DRUMMING WITH DEAD CAN DANCE AND PARALLEL ADVENTURES

ULRICH GREW UP IN 1960S- 1970S LONDON, absorbing the music scene and teaching himself to play drums. A competent but unexceptional pub band drummer, he had little ambition beyond his local scene when a twist of fate in 1982 landed him the drum stool of a nascent Dead Can Dance alongside Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. Ulrich's memoir takes us on the incident-packed journey that followed: through the 4AD of the 1980s, managing DCD's international tours, contributing to This Mortal Coil, going solo with Perry's huge helping hand, releasing his debut album through the US Projekt label, then heading up a long-running collaboration with producer Trebor Lloyd and a host of artists from the New York scene. His memoir is a pause for breath before he plunges back in again!

Through the 1980s, Peter Ulrich was drummer/percussionist with Dead Can Dance, contributed to This Mortal Coil, and guested on other 4AD recordings. Two solo albums followed, the first with a hefty input from DCD's Brendan Perry. Then, from 2008-2019 he fronted The Peter Ulrich Collaboration, working with producer Trebor Lloyd and a host of artists from the New York scene. Peter Ulrich lives and works in the very centre of Norfolk, UK.