Garden Of The Arcane Delights is the only EP released by Dead Can Dance, coming out in 1984 and acting as a bridge between their first two albums. Its sleeve a sketch by Brendan Perry, depicting “primal man deprived of perception, standing within the confines of a garden containing a fountain and trees laden with fruit… a Blakean universe in which mankind can only redeem itself, can only rid itself of blindness, through the correct interpretation of signs and events that permeate the fabric of nature’s laws.”
This new expanded version sees the EP faithfully pressed on to one piece of a vinyl at 45rpm with a second disc being added, compiling both of the band’s sessions for John Peel, recorded in the same time period.
Tracks A1 to B2: Garden of the Arcane Delights” Recorded and mixed at Vineyard, 1984.
Tracks C1 to C4: John Peel Sessions: Recorded on 19 November 1983 at Maida Vale studio four for the BBC Radio One John Peel show.
Tracks D1 to D4 John Peel Sessions: Recorded on 2 June 1984 at Maida Vale studio five for the BBC Radio One John Peel show.
Tracklist:
Garden Of The Arcane Delights
A1 Carnival Of Light
A2 In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated
B1 The Arcane
B2 Flowers Of The Sea
John Peel Sessions
C1 Instrumental
C2 Labour Of Love
C3 Ocean
C4 Threshold
D1 Flowers Of The Sea
D2 Penumbra
D3 Panacea
D4 Carnival Of Light
Label: 4AD Records, BBC
Barcode: 652637362817
