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Dead Can Dance: Aion

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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

Lisa Gerrard: The Mirror Pool

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On August 21, 1995, “4AD” label released “The Mirror Pool”, the debut Lisa Gerrard album. It was recorded in 1995, at “Eaton Studio” and “ABC Studios” in Melbourne, Gerrard’s studio in Gippsland, and was produced by Lisa Gerard.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Gerrard – vocals, yang ch’in, arranger, engineer
  • John Bonnar – vocals, keyboards, arranger, conductor
  • Pieter Bourke – vocals, bass tabla, camel drum, small and large derabukka, handclapping
  • Dimitry Kyryakou – vocals, bouzouki, arranger
  • Jacek Tuschewski – vocals, engineer
  • The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Robin Gray – engineer
  • Garry Havrillay – engineer
  • Guy Charbonneau – mixing
  • Charlie Bouis – mixing assistant
  • Jacek Tuschewski – cover art
  • Chris Bigg – design
  • Dennis Keeley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lisa Gerard, except where noted.

  1. Violina (The Last Embrace)
  2. La Bas (Song of the Drowned)
  3. Persian Love Song (The Silver Gun) – traditional
  4. Sanvean (I Am Your Shadow) – Lisa Gerard, Andrew Claxton
  5. The Rite
  6. Ajhon
  7. Glorafin
  8. Majhnavea’s Music Box
  9. Largo – Handel
  10. Werd
  11. Laurelei – arranged by Lisa Gerard, John Bonnar, Dimitry Kyryakou
  12. Celon
  13. Venteles
  14. Swans
  15. Nilleshna
  16. Gloradin