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| Birth name | Peter Lawrence Ulrich |
| Born | 29 August 1958 Perivale, England |
| Origin | London |
Peter Lawrence Ulrich (born 29 August 1958 in Perivale, England) is a multi-instrumentalist songwriter, recording artist and author.
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Peter Ulrich | |
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| Birth name | Peter Lawrence Ulrich |
| Born | 29 August 1958 Perivale, England |
| Origin | London |
Peter Lawrence Ulrich (born 29 August 1958 in Perivale, England) is a multi-instrumentalist songwriter, recording artist and author.
He was educated at Vaughan School in West Harrow, Cannon Lane School in Pinner, the John Lyon School in Harrow, and Hatfield Polytechnic, from which he graduated in humanities in 1979.
A self-taught drummer, he began playing in blues-soul band Mischief on the East London pub and club circuit in the early 1980s.
In 1982 he met Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard on the Isle of Dogs, London and joined Dead Can Dance on drums and percussion and, and the following year was signed with DCD to the 4AD label. [1] [2]
He played on Dead Can Dance's eponymous first album, the Garden of the Arcane Delights EP, albums Within the Realm of a Dying Sun and Spiritchaser , [3] promo single Sambatiki, and both sessions the band recorded for the BBC Radio 1 John Peel Show. He toured with DCD between 1983 to 1990, including the band's first tour of North America.
During the 1980s Ulrich also contributed a self-composed percussion piece At First, And Then to the This Mortal Coil album Filigree & Shadow (1986, 4AD) , [1] [3] and made cameo appearances on albums by 4AD labelmates The Wolfgang Press and Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook. In 1990 he released his first solo recording – a double A-sided 12" vinyl single featuring his songs Taqaharu's Leaving and Evocation which has since become a collector's item.
Ulrich's first solo album – Pathways and Dawns – was extensively arranged, recorded and produced by Brendan Perry at DCD's Quivvy Church studio in Ireland, [4] and was released on the Projekt label in 1999 (subsequently re-issued in 12" vinyl format on the Infinite Fog label in 2020). A review in US magazine Alternative Press dubbed it the album The Beatles might have made had they signed to 4AD instead of Capitol. A second solo album followed in 2005 - Enter The Mysterium - released on the City Canyons label, with an SACD format version licensed through the Music & Words label in Europe.
At the invitation of City Canyons founder Trebor Lloyd, Ulrich participated in a joint venture with Lloyd and singer Sara Wendt to produce a single "Hanging Man" in 2009, sowing the seeds for a project that would evolve into The Peter Ulrich Collaboration, spawning three albums - The Painted Caravan (2013), Tempus Fugitives (2015) and Final Reflections (2019). While Ulrich and Lloyd remained the linchpins, the project involved upwards of 50 musicians, largely drawn from the New York scene, as well as a vast array of instruments, and in June 2015 TPUC staged a showpiece performance at NYC's Webster Hall with a 17-strong band.
In 2021 Ulrich was invited to contribute extensively to the Tenzin album Echoes working with singer/songwriter Lisa Tenzin-Dolma and long-time guitarist with The Proclaimers, Zac Ware. Ulrich has also appeared on the albums Ovations by Piano Magic (2009) and Psychostasia by Daemonia Nymphe (2013), as well as making guest live appearances with Daemonia Nymphe at several London venues, and with dark cabaret duo Frenchy and the Punk at Steampunk Fairs in both New Jersey (US) and Lincoln (UK). He also contributed to both the first and last albums in the highly acclaimed folk compilation series John Barleycorn: Dark Britannica on the Cold Spring label, the latter being a specially commissioned song "Lammas Dance".
2022 sees Ulrich debut as an author with the publication of his memoir Drumming with Dead Can Dance and Parallel Adventures (Red Hen Press), and with his first novel in the pipeline for which he also plans a companion soundtrack album.
With Dead Can Dance
Peter Ulrich Solo
With The Peter Ulrich Collaboration
With Tenzin
As Guest Contributor
Bibliography
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Dead Can Dance is the debut studio album by Australian musical act Dead Can Dance. It was released on 27 February 1984 by record label 4AD.
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Colourbox were an English electronic musical group on the 4AD label, releasing a number of records between 1982 and 1987. The band was formed by brothers Martyn and Steve Young, Ian Robbins, and vocalist Debbion Currie. Currie and Robbins left the band in 1983, with the role of vocalist being filled by Lorita Grahame.
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Martin McCarrick is an English cellist, keyboardist, guitarist and composer. Aside from being a live and recording artist, he is also a teacher and visiting lecturer in music.
Colin Newman is an English musician, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as the primary vocalist and songwriter for the post-punk band Wire.
The Wolfgang Press was an English post-punk band, active from 1983 to 1995, recording for the 4AD label. The core of the band was Michael Allen, Mark Cox (keyboards), and Andrew Gray (guitar).
Filigree & Shadow is the second album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was the co-founder and the owner and director. The album was released in September 1986, and entered the UK Independent Music chart on 11 October 1986 and peaked at #2, spending 16 weeks on the chart in total.
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