Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance (REMASTERED 180g LP004)

* Remastered from the original analogue tapes specially for this vinyl edition * Pressed on 180g VINYL, this is a LIMITED EDITION of 5000 copies. * Printed on heavyweight board with a special silver base under the mask to give a metallic effect, and a silver inner bag, it makes a stunning package. * A true cult act, in every sense of the word, DCD are 4AD’s biggest selling act. In 1980, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, both of Anglo-Irish extraction, met in Melbourne, Australia. In 1982, they moved to London and the next year sign to 4AD. In March ‘84, they release their first album, a collection of the songs they have written over the previous four years. It is simply entitled Dead Can Dance. The album artwork, a ritual mask from New Guinea, attempted to provide a visual reinterpretation of the meaning of the name Dead Can Dance. The mask, though once a living part of a tree is dead; nevertheless it has, through the artistry of its maker, been imbued with a life force of its own. To understand why they chose the name, think of the transformation of inanimacy to animacy.. Think of the processes concerning life from death and death into live. So many people missed the inherent symbolism, and assumed that we must be “morbid gothic types,” a mistake we deplored and deplore..