Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance
	Dead Can Dance at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California, during the Anastasis tour in August 2012. Left to right: Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Neoclassical dark wave; world; ambient; art rock; avant-garde; gothic rock (early); post-punk (early);
Years active	1981–1998, 2005, 2011–present
Labels	4AD, Warner Bros., Rhino/Atlantic, Rykodisc, PIAS
Members	Lisa Gerrard; Brendan Perry
Past members	Paul Erikson; Simon Monroe; James Pinker; Scott Rodger; Richard Yale; Peter Ulrich
Website	deadcandance.com

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."

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.

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