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==Neoclassical dark wave== [[File:Dead_Can_Dance6.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dead Can Dance]] ([[Brendan Perry]] and [[Lisa Gerrard]])]] Neoclassical dark wave is a subgenre of dark wave music<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia Gothica |first=Liisa |last=Ladouceur |chapter=Neoclassical|publisher=ECW Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-77041-024-4|page=192}}</ref><ref name="Duden" /> that is characterized by incorporating elements of [[classical music]]<ref name="SAGE728" /> to create an ethereal, dramatic or melancholy atmosphere.<ref name="Neoklassik">{{cite book |title=Die Welt der Gothics – Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz |editor-first=Axel |editor-last=Schmidt |first=Judith |last=Platz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ykjKReN-ygC&dq=neoklassik&pg=PA282 |publisher=Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften |year=2008 |isbn=978-3-531-15880-8|page=282}}</ref><ref name="Stücker">{{cite book |title=Gothic Electro. Die Funktionalisierung von Technik innerhalb des subkulturellen Kontexts |language=de |first=Bianca |last=Stücker |chapter=Neo-Klassik |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElTximhNwPgC&dq=neo-klassik&pg=PA82 |publisher=Europäischer Hochschulverlag |year=2013 |isbn=978-3-86741-863-8|page=82}}</ref> Neoclassical dark wave makes extensive use of orchestral components; many bands utilize modern production equipment (orchestra-derived synthesizer [[Sampling (music)|samples]]),<ref name="Neoklassik" /> while others make use of [[chamber orchestra]]s and acoustic instruments (e.g. [[string instrument|string]] and [[brass instrument]]s and [[orchestral percussion]]).<ref name="Matzke400–401" /> Vocals in the subgenre can vary; female voices predominate.<ref name="Neoklassik" /><ref name="Matzke400–401" /> In the second half of the 1980s, former post-punk bands such as Dead Can Dance (''[[Within the Realm of a Dying Sun]]'', 1987<ref>{{cite book |title=365 albums die je beluisterd moet hebben |language=nl |first=Pieter |last=Vantyghem |chapter=The Serpent's Egg |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ze2EDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22neoclassical+darkwave%22&pg=RA8-PA30 |publisher=Lannoo Meulenhoff |year=2019 |isbn=978-9-40145-972-3|page=30}}</ref>) and In the Nursery (''[[Stormhorse]]'', 1987<ref name="Stücker" />) released influential albums which essentially laid the foundations of the genre.<ref name="Neoklassik" /><ref name="SAGE728"/> Other artists include [[Arcana (Swedish band)|Arcana]],<ref name="Matzke400–401" /> [[Ataraxia (band)|Ataraxia]],<ref name="Neoklassik" /> [[Autumn Tears]],<ref>Matzke, Peter; Seeliger, Tobias: ''Autumn Tears'' In: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon'', p. 44, 2003, {{ISBN|3-89602-522-8}}</ref> [[Camerata Mediolanense]],<ref>Matzke, Peter; Seeliger, Tobias: ''Camerata Mediolanense.'' In: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon'', p. 82, 2003, {{ISBN|3-89602-522-8}}</ref> [[Dargaard]],<ref>Matzke, Peter; Seeliger, Tobias: ''Dargaard.'' In: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon'', p. 139, 2003, {{ISBN|3-89602-522-8}}</ref> [[Dark Sanctuary]]<ref name="Matzke400–401" /> Impressions of Winter,<ref>Matzke, Peter; Seeliger, Tobias: ''Impressions of Winter.'' In: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon'', p. 287, 2003, {{ISBN|3-89602-522-8}}</ref> Ophelia's Dream,<ref>Matzke, Peter; Seeliger, Tobias: ''Ophelia's Dream.'' In: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon'', p. 421, 2003, {{ISBN|3-89602-522-8}}</ref> Les Secrets de Morphée,<ref name="SAGE728"/> [[Love Is Colder Than Death (band)|Love Is Colder Than Death]],<ref>{{cite web | author = Marks, Peter | title = Review of ''Time'' | work = Release Music Magazine | quote = For the first half of the 1990s, this band were in the vanguard of the neo-classical movement... | url = http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orloveiscolderthandeatht.htm}} </ref> Stoa,<ref name="Stücker" /> and [[WeltenBrand]].<ref name="Neoklassik" />
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