Dead Can Dance (2001) is four-disc box set, containing three CDs of music spanning Dead Can Dance's

Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance are an ethereal neoclassical duo formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1981, by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The band relocated to London in May 1982 and disbanded in 1998. Their 1996 album Spiritchaser reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top World Music Albums Chart...

 career and a DVD of their 1994 video release Toward the Within

Toward the Within

Toward the Within is the only official live album of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard's group Dead Can Dance. It contains 15 songs, of which only four appeared on their previous albums, and two of which were later re-recorded and included on Lisa Gerrard's first solo album, The Mirror Pool...

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While most of the tracks are taken from previously released albums, this set contains a large number of rarities as well. "Frontier (Demo)" and "The Protagonist" were originally released on the 1987 4AD compilation Lonely Is an Eyesore

Lonely Is an Eyesore

Lonely Is an Eyesore is a compilation of music by artists on the 4AD label released in June 1987. The album was produced by Ivo Watts-Russell and recorded at Blackwing Studios, London. The album was engineered and mixed by John Fryer...

. "Labour of Love," "Ocean," "Orion," and "Threshold" were recorded for the John Peel Show

John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...

 in 1983. In 1984, a follow-up Peel Session

John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...

 produced the version of "Carnival of Light" contained in this set. "Sloth (Radio)" was recorded for radio and a studio version was later released on Brendan Perry's

Brendan Perry

Brendan Michael Perry is a singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as the male half of the duo Dead Can Dance with Lisa Gerrard.-Early life:...

 solo album Eye of the Hunter

Eye of the Hunter

Eye of the Hunter is the debut solo album by Brendan Perry, previously the male half of the band Dead Can Dance. The album was released by 4AD on 4 October 1999 in the UK and a day later in the US.-Overview:...

. "Bylar" is taken from a live performance recorded for the Echoes

Echoes (radio program)

Echoes is a daily two-hour music radio program hosted by John Diliberto featuring a soundscape of ambient, space, electronica, and New Age music. The program features in-depth artist interviews and intimate "living room" performances. Interview subjects have included Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel,...

 public radio show at the Keswick Theater, Glenside, PA, USA. It was originally a Lisa Gerrard

Lisa Gerrard

Lisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer, and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....

 and Robert Perry

Robert Perry

Robert Perry is a television writer. He was script-editor on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as well as writing for the television series Family Affairs and Is Harry on the Boat?. He has also worked on Emmerdale...

 (Brendan's brother) composition that appeared on The Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 2, released 1996, recorded at the TLA Theater in Philadelphia, PA, USA. "Sambatiki" was released as an accompanying track on the Spiritchaser tour programme. "The Lotus Eaters" is a previously unreleased track, from the sessions for the aborted DCD eighth album.

Disc 1

1. "Frontier (Demo)" – 3:01 – 1981
2. "Labour of Love (Radio)" – 3:56 – 1983
3. "Ocean (Radio)" – 3:38 – 1983
4. "Orion (Radio)" – 3:28 – 1983
5. "Threshold (Radio)" – 4:10 – 1983
6. "Carnival of Light" – 3:18 – 1984
7. "In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated" – 4:07 – 1984
8. "De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)" – 3:59 – 1985
9. "Avatar" – 4:35 – 1985
10. "Enigma of the Absolute" – 4:15 – 1985
11. "Summoning of the Muse" – 4:58 – 1987
12. "Anywhere out of the World" – 5:08 – 1987
13. "Windfall" – 3:32 – 1987
14. "Cantara" – 5:58 – 1987
15. "In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-eyed Are Kings" – 4:12 – 1988
16. "Bird" – 5:00 – 1991
17. "The Protagonist" – 8:54 – 1984

Disc 2

1. "Severance" – 3:23 – 1988
2. "The Host of Seraphim" – 6:19 – 1988
3. "Song of Sophia" – 1:28 – 1988
4. "The Arrival and the Reunion" – 1:41 – 1990
5. "Black Sun" – 4:58 – 1990
6. "The Promised Womb" – 3:26 – 1990
7. "Saltarello" – 2:37 – 1990
8. "The Song of the Sibyl" – 3:46 – 1990
9. "Spirit" – 5:01 – 1991
10. "Yulunga (Spirit Dance)" – 6:56 – 1993
11. "The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove" – 4:35 – 1993
12. "Sloth (Radio)" – 2:40 – 1993
13. "Bylar" – 6:42 – 1996
14. "The Carnival Is Over" – 5:45 – 1993
15. "The Spider's Stratagem" – 6:42 – 1993
16. "The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Radio)" – 2:32 – 1993
17. "How Fortunate the Man with None" – 9:09 – 1993

Disc 3

1. "I Can See Now" – 2:56 – 1994
2. "American Dreaming" – 4:30 – 1994
3. "Tristan" – 1:48 – 1994
4. "Sanvean" – 3:46 – 1994
5. "Rakim" – 5:39 – 1994
6. "Gloridean" – 5:51 – 1994
7. "Don't Fade Away" – 5:10 – 1994
8. "Nierika" – 5:45 – 1996
9. "Song of the Nile" – 8:01 – 1996
10. "Sambatiki" – 7:31 – 1996
11. "Indus" – 9:24 – 1996
12. "The Snake and the Moon (Edit)" – 4:13 – 1996
13. "The Lotus Eaters" – 6:42 – 1998

Personnel

• Richard Avison – Trombone
• Tony Ayres – Tympani [Timpani]
• John Bonnar – Percussion, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Viol
• Charlie Bouis – Assistant Engineer
• Pieter Bourke – Percussion, Keyboards
• Sarah Buckley – Viola
• Guy Charbonneau – Engineer, Mixing
• Andrew Claxton – Tuba, Keyboards, Trombone (Bass)
• Martin Colley – Engineer
• Carolyn Costin – Violin
• Dead Can Dance – Arranger, Producer
• John Dent – Mastering
• Paul Erikson -Bass
• Dimitri Ehrlich – Interviewer
• Gus Ferguson – Cello
• Tony Gamage – Cello, Violoncello
• Piero Gasparini – Viola
• Lisa Gerrard – Percussion, Vocals, Instrumentation, Yang Chin
• Joe Gillingham – Engineer
• Dale Buffin Griffin – Producer
• Alison Harling – Violin
• Lance Hogan – Guitar, Percussion, Guitar (Bass)
• Simon Hogg – Trombone
• Andrew Hutton – Soprano (Vocal)
• Rebecca Jackson – Violin
• Paskaal Japhet – Percussion
• Kenny Jones – Engineer
• Martin McGarrick – Cello
• Jason Mitchell – Mastering
• Rónán Ó Snodaigh – Percussion, Vocals
• Brendan Perry – Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Hurdygurdy, Instrumentation
• Robert C. Perry – Bouzouki, Percussion, Woodwind, Uillean Pipes
• James Pinker – Percussion, Tympani [Timpani]
• Renaud Pion – Turkish Clarinet
• John A. Rivers – Producer, Mastering
• Andrew Robinson – Violin
• Anne Robinson – Violin
• Emlyn Singleton – Violin
• John Singleton – Trombone
• Peter Ulrich – Percussion, Drums, Tympani [Timpani], Drums (Snare)
• Ruth Watson – Oboe
• Scott Rodger - Bass
• John Willet – Translation
• Graham Wood – Design, Photography

External links

• Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) at Dead-Can-Dance.com
• Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) Lyrics at Dead-Can-Dance.com