Releases-EKS

The Neon Weeps Tonight

May 19, 2021

EDWARD KA-SPEL

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Release date and track list

May 1, 2021
NL MP3 self-released on EK’s Bandcamp

March 4, 2022
NL CDR self released on EK’s Bandcamp

THE EYES OF ’55
MARTIAN SANDSTORM / THE EMPATH
CHAMBER MUSIK / NEON TEARS / A PASSAGE TO PARADISE
THE BLIND SIDE
EXECUTIVE SUITE / FOLLOW THE LEADER
WHEN THE FIRE HAS GONE OUT

Credits

EK- voice, instruments, devices
Alice- inspirational artwork

A big thank you to Alena for her enduring support and encouragement.

Notes

In pink and green and red and blue. Everything is perfect.

CDR- Lovingly handmade CDR edition. Signed and numbered….99 copies only. Made available for Bandcamp Friday on March 4, 2022.

Prints Of Darkness

March 6, 2021

EDWARD KA-SPEL

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Release date and track list

March 5, 2021
NL MP3 self-released on the EK’s Bandcamp

June 8, 2022
AT CD CDGG410 on Klanggalerie

Destiny’s Casino / Afternoon Delight
This Is The Place
Mood For Today
The Cruelest Conspiracy / Nanny State
Not Going Out
All At Sea / Magic Finger
How To Suck Seed
Sea Dog
Spiky Spheres
The Persuader / The Hardest Word

Credits

Edward Ka-Spel

Notes

2021. Fingers crossed.
If funds allow, physical manifestations of this release will follow on cd (late Spring) and possibly vinyl (end 2021) through legendarypinkdots1.bandcamp.com.
All who purchase this digital edition will be entitled to a discount if they later opt for this release in physical form.

2022 Klang Galerie CD release:
At last “Prints Of Darkness” has made it to cd. A big thank you to the Klanggalerie label in Vienna in their noble mission to prove that this format is alive and well, sounding and looking rather wonderful.

The Sympathy Portal

February 6, 2021

EDWARD KA-SPEL

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Release date and track list

February 1, 2021
NL MP3 self-released on the LPD’s Bandcamp

September 1, 2022
NL CDR self-released on the LPD’s Bandcamp

RUST COMPASSIONATE
CEREMONIAL COFFEE
NEON PERCULATORS
DEMON TRACES / ARMCHAIR REVOLUTION / ANGEL TRAIL (SLIGHT RETURN)

February 2026
PL LP LUMB038LP Lumberton Trading Company

RUST COMPASSIONATE
CEREMONIAL COFFEE
NEON PERCULATORS
DEMON TRACES / ARMCHAIR REVOLUTION / ANGEL TRAIL (SLIGHT RETURN)

Credits

Edward Ka-Spel- music, words, cover art

Notes

Take the Scenic Route…..

2022 CDR release:
A temporary import from edwarda-spel.bandcamp.com as this title is going physical as a handmade CD-R edition. Recorded late in 2020, “The Sympathy Portal” was unveiled during the worst of the pandemic in the UK.The music reflects this scenario but concludes with a message of unquenchable hope.
Beautiful handmade, personalised CD-R edition in a limited edition of 99.

2026 LP release:
limited edition of 300
Recorded during lockdown and previously only available as a CDr self-released in an edition of 99 in 2022, ‘The Sympathy Portal’ collects four tracks (one of which is divided into three parts) that make full use of Edward Ka-Spel’s command of melodies, cosmic churn, subtle field recordings, percolated vocals, hypno-rhythms, tempered noise, broken clocks, atmospheric keyboards, uncoiling springs and carefully hewn dynamics. Coupled to often despairing or melancholic lyrics, the album ultimately forms a fantastic addition to a body of work from this hardworking artist usually found at home fronting The Legendary Pink Dots and apparently barely able to rest when not engaged in commitments to them.

Here is what he says himself about ‘The Sympathy Portal’: “’The Sympathy Portal’ was created as 2020 drifted into 2021 with the world in the grip of a pandemic. He studied charts on TV, horrified by statistics, temporarily free from a lockdown but well aware that we’d be back in our cubicles soon enough. It was hard to be positive in such an environment and this album reflects much of the fear and tension of the time. But the last song, ‘Angel Trail ( Slight Return)’, was intended to offer some genuine hope, having been revived for the release after first appearing in a different form on The Legendary Pink Dots’ ‘9 Lives to Wonder’ back in 1994.”

The album pays testament to a troubled and troubling time that now, a mere few years on, strangely appears like the grand entrance to a series of heavily dark periods we are still desperate to crawl from. It could be argued that the angel trail Edward so eloquently refers to is something that needs to be found more than ever and that, thankfully, his music helps to illuminate this despites its mostly distressed overtones.

Away from the confines of a now hard-to-find and long sold out CDr, Lumberton Trading Company brings this album back as a vinyl release that’s limited to 300 and is scheduled to appear in February 2026.