Peter Ulrich Of Dead Can Dance Announces Tempus Fugitives

The Peter Ulrich Collaboration has announced April 21st as the release date for their new album Tempus Fugitives. Helmed by Peter Ulrich, the renowned former percussionist for the iconic Dead Can Dance and contributor to the UK post-punk supergroup This Mortal Coil, Tempus Fugitives is the second release in a trilogy of albums by The Peter Ulrich Collaboration. The new record mixes folk rock, world rock, art rock and psychedelic music with a world view that encompasses alternative history, fictional universes, Steampunk, Goth, and recalls the exquisitely crafted soundscapes of Dead Can Dance.

The first Collaboration album, The Painted Caravan (released 2014), received overwhelmingly positive reviews both in the United States and the UK. RollingStone.com described the album as “a rich and song-filled showcase,” while Modern Drummer called it a “grand mix of folk and world music” and Popdose called the debut record “riveting and intriguing.” Rob Steen of UK’s national newspaper, The Independent, described The Painted Caravan in Music Week as “a smorgasbord of music past, present and future, and a bona fide contender. A collaboration to be cherished.”

Music from Tempus Fugitives and The Painted Caravan will be performed at the Marlin Room of New York City’s Webster Hall on Saturday June 20th. The performance marks Ulrich’s triumphant return to the live stage as a headliner accompanied by a mini-orchestra of superb musicians and vocalists featuring more than a dozen instruments, some fairly exotic. As a special treat, the concert features a theatrical overlay set in an alternative reality where characters as diverse as fabled lover Don Juan and blues legend Robert Johnson attempt to flee the ravages of time. Appearing on the bill with the Collaboration will be popular harpist and singer Erin Hill as well as folk punk cabaret duo Frenchy and the Punk.

The first single and music video to be released off the album is “Dark Daddy” and can be seen on YouTube unlisted link (for industry use only) at: http://youtu.be/xhqA_8CaIlE Further information about the public release of the single and video will be available at a later date.

Source: ISL
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