Description
Polish pressed music cassette. Clear cassette with printed paper label.
Poland is probably the country that had the most record labels in the world that only released cassettes. But even though there were lots of labels the market was still small as they only printed these for their own market inside of Poland. And a label in one town maybe lacked the distribution for another town and so on. A Warzaw or Krakow label might print more copies of a tape then labels from a smaller town. So even if there are thousands of releases you will notice how rare some are if you start to try to list the catalog number of one particular label. Some cassettes just rarely shows up. One of the bigger cassettes labels were Takt Music in Warsaw and another one was MG Records, which was a sub-label of GM Records (both used the same logo during the early 90s). Just like Takt they started in 1990 and existed up until 1994 and during those 4 years they released approx 3000 tapes. Under the name of GM Records they started a pressing plant in Poland after these cassette years was over.
Dead Can Dance was an eclectic musical entity that was formed in Melbourne Australia but relocated to the UK. The band combines elements of European folk music — particularly music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance — with ambient pop and worldbeat flourishes, touching on everything from Gaelic folk and Gregorian chant to avant-garde pop, neo classical and darkwave. Their fifth album, Aion, was released in 1990. Aion’s cover artwork is taken from Bosch, Aion’s medievalism was worn more openly than ever before, with songs adapted from centuries-old material. The beautiful, entrancing Saltarello, with lead performance by what sounds like an old wind instrument, comes from an Italian dance of the 14th century, while the mysterious moods of The Song of the Sibyl derive from 16th-century Catalonia. The group’s command of not merely recording possibilities — witness the exquisite layering of vocals on the opening The Arrival and the Reunion — but of musical traditions, instruments, and more from around the world was arguably never stronger. Gerrard’s vocals in particular have an even stronger, richer feeling than before, not merely able to command with its power but softly calm and seduce. Perry, meanwhile, is no less compelling, his ever-strong, wonderful voice perfectly suited to his choice of material. The standout track is Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book with lyrics from a Spanish poet. The musical combination of softly plucked guitar and buried organ drone is striking enough, swathed in reverb, but when Perry steps in with his vocals, matched by more sparkling keyboards, the result is yet another high point for a band laden with them. Guest performers once again assist throughout, including Perry’s brother Robert on haunting, quite non-clichéd bagpipes for As the Bell Rings the Maypole Spins and singer David Navarro Sust, returning again to contribute some fine backing work.
Track list:
1. The Arrival And The Reunion
2. Saltarello
3. Mephisto
4. The Song Of The Sibyl
5. Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book
6. Wilderness
7. The Garden Of Zephirus
8. As The Bell Rings The Maypole Spins
9. The End Of Words
10. Black Sun
11. The Promised Womb
12. Radharc