Lisa is pleased to announce that her revamped website (www.lisagerrard.com) has now been launched which includes an online store where you can preview and purchase Lisa’s highly anticipated new album The Black Opal. The Black Opal is available as an MP3 album, a standard edition or a deluxe edition that includes artwork, poems, bonus tracks and a video clip of the Serpent and the Dove. Lisa has recently returned from Sydney where she was announced the winner of the 2009 Screen Music Award for Best Original Music Score for her work on the Australian film Balibo.  Lisa followed up this win with another victory last week when she also won an Aria Award for Balibo.  To coincide with the awards and at the request of many of her fans Lisa has released a re-mastered version of the Balibo score which is available for purchase from her website. In addition to The Black Opal and Balibo, Lisa has also released an MP3 album of Come Quietly following her successful recent tour with Klaus Schulze.  We have also just received a shipment of Come Quietly albums left over from the tour which will be made available via the online shop very soon! In the meantime Lisa is currently working hard on a major Hollywood score that is slated for release in 2010. Stay tuned for more news on this movie in December.

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Exciting times ahead!

Well it has been a rather eventful few months to say the least since my last newsletter in which I have hired and dispensed with the services of two managers and finally completed and mastered my new album ‘Ark’. The lack of effective management has meant that release and tour dates have had to be put back until early next year but I am happy to announce that I am now managed by an old trusted colleague Colin Wallace who also manages Elizabeth Fraser from the Cocteau Twins. At present we are exploring distribution possibilities for the album worldwide and will update you as soon as we have official release dates to hand. Also in the pipeline is a 100 date double headline world tour with my old friend Peter Murphy of Bauhaus which is planned to begin next march to coincide with the album release. The tour will commence in South America via Mexico to North America and then on to Europe... I shall be announcing the official dates come this side of Noel. In the meantime I have made a short promotional film about the making of Ark which you can view at my new webpage http://ark.brendan-perry.com/ The narrative has been translated into several languages for those who are non-english speakers. This new web portal will eventually also become my new webshop where you will be able to purchase special editions and other related artistic offerings. In the meantime thank you all for your patience, it has been a somewhat frustrating few months for me but as the saying goes sometimes you have to go around the block a few times before you come to the right door! best wishes my friends Brendan

I can now confirm that the substantial musical gift that I promised you all upon signing up to my mailing list will be my first solo concert from the ICA London.
To commemorate the launch of my new website on october 31 you will receive a link where you can download the concert in either mp3 or mp4a formats at 160 kbps. For those yet to sign up to the mailing list you can do so by visiting http://www.brendan-perry.com/enews/ This download will only be available until new years eve 2008.

1.Alone
2.American Dreaming
3.Sarabande
4.Sloth
5.Chase the Blues (Tim Buckley)
7.The Captive Heart
8.Happy Time (Tim Buckley)
9.Don't Fade Away

London ICA (13 year Itch Festival) 24/7/1993

Have a great Samain everyone!

Brendan now has an official mailing list which you can sign up to at http://www.brendan-perry.com/enews/subscribe
Registered users will get regular updates as well as access to a few extra features and exclusives... the first, accompanying the site launch on 31st October will be a substantial free musical gift!

Zazou has sadly passed away last monday after only being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer just a few months ago. He will be sorely missed not only as a dear friend but more importantly as an innovator who brought often seemingly disparate musical entities together to create something truly unique and original in avant garde and world music. See you in the green room dear Z after the show.... xB

Hector Zazou 1948-2008



Un Oiseaux Rare

We finally have a release date for the de-luxe hybrid SACD releases of the catalogue albums.

This will be 2 June 2008.

This release will be manufactured in Japan in authentic, vinyl replica, paper sleeves. These will also include replicas of all the original inner bags as well.

There will be a limited edition of 6000 copies per title (except Garden Of The Arcane Delights - 3000)

The standard CD versions will be in super-jewel cases and released in August.