Lost Spendor
by Alexandre Huillet-Raffi
CD set shows that dead really can dance
A
bit late but this review concerns one of the most exceptional
musical event: The release of Dead Can Dance, '1981-1998', the
set of three CDs by Dead Can Dance.
This most peculiar, the most mythical, the most brilliant band
to be and made up of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, this duet
is the origin of musical creations of tremendous beauty, extraordinary
thinking, clever crossing, dazzling transcendence and rare intelligence.
To listen to Dead Can Dance actually transport you into other
spaces and times.
If the death of the band is to be deplored, Brendan and Lisa
might have foreseen its end since the beginning -- the mere name
of the band, 'Dead Can Dance' shows that what Brendan and Lisa
created is not ready to die and sink into oblivion yet. Far from
it!
This set of three CDs which came out just before Christmas is
an absolute must. The set encompasses the entire carreer of the
band and you can find a few previously unreleased titles, acoustic
versions, splendid photos etc.
In short, all blabbering is superfluous before such splendour.
Run to the shops and buy it for it is already a classic, a monument,
a pillar of a real music lover's discotheque. Breathtaking.
About the Author:
Alexandre Huillet-Raffi is a graduate student at Stendhal
University in France and in his free time, he likes to read, write,
go to the cinema and listen to most Goth, pop and indie bands.
He also is the editor of "Gorgeous & Terrific," the fanzine
of a (indie) music-oriented Paris-based group, PopinGays.
He's currently writing up his PhD thesis on "Divine Good and Evil
in the Grigori Trilogy" and Daniel is his favourite character...
you would have guessed, wouldn't you? He can be reached by email,
ahuillet@hotmail.com.
