Night Bird

 

“ZU93 performing “Night Bird”
Zu & David Tibet/Current 93 collaboration — world premiere

personnel:

· David Tibet: vocals
· Massimo Pupillo: guitars and bass
· Stefano Pilia: guitars
· Luca Tilli: cello
· Andrea Serrapiglio: cello
· Luca Mai: electronics and reeds”

Consider also:

  1. “The desire seems not other than the desire of the bird for its mate in the heart of the wood, and we listen to that joyous praise as though a bird watching its plumage in still water had begun to sing in its joy, or as if we heard hawk praising hawk in the middle air, and because it is the praise of one made for all noble life and not for pleasure only, it seems, though it is the praise of the body, that it is the noblest praise.”
  2. “Love, I love you! Night, night, cover us! Thou art night, O my love; and there are no stars but thine eyes.”
  3. “No whispered sigh, No change of breast, love’s posture perfectly Once gained, we change no more. The fever grows Hotter or cooler, as the night wind blows Fresh gusts of passion on the outer gate. But we, in waves of frenzy, concentrate Our thirsty mouths on that hot drinking cup Whence we may never suck the nectar up Too often or too hard; fresh fire invades Our furious veins, and the unquiet shades Of night make noises in the darkened room.”
  4. “Dark night, sweet night, so warm and yet so fresh, so scented yet so holy, cover me, cover me!”
  5. “N.O.X. the night of Pan; and Laylah, the night before His threshold!”