THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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February 6, 2026
NL/UK MP3/CDR self-released on LPD’s Bandcamp

1. A New Sponsor (Hallowe’en 2024)
2. The Sound of ’24 (Hallowe’en 2024)
3. Follow the Yellow Black Road (Xmas 2024)
4. Sleigh Bells (Xmas 2024)
5. Our Quiet Companions (Hallowe’en 2025)
6. Nocturne 834 (Hallowe’en 2025)
7. (Returne of) The Eternal Optimist (Xmas 2025)
8. His Gift to You (Xmas 2025)
9. Carol Singers (Xmas 2025)

Credits

• The Legendary Pink Dots

Notes

Released for Bandcamp Friday February 2026
CDR limited edition of 99 copies

In a perfect World I’d recommend that it is the Season to be jolly. Alas it is not a perfect World…..

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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December 5, 2025
NL/UK MP3 self-released on LPD’s Bandcamp

1. (Return of) the Etermal Optimist
2. His Gift to You
3. Carol Singers

Credits

The Legendary Pink Dots

Notes

The Solstice is nigh and a tradition maintained.

Released for December 2025 Bandcamp Friday.  As with all the LPD holiday specials, this will be taken down after a brief period when the holiday is over.

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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October 3, 2025
NL/UK MP3 self-released on LPD’s Bandcamp

December 2025
NL/UK CD self-released on LPD’s Bandcamp

1. Submarine
2. My Doppelganger
3. Quarantine Machine
4. Trans Siberian
5. Spotless
6. Firestorm
7. Summer Every Day
8. Monstera Mash / Falling Leaves
9. Tempting Fate Parts 1 & 2
10. Kozmik Archade
11. It Always Happens in 3s

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Spring 2026
NL/UK 2xLP self-released on LPD’s Bandcamp

Credits

• Edward Ka-Spel
• Erik Drost
• Randall Frazier

Notes

Secretly recorded throughout 2025 , this is the colourful 25th element of the Chemical Playschool odyssey. Tighten your seatbelt . A vinyl ( 2 x LP edition) is planned for 2026. A beautiful edition on cd slated for early December. Cover by EK

December 2025 CD:
Edition of 250

2026  double LP:
Only 199 copies being made in full colour gate folded glory.  Preorder started on Bandcamp Friday of February 2026

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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October 3, 2025
NL/UK MP3 self-released on LPD’s Bandcamp

1. Our Quiet Companions
2. Nocturne 834

Credits

The Legendary Pink Dots

Notes

Consider the dilemma. In a year where it feels like Hallowe’en seems to occur every day ( the horrors, not the fun) , how to make something special to mark October 31 , 2025? This one has a HAPPY ending.

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September 10, 2025
SK MP3/CS 4MGMC14 4MG records

1. Lent
2. Disturbance
3. Dissonance
4. Close your Eyes, You can be a Space Captain / When I’m with You
5. When Lenny meets Lorca
6. Mood 159
7. Pain Bubbles
8. Evolution / The Brightest Star
9. Citadel

Credits

• Ryan Moore- bass, percussion, sounds
• Frank Verschuuren- engineer
• Martijn, De Kleer- guitar, violin, drums, bass
• The Silverman- keyboards, sounds
• Niels van Hoorn- Saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, percussion
• Edward Ka-Spel- vocals, keyboards

Notes

Limited edition of 100 cassettes.  Each comes with a unique Bandcamp code card

from 4mg records’ Bandcamp page:
Alas there are few recordings floating around of the Pink Dots’ first tour of the 21st Century. In keeping with the restless times, the band went through drastic changes as Martijn de Kleer stepped back into the band following the departure of Atwyn while Ryan Moore left to focus on his solo project (Twilight Circus) when the tour finished.

Even so, there were many memorable shows, and this recording at the Rave in Milwaukee showed the Dots in fine form. It’s an audience recording and it took around half a minute for Frank to find the right balance, but here it is. Enjoy! EKS

Cassette available at www.discogs.com/release/35062316-The-Legendary-Pink-Dots-Live-At-The-Rave-Milwaukee-20-June-2000 or by email.

from LPD’s Bandcamp page:
A fine recording of the Pink Dots on tour shortly after the turn of the Century at the Rave in Milwaukee. A big THANK YOU to the unknown friend at the front, who captured the show for posterity. Sound enhanced by EK.

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September 5, 2025
US CD (+PDF) SOL197 Soleilmoon Recordings

1. Portals in the Storm 39:10

Credits

• Edward Ka-Spel
• The Silverman
• Erik Drost
• Matt Howarth- story/art

Notes

Beautifully packaged CD from Soleilmoon Records, with Matt Howarth’s cartoon as a pdf encoded into the disc.  Limited edition of 500.  Recorded in quarantine at Chez Dots London/Nijmegen in 2019-2020

Bandcamp page description:
A project which took a long time to finally be realised where cartoonist Matt Howarth created the visuals, including a comic as a pdf (available with the cd version) while The Dots provided a soundtrack. It’s the first time the Dots provided music for a visual medium.

Soleilmoon Recordings description:
The Legendary Pink Dots have toured the world countless times and released dozens of albums after forming in London in 1980, while Matt Howarth has made his name with his comic books and graphic novels over a career stretching back to the mid-1970’s. Many of his works have a science fiction theme, but electronic and alternative music has always inspired him, leading him to projects with The Residents, Hawkwind, Moby, Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, Nash the Slash, Foetus, Yello, Wire, Richard Pinhas, Ron Geesin, David Borden, and more. Soleilmoon is pleased to be releasing this captivating cross-disciplinary cooperative project by two of our favorite artists.

Matt Howarth writes: I have spent much of my career infusing my comics with eclectic music. I did music reviews as comic strips (“Sonic Curiosity”). I got several real world musicians to guest star in many of my works (like Hawkwind, the Residents, Wire, Conrad Schnitzler, and others in my “Savage Henry” series). It made perfect sense that I would mutate such connections into actual collaborations with musicians (like Klaus Schulze, Hugh Hopper, Arthur Brown, and more). My musical tastes are far from commercial drivel, so it makes perfect sense that I would want to work with musicians whom I deeply respected (like the Legendary Pink Dots). And each of these collaborations comes with a unique “how we got there” tale.

 Many years ago, my friend Carl Howard, who ran Audiofile Tapes, turned me onto The Pink Dots. And later, it was Carl who got me in contact with Edward Ka-Spel. Edward and I discussed the possibility of working together, but life has a way of getting in the way, and it would be several years before that ambition bore fruit. In fact, the COVID-19 lockdown was integral in that happening. Trapped at home, Edward found the opportunity to put his creative juices to work on our project. We discussed some vague story ideas, then I did the comic. That gave Edward something to directly inspire the music. His interpretation was spot-on, flavoring a simple adventure story with deeply emotional content.

Edward Ka-Spel shared these thoughts: Composing a soundtrack for a comic is a unique challenge. It took me a while to figure out an approach that worked for me even though I studied Matt’s art carefully. Ultimately the key was to identify myself with the main character and invent a personality in my head. A new direction emerged and that single dimension on the page before me became three-dimensional in my head. That’s where the borders dissolve, and that’s when the unity of sound and vision happens.

In addition to the Legendary Pink Dots’ music, the enhanced CD includes Matt’s comic in PDF format, viewable on your television with a DVD player, or on any computer with a built-in or connected external CD or DVD drive. The comic can also be downloaded from Soleilmoon.com immediately following purchase of the CD.