Percussionist/composer
Peter Ulrich is perhaps best known for his long-time collaboration with
Dead Can Dance.
Ulrich joined the group in 1983 and appeared on albums like Garden of Arcane Delights,
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, and
Spiritchaser, and was a touring member of the group until 1990. He also collaborated on
Ivo Watts-Russell's
This Mortal Coil project, contributing the song "At First, And Then" to
Filigree and Shadow, and also played with 4AD labelmates
Michael Brook and the
Wolfgang Press as an incidental percussionist. 1999 saw
Ulrich sign to Projekt Records, and Pathways & Dawns, his debut for the label, also featured former
Dead Can Dance bandmate
Brendan Perry as a producer and arranger. A second solo album, Enter the Mysterium, was released in 2005. In 2013, he released
The Painted Caravan under the name
The Peter Ulrich Collaboration, working with different artists like
Sara Wendt,
David Steele,
Jen Elliott, Kingsley Sage of
Anemo, and Saskia Dommisse of the band
Poets to their Beloved. ~ Heather Phares