Dead Can Dance | |
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 Dead Can Dance at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California, during the Anastasis tour in August 2012. Left to right: Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1981–1998, 2005, 2011–present |
| Labels | 4AD, Warner Bros., Rhino/Atlantic, Rykodisc, PIAS |
| Associated acts | The Scavengers, The Marching Girls, Junk Logic, Microfilm, Heavenly Bodies, Pieter Bourke |
| Website | deadcandance |
| Members | Lisa Gerrard Brendan Perry |
| Past members | Paul Erikson Simon Monroe James Pinker Scott Rodger Richard Yale Peter Ulrich |
Dead Can Dance is an Australian music duo from Melbourne. Currently composed of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, the group formed in 1981 and relocated to London the following year. 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 music, mantras, and art rock."[2]
Having disbanded in 1998, they reunited briefly in 2005 for a world tour and reformed in 2011 when they released and toured a new album, Anastasis. They released a new album in 2018 called Dionysus and are touring again as of mid-2019.
- ↑ James Hannaham (1997). Goth and the Glorification of Suffering in Rock Music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. pp. 91–119.
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- ↑ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Dead Can Dance (DCD)'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 28 June 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2013.