After a slight delay in pressing, the split LP with KetVector is now available through Rustblade. Limited edition of 299.
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Recent Interview with Andrew Liles
Andrew Liles- Edward Ka-Spel
Edward Ka-Spel is best known as the lead singer and co-founder of the experimental rock band The Legendary Pink Dots. He has also released numerous solo albums and has various side projects including The Tear Garden and Mimir.
Edward is a guest performer on the Andrew Liles album Ouarda.
1.) WHICH RECORD HAS HAD THE MOST PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON YOU?
A tough one, but at a stretch I’d say Aphrodite’s Child / 666. Just a landscape I like to return to again and again. Maybe it’ a relief by the 333rd spin that Armageddon didn’t actually happen yet. This record also recently brought the nerd out in me when I found out that the original Greek version has an extra few minutes … just HAD to hear what I missed …
2.) HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU SPEND A WEEK RECORDING/PLAYING/CREATING?
Pretty much work on music every day for a few hours … It’s like the kick of the Eureka moment is extremely addictive.
3.) WHICH OF YOUR OWN CREATIONS IS YOUR FAVOURITE?
It’s recent…”A double CDr.”Chemical Playschool 16/18″ which we put out ourselves in a low-profile way… Somehow it encapsulates The Dots over 95 minutes …
4.) WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST REGRET?
I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention.
5.) WHAT DO YOU DO TO RELAX?
Listen to recent Ryuichi Sakamoto CDs…beautiful. There’s also “Breaking Bad” which myself and my wife Alena have revisited twice already (the whole series!).
6.) OTHER THAN FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHAT IS YOUR MOST CHERISHED POSSESSION?
How painful to admit this … has to be my precious Macbook Pro … it’s like the world is in there waiting to be discovered.
7.) TELL ME THREE OF YOUR HEROES/HEROINES?
Daevid Allen, Peter Hammill, Oscar Wilde.
8.) WHERE IS YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE IN THE WORLD?
Could be Portland, Oregon … Love the city, have great friends there and the State around it is beautiful.
9.) IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE YOUR ART WHAT OCCUPATION DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE DOING?
Writing horoscopes on the internet…
10.) IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW ABOUT YOU THAT YOU HAVE NEVER CONVEYED IN AN INTERVIEW BEFORE WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
I once owned a Moody Blues record.
Do you have questions for Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots?
Chaos Control Digizine will soon be running an interview with Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and are opening it up for YOU to submit questions! If there is anything you’d like to ask Ka-Spel, please follow the link below to submit your question. They will compile the questions to remove duplicates and credit everyone who participates.
They will be accepting submissions until April 15, after which time we’ll compile, add some of our own, and have Edward reply.
Source & Follow Link: http://www.chaoscontrol.com/questions-edward-ka-spel-legendary-pink-dots/
Chaos Control- Edward Ka-Spel Pt 1
Edward Ka-Spel looks back on hearing Amanda Palmer for the first time
In her book The Art of Asking, Amanda Palmer writes about a formative experience involving one of her favorite bands, The Legendary Pink Dots. When she was 18, a friend brought her along to a Legendary Pink Dots after-show party and mentioned that she made music. At that point Palmer had only recorded a rough 4 track demo (‘12 copies in existence’), and she was greatly dismayed when Legendary Pink Dots frontman Edward Ka-Spel actually wanted to HEAR her songs. But afterwards, Ka-Spel gave her words of encouragement that proved to be major catalyst of her career.
Reading this reminded me that Ka-Spel was one person who I’d always wanted to interview but hadn’t, so I reached out to him to see if he’d like to be featured in Chaos Control. Since it was on my mind, I initially asked for his recollections on that night he heard Palmer for the first time. His reply is below.
“I must say I remember that encounter where I encouraged Amanda to go ahead and expose her music to the wider world very well … It was a night for small talk, polite socialising, moderate sips on deadly potions. In reality, I always suffered a bit on those occasions, not quite sure how to behave beyond nodding and smiling (a lot).
“Consequently, it was a bit of a shock when someone pretty much ordered her to sit at the piano and ‘perform,’ even if it was a sympathetic roomful of people. I know I could never have done this myself and the lump in Amanda’s throat resembled an apple that was refusing to budge.
“Even so, the songs that emerged were delivered with the kind of passion I associated with an old hero of mine, Peter Hammill. Straight from the soul and the silence that resulted from the audience was more of a stunned one than the sound of politeness. Loved it.
“Just had to tell her…but outside in the cooler night air without other people around.
It’s true we did (and still do) receive a lot of tapes, cdrs and now files/youtube clips from a lot of people. I wish I could enjoy them all … but just a few wave the lamp in the fog. Amanda’s first tape was a floodlight and her first private performance was a storm. Great to see that kind of storm sweeping the planet ever since…”
source: http://www.chaoscontrol.com/edward-ka-spel-looks-back-hearing-amanda-palmer-first-time/
Mimir albums on Bandcamp
Mimir, an occasional project between members of LPD and members of H.N.A.S., made 3 albums and a 7″ between 1991 and 2005. All of these releases have just been remastered or enhanced, and made available on the Dots’ Bandcamp site.
CD versions of Mimir and Mimyriad are also available through www.dragcity.com