Music History

I still remember the first time when the plate came out fresh. Dead Can Dance had long been known in the "scene", "Dead Can Dance" and "Spleen and Ideal" had already found a small but fanatical Following shaft. And then came this plate and has hit like a hammer. Church choir, symphony, Gregorian psalms, ethno, alternative, if you listen carefully everything in it. "Neoclassical" you get the even mentioned, I have so far this term only in conjunction with Dead Can Dance gehört.Lisa Gerrards voice the polar ice caps could melt or freeze the sun, depending on your preference. "Cantara", for me the highlight and best DCD-piece, brings spirit and blood pumping, speaks straight to the soul. My perception of music has changed significantly from that disk.

The music itself is without being pedantic meticulous, passionate without sentimentalism, mysterious but not cheesy. You can feel the specialized detailed work behind it, but also a passionate relationship with the project. To put it short: this album has it all. I have to also provide a broadband jazz rock Ambient radio punk classical listeners no qualms Dead Can Dance to the music Olympus; and "Within the Realm of a Dying Sun" is definitely the masterpiece.

It's a rarity, I have the "Realm" dozens of people played over the years, many found it too dark or "depri", but everyone had to admit that the music itself is awesome beyond.

No matter what you hear as you're on it, (if you're not just limited to your music consumption on Charts) you have my full purchase recommendation.