Dead Can Dance - Anastasis Audio CD

Considering the slow trickle of completed albums he has released since becoming a superstar in 1986 -- just two albums of songs with vocals, paired with two albums of soundtracks and two live records -- deliberate is expected from Peter Gabriel, so the slow, hushed crawl ...

Hope Sandoval basically disappeared from the scene following the release of 2001's BAVARIAN FRUIT BREAD. That album's tender and spooky folk seemed like a nice beginning for her post-Mazzy Star career and her musical partnership with ex-My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm O'Ciosoig promised more goodness to ...

INTO THE LABYRINTH is either the sixth or seventh Dead Can Dance album, depending upon whether you could the live one or not. It also marks a step back from that live album--there are no flirtations with traditional pop song structures as in tracks like "American ...

On the evidence of this, the band's first record, Dead Can Dance can clearly be seen as a "Goth" group in the vein of Bauhaus, et al. The band's sound here is much more clearly based in the "contemporary"--Dead Can Dance uses traditional song structures, the ...

WITHIN THE REALM OF A DYING SUN sees Dead Can Dance utilizing both string and brass instruments more than they had previously, which gives the music an organic feel. Though some synthesized effects are still present, the floating, ethereal effect that the tracks inspire is based ...

Ambient keyboardist/composer Harold Budd's collaborations with guitarist Robin Guthrie go all the way back to 1986, when Guthrie's former band, the Cocteau Twins, joined forces with Budd for The Moon and the Melodies. But Guthrie and Budd have pooled their powers more frequently in recent years -- ...