Author: Dead Can Dance

Format: Best of

Release Date: 06-05-2003

Details: Amazon.ca From this double CD emerge all the characteristic elements of the style of the Australian-British duo formed by singers and multi-instrumentalists Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. Inspired by the troubadours of the Middle Ages and Olivier Messiaen as well as by Celtic folklore, medieval or Middle Eastern music, their bewitching universe, made of intoxicating chants on a background of traditional instruments, such as bombarde and zither, is unlike anything known. in terms of rock, except for the productions of the classy label 4AD and a group like Cocteau Twins with whom they toured elsewhere. This inhabited disc accurately testifies to a music that has been somewhat forgotten, even wrongly essentially associated with the Gothic movement rather than the British folk of Fairport Convention or the Incredible String Band. --Hervé Comte Product Description Double CD condensed compilation of highlights chosen by Brendan Perry from the out of print limited edition box set released by 4AD in 2001. It spans the band's entire career (eight critically acclaimed and highly individual albums over 17 years with 4AD). Since the band's split in 1998, both Lisa Gerrard and Brendan have continued making music. "...a breathtaking fusion of ancient and modern sounds, the results of which often transcend the stylistic entrapments of a specific culture for something larger" - CMJ.

UPC: 766482160549

EAN: 0766482160549

Model: 2090232

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood