Dionysus

"The follow-up to the pioneering Australian art pop duo's 2012 comeback LP Anastasis, Dionysus dispenses with the more song-oriented approach of its predecessor in favor of an atmosphere-driven bacchanalian oratorio inspired by the Greek god of wine and ecstasy ... Perry and Gerrard, who have long looked to mythology for inspiration, recognize that those foundational tales are largely immune to cultural disparity - after all, who doesn't love an epic party? As an unofficial soundtrack for ritual madness, religious ecstasy, sex, winemaking, and song, Dionysus excels".

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"Pairing a world's worth of traditional instruments with widescreen gestures, the legendary duo explore the myth of a Greek god in an unknown tongue ... That the album addresses such lofty concepts is admirable. That it does so in a work of visceral, accessible music that rewards surface listening and prolonged exploration is doubly so. This is music of grandeur and grand humanity".

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"Den australske duo Dead Can Dance har været opløst og gendannet og er nu klar med karrierens 10. studiealbum siden etableringen i 1981. Klassisk sangskrivning kan man ikke ligefrem tale om, men duoen formår at fuldende et spændende musikalsk univers med lige dele fuglekvidder og beats med referencer fra både electronica og verdensmusik".

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