Where Are Dead Can Dance From?

Dead Can Dance is a world fusion music band which was formed in my home town of Melbourne, Australia back in August 1981. The band made up of by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, relocated to London during May 1982 and disbanded in 1998. They reunited in 2005 for a world tour, and again in 2011-2012 for a new album ‘Anastasis’ and launched a world tour which is currently underway. I am hoping to get attend their Melbourne concert in February 2013.

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 chant, Middle Eastern mantras, and art-rock.” The Host of Seraphim is featured in the movie ‘Baraka‘ and really is quite a hauntingly moving piece of music.

The Host of Seraphim – Dead Can Dance

A Passage In Time – Dead Can Dance

For More Information

• Wikipedia
• Dead Can Dance – Official Website

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