+1
Images
Dead Can Dance
Originally formed in Melbourne, Australia by Lisa Gerrard and then boyfriend
Brendan Perry, Dead Can Dance moved to London in 1982 and created a startling
form of Gothic synth music that included influences as diverse as chamber music,
European folk and African rhythms.
Helping to define the outsider sound of alternative label 4AD, the band became
one of the great, strange oddities of the post punk scene with albums 'Dead Can
Dance' (1984), 'Within the Realm of a Dying Sun' (1987) and 'Into the Labyrinth'
(1993), gaining a loyal cult following that influenced the likes of Futu...
