I’ve known about this band for over a decade, but could never really get too far into them. The music was pleasant, but nothing I wanted to spend money on.
That’s until I checked out the live album “Toward the Within” from the local library recently. WOW. I bought it immediately and cannot stop listening to it.
So this brings me to my question - did anybody see them live before they broke up? What was it like? What kind of venue was it? Basically, I’d just like details 
Thanks!
There’s a video out there with them performing live as well as interviews with some of the band and a couple scenes from the movie Baraka. It’s good stuff, the drummer is very fun to watch actually (Lots of hopping and jumping IIRC). I bought it back when I was a VJ at a local bar and played a couple songs off of it. I haven’t watched it in a couple years but maybe I’ll pull it out this weekend.
I saw them about 1992 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The theater wasn’t the best venue for them, althought it was large, because the accoustics weren’t the best, and the sight lines ordinary. Early in the concert, there were some equipment failures, and microphone blackouts.
However…
Lisa Gerrard was mesmerizing. Despite her mic cutting out before she began, and working intermittently, her powerfully performed piercing bel canto filled the concert hall. Her voice, as you’ve heard, is like the unholy marriage betweeen the Bulgarian Women’s Choir, Maria Callas, and Lestat of the Anne Rice novels. Gordon Perry, while he doesn’t seem as if his talent would complement hers well, provided the multitextured percussion her soaring notes required to be grounded. It was the sort of borderline unreal beautiful experience that verges on pain, it’s so incredible. The audience wouldn’t let her leave, and she did three encores that more than made up for the mechanical failures. Gordon did a drum-and-percussion piece from the compilation CD “Lonely is an Eyesore” as an encore piece, which showed his excellent command of rhythm. His specialty instrument is the Hurdy-gurdy, which lent some songs a renaissance-fair feel, but were dramatic without pathos.
Alas, they rarely toured, and due to the the nature of their musical persona, remained a cult favorite.
Lisa Gerrard’s solo efforts are quite beautiful as well. I’d give a listen to the “Gladiator” soundtrack, as it contains some moving pieces. DCD is one of my all-time favorite artists.
I saw them. AMAZing. Met Lisa Gerrard briefly.