Sleep Has His House is an album released in 2000 by English apocalyptic folk group Current 93

Current 93

Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...

. The album was written and recorded as a reaction to the death of David Tibet

David Tibet

David Tibet 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...

's father and prominently features harmonium

Harmonium

A harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...

. The lyrics were mostly written by David Tibet

David Tibet

David Tibet 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...

 and the music composed by Michael Cashmore

Michael Cashmore

Michael Cashmore is a British composer and musician who has created music under the name of Nature And Organisation and more recently under his own name.Cashmore has also been a member of the group Current 93 since the late 1980s...

. The album title was taken from the title of a book by the British writer, Anna Kavan.

Track listing

1. "Love's Young Dream" – 3:01
2. "Good Morning, Great Moloch" – 3:18
3. "The Magical Bird in the Magical Woods" – 8:47
4. "Red Hawthorn Tree" – 4:33
5. "Immortal Bird" – 6:33
6. "Niemandswasser" – 6:07
7. "Lullaby" - 1:43
8. "Sleep Has His House" – 24:17
9. "The God of Sleep Has Made His House" – 4:32

Participants

• Michael Cashmore
  Michael Cashmore
  Michael Cashmore is a British composer and musician who has created music under the name of Nature And Organisation and more recently under his own name.Cashmore has also been a member of the group Current 93 since the late 1980s...
  
  
• Steven Stapleton
  Steven Stapleton
  Steven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound...
  
  
• David Tibet
  David Tibet
  David Tibet 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...
  
  
• Colin Potter