Crushed Velvet Apocalypse


The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse is an album by the Anglo-Dutch band the Legendary [Pink Dots], released in 1990. The album is a cult fan favorite. Niels van Hoorn contributed on flute, saxophones, and clarinet.

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Using instrumentation that includes electronics, guitar, sitar, flute and oboe, the longtime-cult-favorite Pink Dots craft a sometimes-stark, sometimes-elegant, sometimes-dreamy outing of neo-psychedelia and alternative pop that's imbued with a pronounced eccentricity of vision and a captivating originality of execution." Trouser Press noted that "Green Gang" "runs sitar/tabla meanderings into twittering flutes and winds up building a quietly disturbing skein of motorway noise."
In 2016, LA Weekly included Crushed Velvet Apocalypse on its list of classic goth albums. Salt Lake City Weekly called the music "lush, luxurious and sensual, yet also dark and sinister, with a sense of mysticism that is foreboding more than comforting."

Track listing

Not included on LP and cassette editions – taken from the Princess Coldheart 12".
Unreleased CD bonus track.

Personnel

  • Qa'Sepel – voices, keyboards
  • The Silver Man – keyboards, samples, devices, percussion
  • Bob Pistoor – guitars, sitar, bass
  • Niels van Hoorn – flute, saxophones, bass clarinet
  • Hanz Myer – electronics, oboe, tymphanis

Additional personnel

  • Hanz Myre – engineer