Dead Can Dance – Aion (LP Vinyl)
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Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard had spent the better part of the 1980s dissolving the boundaries between ancient and modern, sacred and profane, and by 1990 that restless search had led them deep into medieval European music and plainchant. Aion draws on that lineage with rare conviction, sitting comfortably alongside the work of early music ensembles while remaining something entirely its own.
With the industrial textures of their eponymous debut behind them, the fifth album from Dead Can Dance (Aion, released in 1990) is perhaps the most focused and concise of their albums. Predominately recorded at their own studio in Southern Ireland, it features guest vocals from soprano David Navarro Sust. His vocals add to Brendan and Lisa’s opposing yet complimentary styles. The Middle Ages and the early Renaissance are a core influence for Aion; an atmosphere only amplified by the album’s cover, a section from the Earth phase of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch’s famed triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights.
UPC: 652637363913
Label: 4ad
Release Date: 3.17.17
Format: LP Vinyl