Dead Can Dance are a British-Australian neoclassical darkwave band founded in Melbourne in 1981 by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard before the pair relocated to London the following year. They signed with independent label 4AD and were initially associated with the United Kingdom's gothic scene before developing a style that incorporated European medieval and Renaissance music traditions alongside ambient pop, darkwave, and world music elements. Beginning with their 1985 album Spleen and Ideal, the band helped to pioneer the neoclassical darkwave subgenre.
The band reached their commercial peak with 1993's Into the Labyrinth, which appeared in the Billboard 200 and made the group 4AD's highest-selling act. 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.
"A Passage In Time", released in 1991, is a collection of previously released works, which includes two new pieces specially recorded for this compilation, and is an excellent introduction to their music.
1 Saltarello 2:36
2 Song Of Sophia 1:23
3 Ullyses 4:53
4 Cantara 5:53
5 The Garden Of Zephirus 1:18
6 Enigma Of The Absolute 4:12
7 Wilderness 1:24
8 The Host Of Seraphim 6:21
9 Anywhere Out Of The World 5:05
10 The Writing On My Fathers Hand 3:50
11 Severance 3:21
12 The Song Of The Sybil 3:45
13 Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book 6:03
14 In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One-Eyed Are Kings 4:09
15 Bird 5:00
16 Spirit 4:58
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