Lisa Gerrard (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and com… Read Full Bio ↴Lisa Gerrard (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry. In addition to singing, she is an instrumentalist for much of her work, most prolifically using the yangqin (a Chinese hammered dulcimer).
Since her career began in 1981, Gerrard has been involved in a wide range of projects. She received a Golden Globe Award for the music score to the film Gladiator, on which she collaborated with Hans Zimmer.
Lisa Gerrard was born on 12 April 1961 in Melbourne, and grew up in the suburb of Prahran with her Irish immigrant parents. She has said that she grew up with "Mediterranean music blaring out of the houses" and that this influenced her music, particularly on later Dead Can Dance albums and in her solo and collaborative works.
Gerrard's first foray into forming bands and creative music-making was in Melbourne's little band scene, an experimental post-punk scene which flourished from 1978 until 1981. It was at one of these little band events that she first met Dead Can Dance co-founder Brendan Perry. Perry recalls, "It never occurred to me that we would one day collaborate musically together because at the time I thought her music was too avant garde. I particularly remember one song that she sang about finding a man in the park and asking her mother if she could bring him home to keep in her wardrobe as she attacked this chinese dulcimer with two bamboo sticks".
Dead Can Dance originally formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne, but in 1982 moved to London with members Gerrard, Brendan Perry and bass player Paul Erikson. Shortly after coming to England, Erikson flew back to Australia, leaving the band as a duo. Dead Can Dance recorded eight albums on the 4AD Records recording label beginning with the self-titled Dead Can Dance LP in 1984. In 2005, the song "Nierika" became part of the opening titles for Mexican television station TV Azteca's soap opera "La Chacala". The band split in 1998, but reunited in 2005 for a world tour. In 2012, the band announced a new world tour to coincide with the release of their new album, Anastasis.
Gerrard possesses the vocal range of a contralto but can also reach upward into the mezzo-soprano range. Her voice has been described as rich, deep, dark, mournful and unique.
Examples of Gerrard's mezzo-soprano range include the songs "The Host of Seraphim", "Elegy", "Space Weaver", "Come This Way" and "One Perfect Sunrise". Gerrard however performs more predominantly in the dramatic contralto range in her other songs, "Sanvean", "Sacrifice", "Largo", "Lament" and "Not Yet".
Gerrard sings many of her songs, such as "Now We Are Free", "Come Tenderness", "Serenity", "The Valley of the Moon", "Tempest", "Pilgrimage of Lost Children", "Coming Home" and "Sanvean" in idioglossia. With respect to such work she has said, "I sing in the language of the Heart. It's an invented language that I've had for a very long time. I believe I started singing in it when I was about 12. Roughly that time. And I believed that I was speaking to God when I sang in that language."
Gerrard was married to Polish graphic design artist and music producer Jacek Tuschewski, with whom she has a daughter (born 1992).
Her nephew Jack Gerrard plays for Cairns post-hardcore act Almost a Square as the drummer and back-up vocalist.
Since her career began in 1981, Gerrard has been involved in a wide range of projects. She received a Golden Globe Award for the music score to the film Gladiator, on which she collaborated with Hans Zimmer.
Lisa Gerrard was born on 12 April 1961 in Melbourne, and grew up in the suburb of Prahran with her Irish immigrant parents. She has said that she grew up with "Mediterranean music blaring out of the houses" and that this influenced her music, particularly on later Dead Can Dance albums and in her solo and collaborative works.
Gerrard's first foray into forming bands and creative music-making was in Melbourne's little band scene, an experimental post-punk scene which flourished from 1978 until 1981. It was at one of these little band events that she first met Dead Can Dance co-founder Brendan Perry. Perry recalls, "It never occurred to me that we would one day collaborate musically together because at the time I thought her music was too avant garde. I particularly remember one song that she sang about finding a man in the park and asking her mother if she could bring him home to keep in her wardrobe as she attacked this chinese dulcimer with two bamboo sticks".
Dead Can Dance originally formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne, but in 1982 moved to London with members Gerrard, Brendan Perry and bass player Paul Erikson. Shortly after coming to England, Erikson flew back to Australia, leaving the band as a duo. Dead Can Dance recorded eight albums on the 4AD Records recording label beginning with the self-titled Dead Can Dance LP in 1984. In 2005, the song "Nierika" became part of the opening titles for Mexican television station TV Azteca's soap opera "La Chacala". The band split in 1998, but reunited in 2005 for a world tour. In 2012, the band announced a new world tour to coincide with the release of their new album, Anastasis.
Gerrard possesses the vocal range of a contralto but can also reach upward into the mezzo-soprano range. Her voice has been described as rich, deep, dark, mournful and unique.
Examples of Gerrard's mezzo-soprano range include the songs "The Host of Seraphim", "Elegy", "Space Weaver", "Come This Way" and "One Perfect Sunrise". Gerrard however performs more predominantly in the dramatic contralto range in her other songs, "Sanvean", "Sacrifice", "Largo", "Lament" and "Not Yet".
Gerrard sings many of her songs, such as "Now We Are Free", "Come Tenderness", "Serenity", "The Valley of the Moon", "Tempest", "Pilgrimage of Lost Children", "Coming Home" and "Sanvean" in idioglossia. With respect to such work she has said, "I sing in the language of the Heart. It's an invented language that I've had for a very long time. I believe I started singing in it when I was about 12. Roughly that time. And I believed that I was speaking to God when I sang in that language."
Gerrard was married to Polish graphic design artist and music producer Jacek Tuschewski, with whom she has a daughter (born 1992).
Her nephew Jack Gerrard plays for Cairns post-hardcore act Almost a Square as the drummer and back-up vocalist.
Seven Seas
Lisa Gerrard Lyrics
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Andi Tóth When the sun don’t shine And the walls…
Andy McCoy Check out I never knew love gives a second chance When it…
anton vezuv how could i be yours how could i…
At Vance Once upon a time he was born into a family Growin…
Baby Face Sitting by the window, all day thinking of you Watching th…
Babyface Sitting by the window All day thinking of you Watching the d…
Berkes Olivér Amikor nem süt már a nap, és a falak…
Buffalo Sunn The Seven Seas and the rain couldn’t keep me from…
Codee I'd cross the seven seas to find you Waiting on a…
Curtis Walsh I'll be further than the eye can see And I know…
DJ Ganyani I know that you must be out there somewhere I've been…
Echo & the Bunnymen Stab a sorry heart With your favourite finger Paint the whol…
Echo And The Bunnymen Stab a sorry heart With your favourite finger Paint the wh…
Girls Against Boys All the good things are in season As I stumble out…
Golden Youth Can you hear the rain? Its falling. I am right outside…
Harry Fraud & Curren$y Yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah (Jet Life, nigg…
Hi-Lo & In Between Can you feel? The ocean waves? Crash upon you as if you…
J. Crist Tell me that it's real Tell me this shi' real That expressio…
Kelsey and the Embers Open my ribcage, peak inside Am I as withered as you…
King Prawn Even if I knew that love would bring me down…
Korupture Sailing on the seven seas With my mates all by my…
Mainza I can never understand why you're never chosen Given up…
Matt Caplan I don't know where I am I can't tell if I…
Mob Rules Wisdom comes and childhood goes Time goes by, intentions gro…
Nine Year Sister Are you with me I'm setting my sail Something has…
Olympos Mons When the night time comes A thousand miles away from home It…
ryman leon I'd climb a mountain I'd sail across the seven seas Until I…
Safari on Pluto You're telling me it's really strange The way that I'm so…
Sarah Brightman Waters deep And waters blue The gently flow From me to you …
Steelhouse Lane How can I be so lonely How can I feel so…
Stormwind a wind from my lost soul is heard, like…
T.N.T. Long ago we sailed with fury Across the oceans of the…
Tahiti 80 I took the road to my earliest memory cs I stood…
The Extraordinaires Seven seas - and a one year anniversary It's all been…
The Poodles I set my sails in newborn skies I hear the distant…
TNT Long ago we sailed with fury Across the oceans of the…
TNT (NOR) Long ago we sailed with fury Across the oceans of the…
Vinny VIbe Take my hand letu0027s fly away Above the clouds to…
Visions of Atlantis I try to reach you through this fog of ancient…
VL45 Our life is easy i always treat you well…
相川七瀬 蒼い星の砂 光の洪水 抱き合う胸の間にデジャヴを感じた こんな風に誰かを愛しく 想うだけで全てが眩しくキラめく…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Lisa Gerrard:
Abwoon Abwoom d, bwahmaya Nethqadash shmakh Teytey malkuthakh Ne…
All Along the Watchtower "There must be some way out of here" Said the joker…
Badelt Zimmer: Now We Are Free Anol shalom Anol sheh lay konnud de ne um Flavum nom de…
Black Forest Why realise The life of the hidden Within disguise They c…
Come Tenderness Spending all my nights, all my money going out of…
Elegy Some days it gets completely crazy And I feel like howlin'…
Gortoz a ran Gortozet 'm eus, gortozet pell E skeud teñval tourioù gell E…
La Bas We the drowned Hold our hollow ... Til we swallow ourselves …
Largo Ombra mai fu, di vegetabile cara ed amabile, soave pi`u.…
Now We Are Free Anol shadon Anol sheh lay konnud de ne um Flavum nom de…
Psallit In Aure Dei Non clamor sed amor Non vox sed votum Non cordula sed cor …
Sacrifice Hear one thousand screams Hear one thousand voices A solit…
Serenity All-4-One On & On Smile Like Mona Lisa Oh, i carry a phot…
Sleep My attends to you As a mother hears While her children sle…
Space Weaver My precious love Can only come From above In unity Is born a…
The Human Game Under the sun I call your name I revise your inner…
The Maharaja When the Ma- Haraja comes He brings the sun He draws upon…
The Serpent & The Dove Once there was a secret union A serpent and a dove Enchanted…
The Song Of Amergin An gaeth I m-muir Am tond trethan Am fuaim mara Am dam secht…
Too Far Gone I am drowning Not waving Here in the darkness I’ll find m…
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Dodo998
The sand grain found it easier to roll
With the wave
Standing upright was no play
The vision got blurry
That sense of belonging to such stampede
Where do we go
We rolled before
Where do we go
We did together
Where do we go
She does the same
Where did she go
Form is Function
Been listening to Lisa for 37 years. Best 37 years of my life.
David Forshaw
👍 🎵=🗝️
National Heritage Nature Park
Pure music, alchemy. It comes to me that when you have searched and searched for this one genre which at once stops you in your tracks and you no longer have to listen, because it is as if this music has always been a part of your deeper self, deep inside your Soul, then suddenly I can sense this music as an extension of all that is good and holy. Quite, listen, I have become spellbound.. Bless you!
Dama Blanca
Simplemente te transporta en otra dimensión...
LacnocDesignjournals
Musica para conectar con tu interior en estos dias tan locos.Gracias,Lisa
Marquis Amon
My greatest and most beautiful artist. Lisa, your soul echoes in us.
KenzieTV
Im biologically related to her (shes my 3rd cousin)
Ars Valusha
Тоже очень ее люблю, слушаю всегда)👍👌👏👏👏🌷
Sunny
Yes.. I too first heard her during a Heart’s of Space midnight radio hour during the Christmas holidays 1989.
Nesher Ben-Negev
Lisa must be from another universe because in our universe there is nothing as hauntingly beautiful as this. It sounds like a voice deep in heaven where we may one day meet her in person.