Biography

Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard formed Dead Can Dance in the early 1980s in Australia, moving to London before the release of their self-titled debut in '84. Their unique sound bore a dark, gothic feel, but was far more idiosyncratic than that of the goth-rock hordes. Over the years they incorporated Early Music, electronics, Celtic flavors, and various World Music touches, all held together by the pair's trademark vocal blend. Dead Can Dance split up on a high note following their 1996 album SPIRITCHASER, with Perry and Gerrard both going on to solo work, and the latter singing on numerous film soundtracks.

Top Tracks

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• American Dreaming

• Anywhere Out Of The World

• Ascension

• Cantara

• Chant Of The Paladin

• De Profundis (out Of The Depths Of Sorrow)

• Enigma Of The Absolute

• Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book

• Frontier

• I Can See Now

• Nierika

• Out Of A Serpant's Egg

• Rakim

• Saltarello

• Severance

• Song For Sophia

• Song Of A Sybil

• Song Of The Nile

• Song Of The Sibyl

• Song Of The Stars

• The Host Of Seraphim

• The Snake And The Moon

• The Song Of The Sibyl

• The Spider's Stratagem

• The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove

• The Wind That Shakes The Barley

• Xavier

Discography

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• Spiritchaser

  4AD

  1996

• Into the Labyrinth

  4AD

  1993

• Aion

  4AD

  1990

• The Serpent's Egg

  4AD

  1988

• Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

  4AD

  1987

• Spleen and Ideal

  4AD

  1985

• Garden of the Arcane Delights

  4AD

  1985

• Dead Can Dance

  4AD

  1984