World Serpent

World Serpent Distribution was formed in the late 80s and was co-owned by David Gibson, Alan Trench and Alison Webster. It began operation by distributing the artist-run industrial & 'apocalyptic folk' labels Durtro (Current 93), New European Recordings (Death In June), United Dairies (Nurse With Wound) and Tursa (Sol Invictus). Other similar labels later joined the fold, such as Threshold House/Eskaton (Coil), Conspiracy International (Chris & Cosey) and Biter Of Thorpe (Danielle Dax/Lemon Kittens). World Serpent also functioned as a label, although they released very few records on their own. The vast majority of the releases they distributed were on other labels & imprints. World Serpent went bankrupt in August, 2004.

The One-Sided Etched 7" Singles


Artwork is called Mnxnena Hashassassin In E by Augustus Blowhound.

01 Terminal Cheesecake - Unhealingwound (1991)
Unhealingwound Paradiso Amsterdam 21.2.91

02 Sol Invictus - Looking For Europe (1992)

The version of 'Looking for Europe' of this 7" is different from the one on the 'Trees In Winter' album . The previous is sung by Tony Wakeford, whilst the version on 'Trees In Winter' is sung by Ian Read.
Scratched message:
A= seek and you shall find.


03 Nurse With Wound - Alien (1992)

Taken from the film "Lumb's Sister."


Chris And Cosey - Passion (1991)
Passion (4:37)

Limited to 1000 copies.

The B side has an etching by Cosey Fanni Tutti entitled:
"Passion-The Forgotten Language".






Various - Terra Serpentes (1996)


1-01
Arkkon
T 2901E (6:04)
1-02
Martyn Bates
Bahnhofstrasse (2:28)
1-03
Chris & Cosey
One Minute More (Serpent Mix) (5:09)
1-04
Coil
Heartworms (7:14)
1-05
Current 93
Frolicking (7:50)
1-06
Bryin Dall
May You Never Be Alone Like Me (3:07)
1-07
Death In June Presents Kapo!
Only Europa Knows (6:01)
1-08
Roger Doyle
Dark Scenery Court Games (7:12)
1-09
Elijah's Mantle
Wise Words Of Eve (9:57)
1-10
In Gowan Ring
Still Water Bonne (7:05)
1-11
Lemon Kittens
What The Cat Brought In (2:19)
1-12
Loretta's Doll
Love Is Regret (4:26)
1-13
Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud, The
Untitled (4:35)

2-01
Nature And Organisation
By A Foreign River (The Longing For Mercy And Happiness) (4:33)
2-02
Neither/Neither World
All's God's Dogs (5:01)
2-03
Nurse With Wound
Window Of Possible Organic Development (8:47)
2-04
Orchis
Come Unto Me (5:01)
2-05
Boyd Rice Experience, The
Music From The Movie Pearls Before Swine (4:12)
Horns [Brass] - Joel Haertling
2-06
Sand (2)
On The Corner (Alternative Version) (5:20)
2-07
Death In June Presents Scorpion Wind
Some Colossus (4:51)
2-08
Shock Headed Peters
Oblivion Extract (10:40)
2-09
Sol Invictus
Did You See (4:48)
2-10
Somewhere In Europe
Oblique Realities (5:36)
2-11
Strength Through Joy
Ways To Strength And Beauty (7:02)
2-12
Tiny Tim
The Garden Of Your Heart, Turn Back The Universe, You Can't Get Loving Where There Ain't Any Love, A Thousand Love Songs (5:35)
2-13
Zone (2)
The Scavenging Soul (4:50)


If I were to pick one CD to introduce someone to the joy of World Serpent Distribution (RIP), this would be the one. It covers the entire gamut of possibilities and includes some real gems, most notable in my opinion, Coils "Heartworms" (though far too foreboding of what was to become of Jhonn Balance) which fits better here than it does on the Foxtrot compilation. The Sand alternate was really nice, too. In all reality, though, each of these tracks are guaranteed to entertain, with the exception perhaps of Tiny Tims contribution as he is a bit of an acquired taste for your typical ambient/experimental/neofolk fan. Well, except for David Tibet, that is. :D

bikefridaywalter, Apr 06, 2008



Various - MM (01-01-2000)


1
Algiz
Sans Titre (5:33)
2
Backworld
The Devils Plaything (Remix) (4:10)
3
Der Blutharsch
Untitled (2:45)
4
Bryin Dall
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (3:15)
Guitar, Keyboards, Producer - Derek Rush
5
Cyclobe
You're Not Alone, You're Dreaming (4:55)
6
Darkwood
Posten Vor Tag (4:15)
7
Dawn & Dusk Entwined
A Torch In A Dark Field (6:35)
8
Leutha
Wind (5:27)
9
Nobody (3)
Maybe One Day (live) (3:39)
10
Nový Svět
La Aroma Lola (2:20)
11
Ozymandias
Contre Le Temps (3:39)
12
Pantaleimon
Bowed And Parted (11:23)
13
Regard Extrême
Trompe L'Oeil (Remix) (4:56)
14
Skald
Sif (2:35)
15
Soil Bleeds Black, The
Solutio Perfecta (4:10)
16
Tor Lundvall
My Weakness (5:11)

Millennium Compilation that was given to the first 2000 people who wrote an e-mail to World Serpent.
This release comes in a cardboard slipcase which is packed in a cardboard envelope.



Dave & Toni Arthur

Morning Stands On Tiptoe 1997 reissue

1 A Maiden Came From London Town (3:34)
2 Morning Stands On Tiptoe (1:38)
3 Female Rambling Sailor (2:23)
4 Padstow Drinking Song (1:50)
5 The Guilty Sea Captain (1:55)
6 The Eynsham Poaching Song (2:45)
7 Green Grass (2:36)
8 The Barley Grain For Me (2:23)
9 The Jolly Ploughboy (1:53)
10 The Blackburn Poachers (2:31)
11 John Peel (2:27)
12 Bold Robinson (1:54)
13 Green Broom (2:19)
14 Bendigo Champion Of England (4:51)
15 The Football Match (2:58)

Tracks 1 - 15 are original Transatlantic Recordings, originally issued as TRA154 "Morning Stands On Tiptoe" in 1967. Recorded at Livingston Recording Studios, Barnet 1967.

16 All Frolicking I'll Give Over (1:57)
17 The Death Of Queen Jane (2:39)
18 Creeping Jane (3:49)
19 The Merchants Daughter Of Bristol (1:29)
20 The Bold Dragoon (3:00)
21 Cold Blows The Winter's Wind (2:06)
22 The Lark In The Morning (2:40)
23 Poor Old Horse (2:54)
24 Hey John Barleycorn (1:24)
25 Bedlam (3:09)
26 Admiral Benbow (2:41)
27 Father Father Build Me A Boat (2:54)
28 The Press Gang (3:54)
29 Six Jolly Miners (3:40)

Tracks 16 - 29 are original Topic Recordings, originally issued as 12T190 2The Lark In The Morning" in 1969.




Konstruktivists


Tic Tac Toe (1991)

1 Tic Tac Toe 1 (4:09)
2 Tic Tac Toe 2 (6:14)
3 Tic Tac Toe 3 (4:13)
4 Tic Tac Toe 4 (10:17)

Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Electro, Ambient






Boyd Rice

Ragnarok Rune (1992)

1 Untitled (13:26)
2 Untitled (3:52)
3 Untitled (7:07)







Above The Ruins


Songs Of The Wolf (1996)

Tony Wakeford project during the time after his involvement in Death In June and before he began Sol Invictus.

1 Waiting (3:37)
2 Roses (3:52)
3 Last Rite (1:37)
4 Under Western Skies (2:36)
5 Song Of The Wolf (2:46)
6 Hundred Flags (2:34)
7 Progress (2:45)
8 Make Us Strong (3:30)

Originally released by UK label Grimnir (1984) and also reissued by First Floor Records in 1986.






Neither/Neither World

Alive With The Taste Of Hell (1996)

1 Find Your Fear (3:10)
2 Follow You Down (4:45)
3 Silent Birds (4:36)
4 Devil's Lullaby (4:44)
5 All God's Dogs (5:04)
6 Rigormortis Sunset (4:14)
7 Falling From Love (4:22)
8 Echoing (3:50)
9 Confessions (6:44)







Nobody

Transparent Seasons (1998)

01 Transparent Seasons (2:48)
02 If (4:54)
03 Listen (3:40)
04 Thrown Stones (4:33)
05 Il Sangue Scorre (3:20)
06 Campane (1:56)
07 Les Jeux Sont Faits (3:29)
08 Giorno E Notte (4:01)
09 To You, Become Clouds (3:36)
10 To Be Less (1:37)
11 Evesong (4:28)
12 Maybe One Day (3:15)
13 On Earth (11:24)

All words and music by Stefano nbd (Stefano Di Felice).




Ozymandias

Ahara (1998)

1 En l'attendant (2:28)
2 Longue marche vers la mort (3:34)
3 Inquiétante déchirure (3:18)
4 Est-ce que j existe vraiment (3:16)
5 Ahara (3:58)
6 Parcours maladif (3:47)
7 Le fardeau du mystère (2:53)
8 L'attente (6:45)
9 Après quoi je cours? (3:25)
10 10 Contre le temps (3:40)
11 Dernier souffle (2:35)
12 Ne m'oubliez pas (4:31)

Ozymandias is the romantic, dark pianist Christophe Terrettaz whose music is minimalist.





Dawn & Dusk Entwined


A Leftover Of Gaia (1999)

1 The Drift (5:49)
2 Sigurd's Awakening (4:11)
3 Stone And Tree (3:42)
4 Back Around The Yew (6:02)
5 Lokasenna (6:02)
6 A Torch In A Dark Field (6:35)
7 The Unsaid (4:34)
8 Eternal (7:18)
9 Reliance (5:34)
10 Then, A New Era... (4:38)

First Release from Dawn & Dusk Entwined (D&DE).

Tracks 1-6 were recorded September 1997.
Tracks 7-10 were originally recorded for the "Myth, Faith, Belief" cassette in summer 1995 and re-recorded in summer 1998.






Dawn & Dusk Entwined


Forever War (2000)

1 Heading Towards The West (5:40)
2 To The Fallen Ones (Eternal Two) (5:56)
3 Shades And Shadows (4:00)
4 Wyrd (7:38)
5 Skies Of Belgrade (5:56)
6 Enter Ashland (5:18)
7 In The Distance (12:26)

FOREVER WAR was conceived between December 1997 and September 1998. "Skies Of Belgrade" and "Enter Ashland" were re-worked October 1999. Mastered in November 1999.
"This album is dedicated to the memory of Audrey Bui"

Track 7 is an uncredited bonus track that starts after 7:40 of silence.




Belborn

Seelenruhe / Phoenix 7" (2000)

A Seelenruhe (Souls Resting)
B Phoenix

Holger Fiala & Susanne Hora-Fiala
German neofolk duo formed in 2000 and based around the World Serpent imprint.
In 2006 the project announced its end.





Belborn

3 Drei Three (2001)

1 Elite (4:59)
2 Am Ende Aller Tage (4:17)
3 Heiliger Hain (4:36)
4 Ich Lieb Sie (4:04)
5 Tod Ist Die Liebe (5:22)
6 Werkzeug (5:23)
7 Hypatia (3:15)
8 Bastard (4:37)
9 Neue Dämmerung (4:56)
10 Du Bist Gott (2:31)
11 Geschichte (0:40)
12 Die Ewige Schlacht (8:52)

"Ich Lieb Sie" is an adaptation of a B-side from Grauzone.






The Soil Bleeds Black

Quintessence (2001)

1 Earthe (5:46)
2 Air (7:10)
3 Fyre (5:14)
4 Water (9:02)
5 Quintessence (13:49)



The Soil Bleeds Black

Alchemie
(1999)

1 Magia Naturalis (2:36)
2 Luna Begets Mercury (2:45)
3 Winter Marriage (3:41)
4 Made Not Vain The Cup Thou Drankest (3:38)
5 Mineralia (3:14)
6 Moonburn (2:07)
7 Lapis Philosophorum (3:04)
8 Fire Of The Sacred Seal (3:35)
9 Jongleurs In A Threefold (1:49)
10 Silver Song (2:02)
11 Dethrone The Wounded King (4:34)
12 Some Sweet Sorrow Did Her Heart Distraine, Act I (2:44)

Lyrics By, Synthesizer, Other [Bows, Alchemy] - Michael Riddick
Voice - Eugenia Houston
Voice, Synthesizer, Drum [Snare], Tambourine, Percussion [Sticks, Bucket], Harp [Mouth], Electronics [Samples], Other [Claps, Bows, Scottish Pipe Chanter], Whistle [Penny], Dulcimer [Hammered], Recorder [Alto, Tenor], Shaker - Mark Riddick







Death In June / Current 93 / Sol Invictus

Frankfurt Sound Depot 24-03-1991 (1992)

1 Death In June The Guilty Have No Pride (6:40)
2 Death In June Leper Lord (1:26)
3 Death In June Solitude (3:01)
4 Death In June Heaven Street (2:37)
5 Current 93 Summer Of Love (2:34)
6 Current 93 Death Of The Corn (4:45)
7 Current 93 A Song For Douglas (5:42)
8 Current 93 Earth Covers Earth (4:22)
9 Current 93 Be (0:45)
10 Current 93 North (0:56)
11 Current 93 Hooves / Horsey (9:57)
12 Current 93 Happy Birthday (3:04)
13 Current 93 They Return To Their Earth (5:41)
14 Current 93 Black Flowers (3:27)
15 Current 93 Hullo Angel (1:28)
16 Current 93 A Sadness Song (4:01)
17 Sol Invictus Raven Chorus (4:11)
18 Sol Invictus Black Easter (2:44)
19 Sol Invictus Death Of The West (2:45)

Originally released as a bootleg entitled The Day Of Dawn


This live CD was recorded at the Frankfurt Sound Depot on 3/24/91. After its appearance, World Serpent released an official version of this CD. The CD is limited to 500 numbered copies.
Also exists a special handnumbered edition of the last 111 copies of this CD. It came in a Box with T-shirt and 2 postcards.




Sol Invictus


Black Europe (1994)

1 Angels Fall (4:13)
2 Fields (3:20)
3 English Murder (5:15)
4 Lex Talionis (3:36)
5 In A Silent Place (4:34)
6 Gold Is King (4:50)
7 Lonely Crawls The Night (4:58)
8 Blood Of Summer (2:18)
9 Trees In Winter (3:31)
10 World Turn Green (4:28)
11 Like A Sword (4:03)
12 Sawney Bean (2:57)
13 Somewhere In Europe (3:20)
14 Let Us Prey (3:01)
15 The Killing Tide (3:52)
16 The Death Of The West (2:51)
17 Against The Modern World (2:13)

Another Official re-release of a bootleg.

Missing track here







Unveiled

Silver (2000)

1 Anotherworldness (7:55)
2 Soul In A Crystal (6:46)
3 Winter (10:25)
4 Fire As A Friend (5:19)
5 6 (7:07)
6 Sand (5:38)
7 Letters And Stones (7:49)
8 Silver (6:49)


more soon....