Dead Can Dance - S/d

actually, there is a lone album of theirs in my mentions which I did not describe in a nutshell for you: Into the Labyrinth (1993). it's many people's fav DCD. it's a beautiful distillation of every influence they show and run with across their careers: goth, Gaelic, aboriginal, polyrhythmic stuff. it's exceptionally strong as songs, atmospheres, production, and vocal delivery go, and spawned many of their concert staples from then on. it was my way in with them, they kind of made a bigger splash with this one, their first getting distributed in America, too. (I'm sure there are hard-line goths somewhere saying they sold out to America with this one; it goes with the territory - pun not intended.) the Lisa stuff especially has a forceful, waking-dream esoteric quality while being grounded by hypnotic polyrhythms. on the Brendan front, everyone loves what he did there with a harrowing Brecht poem about iniquity throughout history ('How Fortunate the Man with None') - never has nihilism been so close to piety.

I sound so fan-ish, and they're not even my favourite band : )

I love Kiko off the new one so much. Some of the stuff on there is just too grandiose for me in a blockbuster soundtrack way, but the second half of that one song is transcendent. Children Of The Sun is good too, the optimism of that song makes a nice antidote to listening to the Swans album too much.

I like Kiko well enough, but more in theory than in practice - the problem I have with them as they stand now, is they sound stiff and unmovable, both on record and live. they should get out more, metaphorically speaking. I agree that Children of the Sun (and All in Good Time) is one of their best. some people have criticised the simplicity of the lyrics, but I love it.

yes, the second half of Kiko is their only link to the previous album. I wish it sounded a bit more freewheeling, though. then again, you could always spot the sampled seams on their later records, which did not detract from their greatness.

Happily, I found Spleen and Ideal on vinyl day before yesterday. I'M IN LOVE.

lol there is a version of "ubiquitous mr lovegrove" on youtube that is just clips from darren aronofsky's the fountain

https://eleusis2021.eu/portfolio-posts/dead-can-dance-eleusis/?lang=en

oh, and Eleusis has won the bid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusis -> "On 11 November 2016 Eleusis was named the European Capital of Culture for 2021."

I did not expect to see this today:

http://figureskatersonline.com/news/2018/08/28/at-age-28-alex-johnson-is-set-to-make-his-grand-prix-debut/

My short program is to “Song of the Stars” by Dead Can Dance. I actually choreographed it myself. Initially I didn’t want to, because I love working with other choreographers, but Page [Lipe, my coach] thought it would be a great challenge for me. It has a modern yet tribal feel to it.

in unrelated news, Lisa Gerrard does vocals on four tracks here, released back in May of this year:

https://www.discogs.com/The-Mystery-Of-The-Bulgarian-Voices-Featuring-Lisa-Gerrard-BooCheeMish/release/12050063

hope they share some info about their new album soon, apparently it was mixed in April

x-post. Just posted about the Bulgarian Choir album on their thread.