On June 11, 1990, “4AD” label released “Aion”, the fifth Dead Can Dance studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1990, at Brendan Perry’s estate in “Quivvy Church” in Ireland “Woodbine Street Recording Studios” in Leamington Spa, England, and was produced by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The album cover shows a detail from the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights”.
Personnel:
- Lisa Gerrard – vocals, instrumentation
- Brendan Perry – vocals, instrumentation, design
- David Navarro Sust – vocals
- John Bonnar – keyboards, co-arrangements
- Robert Perry – bagpipes
- Andrew Robinson – bass viol
- Anne Robinson – bass viol
- Honor Carmody – tenor viol
- Lucy Robinson – tenor viol
Track listing:
- The Arrival and the Reunion
- Saltarello
- Mephisto
- The Song of the Sibyl!
- Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
- As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins
- The End of Words
- Black Sun
- Wilderness
- The Promised Womb
- The Garden of Zephirus
- Radharc