Dead Can Dance
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Dead Can Dance are an Australian neoclassical darkwave band from Melbourne. Currently composed of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, the group formed in 1981. They relocated to London the following year. 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."
Dead Can Dance at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California, during the Anastasis tour in August 2012. Left to right: Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard
Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard 1989.
Dead Can Dance, 2005: Gerrard at centre right; Perry at extreme right
Dead Can Dance at Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre, Istanbul, 19 September 2012
Lisa Gerrard
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Lisa Germaine Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer and composer and member of the music group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry. She is known for her unique singing style technique (glossolalia). She has a dramatic contralto voice and has a vocal range of three octaves.
Gerrard with Dead Can Dance, 2012
Dead Can Dance c. 1989
Gerrard performing in Paris, 2009
Gerrard at Beacon Theatre, 2012