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ICONS OF ECHOES
Over the years certain artists have emerged as icons of the Echoes soundscape. These are musicians who shifted the direction of music, whose work influenced a generation and usually , musicians who also tend to be articulate thinkers about their art. In this series, you'll get all of the features Echoes has produced on these artists, often encompassing their entire careers.

DEAD CAN DANCE/LISA GERRARD-VOICES OF ECSTACY
Ecstatic vocals have been a part of Echoes for the last 13 years, and no one has brought us more ecstacy than Lisa Gerrard and Dead Can Dance. Lisa Gerrard and her Dead Can Dance partner, Brendan Perry, filtered sounds and spirits from the ancient past and merged them into a ritualistic music. They sound like they could have emerged from the crossroads of the crusades, but with the help of modern technology. Lisa Gerrard's immaculate voice intones words of a language of the imagination while Perry surrounds her with atmospheres and rhythms that propel the music forward. Dead Can Dance has broken up, but Gerrard has already established a solo career that will take her into the next decade of Echoes.

Dead Can Dance: 10 Artists for 10 Years of Echoes
(October 1999)

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A WALTZ WITH DEAD CAN DANCE December 1990
Our first feature with Dead Can Dance, produced during their first North American tour in 1990

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DEAD CAN DANCE: INTO THE LABYRINTH September 1993
This 1993 feature took place on the release of their album, Into the Labyrinth

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LISA GERRARD-REFLECTIONS IN THE MIRROR POOL September 1995
Up until 1995 Lisa Gerrard had been heard as part of Dead Can Dance with her partner Brendan Perry. But that year Gerard released an album of somber chamber music moods called The Mirror Pool. In this feature, Gerrard talked about her music

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DEAD CAN DANCE RUN THE VOODOO DOWN July 1996
We didn't know it in 1996 when this feature was produced, but Spiritchaser would be the last album from Dead Can Dance.

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LISA GERRARD & PIETER BOURKE'S DUALING DUALITIES June 1998
LISA GERRARD is the mesmerizing singer from DEAD CAN DANCE. PIETER BOURKE is a synthesist with the group SOMA. In 1995 they forged one of Lisa's most evocative and rhythmic albums, Duality. Lisa & Pieter talk about the psychological states and world rhythmic grooves they explore.

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LISA GERRARD & PIETER BOURKE - INSIDER SOUNDS November 1999
In 1999, Lisa Gerrard composed her first film score for Michael Mann's The Insider. It's a tale of the tobacco industry cover-up, a whistle-blower and 60 Minutes. Gerrard and her partner, Pieter Bourke talk about the psychology of their soundtrack.

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