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:

1. The Arrival and the Reunion
2. Saltarello
3. Mephisto
4. The Song of the Sibyl!
5. Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
6. As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins
7. The End of Words
8. Black Sun
9. Wilderness
10. The Promised Womb
11. The Garden of Zephirus
12. Radharc