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Marc Almond and Michael Cashmore - Feasting With Panthers


FEASTING WITH PANTHERS is a collaboration between Marc Almond and composer Michael Cashmore setting poems of Count Eric Stenbock plus unique translations by Poet Jeremy Reed, of poems by Jean Genet, Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine as well as Reeds own Poetry, to music. 'Decadent' poems of Thwarted love, Opiated romance, decadence and death woven with a Homo-eroticism accompanied by Michael Cashmore's haunting, melancholic music that gives the verse a feeling of yearning for beauty and a longing for lost innocence and youth.
The album was recorded over several years sending files by email and post, never once recording together in the studio, Berlin based Michael Cashmore working at home to compose the music, playing all of the instruments and adding Marcs vocals from files recorded in London. The result is a glorious union, both in voice and music, complementing the text.
The project began after Current 93's David Tibet gave Marc a book of Poems by the Baltic German Poet Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock he had published through the Durtro label. Marc was instantly attracted to the dark erotic and melancholic yearning in the verse and contacted Michael Cashmore who he had previously worked with on Current 93's reading of Idumea. He felt Michael would have the right understanding of the verse with his intricate beautiful musical work. The project developed to include many of Marc's favourite Poems by some of his favourite 'outsider' Poets with a common ground.
Marc and Michael released a limited edition EP of Stenbocks Gabriel and The Lunatic Lover through Durtro Records and performed both songs at The Queen Elizabeth Hall in London with Current 93 in 2008.
The album "Feasting With Panthers" is released on 6th June through Cherry Red/ Strike Force and is available now to pre-order.
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Marc Almond with Michael Cashmore - Gabriel and The Lunatic Lover


This two-track CDEP features vocals from the legendary Almond and music composed and performed by Cashmore, well-known for his extensive catalog of recordings with Current 93 and Nature And Organisation, as well as for his work as a solo artist. The duo sets to music two poems by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock, the extraordinary 19th-century gay writer whose bizarre life of decadence, drug-addiction, alcoholism, and poetry - coupled with Satanic, vampiric, and Catholic obsessions - led to his early death at the age of 36 in 1895. The CD is housed in a beautiful full-color digipak that contains previously unpublished paintings of Almond by Russian artist Vania Soutavliov, a rare photograph of the enigmatic Count, and the complete texts to both poems. Available online now from www.jnanarecords.com
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Michael Cashmore - The Snow Abides

With guests Antony and David Tibet

This release comprises five thematically linked songs: all vocals are sung by Antony (Antony and the Johnsons), all song texts are written by David Tibet, and all music is composed and played by Michael Cashmore. Available online now from www.jnanarecords.com
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Michael Cashmore - Sleep England


This is the first entirely solo album from Michael, who has worked extensively with Current 93 over the last 15 years, and who has also released works with his own project Nature And Organisation. The album was written, recorded, mixed and produced by Michael Cashmore. It consists of 12 new and previously unreleased tracks, and comes in a full colour digipak. This release is essential for all those who have followed the works of both Current 93 and Nature And Organisation during the last 15 years.
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  • Mr. BooHooHoo

    Mr. Cashmore, you are a genius and a huge inspiration, thanks for your music!

    1 year ago
  • FolkCore

    Wiedereinmal ein tolles Album

    1 year ago
  • Some

    http://www.myspace.com/somebizarrerecords Successful New Year of 2012 May the stars fulfil your greatest wishes, Tainted Love is played as part of the medley to London's firework display to welcome in the New Year... http://www.thegenepool.co.uk/somebizarre ; www.somebizarre.com http://www.myspace.com/somebizzare
    http://www.myspace.com/somebizzare.somebizarre1

    1 year ago
  • StillXRN*

     Thank You Michael, it's much appreciated!!...;)))

    1 year ago
  • The Jasmine Fetish

    Michael Cashmore, David Tibet, Current 93 --- true beauty! We look forward to new Universes of sacred sound soon arising! 

    1 year ago
  • Mystic Fog

    *********THANKS FOR THE ADD********* 
     
    ::::::::::YOUR MUSIC IS VERY COOD:::::::::: 

    1 year ago
  • The Jasmine Fetish

    I too am absolutely amazed by your new collaboration with Marc Almond.  I will be spending all summer and beyond as I listen to this breathtaking recording.  Thank you for continuing to offer your work to us, the world is a much more beautiful place because of it. Love, Kristine

    1 year ago
  • Bad Tripes

     Thanks for the add and especially your wonderful music...

    1 year ago
  • The Jasmine Fetish

    FEASTING WITH PANTHERS is a gorgeous album, Michael! I am glad that you keep your Myspace profile here, because this is where I first heard your music & it is also where I found out about your new Cd! You & Marc Almond have given this wildly-spinning world a brilliant gift!
    "Hotel De France & Poetry", "Feasting With Panthers" & especially "Patron Saint Of Lipstick" are purely perfect, sensual & wonderfully addictive! Magnificent musical workings!

    1 year ago
  • colin walker

    nice choon nice guitars cheers col

    1 year ago
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  • Genre: Alternative / Experimental / Other

    Location Berlin, Ge

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    Last Login: 12/27/2012

    Member Since 5/12/2006

    Record Label COPTIC CAT / DURTRO JNANA / CHERRY RED RECORDS

    Type of Label Major

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Michael Cashmore is an English composer and musician currently living in Berlin. His first involvement in music began in the early 80's when he started experimenting with tape machines, acoustic instruments and super 8mm film. Around that time he founded the group Nature And Organisation who made several live performances, and later in the 90's released several recorded works. After becoming a member of Current 93 in 1990 Michael began writing music almost exclusively for the group. Since moving to Berlin several years ago, aside from his work with Current 93, Michael began recording albums under his own name - the first of which "SLEEP ENGLAND" was released in 2006 followed by the mini-album "THE SNOW ABIDES" in 2007 which features all vocals by Antony (Antony and the Johnsons) and texts by David Tibet. Michael released a collaborative CD EP "GABRIEL AND THE LUNATIC LOVER" at the end of April 2008 with singer Marc Almond which featured adaptations of poetry by Count Stenbock. Spring 2011 sees the release of all the collaborative work between Michael and Marc Almond with the album "Feasting With Panthers" which features some of Marc's favourite poetry set to music by Michael. With all vocals by Marc Almond and all music composed, played and mixed by Michael Cashmore this 13 track album is released on June 6th through Cherry Red Records / Strike Force.
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