DEAD CAN DANCE • AION

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1. THE ARRIVAL AND THE REUNION2. SALTARELLO

(Instr umental Danse : Anonymous : Italian 14th Centur y)

3. MEPHISTO4. THE SONG OF THE SIBYL

(Traditional Version : Catalan : 16th Centur y) Dedicated to the Memor y of Jamie Salas 5. FORTUNE PRESENTS GIFTS NOT ACCORDING TO THE BOOK

(Words by Luis De Góngora)

6. AS THE BELL RINGS THE MAYPOLE SPINS7. THE END OF WORDS

8. BLACK SUN9. WILDERNESS

10. THE PROMISED WOMB11. THE GARDEN OF ZEPHIRUS

12. RADHARC

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B l a c k S u n

Murder! Man on f ire.Murder ! I ’ve seen the eyes of the l iving dead.It ’s the same old game. Sur vival.The g reat mass play a waiting game.Embalmed, crippled, dying in fear of pain,al l sense of freedom gone.

Black sun in a white world.Like having a black son in a white world.

I have a son, his name i s Eden.It ’s hi s birthright beyond estranged t imes.

Give me 69 years, another season in this hel l.It ’s al l s ex and death as far as eyes can te l l.Like Prometheus we are bound.Chained to this rock of a brave new world.Our god-forsaken lot.And I fee l that ’s a l l we have ever needed to know unti l worlds end and the seas r un cold.Give me 69 years, another season in this hel l.There i s s ex and death in mother nature ’s p lans.

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1990 marked the release of Aion, 12 songs written and produced by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard predominately recordedat their own studio in Southern Ireland. Shortly after the release of Aion, Brendan and Lisa scored their second film forSpanish Director Augustin Villaronga, La Muerte Y La Primavera. Their first film score for El Nino De La Luna, in whichLisa made her acting debut, was selected as the official Spanish entry for the Cannes Film Festival.

“Once again the emphasis is on the liturgical and secular music of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, and of the 12tracks (nine self-written) only two. ‘Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To the Book’ (a parable written by Luis De Gongora)and ‘Black Sun’ (a typically apocalyptic tale littered with references to death, disease and famine) are sung in English. The rest(with the exception of three instrumentals) are a mixture of Latin, Spanish dialect, Bulgarian, and Arabic stunninglyarticulated by Lisa Gerrard. Of these ‘As the Bell Rings The Maypole Spins’ complements her tremulous vocals with themournful skirl of bagpipes, Radharc, suffused with a heady swirl of Arabian strings and The End of Words, a simple chant,stand out as the highlights… Aion is a sumptuously textured work that deserves to be appreciated by more than just establishedfans.”– Graeme Kay, Q Magazine.

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PRODUCED BY DEAD CAN DANCE

MUSICIANSJOHN BONNAR: KEYBOARDS ON BAND NO 5 &

CO - ARRANGEMENTS ON BANDS NOS 2 & 5DAVID NAVARRO SUST: VOCALS ON BAND NOS 1 & 7

ROBERT PERRY: BAGPIPES ON BAND NO 6

ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND VOICES PERFORMEDBY BRENDAN PERRY AND LISA GERRARD

RECORDED AND PRODUCED IN IRELANDWITH THE EXCEPTION OF BAND NOS 1 & 7

RECORDED AND PRODUCED AT WOODBINE STUDIOS, LEAMINGTON SPA

WRITTEN BY BRENDAN PERRY AND LISA GERRARDPUBLISHED BY UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING / MOMENTUM 3

COVER DESIGN BY BRENDAN PERRYPORTRAIT BY PHIL NICHOLLS

DETAIL FROM ‘THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS’A PAINTING BY HIERONYMUS BOSCH

(Courtesy of “The Prado Museum” Madrid)

RE-MASTERED AT MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LABBY NEAL HARRIS WITH SUPERVISION BY SHAWN R. BRITTON

ORIGINAL RECORDING P1990 4AD

ANDREW ROBINSON: BASS VIOLLUCY ROBINSON: TENOR VIOL

ANNE ROBINSON: BASS VIOLHONOR CARMODY: TENOR VIOL

ON BAND NO 10