Just discovered her and I’m so happy!!! One of the greatest voices I’ve ever heard. Reminds me a bit of Ofra Haza. There is nothing like the female voice.
Higher Notes: 1. 0:00 We'll start with the highs! An A4 from "Yulunga (Spirit Dance)". 2. 0:14 Graceful, operatic A4s from "Sacrifice". 3. 0:49 Two B♭4s from the breathtaking climax of "Sanvean: I Am Your Shadow". 4. 1:09 Singing up to an emotional B♭4 in "Circumradiant Dawn". 5. 1:38 A soulful B♭4 from "That's What You Always Do". 6. 1:50 More B♭4s from the devastating piece "The Host Of Seraphim". 7. 2:17 Going up to a ghostly B4 in "Space Weaver". 8. 2:29 B4s from "Now We Are Free" from live in Montreal 2012. 9. 2:41 From "Redemption" is a somber sounding C5. 10. 2:55 C5s followed by a fantastically sustained G♯4 from "Anabasis". 11. 3:17 Very raw C5s from "Swans" live Hamburg 1990. 12. 3:37 Many sweet-sounding C5s from "Cantara". 13. 4:03 C♯5s from the dark "Summoning Of The Muse". 14. 4:30 C♯5s from the joyous "The Arrival And The Reunion". 15. 4:41 Going up to C♯5 in the hypnotic "Shadow Magnet". 16. 4:54 More C♯5s from "Nadir (Synchronicity)". 17. 5:11 Slighty flat D5s from the cheerful "Isabella" live Hamburg 1990. 18. 5:33 Next is a rich and gorgeous D5 from "Immortal Memory". 19. 5:46 B4s, C♯5s and an E♭5 from the anguished last minute of "Ocean". 29. 6:33 Touching on E♭5 in an unreleased piece nicknamed "Eyeless In Gaza". 21. 6:45 An E♭5 from the dark piece "The Crossing". 22. 6:56 Several strong C♯5s and an E5 from the climax of "The Spider's Stratagem". 23. 7:20 Next is an F5 from a "Swans" live Hamburg 1990. 24. 7:30 Frantic vocals with an F♯5 from a live performance of the unreleased "Lyandra". 25. 7:40 A strange F♯5 from "Cantara" live Hamburg 1987. 26. 7:54 A quick, but easy F♯5 from the wistfully shrill "Mosaic". 27. 8:02 C5s and C♯5s with short G5s from the menacing "Echolalia". 28. 8:12 A G5 then an F5 (with a quick backing A5) from "Journey Away". 29. 8:39 A ghostly A5 from "Reiputa". 30. 8:49 Several whooped B♭5s (Lisa's highest known note) and G♯5s from "The Snake And The Moon".
Lower Notes: 31. 9:07 Onto the lows! Singing down to F3 and E3 from the heartbreaking "Sleep". 32. 9:37 A super strong E3 from "Largo". 33. 9:49 A husky-sounding F♯3 then E♭3 from "In Exile". 34. 10:03 Dipping to E♭3 from the legendary "Now We Are Free". 35. 10:11 A quiet E♭3 from "Spanish Ballerina". 36. 10:21 Another soft E♭3 from "Tristan" live Toward The Within. 37. 10:32 E♭3s from "Come Tenderness". 38. 10:49 Another strong E♭3 from "La Bas: Song Of The Drowned". 38. 11:01 A dip to D3 from "Not Yet". 40. 11:09 Next is a strongly sung D3 from "The Circulation Of Shadows". 41. 11:22 Chanted D3s from the meditative "Maranatha". 42. 11:46 From "Psallit In Aure Dei" are a few dark D3s with a quiet C3. 43. 12:12 A brief. raspy C♯3 from "Of Love Undone". 44. 12:20 A quiet C♯3 from "The Wind That Shakes The Barley". 45. 12:29 Dipping down to C♯3s in the mournful "Redemption". 46. 13:02 Very strong singing between E♭3-C♯3 from "An Evening With Lisa Gerrard" back in 2007. 47. 13:17 Moving up from a quiet C3 from the intro of "Tell It From The Mountain". 48. 13:33 Warm speaking down to B2 from "Tribes Unrealized". 49. 14:03 More speaking down to B2 and B♭2 from "The Black Opal". 50. 14:29 Breathy singing moving down to G2 from "Forest Veil"! 51. 14:44 To close the video, an E♭3 followed by a heavy B♭2 going down to an equally strong F2 (Lisa's lowest known note) from "Ocean Lament".
I've seen her live twice and she's from my hometown, Melbourne. Unbelievable voice! It's a one-in-a-billion voice ! The only women who come close to rivaling it are Bjork and Elizabeth Fraser from The Cocteau Twins.
The first time I heard her version of Handel’s “Largo” I was driving alone at night. Her voice had such an impact I had to stop the car for a moment. It still gives me chills.
i've loved her voice since i can first recall hearing her in the early 90s (don't even remember how i heard her first to be honest). Cantara is still my favorite song from her of all time. the droning vocal and staccato guitar and percussion, highs and lows of her voice swirling and whirling like an out of control dervish that swells and builds like a tornado in a desert till it flows away.
I love this video it really shows you the many many layers of Lisa Gerrard's voice. Its really hard to choose which register is better b/c all of it amazing. Either way all of her music touches me in an emotional level.
this lady is outstanding and i am awe of her always have been since discovering her on an old trance cd oakenfold....mesmeric vocals i insisted on Sanvean at my wedding
You created an amazing video! I think it's very useful for musicians and singers so they can learn some stuff about music while listening to the ethereal voice of Lisa Gerrard.
Thank you for this lovely video and the description. I love her singing as well, although secretly, i would love to hear something joyful from her. To use her voice for joy...but that is just a wish :)
I remember being 14 or 15 in París ... Searching for music i suddenly was attraped by a cover ...a dark one ... Black with a mask on the right. I don't know why but that impact changed my life... Just a name Dead can dance this opened my ears my thoughts my mind and my heart. My Life is since then music discovers instinct search investigation discovery emotions dreams ... 1 of may 2020 i Will be 50 years and i Hope that my heart Will allow me to be in Denver to witness them
Please pass by if you don't like it, but have the decency not to dislike such a miracle... Por favor pasa de largo si no te gusta, pero ten la decencia de no dar a dislike a semejante milagro...
What a great video! Some of the song names (e.g “Eyeless In Gaza”, “Lyandra”, “Mosaic”) are bootleggers’ inventions - the real names may be a mystery at the time of writing, but DCD could clarify the matter if they did what we all wish for and legitimately released 2 or 3 cds’-worth of these obscure live-performance-only pieces from the ‘80s/’90s. (There are so many can’t-live-without-it fan favorites in that category). “Sleep” is actually called “Hymn For The Fallen”. Question: what’s the origin of “That’s What You Always Do” (which is obviously from very early)?
+Grithron2 "Hymn For The Fallen" was renamed "Sleep" when it was released as a bonus track for certain editions of "The Silver Tree" and for its release on "The Black Opal". "That's What You Always Do" is from the soundtrack to Ali, which was released in 2002 so it's not so early. ;) "Mosaic" is actually the title of that song because it was featured on an official compilation of various Australian artists called "From Belgrave With Love" which was released in 1981. "Mosiac" was most likely recorded in 1979 before Lisa joined Microfilm in 1980,
She travelled to Mongolia where they do tuvan throat singing. They trained her to release her voice box to be able to reach the very base notes like D3s and the F2.
A few years back, I read about this on a web site (which I cannot find now after searching for you) I have always remembered this. It quoted that whilst travelling abroad in that region, she was shown the ability to release those deep notes and resonances.. I will keep searching for this article and let you know.
The way she sings in no way uses tuvan throat singing. She always uses her vocal chords, while tuvan relies on vocal folds, that produce a raspy sound that's immediately recognizable. So, definitely not the case here. Plus, using throat singing doesn't widen your normal vocal range at all, because the « organs» used are different.
all contraltos have their chest voices extend to D3 with support ☺️ But wow accessing so many second octave notes is truly astounding. Technically speaking, she can sing as low as a baritone. Quite a few contraltos can sing Tenor and that's already impressive. I am a Contralto myself and l sure wish l can sing as low as a bari. I can maybe get a G#2 if I'm lucky. I can phrase down to A2.
you know, that area between her high and low register is very interesting. At times, her voice resembles Madonna's! Madonna's low register is quite impressive too actually. Some of her low notes are very dark. Lisa Gerrard's top register is very bright and l wouldn't be surprised if she trained operatically perhaps she can do some coloratura. Anyway her bright top and very low bottom is reminiscent of French contralto Delphine Galou
@@ninagray4441 yes it can I'm talking tonally here, she's not literally Madonna. Plus there are plenty of natural singers who are 'untrained'. Lack of training does not necessarily mean a person is any less a singer
@@ninagray4441 yes it can lol tonally both madonna and her have distinct timbre between their bottom and high notes and so is Lana del Rey dark low and bright high sometimes childlike tonality
just to remind you lisa has never been trained in any vocal style ..the voice came naturally and developed over time ..she is probably more self trained ...
Ian Cooper Lisa has personally said in an Australian TV show she underwent some formal vocal training as a teen. And her first public performance was a cast member of the musical Oklahoma. Also while living in London she also studied the Bulgarian style of singing after hearing the 4AD released album of Les Mystere Des Voix Bulgare. In Barcelona, she studied the Moorish/Catalan form of singing.
I don't think you watched her sanctuary dvd have you ? she states she has never had vocal training ...she has been influenced by sounds of other cultures and over time she developed her vocal techniques. you might be able to download it from amazon somehow :)
@@icooper82 Well, I've seen the Australian interview and it's posted here on RUclips, there Lisa admitted that she had some formal bel canto training as a teen and her first public performance was in the musical Oklahoma. In other interviews she also mentioned she had ballet and drama training. Her nephew on Instagram even posted a picture showing him as a kid with Lisa doing some sort of ballet on the beach. The caption says it was her Aunty Lisa who taught him ballet.
+Keith Bate their first album is very, very goth. I appreciate some of their later stuff but it's only really their first album that I have any interest in
+jaydenakasha In what way would you describe ONLY their first album as goth. ? The cover is dark I grant you and the name Dead Can Dance sounds like a goth name. But they have always denied being goth. I saw them live numerous times in the mid/late 80's in England and I never saw them as goth band. Although many of the audience certainly were. Lisa described those goths as being "very sweet" To me Lisa was "an artist" (then and now) . But Brendan Perry being described as a goth is frankly ludicrous.
+Keith Bate I say that because it is very post-punk and has archetypal the goth rock sound of the 80's, save for a couple of tracks where lisa sings. Sure, they aren't a goth band at all. They are a much more a 'world music' band, but their first album stands alone from the rest and has almost nothing in common with their later works
+jaydenakasha Yes I can see why you have written what you have . The first album is a little bit different and the dark cover could be interpreted as Goth. However, I first saw the band live in the mid 80's and the band were most certainly not goths . The audience were though . .Myself and my friends were not goths and we were in the minority in the audience . I would say 80% of the audience were goths. I could not believe it when I saw them (lol) Sisters of mercy yes but not DCD !!
I think the term "goth" is more applied in the musical sense, that it was a lot like post-punk with emphasis on bass, but overall having a dark tone. I've always thought their first album to be the archetype of goth music, especially their live recordings in the early 80s. even their image to some extent ( i.ytimg.com/vi/HMW9FM_TrUk/maxresdefault.jpg & lastfm-img2.akamaized.net/i/u/ar0/79b66b79048649e79c2b5a03e2688c90.jpg ) was a bit goth, but overall I would never consider them a goth band.
Hi, nice compilation. But I wonder if it exist a recording of Lisa without any effects. I mean she use a lot of voice processors like TCM5000, Avalon module and other compressors and reverbs. So is it difficult to appreciate the exact quality of his voice. Do you have any kind of 'unplugged' tracks ? Thx.
For the most part what you've written is wrong. Lisa is from her first LP in 1984 completely into Bulgarian folk style of singing. The other 4AD female vocal titan Liz Fraser likewise owes a lot to the Mystery of Bulgarian Voices. L.Gerrard officially admitted having TMOBV as her principal influence in a bTV (Bulgarian TV) interview, broadcast in 2017. "Ocean" from 1984 LP is a striking example of vocals, modeled after Bulgarian folk female singers' technique.
Intelligenza. Volontà di distruggere le barriere nazionali con una idioglossia che è scelta sicuramente non popolare, che prova la sua volontà a non essere imitata, riprodotta, per di più in ritornelli. Musica che vuole essere nutrimento e non consumo. In più la musica è grande anche di più senza voce, e quando c'è, è grande quanto più assomiglia a uno strumento musicale. La sua idioglossia mi porta lontano dal voler conoscere le parole. Se la voce è uno strumento, beh, non cantiamo parole, suoniamo la voce. È questo che lei mi ha fatto capire e che, forse, più cantanti dovrebbero. Mai uguale a sé stessa. Maga, infernale, mistica, desertica, sirenica, orientaleggiante, classicheggiante, barocca, celtica, a ogni brano una nuova e diversa lei etc. etc. Intelligentissima, pregevole, raffinata.
Rather the opposite, she is highly inspired by Bulgarian female choir, admitted this herself, she even sung with them, you can find their performance on YT.
I would agree with that! Dramatic contraltos have a very masculine-androgynous lower range, almost witchy at times, with a rolling fry audible. Their upper range tends to sound deceptively bright, much like a dramatic soprano or falcon soprano's voice - but it does not mix as high as theirs. The head voice will be silky but oscuro, slightly dark. They can belt but not very high. Her voice is not unlike Happy Rhodes' at the lower ranges, of a similar voice type (though she has a wider range, in pitch and color). The main concern of whether dramatic or lyric is that she still sounds womanly much of the time. But so does Grace Jones. Cher is a lyric contralto; Tracey Thorn is a lyric contralto. Nina Simone is a dramatic contralto, as is Grace Jones. I think she could be classified as either one like Happy Rhodes. For both of them I would lean toward dramatic as their full voices are, well, dramatic. There is a thickness and the voice rounds out near the bottom as a bellowing, androgynous instrument.
@@arxsyn Ewa Podles is a coloratura contralto. She can fluidly sing from the lower bass clef to soprano E flat! A very light-dark instrument, very light for her tessitura (E3 to G5).
Gillian Omotoso l have been told live Podles' voice is huge. The lower she sings the more powerful she sounds. She is a mature adult woman, her voice is impressively dark and androgynous, and stronger now than in her youth. A dramatic Contralto in pop in my mind is Tracy Chapman. Dramatic voices of any stripe is exceedingly rare, and many sound wonderful singing the fach below, making Tracy a "female tenor"--the dramatic Contralto's pure chest register by definition extends the highest, Ab4. In comparison, normal contralto passagio points are F4 or G4.
The most talented singer in all the world!
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Absolutely and totally agree.
She doesn't even sing
you are wrong !! most talanted in the multivers !!! love lisa gerrard❤
Amen
She is divine, sublime....Lisa is UNIQUE!!!
A true force of nature. One of the best voices ever...!
haunting, mysterious and FREAKIN AWESOME!!!! Loved her day one ;)
As Lisa shows here, it's not about the range but about the QUALITY of your range
WONDERFUL LISA !!!!!!!
Just discovered her and I’m so happy!!! One of the greatest voices I’ve ever heard. Reminds me a bit of Ofra Haza. There is nothing like the female voice.
listen to sanvean !!!
PERFECT VOICE, PERFECT WOMAN, PERFECT SPIRIT
Thank you for this. There are no words to express the purity that resides in Lisa's voice and beauty in her soul.
Higher Notes:
1. 0:00 We'll start with the highs! An A4 from "Yulunga (Spirit Dance)".
2. 0:14 Graceful, operatic A4s from "Sacrifice".
3. 0:49 Two B♭4s from the breathtaking climax of "Sanvean: I Am Your Shadow".
4. 1:09 Singing up to an emotional B♭4 in "Circumradiant Dawn".
5. 1:38 A soulful B♭4 from "That's What You Always Do".
6. 1:50 More B♭4s from the devastating piece "The Host Of Seraphim".
7. 2:17 Going up to a ghostly B4 in "Space Weaver".
8. 2:29 B4s from "Now We Are Free" from live in Montreal 2012.
9. 2:41 From "Redemption" is a somber sounding C5.
10. 2:55 C5s followed by a fantastically sustained G♯4 from "Anabasis".
11. 3:17 Very raw C5s from "Swans" live Hamburg 1990.
12. 3:37 Many sweet-sounding C5s from "Cantara".
13. 4:03 C♯5s from the dark "Summoning Of The Muse".
14. 4:30 C♯5s from the joyous "The Arrival And The Reunion".
15. 4:41 Going up to C♯5 in the hypnotic "Shadow Magnet".
16. 4:54 More C♯5s from "Nadir (Synchronicity)".
17. 5:11 Slighty flat D5s from the cheerful "Isabella" live Hamburg 1990.
18. 5:33 Next is a rich and gorgeous D5 from "Immortal Memory".
19. 5:46 B4s, C♯5s and an E♭5 from the anguished last minute of "Ocean".
29. 6:33 Touching on E♭5 in an unreleased piece nicknamed "Eyeless In Gaza".
21. 6:45 An E♭5 from the dark piece "The Crossing".
22. 6:56 Several strong C♯5s and an E5 from the climax of "The Spider's Stratagem".
23. 7:20 Next is an F5 from a "Swans" live Hamburg 1990.
24. 7:30 Frantic vocals with an F♯5 from a live performance of the unreleased "Lyandra".
25. 7:40 A strange F♯5 from "Cantara" live Hamburg 1987.
26. 7:54 A quick, but easy F♯5 from the wistfully shrill "Mosaic".
27. 8:02 C5s and C♯5s with short G5s from the menacing "Echolalia".
28. 8:12 A G5 then an F5 (with a quick backing A5) from "Journey Away".
29. 8:39 A ghostly A5 from "Reiputa".
30. 8:49 Several whooped B♭5s (Lisa's highest known note) and G♯5s from "The Snake And The Moon".
Lower Notes:
31. 9:07 Onto the lows! Singing down to F3 and E3 from the heartbreaking "Sleep".
32. 9:37 A super strong E3 from "Largo".
33. 9:49 A husky-sounding F♯3 then E♭3 from "In Exile".
34. 10:03 Dipping to E♭3 from the legendary "Now We Are Free".
35. 10:11 A quiet E♭3 from "Spanish Ballerina".
36. 10:21 Another soft E♭3 from "Tristan" live Toward The Within.
37. 10:32 E♭3s from "Come Tenderness".
38. 10:49 Another strong E♭3 from "La Bas: Song Of The Drowned".
38. 11:01 A dip to D3 from "Not Yet".
40. 11:09 Next is a strongly sung D3 from "The Circulation Of Shadows".
41. 11:22 Chanted D3s from the meditative "Maranatha".
42. 11:46 From "Psallit In Aure Dei" are a few dark D3s with a quiet C3.
43. 12:12 A brief. raspy C♯3 from "Of Love Undone".
44. 12:20 A quiet C♯3 from "The Wind That Shakes The Barley".
45. 12:29 Dipping down to C♯3s in the mournful "Redemption".
46. 13:02 Very strong singing between E♭3-C♯3 from "An Evening With Lisa Gerrard" back in 2007.
47. 13:17 Moving up from a quiet C3 from the intro of "Tell It From The Mountain".
48. 13:33 Warm speaking down to B2 from "Tribes Unrealized".
49. 14:03 More speaking down to B2 and B♭2 from "The Black Opal".
50. 14:29 Breathy singing moving down to G2 from "Forest Veil"!
51. 14:44 To close the video, an E♭3 followed by a heavy B♭2 going down to an equally strong F2 (Lisa's lowest known note) from "Ocean Lament".
Thx for ur time💝
Great breakdown! There is no audible F2 after the powerful Bb2, though.
Dead Can Dance/Lisa Gerrard : now that is what it means 'to make music '! This is music and art in a very authentic form.
When I first heard them, I thought she was multiple female singers
@James Grimaldi okay
@James Grimaldi - fair enough 🙂
Lovin her deep notes
Goosebumps all over.
genius.....pure art and great music, incredible and magnificent voice!! TOP!!
Beyond music - art.
Always opens the soul
one of the greatest singers and Musicians of this mediocre world
True
A beautiful instrument :) Ancient and Divine
I've seen her live twice and she's from my hometown, Melbourne. Unbelievable voice! It's a one-in-a-billion voice ! The only women who come close to rivaling it are Bjork and Elizabeth Fraser from The Cocteau Twins.
You kind of forgot the Mystery of Bulgarian voices.
bjork? man you must be kidding
@@AP-cv7jz why not Bjork?
Nina Hagen
Yma Sumac
Amazing piece of work! Thank you for sharing. God bless Lisa Gerrard
The first time I heard her version of Handel’s “Largo” I was driving alone at night. Her voice had such an impact I had to stop the car for a moment. It still gives me chills.
i've loved her voice since i can first recall hearing her in the early 90s (don't even remember how i heard her first to be honest). Cantara is still my favorite song from her of all time. the droning vocal and staccato guitar and percussion, highs and lows of her voice swirling and whirling like an out of control dervish that swells and builds like a tornado in a desert till it flows away.
I love this video it really shows you the many many layers of Lisa Gerrard's voice. Its really hard to choose which register is better b/c all of it amazing. Either way all of her music touches me in an emotional level.
So amazing compilation!! Only an absolute fan could do sucha great thing! Thanks.
LIZA GERRARD Y ELIZABETH FRASER, LAS 2 MEJORES VOCES EN SU GÉNERO 😘✌🏻🙏🏻👏🏻
Así es, la vocalista de Cocteau Twins, es también fantástica.
Oh, how I love her so! Incomparable 💕
Wonderful wonderful compilation and understanding, thank you so very much.
Amazing! Thank you for compiling these wonderful songs about Lisa. Love M
lisas outer worldly voice, haven't heard anyone with a voice like that.
I love her face 💜💜❤️❤️💜💜
Oh my! At last! It was about time for someone to make this! :D
this lady is outstanding and i am awe of her always have been since discovering her on an old trance cd oakenfold....mesmeric vocals i insisted on Sanvean at my wedding
a ella como la admiro por su hermosa voz
Thanks for the wonderful work putting this together. Very interesting!
You created an amazing video! I think it's very useful for musicians and singers so they can learn some stuff about music while listening to the ethereal voice of Lisa Gerrard.
The best!
ABOUT TIME - seriously, this was long overdue. Thank you for the upload, though! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thanks! It was my pleasure! :D
Thank you for this lovely video and the description. I love her singing as well, although secretly, i would love to hear something joyful from her. To use her voice for joy...but that is just a wish :)
Love this - thank you for putting it up.
I remember being 14 or 15 in París ... Searching for music i suddenly was attraped by a cover ...a dark one ... Black with a mask on the right. I don't know why but that impact changed my life... Just a name Dead can dance this opened my ears my thoughts my mind and my heart.
My Life is since then music discovers instinct search investigation discovery emotions dreams ... 1 of may 2020 i Will be 50 years and i Hope that my heart Will allow me to be in Denver to witness them
Stunning
Please pass by if you don't like it, but have the decency not to dislike such a miracle...
Por favor pasa de largo si no te gusta, pero ten la decencia de no dar a dislike a semejante milagro...
Великолепно!
¡Magnífica!
no creo que nadie la iguale es unica
Lisa ❤️
Lisa G the best vocalist/musician ever
Very nice work on this!
She is helped by reverb to create that ethereal sounds
I don't know you. But I will tell you I love you for doing this!
HER LOW NOTES WTF
Esto si es voz ♥
Goosebumps
from head to toe !
Out of this World
awesome. thank you!!!!!
Dead can dance until my passing....
Pero debo agradecer a RUclips, por haberla conocido, gracias,mil gracias
I love her.. Known her for years and now it'a sad that.. Years pass and her voice "dies" slowly...
Perfect video .. thank you ..
Mala suerte que en Chile la única,manera de pedir sus álbumes es pm line,si es que no se pierden
What a great video!
Some of the song names (e.g “Eyeless In Gaza”, “Lyandra”, “Mosaic”) are bootleggers’ inventions - the real names may be a mystery at the time of writing, but DCD could clarify the matter if they did what we all wish for and legitimately released 2 or 3 cds’-worth of these obscure live-performance-only pieces from the ‘80s/’90s. (There are so many can’t-live-without-it fan favorites in that category).
“Sleep” is actually called “Hymn For The Fallen”.
Question: what’s the origin of “That’s What You Always Do” (which is obviously from very early)?
+Grithron2 "Hymn For The Fallen" was renamed "Sleep" when it was released as a bonus track for certain editions of "The Silver Tree" and for its release on "The Black Opal".
"That's What You Always Do" is from the soundtrack to Ali, which was released in 2002 so it's not so early. ;)
"Mosaic" is actually the title of that song because it was featured on an official compilation of various Australian artists called "From Belgrave With Love" which was released in 1981. "Mosiac" was most likely recorded in 1979 before Lisa joined Microfilm in 1980,
She travelled to Mongolia where they do tuvan throat singing. They trained her to release her voice box to be able to reach the very base notes like D3s and the F2.
rustymouse How do you know this?
A few years back, I read about this on a web site (which I cannot find now after searching for you) I have always remembered this. It quoted that whilst travelling abroad in that region, she was shown the ability to release those deep notes and resonances.. I will keep searching for this article and let you know.
rustymouse any luck finding the article or source?
The way she sings in no way uses tuvan throat singing. She always uses her vocal chords, while tuvan relies on vocal folds, that produce a raspy sound that's immediately recognizable. So, definitely not the case here.
Plus, using throat singing doesn't widen your normal vocal range at all, because the « organs» used are different.
all contraltos have their chest voices extend to D3 with support ☺️ But wow accessing so many second octave notes is truly astounding. Technically speaking, she can sing as low as a baritone. Quite a few contraltos can sing Tenor and that's already impressive. I am a Contralto myself and l sure wish l can sing as low as a bari. I can maybe get a G#2 if I'm lucky. I can phrase down to A2.
you know, that area between her high and low register is very interesting. At times, her voice resembles Madonna's! Madonna's low register is quite impressive too actually. Some of her low notes are very dark.
Lisa Gerrard's top register is very bright and l wouldn't be surprised if she trained operatically perhaps she can do some coloratura. Anyway her bright top and very low bottom is reminiscent of French contralto Delphine Galou
She never trained, and cannot be compared to Madonna.
@@ninagray4441 yes it can I'm talking tonally here, she's not literally Madonna. Plus there are plenty of natural singers who are 'untrained'. Lack of training does not necessarily mean a person is any less a singer
@@ninagray4441 yes it can lol tonally both madonna and her have distinct timbre between their bottom and high notes and so is Lana del Rey dark low and bright high sometimes childlike tonality
We are immediately transcended by her
just to remind you lisa has never been trained in any vocal style ..the voice came naturally and developed over time ..she is probably more self trained ...
I'm well aware. :) Another factor that makes her amazing!
Ian Cooper Lisa has personally said in an Australian TV show she underwent some formal vocal training as a teen. And her first public performance was a cast member of the musical Oklahoma. Also while living in London she also studied the Bulgarian style of singing after hearing the 4AD released album of Les Mystere Des Voix Bulgare. In Barcelona, she studied the Moorish/Catalan form of singing.
I don't think you watched her sanctuary dvd have you ? she states she has never had vocal training ...she has been influenced by sounds of other cultures and over time she developed her vocal techniques. you might be able to download it from amazon somehow :)
@@icooper82 Well, I've seen the Australian interview and it's posted here on RUclips, there Lisa admitted that she had some formal bel canto training as a teen and her first public performance was in the musical Oklahoma. In other interviews she also mentioned she had ballet and drama training. Her nephew on Instagram even posted a picture showing him as a kid with Lisa doing some sort of ballet on the beach. The caption says it was her Aunty Lisa who taught him ballet.
As a long term Dead can dance and Lisa G fan. I have never seen DCD as a goth band. The thought of Brendan Perry being a goth is hilarious !
+Keith Bate their first album is very, very goth. I appreciate some of their later stuff but it's only really their first album that I have any interest in
+jaydenakasha
In what way would you describe ONLY their first album as goth. ?
The cover is dark I grant you and the name Dead Can Dance sounds like a goth name.
But they have always denied being goth. I saw them live numerous times in the mid/late 80's in England and I never saw them as goth band. Although many of the audience certainly were. Lisa described those goths as being "very sweet"
To me Lisa was "an artist" (then and now) . But Brendan Perry being described as a goth is frankly ludicrous.
+Keith Bate I say that because it is very post-punk and has archetypal the goth rock sound of the 80's, save for a couple of tracks where lisa sings. Sure, they aren't a goth band at all. They are a much more a 'world music' band, but their first album stands alone from the rest and has almost nothing in common with their later works
+jaydenakasha
Yes I can see why you have written what you have . The first album is a little bit different and the dark cover could be interpreted as Goth.
However, I first saw the band live in the mid 80's and the band were most certainly not goths .
The audience were though . .Myself and my friends were not goths and we were in the minority in the audience . I would say 80% of the audience were goths. I could not believe it when I saw them (lol) Sisters of mercy yes but not DCD !!
I think the term "goth" is more applied in the musical sense, that it was a lot like post-punk with emphasis on bass, but overall having a dark tone. I've always thought their first album to be the archetype of goth music, especially their live recordings in the early 80s. even their image to some extent ( i.ytimg.com/vi/HMW9FM_TrUk/maxresdefault.jpg & lastfm-img2.akamaized.net/i/u/ar0/79b66b79048649e79c2b5a03e2688c90.jpg ) was a bit goth, but overall I would never consider them a goth band.
15:02 THAT IS HER VOICE??? ALL THE TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INSTRUMENT OR A SYNTH. BYEEEEEE GURL BYEEE
The 1st time I ever heard Lisa was in the sound track of the Insider. It was also a good movie. Imho.
How do I find more info about the track at 6:33? I read the description and it says unreleased, "Eyes of Gaza" but how do I listen to it??
I think she's a higher mezzo who has just really developed her chest voice, her voice isn't androgynous for a contralto
1:39 necesito el link de esa canción
I had absolutely no idea who she was until I went down the google trail after watching Gladiator. WHAT AN ECLECTIC ENIGMA OF A WOMAN !
1:40 I can't find this "That's What You Always Do"
Insuperable.
Great video but doesn’t show her lowest register :P
Hi,
nice compilation. But I wonder if it exist a recording of Lisa without any effects. I mean she use a lot of voice processors like TCM5000, Avalon module and other compressors and reverbs. So is it difficult to appreciate the exact quality of his voice. Do you have any kind of 'unplugged' tracks ? Thx.
lookart loveboat were did you get that info from.
She makes some interview and talks about it. Ex : www.mixonline.com/news/films-tv/lisa-gerrard-color-sound/369020
her voice is beautiful without any effects, im her cousin
lookart loveboat Maybe you should search for bootlegs of her performing acoustic
wow
1:40 al parecer esta canción fué eliminada de todo el internet
I'm pretty sure the B♭5s in The Snake and the Moon are actually an instrument, not Lisa's voice...
9:33
Clips are way too short. Worried about it getting taken down?
For the most part what you've written is wrong. Lisa is from her first LP in 1984 completely into Bulgarian folk style of singing. The other 4AD female vocal titan Liz Fraser likewise owes a lot to the Mystery of Bulgarian Voices. L.Gerrard officially admitted having TMOBV as her principal influence in a bTV (Bulgarian TV) interview, broadcast in 2017. "Ocean" from 1984 LP is a striking example of vocals, modeled after Bulgarian folk female singers' technique.
Does lisa Gerrard sing the music in story of a woman? Where can i hear the recording?
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I think she would fit the Blade Runner sequel.
Lisa sings with God's voice.
Je vous aime, Madame.
She sound like dugazon
Love her Passions of the Christ and Gladiator pieces
Grossartig ~
OMG at 1:40 LISA sounds like Janis Joplin, WOW
Bjork vs lisa gerrard vs elizabeth fraser?
The battle of the angels
Who wins?
It's the Voice of Sacred Adoration of the Holy Spirit - the spirit of Motherhood! All other labels are lies!
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Intelligenza. Volontà di distruggere le barriere nazionali con una idioglossia che è scelta sicuramente non popolare, che prova la sua volontà a non essere imitata, riprodotta, per di più in ritornelli. Musica che vuole essere nutrimento e non consumo. In più la musica è grande anche di più senza voce, e quando c'è, è grande quanto più assomiglia a uno strumento musicale. La sua idioglossia mi porta lontano dal voler conoscere le parole. Se la voce è uno strumento, beh, non cantiamo parole, suoniamo la voce. È questo che lei mi ha fatto capire e che, forse, più cantanti dovrebbero. Mai uguale a sé stessa. Maga, infernale, mistica, desertica, sirenica, orientaleggiante, classicheggiante, barocca, celtica, a ogni brano una nuova e diversa lei etc. etc. Intelligentissima, pregevole, raffinata.
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I wonder who can imitate her. The bulgarian group would be closer
Rather the opposite, she is highly inspired by Bulgarian female choir, admitted this herself, she even sung with them, you can find their performance on YT.
I always thought she sounded Celtic. But she just moans. Beautiful
It's not moaning. This language she invented to speak to God.
The vocal style and technique is kinda moaning
@@ri260 yearning, dundie, there are words but none can decribe. A certain, melancholy. Beautifully sad and uplifting. Moaning X
I'm not an expert, but it seems she's a dramatic/lyric contralto.
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gloomysunday8 l agree. It's not heavy or rich enough to be a dramatic. Who in the opera world is a dramatic contralto these days? Is it Ava (Ewa P.)?
I would agree with that! Dramatic contraltos have a very masculine-androgynous lower range, almost witchy at times, with a rolling fry audible. Their upper range tends to sound deceptively bright, much like a dramatic soprano or falcon soprano's voice - but it does not mix as high as theirs. The head voice will be silky but oscuro, slightly dark. They can belt but not very high. Her voice is not unlike Happy Rhodes' at the lower ranges, of a similar voice type (though she has a wider range, in pitch and color). The main concern of whether dramatic or lyric is that she still sounds womanly much of the time. But so does Grace Jones. Cher is a lyric contralto; Tracey Thorn is a lyric contralto. Nina Simone is a dramatic contralto, as is Grace Jones. I think she could be classified as either one like Happy Rhodes. For both of them I would lean toward dramatic as their full voices are, well, dramatic. There is a thickness and the voice rounds out near the bottom as a bellowing, androgynous instrument.
@@arxsyn Ewa Podles is a coloratura contralto. She can fluidly sing from the lower bass clef to soprano E flat! A very light-dark instrument, very light for her tessitura (E3 to G5).
Gillian Omotoso l have been told live Podles' voice is huge. The lower she sings the more powerful she sounds. She is a mature adult woman, her voice is impressively dark and androgynous, and stronger now than in her youth. A dramatic Contralto in pop in my mind is Tracy Chapman. Dramatic voices of any stripe is exceedingly rare, and many sound wonderful singing the fach below, making Tracy a "female tenor"--the dramatic Contralto's pure chest register by definition extends the highest, Ab4. In comparison, normal contralto passagio points are F4 or G4.