23-532: Immortal Memory is an album by Dead Can Dance member Lisa Gerrard and Irish classical composer Patrick Cassidy , released in 2004. It was Gerrard's first studio release since 1998's Duality with Pieter Bourke . Gerrard first met Cassidy in 2000 in Los Angeles (where he lives), when she came to work on the Gladiator soundtrack , and they planned to work together one day. When they eventually found
46-625: A couple who met as members of Melbourne's Little Band scene . Dead Can Dance soon became headliners at Melbourne's main post-punk venue, the Crystal Ballroom in St Kilda , and played an Australian farewell show there in May 1982 before moving to London, England, where they signed with alternative music label 4AD. With the duo, the initial United Kingdom line-up were Paul Erikson and Peter Ulrich . The group's debut album, Dead Can Dance ,
69-525: A follow-up album to Spiritchaser , which was due to be released in early 1999 followed by a planned world tour. However, they separated before it was completed and canceled the tour. One song from the recording sessions, "The Lotus Eaters", was eventually released on the box set Dead Can Dance (1981-1998) and on the two-disc compilation Wake (2003). Gerrard teamed with Pieter Bourke ( Snog , Soma) to issue Duality in April 1998. Perry released Eye of
92-557: A major-label release in the US, thanks to a distribution deal that 4AD had with Warner Bros. Records . It featured the single "The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove". Into the Labyrinth was a major success, selling more than 500,000 copies worldwide. Into the Labyrinth was a marked change on many fronts from the previous album Aion , released three years earlier. Perry and Gerrard were now living far apart and writing music independently (Perry
115-1019: A new album and then embark on two-month world tour. The band made a formal announcement about its world tour and new album, Anastasis , for a release date of 13 August 2012. In late 2011, the band announced a reunion world tour, including 12 US cities, to be accompanied by the release of a live album on a new label. The tour was scheduled to begin on 9 August 2012 in Canada and continue until 19 September 2012 in Turkey , 21 and 23 September in Greece , 13 October in Russia , then 28 October 2012 in Ireland , then Mexico and South America and then in Lebanon and finally Australia in February 2013. On 15 November 2012 it
138-544: A new album influenced by Indian music and new arrangements and rehearsals for an upcoming Tour. A 2022 European tour did take place, and a second European leg was scheduled for the later in the year as well as a North American leg for 2023. However, in September 2022 the band announced the cancellation of both the second European leg as well as the North American dates citing unspecified health reasons. Into
161-551: A self-created wordless vocal technique similar to glossolalia on tracks 1, 5–7, 9–10. Tracks 3 and 10 were performed a cappella . In the UK, the CD album was simultaneously released along a limited edition double vinyl LP (featuring "Bird" and "Spirit", the two 1991 bonus tracks from A Passage in Time ). The title alludes to the classic legend of Greek mythology about Theseus going into
184-460: A shared two-month break, they joined at Gerrard's Australian studio for this record. The W. B. Yeats poem " Sailing to Byzantium " inspired the track of the same name. The lyrics utilise three ancient languages: Music by Lisa Gerrard (tracks 1–9) and Patrick Cassidy (tracks 1–10). Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance are an Australian world music and darkwave band from Melbourne . Currently composed of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry ,
207-630: The Labyrinth against the Minotaur . While not necessarily a concept album , this link adds some conceptual cohesion to the album. This theme is reflected in several song titles: "Ariadne" (the legendary Ariadne giving her clew to Theseus); "Towards the Within" (of the Labyrinth, the Minotaur being at the centre); "The Spider's Stratagem" (waiting at the centre of her web like the Minotaur waiting at
230-645: The Arcane Delights in August. AllMusic described their early work as "as goth as it gets" (despite the group themselves rejecting the label ), while the EP saw them "plunging into a wider range of music and style". For their second album, Spleen and Ideal , the group comprised the core duo of Gerrard and Perry with cello, trombone and tympani added in by session musicians. Released in November 1985, it
253-680: The Hunter in October 1999. Dead Can Dance reunited in 2005 and released limited-edition recordings of thirteen shows from its European tour and eight recordings from the subsequent North American tour, as well as a compilation titled Selections from Europe 2005 . These concerts were recorded and released on The Show record label. In 2005, the song "Nierika" became part of the opening titles for Mexican television station TV Azteca 's soap opera La Chacala . On 12 May 2011, Brendan Perry announced on his official web forum that Dead Can Dance would record
SECTION 10
#1732792936352276-647: The Labyrinth , was issued in September 1993 and dispensed with guest musicians entirely; it sold 500,000 copies worldwide and appeared in the Billboard 200 . The band became 4AD's highest-selling act. They followed with a world tour in 1994 and recorded a live performance in California which was released as Toward the Within , with video versions on Laserdisc and VHS (later on DVD). Many unofficial bootlegs of concerts spanning its career exist, containing several rare songs that were only performed live. Toward
299-426: The Labyrinth (Dead Can Dance album) Into the Labyrinth is the sixth studio album by Australian band Dead Can Dance , released on 13 September 1993, by 4AD . It marked a strong shift from their previous albums, putting ethnic music influences at the forefront, as would be the case in the later albums. It was their first album completed on their own without the aid of guest musicians, and their first album to have
322-637: The Within is the duo's first official live album , which reached the Billboard 200 and was followed by In Concert 19 years later. Gerrard released her debut solo recording, The Mirror Pool , and reunited with Perry on the Dead Can Dance studio album Spiritchaser in 1996. The album also charted on Billboard 200 and reached No. 1 on the Top World Music Albums Chart. In 1998, Dead Can Dance began recording
345-462: The album Anastasis . They released their most recent album, Dionysus , in 2018, and toured Europe in 2022. Dead Can Dance were formed in Melbourne , Australia, in August 1981 with Paul Erikson on bass guitar, Lisa Gerrard (ex-Microfilm) on vocals and percussion, Simon Monroe ( Marching Girls ) on drums and Brendan Perry (also of Marching Girls) on vocals and guitar. Gerrard and Perry were
368-653: The centre of the Labyrinth—but also a Bertolucci film adapting a Borges short story from Labyrinths ): and "Emmeleia" (the Greek dance of tragedy) Tracks written by Dead Can Dance ( Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry ), except track 3 (words and music by Dr Robert Dwyer Joyce , traditional, arranged by Dead Can Dance) and track 11 (words by Bertolt Brecht , English translation by John Willett ). The 1993 (DAD 3013), 2008 and 2010 limited-edition double-vinyl LP releases had / 1–3 / 4–7 // "Bird" 8–9 / "Spirit" 10–11 / adding
391-598: The future of Dead Can Dance, Perry responded on the band's official Facebook page that the band has relocated to France and that they are in the process of fabricating a new recording and rehearsal studio. On 21 April 2018, Perry announced mastering of a new album would be commencing at Abbey Road Studios. The new album, Dionysus , was released on 2 November 2018. In September 2018, their website announced "A Celebration – Life & Works 1980-2019" tour with dates in Europe in May and June 2019. In contrast to previous tours,
414-447: The group formed in 1981. They 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 ." Having temporarily disbanded in 1998, they reunited in 2005 for a world tour, and again in 2011 to release and tour
437-569: The setlist drew heavily from the band's older catalogue, featuring some songs the band had never before played live. In October 2019, the band announced a second leg of the tour with dates in North America, Mexico and South America. However, the tour was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The 2021 tour as well as rescheduled dates for later in the year were also cancelled citing COVID-19. In March 2022, Perry anticipated plans for
460-669: Was announced that the band would be returning to Europe to continue its tour, starting on 28 May 2013 in Portugal . The final show of the Anastasis World Tour was in Santiago, Chile, on 13 July 2013. On 17 October 2014, the band announced that plans for an upcoming European tour for Spring 2015 had been cancelled "due to unforeseen circumstances". On 8 September 2015, the band announced the sale of Brendan Perry's Quivvy Church Studio. When asked what this decision meant for
483-497: Was co-produced by the duo and John A. Rivers. Raggett describes it as "a consciously medieval European sound [...] like it was recorded in an immense cathedral". The group built a following in Europe, and the album reached No. 2 on the UK indie charts. In 1989, Gerrard and Perry separated domestically – Gerrard moved to Barcelona before returning to Australia and Perry moved to Ireland – but still wrote, recorded and performed as Dead Can Dance. The duo's sixth studio album, Into
SECTION 20
#1732792936352506-710: Was living on an island in the middle of a river in Ireland, while Gerrard lived in Australia with her husband and daughter). For the album, Gerrard traveled back to Perry's studio Quivvy Church (in County Cavan , Ireland) where they merged their songs and recorded the album over a period of three months together. This was the first album where Perry and Gerrard played all instruments, without guest musicians. The lyrics are in English on tracks 2–4, 8, and 11. Gerrard sings in
529-432: Was released in February 1984. The artwork, which depicts a ritual mask from New Guinea , "provide[s] a visual reinterpretation of the meaning of the name Dead Can Dance", set in a faux Greek typeface. The album featured "drum-driven, ambient guitar music with chanting, singing and howling", and fit in with the ethereal wave style of label mates Cocteau Twins . They followed with a four-track extended play, Garden of
#351648