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Favorite Sessions

KCRW Presents: Dead Can DanceKCRW

Jason Bentley, KCRW Music Director

The Australian duo Dead Can Dance recently performed a live session for Morning Becomes Eclectic that could only be described as a cinematic experience. Combining baroque orchestral sounds with haunting synths and vocals, the group played up its medieval aesthetic inside the historical Moroccan Ballroom at the Village Studios.

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