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Their hauntingly beautiful soundscapes have earned them a dedicated fan base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy the music of Brendan Perry or Lisa Gerrard, as well as artists like Irfan, Arcana, Vas, Love Is Colder Than Death, This Mortal Coil, Lycia and more - then Dead Can Dance is sure to be a favorite addition to your collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"spiritchaser","title":"Spiritchaser","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpiritchaser,\u003c\/i\u003e Dead Can Dance’s seventh album, came out in 1996 and is the final studio album the band released with 4AD (it was to be another 16 years until they reconvened to make their eighth, \u003ci\u003eAnastasis\u003c\/i\u003e). Again recording at Brendan’s Quivvy Church in Ireland and as hinted at by the album’s title, the band had moved their focus away from the traditional medieval and Eastern sound of their middle albums to work with African and Caribbean tribal rhythms. With percussion at the fore, \u003ci\u003eSpiritchaser\u003c\/i\u003e is mainly just Brendan and Lisa, whose strong singing – like most their career’s work - remains the album’s centrepiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"4AD","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50383724675403,"sku":"1004090","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50383724937547,"sku":"2022480","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Spiritchaser_Remastered_3746f4d5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726276408"},{"product_id":"wake","title":"Wake","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 26-track overview focuses its attention on the duo's late-'80s\/early-'90s heyday. During this period, the group's austere form of keyboard-heavy post-punk atmospherics was opening up to include Lisa Gerrard's increasingly ethnographic world-music obsessions, along with Brendan Perry's classical influences. Singles like the oddly danceable \"The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove\" sit comfortably next to more \"serious\" tracks like \"The Host of Seraphim\" and \"In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings.\" Although the non-chronological order might make it difficult for newcomers to trace the line of Dead Can Dance's career, \u003ci\u003eWake\u003c\/i\u003e remains the best starting point for those seeking entry into this unique musical world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"4AD","offers":[{"title":"CDx2","offer_id":50404407050571,"sku":"366566","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Wake_f049707b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726568800"},{"product_id":"spleen-and-ideal","title":"Spleen and Ideal","description":"\u003cp\u003eDead Can Dance's second album, \u003ci\u003eSpleen And Ideal\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), saw them experiment more with instrumentation, abandoning guitars in favour of cello, trombone and timpani. 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Recorded at the Mayfair Theater in Santa Monica, California, it marked one of the final performances at the historic theatre as it later suffered major structural damage in an earthquake in 1994. 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Two years in the making, Perry has amassed an array of folk instrumentation and as often heard on previous albums takes inspiration from across the world, tracks evolve less like songs more akin to fragments of the cohesive whole. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PIAS","offers":[{"title":"LP.","offer_id":50416445161803,"sku":"1045392","price":64.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50416445751627,"sku":"1043477","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50416446505291,"sku":"1043478","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d7108ab1-f0d4-4497-9b74-24d9f12b454b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726703684"},{"product_id":"dead-can-dance","title":"Dead Can Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn their eponymous debut album, originally released in 1984, Dead Can Dance successfully harnessed a bewitching barrage of sounds, layering grinding guitars and even a dulcimer-like yang chin over a taut wash of percussion. 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Predominately recorded at their own studio in Southern Ireland and featuring guest vocals from soprano David Navarro Sust to add to Brendan and Lisa’s opposing yet complimentary styles, the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance are a core influence; an atmosphere amplified by the album’s cover, a section from the Earth phase of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch's triptych, \u003ci\u003eThe Garden of Earthly Delights.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"4AD","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50441274556747,"sku":"1004092","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50441274949963,"sku":"2022479","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Aion_Remastered_7dcb3658_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726976200"},{"product_id":"garden-of-the-arcane-delights-and-the-john-peel-sessions","title":"Garden of the Arcane Delights and the John Peel Sessions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarden Of The Arcane Delights\u003c\/i\u003e is the only EP released by Dead Can Dance, coming out in 1984 and acting as a bridge between their first two albums. 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