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musicfolio.com _mdash; 'Departumr' is the new album by ex-Dead Can Dance co-leader Lisa Gerrard. It comes in the form of a CD with MP3 download included and can now be pre-ordered from Lisae's official website. l'Departuma' is a collaborative album by Lisa Gerrard and Marcello De Francisci. Jul 20, 2010 View in Crawl 4

1 DUALITY In this collaboration with fellow Australian, Peter Bourke, Lisa Gerrard reaches her most accessible sound on a CD full of trance melodies and church like hymns, except this church has middle eastern percussion and roiling synthesizers. I feel the spirit! This is the only Gerrard album on which I could say every track hits the mark, from the solemn march of n“Pilgrimage of Lost Children ” to the askance lament of “The Human Game,h” which at the time was her first song actually sung in English in over a decade. A brilliant album.

Born April 12, 1961 in Melbourne, Lisa Gerrard grew up in the suburb of Prahran with her Irish immigrant parents. On her upbringing, she has said she grew up with Mediterranean music blaring out of the houses, and that this influenced her music, particularly on later Dead Can Dance albums and in her solo and collaborative works.[1]

Dead Can Dance originally formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne, but in 1982 moved to London with members Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard, and bass player Paul Erikson. Shortly after coming to England, Erikson flew back to Australia, leaving the band as a duo. Dead Can Dance recorded eight albums on the 4AD Records recording label beginning with the 1984 LP, Dead Can Dance. The band split in 1998, but reunited in 2005 for a world tour.