Dead Can Dance is an Australian-British musical project formed in 1981 in Melbourne by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The band relocated from Melbourne to London in May 1982. Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described Dead Can Dance's style as "constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty; African polyrhythms, Gaelic folk, Gregorian chant, Middle Eastern mantras, and art rock.
Lisa Gerrard The Mirror Pool - 11 - Celon. Lisa Gerrard Dead Can Dance. Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke (Dead Can Dance) I'm Alone In This. Lisa Gerrard/Pieter Bourke Duality - 7 - Pilgrimage of Lost Children.
Dead Can Dance formed in Melbourne in 1980 - Gerrard was 16 and Perry was 19 when they started working together - and they decamped within a few years for London, where they recorded their goth-rock–inflected, self-titled debut. Dionysus was an especially different album for Dead Can Dance since it’s almost entirely Perry’s work. After he read three more books about the deity, he decided he wanted to do an impressionistic work rather than a song cycle. It’s an incredibly complex subject, he explains.
LOS ANGELES - When Lisa Gerrard sings, it seems impossible that a voice so unearthly could belong to a human being. Bourke played both on Gerrard's debut solo album, The Mirror Pool, and on the tour for Dead Can Dance's last album, Spiritchaser. After that tour, he recalled, "We both returned home to Australia, and after about six weeks off, Lisa gave me a call and said, 'I've got some ideas. Do you want to come and do some percussion work?' " From there, a passionate collaboration evolved, and Duality was born. Game," the first single culled from Duality. Recently, they were invited to perform at this summer's Lilith Fair tour, a first for Gerrard. Although she regards a wider audience as a benefit, she's become accustomed to existing outside the mainstream.
We are delighted to announce that Dead Can Dance are returning to the USA to perform at the 2013 Coachella Festival. The band will be playing on both Sunday 14th and Sunday 21st April. See you soon, Dead Can Dance. 4 March 2013 ·. youtube. Lisa Gerrard - Laurelei. From the Album: The Mirror Pool. 11 April 2009 ·. DEAD CAN DANCE - Nierika. One of the best song of DEAD CAN DANCE from the album "spritchaser" 1996. Dead Can Dance & Lisa Gerrard added 3 new photos to the album Dead Can Dance & Lisa Gerrard.