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With its two sides split between Perry and Gerrard's vocal efforts, Within the Realm of a Dying Sun serves as both a display for the ever more ambitious band and a chance for the two to individually demonstrate their awesome talents. Beginning with the portentous "Anywhere Out of the World," a piece that takes the deep atmospherics of "Enigma of the Absolute" to a higher level with mysterious, chiming bells, simple but effective keyboard bass and a sense of vast space, the album finds Dead Can Dance on a steady roll. Once again a range of assistant musicians provide even more elegance and power to the band's work, with a chamber string quartet plus various performers on horns, woodwind, and percussion. Impressive though the remainder of the first side is, Gerrard's showcase on the second half is even more enveloping and arguably more successful. The martial combination of drums and horns that start "Dawn of the Iconoclast" call to mind everything from Wagner to Laibach, but Gerrard's unearthly alto, at its most compelling here, elevates it even higher. "Cantara" is no less impressive, a swirling, drum-heavy song that sounds equally inspired by gypsy dancing, classical orchestras and any number of Arab musical traditions. "Summoning of the Muse" is perhaps too formal in comparison, though still quite impressive, but "Persephone" is the finer effort and a good way to close.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - John Singleton, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Richard Avison, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Gerrard, StudioMusician - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - Piero Gasparini, StudioMusician - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician
2006 4AD Ltd 2006 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - John Singleton, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Richard Avison, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Gerrard, StudioMusician - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - Piero Gasparini, StudioMusician - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician
2006 4AD Ltd 2006 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - John Singleton, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Richard Avison, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Gerrard, StudioMusician - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - Piero Gasparini, StudioMusician - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician
2006 4AD Ltd 2006 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - John Singleton, StudioMusician - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Claxton, StudioMusician - Richard Avison, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Gerrard, StudioMusician - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - Piero Gasparini, StudioMusician - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician
2006 4AD Ltd 2006 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peter Ulrich, StudioMusician - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher
2006 4AD Ltd 2006 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher
2006 4AD Ltd 2006 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher
2006 4AD Ltd 2006 4AD Ltd
Dead Can Dance, MainArtist - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Lisa Gerrard, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Brendan Perry, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peermusic Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Gus Ferguson, StudioMusician - Piero Gasparini, StudioMusician - Alison Harling, StudioMusician - Tony Gamage, StudioMusician
2006 4AD Ltd 2006 4AD Ltd
Album review
With its two sides split between Perry and Gerrard's vocal efforts, Within the Realm of a Dying Sun serves as both a display for the ever more ambitious band and a chance for the two to individually demonstrate their awesome talents. Beginning with the portentous "Anywhere Out of the World," a piece that takes the deep atmospherics of "Enigma of the Absolute" to a higher level with mysterious, chiming bells, simple but effective keyboard bass and a sense of vast space, the album finds Dead Can Dance on a steady roll. Once again a range of assistant musicians provide even more elegance and power to the band's work, with a chamber string quartet plus various performers on horns, woodwind, and percussion. Impressive though the remainder of the first side is, Gerrard's showcase on the second half is even more enveloping and arguably more successful. The martial combination of drums and horns that start "Dawn of the Iconoclast" call to mind everything from Wagner to Laibach, but Gerrard's unearthly alto, at its most compelling here, elevates it even higher. "Cantara" is no less impressive, a swirling, drum-heavy song that sounds equally inspired by gypsy dancing, classical orchestras and any number of Arab musical traditions. "Summoning of the Muse" is perhaps too formal in comparison, though still quite impressive, but "Persephone" is the finer effort and a good way to close.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:42
- Main artists: Dead Can Dance
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: 4AD
- Genre: World
2006 4AD Ltd 2006 4AD Ltd
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