Spiritchaser
Spiritchaser is the seventh studio album by Dead Can Dance, and the last before Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard went their separate ways. It expands on its exploration of world music, and like Into the Labyrinth, was recorded at Quivvy Church, Perry's personal studio in Ireland.
The album was dedicated to Lisa Gerrard's deceased brother, Mark Gerrard.
The track "Indus" contains a melody that is very similar to that of "Within You Without You", a Beatles song that George Harrison wrote and recorded with Indian musicians in 1967. Although not deliberate, Perry and Gerrard were asked to contact Harrison for his permission to use it; he granted it, but the record company insisted that they give him partial songwriting credit on "Indus".
Track listing
Release history
Personnel
Personnel adapted from Spiritchaser liner notes.
Podcasts:
Spiritchaser
ALBUMS
- 1440 released: 2010
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by Dead Can Dance
Spiritchaser
by: Dead Can Dancewe are the stars which sing
we sing with our light;
we are the birds of fire,
we fly over the sky.
our light is a voice;
we make a road for the spirit to pass over
{algonquian indian}
outò, ba mwen son ou,e,
outò, ba mwen son ou,e,
tanbouyè, o ba mwen son ou,
solèy lève.
outò, give me your sound,
outò, give me your sound,
drummer, give me your sound,
the sun rises.
{vodun invocation-haiti}