Dead Can Dance Spleen and Ideal 12/1/15 He was the founder of

He was the founder of the band and wrote the majority of their music

a sound he largely abandoned during an extended dalliance with Laurel Canyon country-rock -- an infatuation that culminated in his position as a substitute Jerry Garcia in the Grateful Dead satellite group Dead & Company

Propeller Sound Recordings is set to release and remastered and expanded edition of "Seven Songs"

‘Mind Maze’ is a mind-boggling tightrope walk across an array of musical influences that seamlessly create the unique present-day world of Trees Speak

it's the first seven that matter

Dead Can Dance Spleen and Ideal 12/1/15 He was the founder ofDead Can Dances second album, Spleen And Ideal (1985), saw them experiment more with instrumentation, abandoning guitars in favour of cello, trombone and timpani. Widely acclaimed, there was now a richness of unification between voice and music, lyrics and structure, showing they had a concrete sense of the aural ideal they were striving towards. Its title was taken from Spleen et Idal, a collection of poems by 18th century French poet Charles