowley and the Ordo Templi Orientis. He joined the Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis and borrowed the term "93 Current", the current of Thelema or Agape, from Crowley. His initial recording as Current 93, LAShTAL, was, according to Tibet, "the invocation of Malkunofath on the Nightside of Eden, the reverse of the Tree of Life". He has long proclaimed a virtual anathema to Crowleyism (despite a strong appreciation for Crowley as an individual) and instead has embraced at various intervals, Tibetan Buddhism and esoteric Christianity. His projects continue to focus on the multifaceted aspects of apocalypse, mainly death, loss and destruction. Progressively, his works are tempered by Christian mysticism and an increasingly strong faith in the end of the world. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      In Christian theology, Christian eschatology is the... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced // i. ... Lamen of the Ordo Templi Orientis Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) (Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and religious organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century. ... The Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis is an occult society in the United Kingdom interested in magick and typhonian concepts. ... Note: Sometimes the 93 is used as shorthand for the 1993. ... Thelema is the English transliteration of the Ancient Greek noun : will, from the verb θέλω: to will, wish, purpose. ... AgapÄ“ (IPA: or IPA: ) (Gk. ... LAShTAL is the second release by Current 93, the first Mi-Mort was a split-album. ... For other uses, see Garden of Eden (disambiguation). ... The Tree-of-Life is a fictional plant (the ancestor of yams, with similar appearance and taste) in Larry Nivens Known Space universe, for which all Hominids have an in-built genetic craving. ... Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, the Himalayan region (including northern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh), Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (Russia), and northeastern China (Manchuria: Heilongjiang, Jilin). ... Look up Esotericism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Look up Apocalypse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Death (disambiguation), Dead (disambiguation), or Death (band). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christian mysticism...

Other influences include Noddy, Francis Parker Yockey's Imperium, Austin Osman Spare, Bobby Beausoleil, and a variety of occult topics. For other uses, see Noddy (disambiguation). ... Francis Parker Yockey, (September 18, 1917 – June 16, 1960), was an American philosopher and polemicist best known for his neo-Spenglerian book Imperium, published under the pen name Ulick Varange [1] in 1948. ... Austin Osman Spare Austin Osman Spare (December 30, 1886 - May 15, 1956) was an English artist and magician. ... Robert Kenneth Bobby Beausoleil (born 6 November 1947, in Santa Barbara, California), was an associate of the Charles Manson Family, and was convicted of killing music teacher/drug dealer Gary Hinman on July 27, 1969. ... For other uses, see Occult (disambiguation). ...

He is a painter [1]. Tibet is interested in the work of Count Stenbock, whose writings he has worked to republish. He also runs the Durtro publishing imprint and record label [2]. Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1858-1895) was a Swedish poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction. ... Durtro is an independent record label established by British poet, singer and artist David Tibet in 1988 to publish his own work and that of fellow friends and musicians. ...

In April of 2006, the Caliphate OTO formed the International OTO Cabinet, an advisory, non-voting panel made up of both OTO Initiates and Non-Initiates. David Tibet was named among the initial non-member appointments [3].

External links

• Tibet's personal website
• Tibet's Durtro label, features weblog style news from Tibet
• Photo and list of "Involvements"
• Photo, some memberships and appearances
• Interview with Tibet, April, 1997
• 1997 interview from 'The Wire' magazine

References

• Keenan, David (2003) England's Hidden Reverse: a secret history of the esoteric underground, London: SAF Publishing.