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dead to right : brendan perry , lisa gerrard can dance , 24 march 2005 . left lisa gerrard brendan perry the , microfilm , heavenly bodies , pieter bourke scavengers , the marching girls , junk logic 1981 -- 1998 , 2005 , 2011 -- present 4ad pias , warner bros. , rhino/atlantic , rykodisc , dead can dance
 yes paul ulrich erikson simon monroe james pinker scott rodger peter group_or_band upper . he is peering at a stringed instrument on a body lectern . a microphone is directed to a 43-year-old woman shot at right . she is shown partly in left profile of , singing with her eyes closed , her left hand a rests on top of the lectern . she wears a 45-year-old ring on her left hand . in the background is man musical equipment , a high stage curtain and a foot-light at . left neoclassical , art rock , gothic rock , post-punk -lrb- early dark -rrb- wave , world music , ethereal wave deadcandance2005c.jpg melbourne -lrb- recorded/signed -rrb- , australia -lrb- formed -rrb- london , england dead can dance
dead can dance

dead can dance is an english-australian musical project formed in 1981 in melbourne by lisa gerrard and brendan perry .
the band relocated to london , england , in may 1982 .
australian music historian ian mcfarlane described dead can dance 's style as `` constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty ; african polyrhythms , gaelic folk , gregorian chant , middle eastern mantras and art rock . ''
having disbanded in 1998 , they reunited briefly in 2005 for a world tour and reformed in 2011 , releasing a new album -lrb- `` anastasis '' -rrb- and embarking on several tours .
