It’s the first Bandcamp Friday after the North American Tour so I guess it was always destined to be a busy one. After a torrent of requests we are making a second pressing of ‘Brighter Now’ on vinyl, but in Europe this time, while we’ll also be receiving a handful of copies of a tantalising edition of ‘Only Dreaming’ on wax.

Randall requested a posting of the two last Orbit Service albums on the Dots’ page, and they represent two proud and beautiful entries.

Add to that, there are the remains of the handmade cd packages

Chemical Playschool Volumes 23 & 24
Chemical Playschool Volumes 16 & 18
Come out from the Shadows

and ( wait for it…)

The Legendary Pink Dots Xmas Special 2025!

Calling Pink Dots’ friends in Europe… We paid for an extra bag to bring quite a few CDs/ vinyl back from the North American Tour. We do have a few of the new Tear Garden CDs in London and the Netherlands. If anybody wants a copy , please email me at qaspel(at)gmail(dot)com.

Those in North America can order the CD, LP or T-shirts on Brap’s Bandcamp page.

“Produced entirely by The Tear Garden themselves, Astral Elevator is a testament to the enduring creative partnership between Ka-Spel and Key. The album also features contributions from a stellar lineup of guests, including the late Dwayne Goettel, who provides a poignant and powerful presence. The sound is further enriched by the talents of Randall Frazier and Dre Robinson, and the entire experience was brought to its final form by the expert hands of Greg Reely on mixing and mastering.”

Read more about Astral Elevator here.

It’s Bandcamp Friday and The Legendary Pink Dots are far from home, on a long North American Tour.
Tonight’s destination is Los Angeles ( at Zebulon ) while we continue South to San Diego tomorrow before turning East into the desert.
Even so, it feels like a good moment to launch the album we’ve been scattering small crumbs from in the last months. ‘Chemical Playschool Volume 25‘ is available here:

The cd edition goes into production in November while there will be a double vinyl release early in the New Year.

As per tradition, ‘The Legendary Pink Dots’ Hallowe’en Special 2025‘ is also available as of today – you’ll find it here!

There’s more too… it’s a long day!

Come Out from the Shadows- limited handmade CD edition

A spindle of this out-of-print cd was unearthed in Denver. It has been given a new cover!  Edition of 50.

The Victoria Dimension

A spindle of the original cd showed up in Colorado so it made sense to add the second disc of bonus material. The double disc version will be shipped out late in November when the Pink Dots’ North American Tour is concluded. New cover by EK.

The first show of The Legendary Pink Dots’ US 45th Anniversary tour starts tomorrow in Salt Lake City and Edward has already started his tour diary, which he shares on Facebook!  Please see the TOUR DATES page for schedule, tickets and a link to his diary, which I will try to update daily as he posts his entries.

It’s Bandcamp Friday just 15 days before The Legendary Pink Dots take the plane across the great pond for their 45th Anniversary Tour of North America.

Inevitably there are new releases for such an occasion and after a long delay, we’re happy to announce the release of the Cd ‘Portals in the Storm’ where we provide the soundtrack to a wonderful cartoon from artist Matt Howarth. Do note that European orders will be sent at the end of the tour as we’ll bring copies back with us.

Also posted for the first time in full on Dots’ Bandcamp page is ‘A Star too Far’ , Randall’s first musical collaboration with the Dots back in 2015. This is also available as a double cd, but initially just available on tour. A re-press for Europe is planned upon our return .

Additionally, find Live at the Rave Milwaukee 20 June 2000 here:

And on Orbit Service’s Bandcamp page:

“happy bandcamp friday, everyone!

we’ve been working hard over here. we have a new album called “spirit guide” and we have created some hand made CD-R versions with block printed cover art, limited to 50 copies. these will be shipping from italy, so orders in the UK/EU and basically anywhere except the US will be shipping right away. orders going to the US will be shipping mid september as i will carry these over and mail them from inside the US. fun times.

i am only selling these on bandcamp friday. once bc friday is finished, i am marking these as sold out and we will sell the rest on the tour at the merch table. since there are only 50, if you want one, i suggest you get it now!

see you soon
randall”

And…

Released today…the second salvo from the Tear Garden!

Hi all.
Apologies from the admin for falling a bit behind on Edward’s announcements that he posts on Facebook or Bandcamp.  Here are some recent messages:

August 22- Tariffs
Truly these are strange times. It hasn’t been (understandably) so much in the news yet but it looks like it will soon be almost impossible to send a package from Europe to America. From August 29 yet another new situation is emerging where if packages arriving in the U.S do not comply exactly with the rather complicated new customs demands, the receiver could be be hit with an $80 to $200 fee. I’m no expert in these matters and I could be wrong here, but it’s ominous that several countries (Belgium,Denmark, Lithuania….) have already declared that postage to the States will be ‘temporarily suspended’ from Monday onwards. Of course it’s devastating for the small bands/artists/painters/musicians who rely upon the support of friends in America to simply survive. Seriously, the crap just never lets up….
Thankfully we’re crossing the pond in less than a month’s time so anyone who orders anything from the Dots will receive their package as we’ll carry them with us (within reason)on the plane and send from Denver. As for the future….. who knows….We’ll figure this out.

August 23- US Tour
With the Legendary Pink Dots’ North American Tour creeping ever closer, it feels like a timely moment for some unapologetic promotion- especially as tickets for some of the West Coast shows are disappearing fast! We’re also delighted to be taking a dear old Dots’ friend Dre on tour with us who will be handling the merc table!

August 14- Only Dreaming on vinyl
Our earliest footsteps are being re-traced in a most spectacular way thanks to this small label in Germany. ‘ Only Dreaming‘ pressed on vinyl filled with liquid , anybody? Truly, the stuff of dreams…The music dates back 45 years, the format suggests a date far off in the dreamy future…

from the label Minimalkombinat:
new release, coming later this year:
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS – only dreaming
(mk173 / vinyl album plus CD)
this project needs absolutely no explanation I guess….
so legendary that they put the „legendary“
into their name from day one.
speaking of day one, I will release the first ever LPD tape from 1981
on my little label, available for the very first time on vinyl and cd
in its entirety.
„only dreaming“? yeah, thats the title of the tape,
but what you read here is reality…!!
I am eternally grateful that mastermind edward ka-spel gave me
the permission to release this after he felt in love with my idea
for the artwork instantly.
the releases will be available in two different editions, check pics:

version I: 180g bi-colored vinyl album plus CD.

version II: deluxe boxset edition with LIQUID-FILLED vinyl album plus CD.

Comment in Mario’s Facebook post (Scroll down to the August 13th post) or message him if interested in either version.