Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser (1996) [MFSL 2008]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Scans included | 2,1 GB
SACD-ISO PS3 Rip to FLAC 2.0 | 24 bit / 88,2 kHz | 51:57 min | Scans included | 999 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # SAD 2713 CD

Spiritchaser is the seventh studio album by Dead Can Dance, and the last before Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard went their separate ways. It expands on its exploration of world music, and like Into the Labyrinth, was recorded at Quivvy Church, Perry’s personal studio in Ireland.

The album was dedicated to Lisa Gerrard’s deceased brother, Mark Gerrard.

The track “Indus” contains a melody that is very similar to that of “Within You Without You”, a Beatles song that George Harrison wrote and recorded with Indian musicians in 1967. Although not deliberate, Perry and Gerrard were asked to contact Harrison for his permission to use it; he granted it, but the record company insisted that they give him partial songwriting credit on “Indus”.

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Dead Can Dance – Toward The Within (1994) [MFSL 2008]
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SACD-ISO PS3 Rip to FLAC 2.0 | 24 bit / 88,2 kHz | 67:56 min | Scans included | 1,31 GB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # SAD 2712 CD

Toward the Within (1994) is the first official live album of Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s group Dead Can Dance. It contains 15 songs, of which only four appeared on their previous albums, and two of which were later re-recorded and included on Lisa Gerrard’s first solo album, The Mirror Pool. The others previously existed only in live performances and unofficial bootlegs, but were not officially released until Toward the Within. Along with Perry and Gerrard were a number of musicians who had performed with them on other occasions.

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Dead Can Dance – Into The Labyrinth (1993) [MFSL 2008]
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SACD-ISO PS3 Rip to FLAC 2.0 | 24 bit / 88,2 kHz | 65:17 min | Scans included | 1,19 GB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # SAD 2711 CD

Into the Labyrinth is the sixth album recorded by the Dead Can Dance duo Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. It marked a strong shift from the previous albums, putting ethnic music influences at the forefront as would be the case in the later albums. It was their first album completed on their own without the aid of guest musicians, and their first album to have a major-label release in the U.S., thanks to a distribution deal that 4AD had with Warner Bros. Records. It featured the single “The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove”.

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Dead Can Dance – Aion (1990) [MFSL 2008]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Scans included | 1,46 GB
SACD-ISO PS3 Rip to FLAC 2.0 | 24 bit / 88,2 kHz | 36:11 min | Scans included | 677 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # SAD 2710 CD

Aion is the fifth studio album by Dead Can Dance, released in 1990. The first album Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry wrote after the end of their romantic partnership, it was recorded at Perry’s new estate, Quivvy Church in Ireland, and at Woodbine Street Recording Studios in Leamington Spa.

The male soprano David Navarro Sust contributes vocals to tracks 1 and 7.

The album cover shows a detail from the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights (specifically, its central “Earth” panel).

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Dead Can Dance – The Serpent’s Egg (1988) [MFSL 2008]
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SACD-ISO PS3 Rip to FLAC 2.0 | 24 bit / 88,2 kHz | 36:12 min | Scans included | 678 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # SAD 2709 CD

The Serpent’s Egg is the fourth studio album by Australian musical act Dead Can Dance. It was released on 24 October 1988 by record label 4AD.

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Dead Can Dance – Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun (1987) [MFSL 2008]
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SACD-ISO PS3 Rip to FLAC 2.0 | 24 bit / 88,2 kHz | 38:36 min | Scans included | 752 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # SAD 2708 CD

Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is the third studio album by the band Dead Can Dance. It was released on 27 July 1987 by record label 4AD.

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Dead Can Dance – Spleen And Ideal (1986) [MFSL 2008]
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SACD-ISO PS3 Rip to FLAC 2.0 | 24 bit / 88,2 kHz | 37:48 min | Scans included | 736 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # SAD 2707 CD

Spleen and Ideal is the second studio album by Australian musical act Dead Can Dance. It was released on 1 September 1985, by record label 4AD. The album features a transition between the band’s post-punk and gothic rock-influenced debut album towards a greater darkwave style.

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Dead Can Dance – Garden Of The Arcane Delights (EP – 1984) [MFSL 2008]
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SACD-ISO PS3 Rip to FLAC 2.0 | 24 bit / 88,2 kHz | 15:00 min | Scans included | 293 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # SAD 2706 CD

Garden of the Arcane Delights is the first and only EP by Australian band Dead Can Dance. It was released in August 1984 on record label 4AD. The tracks were later added to Dead Can Dance’s self-titled debut album when it was re-released on CD.

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Dead Can Dance – Dead Can Dance (1984) [MFSL 2008]
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SACD-ISO PS3 Rip to FLAC 2.0 | 24 bit / 88,2 kHz | 36:15 min | Scans included | 701 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # SAD 2705 CD

Dead Can Dance is the debut studio album by Australian musical act Dead Can Dance. It was released on 27 February 1984 by record label 4AD. This album differs greatly from later Dead Can Dance releases in its incorporation of post-punk and gothic rock musical styles.

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