EDWARD KA-SPEL
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Release date and tracklist
January 17, 2018
NL MP3/CD-r self-released on Bandcamp
- The Ministry Of Dosinformation
- The Night Tram / Samsung und die Dialler
- Dismantling The Tower
- Empires Must Burn (alternative interpretation)
- Amber
March 27, 2020
AT CD Klein Galerie gg320
- The Ministry Of Disinformation
- The Night Tram/Samsung Und Die Dialler
- Dismantling The Tower
- Empires Must Burn
- Amber
- Gold
Credits
- Edward Ka-Spel
Notes
Third in a series exposing “stray” and unheard pieces from the EK vault. Included in this collection is “Amber” now revisited / remastered, hailing from the hyper rare “handmade ” vinyl edition of “Trapped in Amber” and a previously unreleased version of “Empires Must Burn” which appears on a collaborative album with Philip Petit and Asva.
from the Klang Galerie release– Edward Ka-Spel is an English singer/songwriter and musician residing in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He is best known for his work with the band The Legendary Pink Dots, which he co-founded. He 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 I Can Spin a Rainbow. In The Dots, he was initially known as D’Archangel, Prophet Q’Sepel and he used other pseudonyms as well. He has also released numerous solo albums (initially featuring other members of the Legendary Pink Dots, and including contributions from Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound), and has worked in various side projects, including The Tear Garden (with cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy), and Mimir (with Phil Knight, Christoph Heemann, Jim O’Rourke and others). 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 (nursery songs), 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. An Abandoned Laboratory Volume 3 was originally released as a download and limited edition CDR on Bandcamp and is presented on CD here for the first time. Track 6 is previously unreleased. Full tracklist: 1. The Ministry Of Disinformation 2. The Night Tram/Samsung Und Die Dialler 3. Dismantling The Tower 4. Empires Must Burn 5. Amber 6. Gold. Price: € 17,-/copy incl. worldwide shipping.
