Edward Ka-Spel
Edward Ka-Spel, is an English singer-songwriter and musician based in London. He is best known for his work with the band The Legendary Pink Dots, which he co-founded.
Ka-Spel is also known for his work on The Tear Garden with Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key. In 2017, he collaborated with Amanda Palmer on the album Can Spin a Rainbow">Can (band)">Can Spin a Rainbow.
Ka-spel's recordings are often of a limited number and only available through an extensive and devoted mail-order system at Soleilmoon. He has also released numerous cassette-only special recordings, usually including materials out-of-print on earlier labels along with new releases. He often appears on stage barefoot, wearing a long scarf and either pink or black glasses. Early in his career, he drew black lines on his face and arms.
Biography
He was born in London, England. Ka-Spel is best known as the lead singer, keyboard and electronics player, songwriter and co-founder of the band The Legendary Pink Dots, in which he was initially known as D'Archangel, Prophet Q'Sepel and other pseudonyms. He has also released numerous solo albums, and has worked in various side projects, including The Tear Garden, and Mimir. An album with 48 Cameras, Songs from the Marriage of Heaven & Hell was released in 2019.Ka-Spel's solo albums range from abstract electronic noise to more traditional pop songs, incorporating diverse elements of psychedelia, industrial, avant garde, experimental electronic, art pop, classical music, folk, sampling, noise, collage, music concrete, etc. His lyrics have been described as mystically bizarre and ambiguous, and incorporate recurrent themes from his own personal mythos. Ka-Spel's songwriting has been compared to that of Syd Barrett and early Pink Floyd, though the artist describes the comparison as being a coincidence, not a direct influence. Ka-Spel has cited Iannis Xenakis, the Beatles, Nurse With Wound, David Bowie, Brainticket, Can, The Residents, Magma, and Throbbing Gristle as significant influences.
Associated acts
- The Legendary Pink Dots
- The Tear Garden
- Mimir
- Nurse with Wound
- The Silverman
- Twilight Circus Dub Soundsystem
- Strange Attractor
- Niels Van Hoorn
Discography (selected)
Albums
Laugh, China DollEyes!, China DollChyekk, China DollAaΔzhyd, China DollKhataclimici, China DollTanith & the Lion TreeThe Scriptures of IlluminaThe Textures of IlluminaDNA LE DRAW D-KEE The Blue RoomRed LettersAbsence of EvidenceCaste O' Graye SkreeensO'er a Shalabast'r Tyde Strolt AyPieces Of ∞O Darkness! O Darkness!A Long Red Ladder to the MoonFragments of IlluminaDream Logik Pt 1Dream Logik Pt 2The Painted River of RegretsThe Whispering Wail Dream LoopsTransmit Acoustique Abstraction Two Trapped in AmberDevascapesRed Sky at Night The Thirty Year Itch The Minus TouchA Pleasure Cruise Through 9 DimensionsThis Saturated LandGhost LogikFire IslandOne Last Pose Before the Ruin800 Saints in a Day Are You Receiving Us, Planet Earth?! Ghost Logik 2The Victoria DimensionSpectrescapes Vol. 2CybersKapesSpectrescapes Volume 3I Can Spin A Rainbow Midnight Pharmacy The Moon Cracked Over AlbionOn the ReboundPrints of DarknessSongs of SolitudeThe Neon Weeps TonightA Sentient GlitchFainting By NumbersThe Random Time MachineDark Window WaveThe Scarlet Trail of Stinging Tears Conspiracy of PylonsThe Concrete DiariesAnagramma Tales from the Trenches100 Seconds To MidnightA Carrington EventTease Seize....ApplySpectrescapesCybersKapes 2- ''The Ruin''
Singles and EPs
Dance, China DollThe Char Char / Extracts from "The Inferno"Inferno / IllusionThe Man Who Never WasShare The DayA Birth Marked ConspiracyLactamase 01MeltdownClara Rockmore's Dog090301Lilith and The RoseHappy New YearDream Logik X Dream Logik 3333333333333Burning Church11.11.11.11The Patriot / Last Man StandingPermission To Leave The TempleThe DeepA Red Winter Night's DreamThe Sympathy PortalPlus Ça Change- ''All Flags Are False''
Collections
Perhaps We'll Only See A Thin Blue LineLyvv, China Doll Lyvv, China Doll Chyekk, China Doll / AaΔzhyd, China DollDown in the City of Heartbreak and NeedlesKowskijariThe CarrionDown in the City of Heartbreak and Needles 2Needles ThreeMelancholics Anonymous- ''Dream Logik Parts 1–3''
Live albums
Apples, China DollPublic DisturbanceAngelus Obscuros Khalash Nykow, China Doll Live in Basel 2005 Live at Bibliotheque Hergé, Paris 2005Live in Denver 19 May 2012 The Greenhouse Effect- ''Terremoto - Live In Chile 2008''