Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance | |
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Dead Can Dance at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Spain, 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
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| Years active | 1981–1998, 2005, 2011–present |
| Labels | 4AD, Warner Bros., Rhino/Atlantic, Rykodisc, PIAS |
| Members | Lisa Gerrard Brendan Perry |
| Past members | Paul Erikson Simon Monroe James Pinker Scott Rodger Richard Yale Peter Ulrich John Bonnar |
| Website | deadcandance |
Dead Can Dance are a British-Australian band founded in Melbourne in 1981 by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, before relocating to London the following year. The Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described Dead Can Dance's style as "constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty; African polyrhythms, Gaelic folk, Gregorian chant, Middle Eastern music, mantras, and art rock."
Having temporarily disbanded in 1998, they reunited in 2005 for a world tour, and again in 2011 to release and tour the album Anastasis. They released their most recent album, Dionysus, in 2018, and toured Europe in 2022.