Ark

VINYL FORMAT. Brendan Perry formed Dead Can Dance in late 1981. The band released a total of nine albums including a live album over a period of sixteen years to considerable public and critical acclaim. Dead Can Dance's music often suggested a search for meaning and sense in the world, and Brendan has taken up a similar journey in his solo work. But instead of looking at the external world, he has decided to explore the inner world of his own private universe. In 2005, Brendan and Lisa briefly reformed Dead Can Dance for a final farewell world tour accompanied by a forty piece chamber orchestra conducted by Jeff Rona. Two new songs were written especially for his tour: "Babylon," an indictment of the U.S. political war machine and "Crescent," a life affirming ode to nature and the human spirit. Studio versions of those two tracks appear on Ark which is Brendan's first solo release since Eye of the Hunter.