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Dead Can Dance, er, died in 1999, but the corpse of that band was barely cold before its members spun off in different directions. To the solo careers of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry, we must now add longtime DCD percussionist Peter Ulrich. But fans, beware: though Ulrich incorporates some of his old band's grandiose medievalist and world-music tendencies, Pathways and Dawns has more in common with the art-pop of Brian Eno (circa Before and After Science), the quieter side of Pink Floyd (pre-Dark Side of the Moon), and the apocalyptic bardic balladry of Sol Invictus. This is particularly evident in Ulrich's singing, which he does in a treacly, somewhat affected late-'60s British psychedelic style--perhaps the disc's only weakness. Fortunately, there are other elements to focus on. The percussion, of course, is first-rate, and the varied instrumentation (strings, guitars, horns, bells) keeps your ear at attention, particularly on "Life Amongst the Black Sheep," whose sound alternates among Irish folk dance, tribal drum circle, and pastoral folk. Other highlights include "Taqaharu's Leaving," a quietly dramatic lament about a boy going off to war; the Dead Can Dance-like instrumental "Journey of Discovery"; and "Evocation," a rousing, theatrical, mesmerizingly bombastic number complete with a choir, pan flute, and angry horns. --Steve Landau
Product Description
1999 solo debut by the former drummer with Dead Can Dance. Brendan Perry, DCD's enigmatic leader, played on and produced most of the eight atmospheric tracks.
Pathways and Dawns,Peter Ulrich,Projekt Records,Goth Rock,Pop,Popular Music,Rock,Rock/Pop
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