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                                       Duality  1998      Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke
  1. Shadow Magnet
  2. Tempest
  3. Forrest Veil
  4. Comforter
  5. The Unfolding
  6. Pilgrimage of Lost Children
  7. The Human Game
  8. Circulation of Shadows
  9. The Sacrifice
  10. Nadir
 Duality - 1998 -

   All tracks written, performed and produced by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke.Except Tempest written by Lisa Gerrard, Pieter Bourke and Madjid Khaladj. Engineered by Pieter Bourke. Recorded at home in Gippsland Australia. Mastered by Don Tyler at Precision Mastering. Special thanks to Chris Staley for his assistance and input. Final mixes monitored on the TAS system, supplied by Absolute High End. Thank you Jacek, Nanette, John and Florencia for your support.

                             The Mirror Pool   1995           Lisa Gerrard 
  1. Violina - The Last Embrace
  2. La Bas - Song Of The Drowned
  3. Persian Love Song - The Silver Gun
  4. Sanvean - I Am Your Shadow
  5. The Rite
  6. Ajhon
  7. Glorafin
  8. Majhnavea's Music Box
  9. Largo
  10. Werd
  11. Laurelei
  12. Celon
  13. Venteles
  14. Swans
  15. Nilleshna
  16. Gloradin
 The Mirror Pool - 1995 -    All tracks produced by Lisa Gerrard. Orchestral works conducted and arranged by John Bonnar. Mixed by Guy Charbonneau, assisted by Charlie Bouis.Musicians: The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra; Dimitry Kyryakou: bouzouki & vocals; Pieter Bourke: derabukkas, hand claps, bass tablas, camel drum & vocals; John Bonnar: keyboards & vocals; Jacek Tuschewski: vocals, engineering & front cover image. All other parts performed by Lisa Gerrard.Additional engineering by Garry Havrillay and Robin Gray. Art direction by Chris Bigg.The video "Sanvean (I Am Your Shadow)" was directed by Nigel Grierson.

                                        Spiritchaser    1996        Dead Can Dance 
  1. Nierika
  2. Song of the Stars
  3. Indus
  4. Song of the Dispossessed
  5. Dedicacé Outò
  6. The Snake and the Moon
  7. Song of the Nile
  8. Devorzhum

       Written, Recorded and Produced by Brendan Perry and Lisa        Gerrard at Quivvy Church. In memory of Mark Gerrard and  Eleanor Vormehr

 Spiritchaser - 1996 -    All instruments performed by Brendan Perry & Lisa Gerrard except:Renaud Pion: Turkish clarinet on Indus; Peter Ulrich: Percussion on Nierika & Dedicacé Outò; Lance Hogan: Percussion on Nierika & Dedicacé Outò; Ronan O'Snodaigh: Percussion on Nierika & Dedicacé Outò; Robert Perry: Percussion on Nierika & Dedicacé Outò; Klaus Vormehr: Percussion on Nierika & Dedicacé Outò.Written, recorded and produced by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard at Quivvy Church.Design and Art Direction by Chris Bigg at v23.In memory of Mark Gerrard and Eleanor Vormehr.Thanks to Geoffrey Perrin, Fred Müller, Noel Long, Klaus Vormehr, Peader Gaffney and Andrew Hutton without whom...

                          All Virgos are Mad  1994           Dead Can Dance
  1. Rakim
  2. Toward the Within 
       From The Troubadour and McCabe's ,  Sept 27 - Oct 2, 1994 Los Angeles 
Limited edition, 10,000 copies 
Contains pre-recorded material
    Written by Perry/Gerrard. Beggars Banquet Music Ltd./Momentum Music Performed by Lisa Gerrard, Brendan Perry, Robert Perry, John Bonnar, Ronan O'Snodaigh, Andrew Claxton, and Lance Hogan Art direction and design: v23 Photography: Michele Turriani Illustrations: Veronique Bour All Virgos are Mad has been staged with the assistance of KCRW & L.A. Weekly All Virgos are Mad copyright 1994

                                     Towards the Within  1994      Dead Can Dance
  1. Rakim
  2. Persian Love Song
  3. Desert Song
  4. Yulunga - Spirit dance
  5. Piece for Solo Flute
  6. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
  7. I Am Stretched On Your Grave
  8. I Can See Now
  9. American Dreaming
  10. Cantara
  11. Oman
  12. Song of the Sibyl
  13. Tristan
  14. Sanvean
  15. Don't Fade Away
 Towards The Within - 1994 -    This is the soundtrack from the film Toward the Within - Dead Can Dance, available on 4AD/Warners Home Video. Lisa Gerrard: voice, yang ch'in, percussion; Brendan Perry: voice, 12 string guitar, percussion, Irish bouzouki, d whistle; Robert Perry: uillean pipes, Irish bouzouki, low d whistle, percussion; John Bonnar: keyboards, voice, percussion; Ronan O'Snodaigh: percussion, voice; Andrew Claxton: keyboards; Lance Hogan: bass guitar, 6 string guitar, percussion, voice. Recorded and mixed by Guy Charbonneau (Le Mobile Remote Recording), assistant audio engineer: Charlie Bouis, live at The Mayfair Theatre, Santa Monica, California. Art direction: Chris Bigg design and other photography: Darren Woolford & Tim Vary @ VWX.

 

Lisa Gerrard: voice, yang ch'in, percussion, Brendan Perry: voice, 12 string guitar, percussion, Irish bouzouki, d whistle, Robert Perry: uillean pipes, Irish bouzouki, low d whistle, percussion, John Bonnar: keyboards, voice, percussion, Ronan O'Snodaigh: percussion, voice, Andrew Claxton: keyboards, Lance Hogan: bass guitar, 6 string guitar, percussion, voice, recorded and mixed by Guy Charbonneau (Le Mobile Remote Recording) assistant audio engineer: Charlie Bouis, recorded live at The Mayfair Theatre, Santa Monica, California, front cover photography: Linda Connor courtesy of Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles art direction: Chris Bigg design and other photography: Darren Woolford & Tim Vary, This is the soundtrack from the film Toward the Within - Dead Can Dance, available on 4AD/Warners Home Video

      Into the Labyrinth  1993  Dead Can Dance
  1. Yulunga - Sprit Dance
  2. The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
  3. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
  4. The Carnival is Over
  5. Ariadne
  6. Saldek
  7. Towards the Within
  8. Tell me about the Forest - You once called home
  9. The Spider's Stratagem
  10. Emmeleia
  11. How Fortunate the Man with None
 Into The Labyrinth - 1993 -     Performed by Lisa Gerrard & Brendan Perry Engineered and Produced by Brendan Perry at Quivvy Church. sign by Chris Bigg & Brendan Perry."The Wind that Shakes the Barley" is dedicated to the memory of Maureen Copper. 

   Originally titled 'Solomon-Song', this poem, actually a song, is taken from a German collection of Bertolt Brecht's writings, author of the Three Penny Opera. Brecht actually includes this song, in an earlier version, in the Three Penny Opera with music by Kurt Weill. Brendan has left out one stanza of this song, perhaps in order to cut down on the total time of the song. The extra stanza concerns Martin Luther, the founder of the Luthern Church movement. Otherwise the song is a fairly on target translation

 

                 Angels of Perversity  1993         Dead Can Dance
  1. Paradis Iac
  2. Quem Di Dilicunt

                           

    Music by Mark Ellis, Except 5/10 by Mark Ellis & Brendan Perry Arranged, produced and engineered by Brendan Perry at Quivvey Church Studio, Brendan Perry appears courtesy of 4AD, Front Cover: 'Antinous' from a print by Julien Vel, World Serpent Distribution Ltd, Unit 7-1-7, Seager Buildings, Brookmill Rd., London SE8 4HL Tel: 081 694 2000 / Fax: 081 694 2677

                 A Passage in Time  1991           Dead Can Dance
  1. Saltarello
  2. Song of Sophia
  3. Ullyses
  4. Cantara
  5. The Garden of Zephirus
  6. Enigma of the Absolute
  7. Wilderness
  8. The Host of Seraphim
  9. Anywhere out of the World
  10. The Writing on my Fathers Hand
  11. Severance
  12. The Song of the Sybil
  13. Fortune Presents Gifts not According to the Book
  14. In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed are Kings
  15. Bird
  16. Spirit
 A Passage In Time - 1991 -    A collection of previously released works which includes two new pieces.  All tracks written by Dead Can Dance except where indicated. Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9 produced by Dead Can Dance & John A. Rivers; Tracks 1, 5, 7,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 produced by Dead Can Dance; Design: Chris Bigg & Brendan Perry.

                          Aion   1990               Dead Can Dance
  1. The Arrival and the Reunion
  2. Saltarello
  3. Mephisto
  4. The Song of the Sibyl
  5. Fortune Presents Gifts not According to the Book
  6. As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins
  7. The End of Words
  8. Black Sun
  9. Wilderness
  10. The Promised Womb
  11. The Garden of Zephirus
  12. Radharc
 Aion - 1990 -    Musicians: John Bonnar: Keyboards on 5 and co-arrangements on 2 and 5, David Navarro Sust: Vocals on 1 and 7, Robert Perry: Bagpipes on 6 and 10, Andrew Robinson: Bass viol, Lucy Robinson: Tenor viol, Anne Robinson: Bass viol, Honor Carmody: Tenor viol. All other instruments and voices performed by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard recorded and produced in Ireland with the exception of 1 and 7 recorded and produced at Woodbine Studios, Leamington Spa.Cover design by Brendan Perry.
The Song of the Sibyl dedicated to the Memory of Jamie Salas, Produced by Dead Can Dance Musicians: John Bonnar: Keyboards on Band No 5 and Co-arrangements on Band Nos 2 and 5 David Navarro Sust: Vocals on Band Nos 1 and 7 Robert Perry: Bagpipes on Band No 6, Band No 10, Andrew Robinson: Bass Viol, Lucy Robinson: Tenor Viol, Anne Robinson: Bass Viol, Honor Carmody: Tenor Viol, All other Instruments and Voices Performed by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, Recorded and Produced in Ireland, With the Exception of Band Nos 1 and 7, Recorded and Produced at Woodbine Studios, Leamington Spa Cover Design by Brendan Perry, Detail from 'The Garden of Delights', A Painting by Hieronymus Bosch, (Courtesy of "The Prado Museum" Madrid) 

                      Serpent's Egg  1988              Dead Can Dance
  1. The Host of Seraphim
  2. Orbis De Ignis
  3. Severance
  4. The Writing on my Father's Hand
  5. In the Kingdom of Blind the 1-Eyed are Kings
  6. Chant of the Paladin
  7. Song of Sophia
  8. Echolalia
  9. Mother Tongue
  10. Ullyses
 Serpents Egg - 1988 -    Voices: Lisa Gerrard, Brendan Perry, David Navarro Sust; Hurdy-gurdy: Brendan Perry; Violin: Alison Harling, Rebecca Jackson; Viola: Sarah Buckley,Andrew Beesley; Violincello: Tony Gamage.Written by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.Tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 produced by Dead Can Dance.Tracks 1, 2, 7 and 10 produced by Dead Can Dance and John A. Rivers.Insert by Brendan Perry and Vaughan Oliver (V23).  
 

            Within the Realm of a Dying Sun  1987              Dead Can Dance
  1. Anywhere out of the World
  2. Windfall
  3. In the Wake of Adversity
  4. Xavier
  5. Dawn of the Iconoclast
  6. Cantara
  7. Summoning of the Muse
  8. Persephone The gathering of flowers
 Within The Realm of a Dying Sun - 1987 -    Violin: Alison Harling, Emlyn Singleton; Viola: Piero Gasparini; Cello: Tony Gamage, Gus Ferguson; Trumpet: Mark Gerrard; Trombone: Richard vison, John Singleton; Bass Trombone and Tuba: Andrew Claxton; Oboe: Ruth Watson; Timpani and Military Snare: Peter Ulrich.All other instruments and oices performed by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard. Photograph by Bernard Oudin Written by: Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard Produced by: Dead Can Dance and John A. Rivers Engineered by: John A. Rivers and Francisco Cabeza Recorded/Mized: Woodbine Street RecordingStudios April/May 1987

                          Spleen and Ideal  1986            Dead Can Dance
  1. De Profundis - Out of the Depths of Sorrow
  2. Ascension
  3. Circumradiant Dawn
  4. The Cardinal Sin
  5. Mesmerism
  6. Enigma of the Absolute
  7. Advent
  8. Avatar
  9. Indoctrination - A Design for Living
 Spleen and Ideal - 1986 -    Cello: Gus Ferguson, Martin McGarrick; Timpani: James Pinker, Tony Ayres; Trombone: Richard Avison; Soprano on 'De Profundis': Andrew Hutton; Violin: Carolyn Costin. All other instruments and voices performed by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard Produced by Dead Can Dance and John A. Rivers; Engineering by John A. Rivers and Jonathan Dee Recorded and mixed at Woodbine St. Recording Studios during September/November 1985 Sleeve Photograph: Colin Grey; Art Direction: Brendan Perry This record was mastered on to metal at The Townhouse Special Thanks to Julian and Maureen for their gracious hospitality

                      Dead Can Dance  1984           Dead Can Dance
  1. The Fatal Impact
  2. The Trial
  3. Frontier
  4. Fortune
  5. Ocean
  6. East of Eden
  7. Threshold
  8. A Passage in Time
  9. Wild in the Woods
  10. Musica Eterna
  11. Carnival of Light
  12. In Power We Trust the Love Advocated
  13. The Arcane
  14. Flowers of the Sea
 Dead Can Dance - 1984 -    Tracks 11, 12, 13 and 14 engineered by Joe Gillingham and Kenny Jones. Written and Produced by Dead Can Dance. Recorded and mixed at Vineyard. A special thank-you to Ivo, Robin and Vaughan for all the interest they have shown.

                                    Anakin  1998            Dead Can Dance
   This is a 1998 preview compilation of forthcoming albums on the 4AD label. Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke contributed the (Duality) track  
 
  • Sacrifice

   Through the surrender of mind and flesh we find sacrifice Through sacrifice we understand our birthright; the ability to love absolutely

 Anakin - 1998 -    Released on February 9th in the UK. This 10 track compilation features new music from: Lisa Germano, GusGus, Kristin Hersh, Scheer, Mojave 3, His Name Is Alive and Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke. To wet your appetite there are also tracks from new 4AD signees: Thievery Corporation, Starry Smooth Hound, The Hope Blister (Ivo Watts-Russell's new project)

    The Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 2  1996           Dead Can Dance
   Echoes is an American daily radio program of comtemporary instrumental music hosted by John Dilberto, it can be heard nationally on Public Radio International stations. This compilaton features eleven artists. Echoes recorded this Mirror Pool concert at the Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia. On this CD you can hear Bylar, this song was composed during the rehearsals for the Mirror Pool tour in Eire and at the moment can only be heard on this CD. 10.   
  1. Bylar
 The Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 2 - 1996 -    Echoes is an American daily radio program of comtemporary instrumental music hosted by John Dilberto, it can be heard nationally on Public Radio International stations. This compilaton features eleven artists. Echoes recorded this Mirror Pool concert at the Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia. On this CD you can hear Bylar, this song was composed during the rehearsals for the Mirror Pool tour in Eire and at the moment can only be heard on this CD. 10. Bylar Performed by Lisa Gerrard, Robert Perry, John Bonnar, Pieter Bourke, Mark Ellis and Jacek Tuschewski Engineered by Geffrey Perrin and produced John Diliberto. This 11 track compilation also features music from: Joaquin Lievano, Seamus Egan, Happy Rhodes, Bill Nelson, Kevin Keller, Sheila Chandra, Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai, Jeff Pearce, Ottmar Liebert and Trance Mission. 

                Sahara Blue  1992          Dead Can Dance
   This is a compilation based on Arthur Rimbaud's poems Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance) contributed the following two tracks:  
  • Youth

   (words: Rimbaud / music: Perry-Gerrard-Zazou)Brendan Perry: vocals, bodhran, percussion, darbuka & tin whistle Lisa Gerrard: vocals Susan Deihim: middle vocals David Sylvian: guitars Nabil Khalidi: loud Christian Lechevretel: trombones Daniel Yvenee: bass Hector Zazou: synth & sampled guitars, Engineers: Jean-Loup Morette (Davout), Brendan Perry (Quivvy Church Studio, Eire), Arrangements cuivres: C. Lechevretel  

  • Black Stream

   (words: Rimbaud / music: Perry-Gerrard-Zazou), Lisa Gerrard: vocals & yang ch'in Brendan Perry: synth Lightwave: synth & electronic percussion Ryuichi Sakamoto: piano Hector Zazou: synth & samplers, Engineers: Jean-Loop Morette (Davout), Giles Martin (Jet), Brendan Perry (Quivvy Church Studio, Eire) Arrangements cuivres: Pion-Lechevretel

  • XLI-Jeunesse

   The poem is by Arthur Rimbaud, French symbolist poet extraordinaire, and is from a large work of his entitiled "The Illuminations","Youth is poem 41 in the series

 Sahara Blue - 1992 -    Youth: Brendan Perry: vocals, percussion & tin whistle; Lisa Gerrard: vocals; Susan Deihim: middle vocals; David Sylvian: guitars; Nabil Khalidi: oud; Christian Lechevretel: trombones; Daniel Yvenee: bass; Hector Zazou: synth & sampled guitars; Engineers: Jean-Loup Morette (Davout), Brendan Perry; Arrangements cuivres: C. Lechevretel Black Stream: Lisa Gerrard: vocals & yang ch'in; Brendan Perry: synth; Lightwave: synth & electronic percussion; Ryuichi Sakamoto: piano; Hector Zazou: synth & samplers; Engineers: Jean-Loop Morette (Davout), Giles Martin (Jet), Brendan Perry; Arrangements cuivres: Pion-Lechevretel 

     These Wings Without Feathers  1996      Dead Can Dance
   This is a compilation of the De Nova De Capo label.  
Lisa Gerrard contributed the following two tracks:  
  1. Untitled (track 3)
  2. Dream Song (track 7)

   The other contributors are:  
Co Ex, Ronan Quays & Elijah's Mantle 

 These Wings Without Feathers - 1996 -     Distributed by:   
World Serpent Distribution   
Unit 7-i-7 Seager Builging   
Brookmill Road   
London SE8 4HL   
England 

          Lonely is an Eyesore  1984         Dead Can Dance
  This is a music/video compilation of musicians on the 4AD label. Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance) contributed the following two tracks:  
  1. Frontier
  2. The Protagonist
 Lonely is an Eyesore - 1984 -    Frontier written and produced by Lisa Gerrard & Brendan Perry. Recorded on 4 track in Belgrave, Melbourne, 1979. Engineered by Ron Stecher; Mixed at Blackwing, London, Nov '86; Egineered by Jonathan Dee. The Protagonist written and performed by Brendan Perry. Produced by Brendan Perry & John A. Rivers; Engineered by John A. Rivers; Recorded and mixed at Woodbine Studios, Leamington Spa. 
  • Frontier 
Produced by L. Gerrard/B. Perry Recorded on 4 track in Belgrave, Melbourne, 1979, Engineered by Ron Stecher, Mixed at Blackwing, London, Nov '86, Egineered by Jonathan Dee
Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, the two main protagonists, live high up in a high rise. God only knows whether it's getting them closer to heaven...their music tries. It ignores fashion, reaches out for historical touchstones (the choral, the classical, the symphonic), searches for some nebulous, non-aligned spirituality. Add to the fact that some of their work would hardly be misplaced accompanying a mysterious, undefined cinematic quest like Antonioni's The Passenger, and Dead Can Dance begin to seem almost ridiculously ambitious.
But they prefer to impose stringent austerity measures on their art rather than succumb to grand conceit. They pursue the big questions with a discipline of thought and attention to detail in composition, and the result is usualy something statuesque and solid enough to withstand the ravages of time. This is a music built to last.
`Frontier' (on this record in its original demo form) was recorded in one take because the essential juices were leaking so fast from the water-filled oil drume Perry was battering. Somehow, such necessary spontineity gave way to their taking a year to conceive and record their second album 'Spleen and Ideal'. That the visceral effcts of their music have remained the same is either a testament to immense luck, or great ability. No-one should have much trouble deciding which.
  • The Protagonist 
Written and Performed: Brendan Perry,Produced: Brendan Perry/John A. Rivers, Engineered: John A. Rivers, Recorded and Mixed: Woodbine Studios, Leamington Spa 
All tracks written or recorded specifically for this "Lonely is an Eyesore" compilation and its accompanying video, except Dead Can Dance's "Frontier", which is the original 4 track recording. Sleeves and booklets designed by 23 Envelope. Stills are from the "Lonely is an Eyesore " video, directed by Nigel Grierson of 23 Envelope, except Throwing Muses' "Fish", which was directed by Danger Video. Commentaries by Arthur Parker. Typeset at Zeta, London. Originiation at Botany Lithographic, Tonbridge, Kent. 

                      It'll End in Tears  1984      Dead Can Dance
   This Mortal Coil is a collaboration of many different musicians. Lisa contributed the following three tracks: 
  1. Waves Become - Wings Lisa Gerrard: Accordian, vocals, yang t'chin.
  2. Barramundi - Simon Raymonde: Guitar, dx7 synthesizer. Lisa Gerrard: Accordian loops 
  3. Dreams Made Flesh - Lisa Gerrard: Vocals, yang t'chin. Brendan Perry: Bass drone, drum. 
 It'll End in Tears - 1984 -    Conceived and Produced by Ivo Watts-Russell. Co-Produced and Engineered by John Fryer. Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London. Art direction and design by 23 Envelope

Heat 1996             Dead Can Dance
Heat - 1996 -

                   Baraka   1992         Dead Can Dance
  1. The Host of Seraphim
  2. The Serpent's Egg
  3. Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book

     The original Spanish version of Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book is from the poem 'Letrillas' 1581) by the priest Luis de Gongora. The interesting thing about this piece is that Dead Can Dance changed "a hundred crimes" into "a thousand crimes" in their version.

 Baraka - 1993 -    Composed & Performed by Dead Can Dance Courtesy of 4AD Limited By Arrangement with Momentum Music Virgin Special Products Original music by Michael Stearns Music recorded at M'Ocean Studios, Marina Del Ray, A Percussion Overdubs: Miguel Rivera Sound Effect supervisor: John Morris Mastering by: Joe Gatswirt, Ocean View Mastering, LA, CA Album Supervision & Production: David Franco Special thanks to Mark Magidson & Ron Fricke (c)(p) 1993 Milan, all rights reserved
   Baraka is an ancient Sufi word with forms in many languages. It is simply translated as a blessing, or the breath or essence of life from which the evolutionary process unfolds. Baraka, the epic non-verbal film, tells the story of the Earth's evolution, man's diversity and interconnection, and his impact on the planet. According to director Ron Fricke, "It is a journey of rediscovery that plunges into nature, history, the human spirit, and fimally into the realm of the infinite." The film was shot in 70mm in 24 countries, in diverse locales such as Brazil, Nepal, Cambodia, Kuwait, India, Tanzania, and Iran.

  

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