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Infobox musical artist| name = Dead Can Dance| image = DeadCanDance2005C.jpg| alt = Upper body shot of a 45-year-old man at left. He is peering at a stringed instrument on a lectern. A microphone is directed to a 43-year-old woman at right. She is shown partly in left profile, singing with her eyes closed, her left hand rests on top of the lectern. She wears a ring on her left hand. In the background is musical equipment, a high stage curtain and a foot-light.| caption = Dead Can Dance, 24 March 2005 Left to right: Brendan Perry , Lisa Gerrard | landscape = Yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Melbourne , Australia (formed) London , England (recorded/signed)| genre = World music , Dark Wave , Ambient music|ambient , New Age music|New Age , Neoclassical Dark Wave|neoclassical , Ethereal Wave|ethereal , gothic rock , post-punk , dream pop | years_active = 1981–1998, 2005, 2011–present| label = 4AD Warner Bros. Records Rhino Records|Rhino / Atlantic Records Rykodisc Records|Rykodisc | associated_acts =| website = URL| http://www.deadcandance.com/| current_members = Lisa Gerrard Brendan Perry | past_members = Paul Erikson Simon Monroe James Pinker Scott Rodger Peter Ulrich Dead Can Dance (sometimes referred to as DCD ) are an Australia n/ United Kingdom|British Ethereal Wave|ethereal Neoclassical Dark Wave|neoclassical duo formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1981, by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry . The band relocated to London in May 1982 and disbanded in 1998. Their 1996 album Spiritchaser reached No.& nbsp;1 on the Billboard Top World Music Albums Chart. Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described Dead Can Dance as having an ambient style of world music that "constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty; African polyrhythms, Gaelic folk, Gregorian chants, Middle Eastern mantras, and art-rock."
Formation and early years
Dead Can Dance formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1981 with Paul Erikson on bass guitar, Lisa Gerrard (ex-Microfilm) on vocals, Simon Monroe ( The Scavengers |Marching Girls ) on drums and Brendan Perry ( The Scavengers |Marching Girls ) on vocals and guitar. Gerrard and Perry were also a domestic couple and they left Monroe in Australia when they moved to London in May 1982, where they signed with alternative rock label 4AD Records . With the duo, the initial United Kingdom line-up were James Pinker, Scott Rodger and Peter Ulrich .
For their second album, Spleen and Ideal , the group comprised the core duo of Gerrard and Perry with cello, trombones and tympani added in by session musicians. It appeared in November 1985 and was co-produced by the duo with 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 this album reached No.& nbsp;2 on the UK indie charts. By 1989, Gerrard and Perry had separated domestically – Gerrard returned to Australia and Perry moved to Ireland – but they still wrote, recorded and performed together as Dead Can Dance.
Wider acceptance
Dead Can Dance's albums were not widely available in the United States until the early 1990s, when 4AD made a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Records . 4AD allied itself with the Beggars Banquet Records Group, which included that eponymous label and XL Recordings in the US, but the band's recordings remained distributed through Warner Bros. Records . Subsequent releases, however, have been licensed to Rhino Entertainment Company|Rhino / Atlantic Records , a sister label within Warner Music Group|Warner Music . Their 1991 compilation, A Passage in Time (Dead Can Dance album)|A Passage in Time , remains with 4AD independently of the Rhino and Warner Bros. deals; it was initially only released in the US.
Their sixth studio album, Into the Labyrinth (Dead Can Dance album)|Into the Labyrinth , was issued in September 1993 and dispensed with guest musicians entirely; it sold 500,000 copies worldwide and appeared on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 . The band had become 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 their career exist, containing several rare songs that were only performed live. Toward the Within is the duo's only official live album . It reached the Billboard 200. Gerrard released her debut solo recording, The Mirror Pool , and recombined with Perry for the Dead Can Dance studio album, Spiritchaser , in 1996. The album also charted on Billboard 200 and reached No.& nbsp;1 on the Top World Music Albums Chart.
Disbandment and reunions
In 1998, Dead Can Dance planned a follow-up to Spiritchaser , but the band separated before it was realised. One song from the recording sessions, "The Lotus Eaters", was eventually released on the box set Dead Can Dance (1981-1998) and on the 2-disc compilation Wake (Dead Can Dance album)|Wake (2003). Gerrard teamed with Pieter Bourke ( Snog , Soma) to issue Duality (Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke album)|Duality in April 1998. Perry released Eye of the Hunter in October 1999. Dead Can Dance reunited in 2005 and released limited-edition recordings of 13 shows from its European tour, and 8 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)|The Show record label.
On 28 March 2010, in an interview for Bulgaria’s Katehizis.com online music magazine, Perry revealed the possibility of a future Dead Can Dance reunion: "Yes, I’ve been talking about it with Lisa Gerrard. Maybe in the end of next year we’ll start work again. We’ve been talking about doing something like taking a small chamber orchestra – 10 or 15 people – and tour with them. And we have to write songs. We have to write new material – totally new – so the whole, entire set will be a new album. Then we’ll go into the studio after the tour, record, produce and release a record as well." This was confirmed in the official Brendan Perry forum on 12 May 2011: "I have been talking with Lisa Gerrard this past week with regard to recording a new DCD album this coming winter. We hope to complete the album by the summer of 2012 and then embark on an extensive two month world tour in late 2012."cite web |url= http://forum.brendan-perry.com/comments.php? DiscussionID=765 |title=Dead Can Dance new album and tour for 2012 |work=The Brendan Perry Forum |date=2011-05-11 |accessdate=2011-06-05 The band made a formal announcement about its world tour and new album, yet untitled, for a release date of 9 August.Dead Can Dance Detail New Album, Tour http://pitchfork.com/news/46455-dead-can-dance-detail-new-album-tour/? utm_campaign=search& utm_medium=site& utm_source=search-ac
On September 30, 2011, Dead Can Dance announced the release of a four track EP entitled Live Happenings – Part 1 available for free download from their website. Since December the EP Live Happenings - Part 2 replaced the first EP. Both EPs contain songs from their 2005 Tour. Since January 31, 2012, the EP available was Live Happenings – Part 3 , to be replaced by Live Happenings - Part IV on March 20, 2012.cite web |url= http://coma-online.com/? p=7426 |title=Download: Dead Can Dance offer Live Happenings – Part 1 Free& #33; |work=COMA Music Magazine |date=2011-09-30 |accessdate=2011-10-28
In late 2011, the band announced a reunion World Tour, including 12 US cities, to be accompanied by the release of a new album.citation|url= http://deadcandance.com/ |title=Official site |publisher=Dead Can Dance |date= |accessdate=2012-05-23 The tour is scheduled to begin August 9th, 2012 in Canada and end October 28th, 2012 in Ireland.
Discography
Main|Dead Can Dance discography
Dead Can Dance (album)|Dead Can Dance (1984)
Garden of the Arcane Delights (1984)
Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)
'' The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Aion (Dead Can Dance album)|Aion (1990)
Into the Labyrinth (Dead Can Dance album)|Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Toward the Within (1994)
Spiritchaser (1996)
Anastasis (2012)
References
Reflist|35em|refs= Cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | authorlink1 = Ian McFarlane | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Dead Can Dance (DCD)' | chapterurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20040628015739/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp? articleid=261 | accessdate = 21 December 2010 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW | isbn = 1-86508-072-1
Cite book | first= Martin C. | last= Strong | year= 2000 | title= The Great Rock Discography | edition= 5th | publisher= Mojo Books | location= Edinburgh | page= 248 | isbn= 1-84195-017-3
cite web | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/deadcandance.html |work= Australian Rock Database | title = Dead Can Dance | publisher = Magnus Holmgren | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | accessdate = 21 December 2010
cite web | url = http://musicbrainz.org/release/ced70589-aab2-4754-bd8a-14f776d3ac38.html | title = Dead Can Dance | publisher = MusicBrainz | date = 8 October 2008 | accessdate = 24 December 2010
cite web | url = Allmusic|class=album|id=r5239|pure_url=yes | title = Dead Can Dance – Dead Can Dance | last1 = Raggett | first1 = Ned | authorlink1 = Ned Raggett | publisher = Allmusic ( Rovi Corporation ) | accessdate = 21 December 2010
cite web | url = Allmusic|class=album|id=r213620|pure_url=yes | title = Garden of the Arcane Delights – Dead Can Dance | last1 = Raggett | first1 = Ned | publisher = Allmusic (Rovi Corporation) | accessdate = 21 December 2010
cite web | url = http://www.dcdwithin.com/dcd.pl? caduceus=labyrinthpresskit | title = Into the Labyrinth Press-Kit – Dead Can Dance Within – Lisa Gerrard, Brendan Perry, 4AD Records | publisher = Dead Can Dance Within | date = September 1993 | accessdate = 21 December 2010
cite web | url = Allmusic|class=album|id=r5241|pure_url=yes | title = Spleen and Ideal – Dead Can Dance | last1 = Raggett | first1 = Ned | publisher = Allmusic (Rovi Corporation) | accessdate = 21 December 2010
cite web | url = Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4044|pure_url=yes | title = Dead Can Dance | last1 = Bogdanov | first1 = Vladimir | publisher = Allmusic (Rovi Corporation) | accessdate = 21 December 2010
cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dead-can-dance-p4044/charts-awards | title = Dead Can Dance > Charts & awards > Billboard albums | publisher = Allmusic (Rovi Corporation) | accessdate = 21 December 2010
Cite news | url = http://www.katehizis.com/publications/interview.php? i=brendan_perry2010 | title = ??????? ?? Envy ? Brendan Perry (???-Dead Can Dance) | language = Bulgarian language|Bulgarian | publisher = Metal Katehizis | date = 28 March 2010 | accessdate = 22 December 2010 Note: Google translation of quoted section is "Yes, of course, even now talked with Lisa about it. Now considering to get together again at the end of next year and begin to work with Dead Can Dance. Our idea is to hire a small chamber orchestra - no more than 10-15 musicians with whom to export concerts. Meanwhile, the breaks from the tour, we intend to be devoted to writing new material and after the tour - to get into the studio to record and to release an album". The full "Envy interview with Brendan Perry (ex-Dead Can Dance)", as translated by Google, is available here http://translate.google.com.au/translate? hl=en& sl=bg& u= http://www.katehizis.com/publications/interview.php%3Fi%3Dbrendan_perry2010& ei=QRwRTdyyBY6lcazw5NgK& sa=X& oi=translate& ct=result& resnum=1& ved=0CBsQ7gEwAA& prev=/search%3Fq%3D http://www.katehizis.com/publications/interview.php%253Fi%253Dbrendan_perry2010%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Datp%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26prmd%3Divns.
External links
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http://www.deadcandance.com/ Official Dead Can Dance Web site
http://www.echoes.org/onlinegerrard.html Dead Can Dance interviews from the Echoes public radio show
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