Dead Can Dance – Garden Of The Arcane Delights + The John Peel Sessions (CD)
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Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry recorded their Peel Sessions in 1984, at a moment when the duo was still finding the sonic language that would eventually pull from Byzantine chant, Middle Eastern scales, and European folk traditions into something wholly their own. John Peel's patronage was crucial for cult acts navigating the post-punk margins of the British music scene, and these sessions capture Dead Can Dance in a rawer, more exploratory state than their studio work of the same era.
Garden Of The Arcane Delights is the only EP released by Dead Can Dance, coming out in 1984 and acting as a bridge between their first two albums. Its sleeve a sketch by Brendan Perry, depicting “primal man deprived of perception, standing within the confines of a garden containing a fountain and trees laden with fruit... a Blakean universe in which mankind can only redeem itself, can only rid itself of blindness, through the correct interpretation of signs and events that permeate the fabric of nature’s laws.” This new expanded version sees the EP faithfully pressed on to one piece of a vinyl with a second disc being added, compiling both of the band’s sessions for John Peel, recorded in the same time period.
Tracklist
Garden Of The Arcane Delights
John Peel Sessions
UPC: 652637362824
Label: 4ad
Release Date: 11.11.16
Format: CD