Dead Can Dance – Into the Labyrinth 2xLP Vinyl Record

Dead Can Dance – Into the Labyrinth 2xLP Vinyl Record

Presented here with remastered audio and all new art work is Melbourne band Dead Can Dance’s revered 1993 album “Into the Labyrinth.” The bands sixth album stands as one of their best to this date, the title is a reference to the Greek legend of Theseus going into the Labyrinth to slay the Minotaur. “Into the Labyrinth” came about when Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard had embarked on more individual personal paths, now writing their songs independent of one another, and on separate continents.

Engineered and produced by Brendan at his Quivvy Church studio in Ireland, the album is an audiophile benchmark and also noted for being their first without any guests, instead they played all the instruments. New classics from the band appear almost track for track: Gerrard’s a cappella work on “The Wind That Shakes the Barley,” the gentle beauty of “Ariadne,” the rhythmic drive and chants of the title song. The conclusion is a slightly surprising but ultimately successful cover: “How Fortunate the Man With None,” an adaptation of a classic Bertolt Brecht tune about the turn of fortune’s wheel. “Into the Labyrinth” stands as a remarkable classic both for Dead Can Dance and world music as a whole.

Pressed on Classic Black Vinyl

TRACKLISTING

Side A: 

1. Yulunga (Spirit Dance)
2. The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove
   
3. The Wind That Shakes The Barley
   

Side B:

1. The Carnival Is Over
2. Ariadne
   
3. Saldek
   
4. Towards The Within