Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 03:55:18 -0500 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Lisa Gerrard/Pieter Bourke Lisa Gerrard's upcoming second solo album "Duality" features a collaborative pairing with Pieter Bourke. If his name sounds familiar, it's because it should! Pieter is a self-taught percussionist and keyboard player. He worked in a variety of musical settings since beginning with the Australian group Eden in 1994. He has worked with Snog and completed a number of remixes for other artists. Pieter began his association with Lisa Gerrard in 1994 performing on Lisa's "The Mirror Pool" recordings and tour. Most recently he was a member of the group Soma... "Duality" reaches stores via 4AD on April 13th in the UK and April 14th in the US and Canada although these dates could very well change. JEFF KEIBEL TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA E MAIL: redshift@interlog.com Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 13:05:47 EST From: MidEvlMan Subject: Lisa Gerrard's New CD + Web site ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D U A L I T Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My personal review: IT IS GREAT!!!! She doesn't try to rewrite the formula.. she stuck with what works. It is very reminiscent of Dead Can Dance's "Within the Realm of a Dying Sun"... except for one song.. it is straight out of a 1974 James Bond Film. There are many "addictive" songs on the album. The album will be released in April of 1998 and is the follow-up to her 1995 debut solo Album. Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:55:04 -0500 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: © 1998 4AD There is this record label called 4AD. Here's some stuff they are putting out first quarter 1998... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke - "Duality" Released April 13th in the UK and April 14th in the US UK CD-only cat. no.: CAD 8004 CD US CD-only cat. no.: 46854 - 2 (4AD/Warner Bros.) Shadow Magnet Tempest Forest Vale The Comforter Unfolding Pilgrimage Of Children Human Game Circulation Of Shadows Sacrifice Nadir ----------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:02:05 +1000 From: David Boughey Subject: re Lisa in Eden >From Michael Scholtz (mscholtz@GGFCM.COM) >Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:44:38 -0800 >keibel comes through with the info once again. i hadn't realized that lisa >worked with bourke on her last album, but it makes perfect sense, since >eden's music always sounded to me like a very close relation to the >brendan side of dcd. i'm a bit confused about the 1994 date in jeff's >message, though, since eden has been recording since ca. 1990. did >pieter bourke only join the band in 1994? what ever happened to eden, >anyway? i haven't seen hide nor hair of them since that project e.p. a >few years back. Pieter Bourke is credited on the Mirror Pool notes. He worked with Sean Bowley on early Eden recordings, but not the later releases. Since the HealingBow EP, Eden has also released Earthbound - a "mixture of remixes and rarities" (inlcuding live tracks) and "Fire and Rain", a cd of new work (about 1995 I think). Towards the end of 1996 I heard from Sean Bowley that he was planning a further release called "stone cat", which sounded like it may include some tracks returning to the atmospheric feel of "Gateway to the Mysteries". I've had it on order for a year (sigh), but I do know someone who had a promo copy. As for Pieter Bourke, I have heard several good things about his side project, Soma, but have yet to get around to picking up either their ep or album yet. Anyone heard the stuff? David Boughey Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:17:35 +0100 From: Emiel Efdee Subject: Uhm... I've stolen some info from Lisa's site... Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke DUALITY Shadow Magnet Tempest Forrest Veil Comforter The Unfolding Pilgrimage of Lost Children The Human Game Circulation of Shadows The Sacrifice Nadir On the site they also mention "The Human Game remix" Will this be a 'hidden track' or a single??? All tracks written, performed and produced by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke. Except Tempest written by Lisa Gerrard, Pieter Bourke and Madjid Khaladj. Engineered by Pieter Bourke Recorded at home in Gippsland Australia Mastered by Don Tyler at Precision Mastering Special thanks to Chris Staley for his assistance and input Final mixes monitored on the TAS system, supplied by Absolute High End Thank you Jacek, Nanette, John and Florencia for your support Duality an album by Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke When the two of us met seven years ago we had no idea that we would be working together with the intimacy that we have been able to indulge on this recording. A process that has celebrated synchronicity and unselfish equality. It has been through a willingness to surrender self made rules and preconceptions that we have come to profit from the invisible ideals, which manifest within the joining of two creative visions. We were often surprised by the outcome of our efforts and felt blessed by the privilege of having been allowed to share in the unspoken vocabulary that music communicates. So much so that we were often left with a feeling of unfamiliarity with the process and a sense of reality unlocking it's self to reveal duality perpetuated by the joining of two spirits in a journey to be reunited with the absolute. Lisa Gerrard Pieter Bourke has worked in a variety of musical settings, beginning with the Australian group Eden in 1988. Throughout Pieter's career he has combined interests in rhythm, atmosphere and sound manipulation, both acoustic and electronic. Pieter's creative involvement with Lisa Gerrard began when he was invited to record some percussion on "The Mirror Pool" album and perform on the subsequent world tour, in 1995. "With the 7 musicians on stage, Lisa made a point of involving everyone in the creation of new material specifically for the concerts. Through these works, we gained a greater understanding of our respective musical abilities and possibilities." In the 1996, Pieter performed on Dead Can Dance's "Spiritchaser" tour. Currently he is also a member of the innovative ethno-ambient- electronica duo Soma whose music reflects elements from cinema, Indian music, spaghetti westerns, surrealism, techno and beyond. LISA GERRARD - SOUNDTRACKS El Nino De La Luna Augustine Villaronga Film Oedipus Rex (Sophocles) An Adaptation by Noel Monahan Presented by Temenos Theatre Group Baraka A Ron Fricke Film Heat A Michael Mann Film Nadro A Ivana Massetti Film (more details below) FUTURE AND UNFOLDING PROJECTS "In the Magic Rain Garden" Children's Book Lisa has started to work on this project three years ago and is doing most of the story and illustrations herself. There are also plans for the book to be accompanied by music (CD/Tape). Alternately it may become an interactive multimedia title. The names of the two main characters are Lata and Breta. Dead Can Dance Plans have been made for Lisa and Brendan Perry to start working on the new album with the release date set for 1999. A massive world tour is planed to support the release of this album, taking Dead Can Dance amongst many other destinations to Poland, Australia, Japan,.... Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 18:25:42 -0600 From: "Jose A. Garcia Camil" Subject: Duality --------------7EB03A03AF84EAF559368FEB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From Addicted to Noise.... Dead Can Dance's Gerrard's Exquisite Duality New album may expand audience for challenging, idiosyncratic vocalist and her partner. Contributing Editor Beth Winegarner reports: LOS ANGELES -- When Lisa Gerrard sings, it seems impossible that a voice so unearthly could belong to a human being. Hers is the voice of an opera singer, at the least; the voice of a siren, if we're going to wax lyrical about it. During a press party last Monday night at Luna Park, Gerrard and collaborator Pieter Bourke performed a few songs from their forthcoming album, Duality, due in stores April 14. It was the sort of event where one is expected to schmooze. But once Gerrard and keyboardist Bourke had finished their set, most of the small audience was too dumbstruck to do anything but gawk as the duo made their way through the room. Gerrard, probably best known for her work as one-half of the progressive, world-music duo Dead Can Dance, has found it challenging to expose her music to an audience so accustomed to mainstream rock. Of her work, she said, "It's so much a mosaic, so much a collage -- a collective inner consciousness ... of things that have moved you, things that have touched you, things that have fascinated you, that make up the ... alphabet that you create your words or your music from." Everything about Gerrard's stage presence -- from the introspective pauses where, with eyes closed, she feels for her voice in the music, to the flowing white robes and pearls around her neck -- makes her so fascinating that it's easy to ignore Bourke's contributions. In addition to supplying the symphonic framework for Gerrard's voice with careful keyboard wizardry in concert, it is his work with Gerrard on Duality, constructing and enhancing tracks such as "Unfolding," that gives the album its depth and life. Bourke played both on Gerrard's debut solo album, The Mirror Pool, and on the tour for Dead Can Dance's last album, Spiritchaser. After that tour, he recalled, "We both returned home to Australia, and after about six weeks off, Lisa gave me a call and said, 'I've got some ideas. Do you want to come and do some percussion work?' " From there, a passionate collaboration evolved, and Duality was born. "The title ("Duality") comes from the working relationship we've developed by accident," Bourke said. "We really put our egos to one side, and sort-of went on a journey of discovery together. We were working at Lisa's home, without pressure. In fact, no one really knew we were working. We came together with one purpose, but ended up going off on another track. It was great." Although it's difficult to put in words what makes Duality so much more a cohesive record than The Mirror Pool, Gerrard points directly to Bourke. "I found the experience [of this record] so liberating," she said. "If it felt right for both of us, we'd follow that route." One of those routes included the recording of one track, "The Human Game" (RealAudio excerpt), with lyrics in English. Gerrard often sings in other languages or no language at all. "The Human Game" could fit well into a James Bond movie, full of dark intrigue. Both musicians were surprised by the lyrics, Gerrard remembers. "We were sort-of improvising ... and all of a sudden words started coming! They were so integral to that piece. That's why we kept them. "Pieter and I could have gone and said 'Oh, (the English lyrics) won't fit into the rest of the record. Why don't we get rid of them.' But then I'm just becoming a parody of myself, and that's not true to the work." Gerrard and Bourke just completed the filming of a video for "The Human Game," the first single culled from Duality. Recently, they were invited to perform at this summer's Lilith Fair tour, a first for Gerrard. Although she regards a wider audience as a benefit, she's become accustomed to existing outside the mainstream. It has been to the point where most video channels refused to play the video for her last solo single, "Sanvean." "You're better off," she said of being an outsider, "[as long as you] can encourage other people. You might not be earning any money, but you're telling the truth. And that's important for our kids, that they have somewhere to go where the truth is being told." Hope you enjoyed a difficult cut&paste! Pepe Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:09:47 +0200 From: Emiel Efdee Subject: ! CAD9000CD ! Look what I found today: Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke "THE HUMAN GAME" 1. The Human Game (4:03) 2. Awakening (2:18) 3. Junganya (4:20) CAD9000CD - released under licence by Pias Benelux Awakening and Junganya are taken from the film <<.NADRO>> Nadro, he who does not forget Nadro, the man Frederic Bruly Bouabre, an eighty-year old artist writer philosopher from the Ivory Coast. Nadro, the film, written and directed by Ivana Massetti. "Civilization is dying out because many of its vital elements quietly extinguish themselves, falling from unconscious hands into the dust or mud..." Designed by Chris Bigg at v23, painting by Jacek Tuschewski. (c) 1998 4AD Ltd Web-sites: http://www.lisa-gerrard.com and http://www.living-net.com/pieter-bourke Packed in a regular CD-single box. Yesterday someone told me about it and today I found one... but it must have be out there for a while. Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 00:30:32 -0400 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Lisa Gerrard, The Hope Blister Jeff Keibel wrote: >This is an odd thing. Why just PIAS? Why a CAD9000CD type number?? >They could have used BAD8999CD in the spirit of the PIAS "Alec Eifell" >EP. Now this causes a very unusual number problem. 9000 is for 1999 >and CAD is for albums. Why do they do this?? It is not PIAS only at all. The same single came out in Germany, too. Its catalogue number is 'RTD 120.2152.3'. Regarding the limited Duality issue I can tell you that there is a UK version including an extra CD single which includes the exact same tracks as the PIAS and RTD singles only without the artwork of these singles; it's a double CD very much like the initial TWP 'Funky Little Demons'set. The catalog number of the bonus disc is LG 001CD. There also is a two track promo, LG 002CD, including 'The Human Game' and 'Sanvean'; no artwork at all, just a plain white paper sleeve. Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:19:28 +0200 From: Emiel Efdee Subject: Re: Lisa Gerrard's Duality >Huh? Extra Disc? What is on it and where can I get it? (I bought Duality >yesterday and absolutely love it, I would love to hear that extra disc) It's a three-track disc with: The Human Game (edit - shorter than the album version) Awakening (from the film 'Nadro') Junganya (from the film 'Nadro') The same disc is also released as a cd-single by PIAS Benelux, Rough Trade Germany and Virgin France. 4AD included the disc as a limited bonus cd with the UK version of 'Duality' cause the they won't release it as a single over there. Received 'Duality' yesterday and it hasn't left the cd-player yet. Beautiful piece of work! (but I'm missing the voice of mister Perry...) Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 04:54:40 -0400 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: One unlucky bum Looking back at some recent 4AD releases and reflecting... That UK limited double CD of "Duality" from Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke is a nice treat! Although it looks no different than the single disc version, the double CAD8004CD is worth searching out. The bonus disc features the edit of "The Human Game" plus two tracks from the film "Nadro" and bears the unique number of LG001CD. There is also a promo only disc numbered LG002CD which features two tracks -- "The Human Game" (edit) and "Sanvean" (from "The Mirror Pool")... If you miss out on the UK double, fear not -- at least two or three countries have issued it commercially as a CD single. In Germany, Rough Trade has issued "The Human Game" as a slim case CD single under the number RTD120.2152.3. In The Netherlands, Belgium and places that get Play It Again Sam 4AD licensed stuff, the single comes out in a slim case as well but with the frustratingly numbered CAD9000CD. France, via Labels/Virgin have also apparently released it. Any confirmation? Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 01:09:25 EDT From: BluBelKnol Subject: L. Gerrard/Massive Attack reviews transcribed Following are brief reviews from the May 15th issue of Entertainment Weekly: LISA GERRARD Duality (4AD/Warner Bros.) Gerrard trills, warbles, and chirrups through an exotic songbook, using a self-conceived mantric phonetic system like nothing you've ever heard. Aided by longtime percussionist Pieter Bourke, the Dead Can Dance mainstay swoops kingfisher low one minute and sors kestrel high the next, from an aerie of gothic keyboards and tribal drums. It's a sophisticated, visceral sound not found in any Top 40 cage or in the field guide. A- -Tom Lanham Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 14:12:56 +1100 From: David Boughey Subject: Pieter Bourke There is also info on other projects Bourke is involved in - Soma and Snog. Soma definately has thislisty elements. I've bought the last album - Inner Cinema, and the last ep - "Stygian Vistas". Mainly electronic based soundscape stuff, a very Morriconish movie feel to some of it. Has anyone else had a listen? Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 04:00:53 -0500 From: Doubts About Waking Subject: Soma (WAS Re: Pieter Bourke) Soma's _Inner Cinema_ album is truly fantastic. It has a lot more meat and movement to it than most "soundscape" cds, sort of like a more ominous electronic Scenic or like the less dance-oriented Trisomie 21 material. The ep is mostly re-mixes and re-dos of tracks from that album and their first cd, _HolloW Earth_. _Hollow Earth_, BTW, is a decent album, but more like other traditional electronic musics--not quite dance; not quite soundscape. It basically sounds like a more mellow Black Lung album. _Inner Cinema_ came out of nowhere and was a most pleasant surprise. In fact, I think either Bourke or the other person in Soma is also in Black Lung. If you liked _Inner Cinema_ and haven't heard the earlier albums by Paul Schutze, especially _New Maps of Hell_. It's not as dramatic as Soma, but in the same vein. Best of all, most of Schutze's albums are FINALLY in print in the US--lots of great stuff. While I'm babbling, you might also want to check out Shinjuku Thief's _Witch Hunter_. It's generally more ambient--it's more static (in a good way) and has less movement than even the earlier Schutze material, but still has the drama and emotion lacking from other releases of this nature, parly because of the sudden burst of "orchestral violence" (Verhagen's term, not mine). In other words, there are abrupt, unexpected changes in mood. Sorry this isn't more coherent--my English is really lacking when it comes to describing music. In any event, there's lots of great things coming out of Australia in terms of instrumental music--especially on Dorobo and Extreme. I'm glad to finally see a mention of it here; I think a lot of people on this list might enjoy some of it. (And yes, I realize about a third of you have been listening to it for years, have the demos on cd along with the acetates, etc.) ;-} Nesh Byram