DEAD CAN DANCE • AION
1 . T H E A R R I VA L A N D T H E R E U N I O N 2 . S A LTA R E L LO (Instr umental Danse : Anonymous : Italian 14th Centur y) 3 . M E P H I S TO 4. THE SONG OF THE SIBYL ( Tra d i t i o n a l Ve rs i o n : C at a l a n : 1 6 t h C e n t u r y ) D e d i c at e d t o t h e M e m o r y o f Ja m i e S a l a s 5 . F O RT U N E P R E S E N T S G I F T S N OT AC C O R D I N G TO T H E B O O K ( Wo rd s b y L u i s D e G 贸 n go ra ) 6 . A S T H E B E L L R I N G S T H E M AY P O L E S P I N S 7 . T H E E N D O F WO R D S 8 . B L AC K S U N 9. WILDERNESS 1 0 . T H E P RO M I S E D WO M B 1 1 . T H E G A R D E N O F Z E P H I RU S 1 2 . R A D H A RC
2
Black Sun Murder! Man on fire. Murder! I’ve seen the eyes of the living dead. It ’s the same old game. Sur vival. The g reat mass play a waiting game. Embalmed, crippled, dying in fear of pain, all sense of freedom gone. Black sun in a white world. Like having a black son in a white world. I have a son, his name is Eden. It ’s his birthright beyond estranged times. Give me 69 years, another season in this hell. It ’s all sex and death as far as eyes can tell. Like Prometheus we are bound. Chained to this rock of a brave new world. Our god-forsaken lot. And I feel that ’s all we have ever needed to know until worlds end and the seas r un cold. Give me 69 years, another season in this hell. There is sex and death in mother nature’s plans.
3
1990 marked the release of Aion, 12 songs written and produced by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard predominately recorded at their own studio in Southern Ireland. Shortly after the release of Aion, Brendan and Lisa scored their second film for Spanish Director Augustin Villaronga, La Muerte Y La Primavera. Their first film score for El Nino De La Luna, in which Lisa made her acting debut, was selected as the official Spanish entry for the Cannes Film Festival. “Once again the emphasis is on the liturgical and secular music of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, and of the 12 tracks (nine self-written) only two. ‘Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To the Book’ (a parable written by Luis De Gongora) and ‘Black Sun’ (a typically apocalyptic tale littered with references to death, disease and famine) are sung in English. The rest (with the exception of three instrumentals) are a mixture of Latin, Spanish dialect, Bulgarian, and Arabic stunningly articulated by Lisa Gerrard. Of these ‘As the Bell Rings The Maypole Spins’ complements her tremulous vocals with the mournful skirl of bagpipes, Radharc, suffused with a heady swirl of Arabian strings and The End of Words, a simple chant, stand out as the highlights… Aion is a sumptuously textured work that deserves to be appreciated by more than just established fans.” – Graeme Kay, Q Magazine.
4
P RO D U C E D B Y D E A D C A N DA N C E MUSICIANS J O H N B O N NA R : K E Y B OA R D S O N BA N D N O 5 & C O - A R R A N G E M E N T S O N BA N D S N O S 2 & 5 DAV I D NAVA R RO S U S T: VO C A L S O N BA N D N O S 1 & 7 RO B E RT P E R RY: BAG P I P E S O N BA N D N O 6 A N D R E W RO B I N S O N : BA S S V I O L LU C Y RO B I N S O N : T E N O R V I O L O N BA N D N O 1 0 A N N E RO B I N S O N : BA S S V I O L H O N O R C A R M O DY: T E N O R V I O L
A L L OT H E R I N S T RU M E N T S A N D VO I C E S P E R F O R M E D B Y B R E N DA N P E R RY A N D L I S A G E R R A R D R E C O R D E D A N D P RO D U C E D I N I R E L A N D W I T H T H E E XC E P T I O N O F BA N D N O S 1 & 7 R E C O R D E D A N D P RO D U C E D AT WO O D B I N E S T U D I O S, L E A M I N G TO N S PA W R I T T E N B Y B R E N DA N P E R RY A N D L I S A G E R R A R D PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING / MOMENTUM 3 C OV E R D E S I G N B Y B R E N DA N P E R RY P O RT R A I T B Y P H I L N I C H O L L S D E TA I L F RO M ‘ T H E G A R D E N O F D E L I G H T S ’ A PA I N T I N G B Y H I E RO N Y M U S B O S C H ( C o u r t e s y o f “ T h e P ra d o M u s e u m ” M a d r i d ) R E - M A S T E R E D AT M O B I L E F I D E L I T Y S O U N D L A B B Y N E A L H A R R I S W I T H S U P E RV I S I O N B Y S H AW N R . B R I T TO N O R I G I NA L R E C O R D I N G P1 9 9 0 4 A D
5
C 2008 4 A D w w w. 4 ad . c o m