For the Dead Can Dance fans...

John. · 10-17-2001, 12:24 AM

You guys probably know about this already, but I wanted to share with you in case you didn't.

It looks like a fascinating project...
John

http://www.billboard.com/billboard/d...ent_id=1080454

Dead Can Dance Live Again On Box Set

Eclectic U.K. duo Dead Can Dance will be celebrated with the three-CD boxed set "Dead Can Dance 1981-1998," due Nov. 6 from 4AD/Rhino. The release includes three audio CDs featuring 47 career-spanning tracks, such as a 1980 session on the U.K. John Peel radio show and the group's previously unreleased final recording, "The Lotus Eaters."

Also featured in the boxed set is a DVD of the previously released "Toward the Within" concert video. The film captures a 1994 concert in Santa Monica, Calif., and is bundled with rare promo videos for the songs "Frontier," "The Carnival Is Over," "The Host of the Seraphim," "American Dreaming," "The Protagonist," and "Yulunga (Spirit Dance)." Interviews with DCD principals Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry are also included.

The collection is housed in a chipboard book that recalls packaging for 78 rpm records. A booklet with track-by-track commentary accompanies each disc.

Dead Can Dance's final release, "Spiritchaser," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top World Music Albums in 1996. Since then, Gerrard has moved on to score such films as "Heat," the forthcoming "Ali," and "Gladiator," for which she shared best original score honors with Hans Zimmer at the 2001 Golden Globe Awards. Perry issued "Eye of the Hunter," a 1999 solo album on 4AD.

-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Seed · 10-17-2001, 04:29 AM

Oooh yeah! Thanks for posting that, I remember someone (maybe Rach) praising the video.. I need to get something with a DVD.. maybe a Playstation if they get cheaper. I don't even have a VCR right now, and it would be nice if I could rent movies at home.

Anyway, that looks really exciting!

So Lisa's working on Ali? Dunno, I really really don't like Will Smith at all.. not a tiniest bit... but he's been predicted to get an Oscar nod for that film..

SeaGull · 10-17-2001, 05:29 AM

oh, great! i love DCD! i wonder how much it will cost.
I wish they wouldn't charge it like they charged Kate's box set.

fairysinging26 · 10-17-2001, 08:16 AM

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Originally posted by SeaGull

I wish they wouldn't charge it like they charged Kate's box set.

You know I'm really starting to believe my local Tower Records SUCKS. They carry 3 Kate cds and thats it. GRRRRRR i want a box set. did any of you guys order a box set or any other cool kate stuff online? if so can you clue me on where i can purchase these gems.

KV · 10-17-2001, 09:20 AM

This sounds awesome! Yes it was me Kimmo that said the "Toward The Within" video is absolutely phenomenal! If there is one DCD thing to get that would be it along with the cd....but this looks fabulous! I must get it! OR at least ask for it from Santy Clause! hahaha!
Thanks John!!!!

XOXOXO
Love
Rachel

**Gog** · 10-17-2001, 10:21 AM

I had a Dead Can Dance album years ago, I think it was called Within the Realm of a Dying Sun or suchlike . . . .it was wonderful, I don`t know what happened to it ; I don`t have it now. I really will have to go check out more of their stuff. Can you tell me which are their best albums ?

Helen.

Aion · 10-17-2001, 10:53 AM

I'm so stoked about this. I'm buying this sucker the minute it comes out. I'm really excited about the promo video for The Host of Seraphim, The Toward the Within Video, and the track by track commentary.

Seed · 10-19-2001, 07:44 AM

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Originally posted by rinkydink
I had a Dead Can Dance album years ago, I think it was called Within the Realm of a Dying Sun or suchlike . . . .it was wonderful, I don`t know what happened to it ; I don`t have it now. I really will have to go check out more of their stuff. Can you tell me which are their best albums ?

Helen.

Well, I only have four: Within the Realm. The Serpent's Egg, Aion and Into The Labyrinth.

I think Aion's best, it is very medieval-influenced and perfectly sequenced.. I also think that it is the most varied DCD album.
Within the Realm... is more "classical".. and the final three songs (Cantara/Summoning of the Muse/Persephone) are just pure beauty put to music.
The Serpent's Egg is the most boring IMO.. but it has the Host of Seraphim and Xavier, my favourite Brendan-vocaled track. If you love Lisa's voice, this album really showcases it in many songs.
Into the Labyrinth is good, it has many middle eastern influences.. and the Brendan songs are very folky.

KV · 10-19-2001, 08:44 AM

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Originally posted by hummeri

Well, I only have four: Within the Realm. The Serpent's Egg, Aion and Into The Labyrinth.

Kimmo send me your address...I am so sending you Toward the Within....it is so phenomenal that you just simply must have it!

XOXOXO
Love
Rachel

**Gog** · 10-20-2001, 06:52 AM

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Originally posted by hummeri

I think Aion's best, it is very medieval-influenced and perfectly sequenced.. I also think that it is the most varied DCD album.

I`ll be trotting down to HMV with that in mind, then.

Thanks Kimmo.

Helen,

Black Velvet · 10-20-2001, 10:52 AM

I've never listened to any Dead Can Dance. My closest brush is through Lisa Gerrard's The Mirror Pool which I liked, although I found her voice quite difficult. Time for another listen methinks.

Seed · 10-21-2001, 07:01 AM

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Originally posted by KundaVega

Kimmo send me your address...I am so sending you Toward the Within....it is so phenomenal that you just simply must have it!

XOXOXO
Love
Rachel

Could you be any sweeter or more generous? But thanks, you don't have to go through that trouble, because the library here has it. I just have to reserve it, wait for a couple of weeks and pop it into the CD burner.. I just have forgotten to do it for this album! But I'll reserve it today, I promise!

**Gog** · 11-14-2001, 08:09 AM

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Originally posted by hummeri
I think Aion's best, it is very medieval-influenced and perfectly sequenced.. I also think that it is the most varied DCD album.

*boost*

Because I just got this album and what do you know I have heard it before ; a long time ago (maybe ten years or so) someone lent me a tape of this great music - I played it constantly, eventually had to give it back, and couldn`t remember the title or artist later on. I just remembered it as this amazing album someone once gave me.

So thanks, Kimmo, for clearing up the mystery and reuniting me with some long-lost music !

What a gorgeous album it is . . . . I think I will be checking out `Into the Labyrinth` next . . . . .

Helen.

Seed · 11-15-2001, 06:57 AM

Glad you boosted this, because I finally managed to get my copy of toward the within a month ago, but I've forgotten to tell that I love it! Almost all the songs are non-album ones, so it is like a new album by itself. I love Desert song, Oman, and all the "percussiony" songs in there.. I'm not too crazy about some of Brendan's folky moments, but he really shines on some of the tracks. Lisa, as always is just phenomenal. How can she sing like that all the time?

**Gog** · 11-16-2001, 04:28 AM

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Originally posted by hummeri
Lisa, as always is just phenomenal. How can she sing like that all the time?

Yes, it`s like she`s channeling another age . . . . her voice really is powerful and quite otherworldly.

If I could sing like like, I`d just wander around the mountaintops, singing to the wind, and would need no other fulfillment in life . . . . . what must it feel like to have that kind of energy pouring from your body on a regular basis ? What a gift.

Helen.