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Having been a fan of the band since 1988's 'The Serpent's Egg', I have always prefered their post-'Spleen And Ideal' sound, and have followed their proggress until after their 'Into The Labyrinth' release, at which point I was reaching a different phase of musical research. Upon my first listening of 'Anastasis' a few years after its original release, I did notice a few things: 1) The production was much more lush than their previous 'Spiritchaser' which was always a bit hit-or-miss for me, and seemed to echo that of 'Into The Labyrinth'. 2) The song writing seemed more straight-forward than some of their previous efforts which at times managed to explore less-linear song structures. That being said, when I first listened to 'Anastasis' I was instantly brought back to those late 80s and early 90s days when I was a fully dedicated DCD follower, and couldn't help but feel as though this was a return to their mid-period sound. Although (as it is the case with most DCD material unfortunately) most of the songs here have that distinct 'recognizable' and 'easy to predict' nature (see the review by A-day from January 29 2016), it is essentially a DCD record worthy of their name, and should appeal to fans (generally speaking) both old and new. And everytime I hear 'Children Of The Sun' and 'Agape' I feel like throwing all my intruments away, knowing I could never reach that level is sheer magnificience in production and songwriting. I've always really loved Dead Can Dance and have first pressings of all their albums on vinyl, so it is a pity that I have to report that the vinyl edition of this is very disappointing with very dull, muffled sound and cut so loud that it causes cartridge clipping easily.
Sadly the mastering engineer Aidan Foley has not done a good job. Even worse, similarly poor mastering and pressing quality is also apparent in the recent Vinyl 180 issues of the first Lisa Gerrard solo album and Brendan Perry's 'Ark'. What is particularly irksome about this is not just the low quality to the customer, but that the early Dead Can Dance releases were well regarded for their sound quality, despite (or because of?) being recorded in supposedly low resolution early digital. Sadly I can't recommend this.
First to say I totally agree with the review/comment of discogs member 'marks' and his opinion Dead Can Dance ended up with Aion! With releasing a new album after 16 years Dead Can Dance succeeds in really disappointing me. It sounds to me like clone music from clones of Dead Can Dance. They're seeming to finally and definately having arrived in irrelevant mainstream of that sort of music, being heard now mainly by middleclass intellectuals buying their ticket for a Dead Can Dance concert in the nearest opera house within seconds.
Nothing new, nothing surprising in their cosmos.only kind of ethno-/folk-pop that's been made by myriads of other artists as well, somehow like background music for the 1001th documentation about the orient or for an advertisement spot in which a Mercedes or BMW is fading in a cloud of desert dust while some blue-eyed bedouines looking flabbergasted. Do we really need to hear a former mighty and influential group singing such hippie-esque and corny phrases like 'We Are The Children Of The Sun' in 2012??? In my opinion: No!
All in all a Fantastic album. Maybe it has the sense of two separate works brought together (only exception the 'Return of the She-King') but who cares The result is excellent. Except from 'Anabasis', the presence of the old ('80s-'90s) 'renaissance hymns', is missing. Can't find something wrong with that as well.
Even more, when considering that there's no any sign of 'renaissance' on this earth anymore. We are actually moving inside a modern middle age period, where true freedom, democracy, ethics, are dying together with the land where they were born. It seems that DCD (especially Mr. Perry) understand this very well. Our journey has began with many hellenic (greek) titles ('Anastasis' - 'resurrection', 'revival' / 'Anabasis' - 'ascent' / 'Agape' - 'love' / 'Amnesia'), melodies ('Agape') and rhythms (9/8 on zeimbe.'
Kiko') and all roads look the same They lead nowhere. Even if we are the children of the Sun, the sunflowers in our hair are withered like those on the front cover, amnesia is our opium, and all the other children (as Mr.
Perry says on that 'The End'-like bridge) they rule. But, same way we were hoping for the revival of DCD, we are hoping for the Final Anastasis. Highlights: 'Amnesia', 'Anabasis', 'Opium', 'Kiko', 'Children of the Sun'. Dead Can Dance ever was for me the highest ranking - I wouldn't say my favorite because I never say this, there are many bands, performers and music I equally like (I guess this is the same for many of you) so they are not the best but definitely the band can really touch the depth of music and playing from the living source of it as no any other musician who I know can, even the biggest ones. Their music gets you in touch with the essence of life - just as a real art shall. What I always admired that they are maybe the only ones who are not constrained by their instruments, their music is not constrained by the sonic characters of the instruments but the opposite: they completely rule them and 100% can use them as tools to interpret what they want to tell and play. An evidence of this is for me that they simply can't be classified to any genre (a lot is used for them but none matches) but they rather has changed the sounding style over their albums (me personally keep track of four over their 8 studio albums - taking Garden Of The Arcane Delights as a separate studio album, too -, 2 albums for each 'genre') because they are beyond genre and sound style and can use all of them to express themselves.
This is also indicated by the fact that would have they continued by a 9th album around '98 it would have had a 5th style of sounding - continuing the series of changing the outer style after every second album - just listen to 'Lotus eaters' originally created for their next album that time. And I equally love that sound to all the previous ones! Coming to this album: it's the opposite in more sense to all of their previous ones (even if there are weaker among them what I described fits to all the previous), first of all I can't see any original idea to tell behind but the opposite: they took some pattern typical of them and put them together so they made a form reminding to Dead Can Dance music but they don't have any content, just on the reverse way they ever did in the past: that time they had the content first and materialized it then (with the perfect use of tools as I said). The opposite way of doing in the past is also shown by the fact that there were not a regular periodicity of new album releases and it was even not forced frequent: even 2-3 years took in more cases, they waited until the content had gathered. My impression now about this album is that it's a simply project based work where it was the part of the complete performance to issue a new album together with the tour. Why I'm still happy about that it happened is that they are together again because my opinion about their solo works is that it doesn't compare at all to their joint work, only patterns without origin and simply boring, the living essence is not there. There are things in the world where separated parts simply don't work (at all, not only at lower level) and Dead Can Dance is definitely like this.
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I know that after such a long being decoupled they need time to really come together so I hope that they really reunited and after forming a real couple again they can come with new works at the same level of depth as they did in the past. About the vinyl version: it reflects the same I told about the music, a project work, just to have it (to complete the selection and because it's a trend nowadays) very pure quality, clicks at some parts and the sound is simply dull (at least the European version I have). The material used itself shows that it's rather a merchandise than serious format, clear vinyl may look attractive or nice but from sound point of view the black material fits the best. Even the mp3 version you can download free sounds better from certain aspects which says everything because by it's sounding potential there are classes of advantage in favor of vinyl.
This band is amazing. I saw them perform exactly one year ago at the Ryman, and I spent all day living in the memory of what a wondrous night I had. Their performance was breathtaking, stunning, absolutely beautiful.but nothing could compare to the experience I had after the show. I was lucky enough to have backstage passes, won from Brendan in a contest he had on his forum whoever guessed the album name won! and the whole night was filled with kindness and generosity. Instead of the promised 2 tickets and passes, he left me 3 in the envelope, because he'd heard not just my grandmother, but my grandfather was coming along too. As soon as we got backstage, Jules Maxwell greeted us and offered us drinks, and Brendan took us around and introduced us to the band and crew.
Shaking hands with Lisa sent shivers down my spine! She was very kind and soft-spoken. However, her heavy dress was bothering her so she left early to take it off and explore the historic Ryman. But no matter, because Brendan and I engaged in conversation for half an hour, and he was the most charming gentleman I had ever met.
His soothing voice, musical genius, and his sweet personality.what's not to love about this man? After this long and wonderful chat he gave me 2 copies of Anastasis, a double vinyl and a CD, then he signed them. Afterwards, he led us downstairs so Lisa could also sign my vinyl. He stood next to me while she signed it, and for a moment I was standing next to both of my favorite singers at once. Heaven, I tell you. After that blissful moment he said goodnight, as it was very late and they were moving on to Georgia for their next performance. I hugged him goodbye and tried not to step on his shoes in my nervous state of excitement.
I shared this experience so you all could know.not just their music but they themselves are wonderful. I'll never, ever forget that beautiful night, or how lucky I was to have met such talented people. Cash register online.
With Dead Can Dance, it's hard not to love them to bits or at least respect them for their music achievements. And yes, it's impossible to be an artist of their caliber if you're not at least one single bit egotistically stubborn to believe in your own art. The genius of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry (including a cast of equally talented, numerous musicians they've worked with throughout the years) is immense and now deservedly part of music history books. Even if they did make a weak album, to many other weak albums, theirs is still true king by comparison. And by all means classic. I was fortunate enough to see Dead Can Dance perform on 3 US tours. I first time I saw them was indoors at the Zellerbach Auditorium at U.C.Berkeley on November 7th, 1993.
The tension between Lisa Gerrard and the musicians was palpable. They stopped and restarted several songs, as if out of sync. The promoter rep afterwards said that Lisa was fighting with the musicians during the sound check. The lack of interest showed in their performance.
I worked for the promoter, and I remember speaking to the booking agent, weeks prior to the show. He thought they were a spin-off of the 'Grateful Dead' and that was why the show sold out. He didn't understand what an underground following they had! LOL The second time I saw them was August 09,1996 at The Greek Theater in Berkeley, California. The outdoor show was truly amazing. I will never forget it.
The musicians changed which instruments they played for different songs, showcasing their true talent. Lisa Gerrard's haunting vocals were in top form. I still have a printed set list, 2 tour programs with an unplayed CD inside each, and 2 sticky passes for the 'special seating area'. The Final time I saw them was for their reunion tour on September 21, 2005 in Oakland California at the Paramount Theater.
The show was truly enjoyable. They seemed really happy to be in front of a live audience and it showed. The musicianship was top notch.
Lisa's vocals which had become raspy over the years, had a certain exuberance about them. Her playing of the Chinese Dulcimer was quite lively, she was truly enjoying herself. They were in top form again. I managed to get a printed copy of the set list again. I can't wait to see them, If Brendan Perry's 2010 talk of reuniting again becomes fruitful.
To call this musical act 'unique' is a huge understatement. Very hard to find words to describe what they do. Almost impossible to place them in a specific musical category. Some will call it 'world music' (whatever that means); I like to call it the fruit of uninhibited talent. Lisa Gerrard has one of the most haunting and fantastic voices (and with such a range!) ever recorded.
The music combines old and new in a way never previously attempted. I have been fortunate enough to see them perform three times. The last was in 2005 at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. This was the only show in the tour where they performed with a full live orchestra. All my friends and I were stunned to say the least. Unfortunately this memorable performance was never commercially released on CD or vinyl, unlike many other 2005 tour dates. I'm hoping they may be saving it for a future DVD release?
We can only wish.
We are pleased to announce that ‘Dead Can Dance’, ‘Spleen And Ideal’, and ‘Into The Labyrinth’ have been re-issued on vinyl, released on 8th July 2016. These are the first three of all eight albums that will soon be re-issued on vinyl. Available to buy. Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance Catalogue Number: CAD 3622 Their eponymous debut album of 1984, the 2016 LP version of Dead Can Dance is a repress of the original release. The Fatal Impact A2. The Trial A3.
East Of Eden B2. Threshold B3. A Passage In Time B4. Wild In The Woods B5. Musica Eternal Dead Can Dance Spleen And Ideal Catalogue Number: CAD 3623 The 2016 version of Dead Can Dance’s second album, Spleen And Ideal (1985), is a repress of the original release. De Profundis (Out Of The Depths Of Sorrow) A2.
Ascension A3. Circumradiant Dawn A4.
The Cardinal Sin A5. Mesmerism B1. Enigma Of The Absolute B2. Indoctrination (A Design For Living) Dead Can Dance Into The Labyrinth Catalogue Number: CAD 3621 Dead Can Dance’s sixth album, Into The Labyrinth was released in 1993. The 2016 LP version is a double LP like the original release, but will come with brand new cover artwork and an altered track sequence. Yulunga (Spirit Dance) A2.
The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove A3.
The Wind That Shakes The Barley B1. The Carnival Is Over B2. Towards The Within C1. Tell Me about The Forest C2. The Spider’s Stratagem C3. How Fortunate The Man With None D1.