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September 2009 Newsletter

September the first.

It’s shockingly early. Breakfast News on the TV tells me that the traditional lightbulb is now illegal in the European Union. Right now lightbulb police are patrolling the neighbourhood, dim torches are being poked through letter boxes, a fleet of bombers are heading towards Las Vegas. It’s dark outside and here I am typing a newsletter when I should be asleep.

Plenty of news here as we’ve been hard at it throughout the Summer. Tour plans are still sketchy though as promises of shows hang in the air right now. Something has to give in this respect soon. Anyhow, here goes…… Continue reading September 2009 Newsletter →

30 years of Legendary Pink Dots

Summer 2009 Newsletter

30 years of Legendary Pink Dots

The sun beats down on Chez Dots right now. Evil flies congregate in dusty corners, the temperature gauge hovers in the mid-thousands. I need something cold NOW…. and I don’t mean a fish wrapped around my head.

Still, to relevant matters…. The Pink Dots turn 30 in 2010, and we’re marking the occasion with a myriad of new releases, live shows and other surprises in the months leading up to and stretching beyond the magic birthday itself.

If it seems that we’ve been quiet recently, it is down to the fact that band members have been combing the archives for undiscovered pearls. That which deserves a wider audience has been dusted, edited and enhanced and we are delighted to reveal the first 3 anniversary releases right now.

Here they are…..

 

Undiscovered…

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS / The Maria Sessions (CDR)
Back in 1991 , every note played by the Dots was captured on a tape recorder which was literally never switched off. Some of the more inspired improvisations were worked on and turned into songs which found their way on the Maria Dimension album.

This CDR captures the very best of those sessions and features some of the most wonderful guitar work from Bob Pistoor that you’ll ever hear. A perfect companion release to Maria Dimension itself, this literally brought tears to our eyes when we played the finished version recently. Highly highly recommended – everything unreleased and unheard outside the Dots.

A TOQ CDR… it costs 13.50 Euros plus postage. Availability IMMINENT.

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS / Desmet 04 (CDR)
A radio broadcast in 2004 before a tiny audience in an Amsterdam cafe. Crystal clear recordings interspersed with snippets of interview plus the material the Dots played in the cafe AFTER the radio show was finished.

Songs included are “Isis Veiled”, “Our Dominion”, “12th” ,”The More it stays the same” and a few others. A quiet beauty…. This TOQ CDR costs 13.50 Euros plus postage. Availability IMMINENT

EDWARD KA-SPEL & THE SILVERMAN / The Whispering Whale (CDR)
Again, fine recordings from 2004 featuring Edward and Phil improvising with “The Whispering Wall” album in mind. It’s wild and loud and at times utterly uplifting. Again, this one comes recommended. All pieces unreleased and unheard outside Chez Dots.

A TOQ CDR..it costs 13.50 Euros plus postage. Availability IMMINENT.

Ordering Instructions (scroll to bottom of page)

 

New Releases

EDWARD KA-SPEL/The Painted River of Regrets (vinyl LP)
Just released by Beta-Lactam Ring records in an edition of 300 copies. A delirious voyage to a melancholy corner of the universe. It costs 20 Euros plus 8 for postage /packing inside Europe and 10 further afield.

Also recent…
1. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS / Plutonium Blonde CD… we think it’s a landmark. Available now: 15 Euros.
2. EDWARD KA-SPEL / Dream Logik 1-3 (4 x LP plus exclusive CD)… a vinyl box set in an edition of 400 copies encompassing the entire Dream Logik project… Seriously beautiful. It will be available in October. It costs 65 Euros (plus 12 for postage inside Europe and 18 outside).
3. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS / Chemical playschool 8&9 (2CD)… seems to have been out-of-print forever. Now reissued by Beta-lactam Ring as gloriously as you’d expect from this fine label. Imminent… 20 Euros (plus 4 for postage inside Europe and 6 outside). Legendary Pink Dots CDs for sale
4. The T-shirts… two of them and thank you to those who designed them and everybody else who entered the competition. They cost 25 Euros each but please enquire about availability and sizes.
5. MARTIJN DE KLEER / The Stranger it gets (Part One) CDR… basement recordings from the 90s in five dimensional lysergic glory. Touching acoustic songs, explosive space exploration. Lovingly home-made CDR release- an hour of music. It costs 15 Euros.
6. MARTIJN DE KLEER / The Stranger it gets (Part Two) CDR… second installment of the stranger basement tapes. 15 Euros.
7. THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS / Alchemical Playschool CD only… regular edition of long out-of-print and screamingly rare release. 15 Euros.
8. THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS / Live in Paris 2007 CDR… probably the best sounding live release in the Dots’ history. A remarkable night. 15 Euros.

Ordering Instructions (scroll to bottom of page)

 

Reissues

1. THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS / Brighter Now … CD reissue from Big Blue (Poland) with different artwork to original.Only edition currently available. 15 Euros (available now)
2. THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS / 9 Lives to Wonder… CD reissue from Big Blue (Poland ) with different artwork to original.Only edition currently available. 15 Euros (available now)
3.THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS / Poppy Variations… CD reissue from Big Blue (Poland) with different artwork – lyrics booklet included. 15 Euros (available now).

Ordering Instructions (scroll to bottom of page)

 

Concert News

Legendary Pink Dots Tour Photo
15 October MOSCOW /IKRA (RU)
12 November PARIS/ Le Klub (FR)
13 November PARIS/Le klub (FR)

We intend to tour Europe in late October/early November. If you have tips for venues please write to l_khata [at] yahoo[dot] com.

Check our official tour schedule for updated information.

 

Friends and relations

Keep your eyes peeled for a new CD by long term LPD friends PHALLUS DEI who recently reunited to record a glorious CD. Highlight for me was the performance of guest John Walker (of Walker Brothers fame) who produces a vocal so touching it brought tears to these eyes.

 

A link

We’d like to bring your attention to www.loveandloudcolours.com… this is a website dedicated to Edward Ka-Spel’s book of lyrics which was released a few years ago. The site has been updated and visitors will find a section where Edward reveals the origins for many of his outpourings.

 

Beautiful things that came our way

Buy Sateenkaarisuudelma

ES/ Sateenkaarisuudelma
Available as a beautiful double album release and as a double CD. Quite honestly if the amount of love and devotion poured into this album was contagious (I hope it is) then we could seriously talk about the dawn of a New Age of earth. Nothing sweet here, this is music that lifts the listener to a place he or she probably hoped would exist but somehow doubted it. I had to think of the best work of Terry Riley at odd (golden) moments, but that would be a lazy comparison ultimately.

Much has been written about the “Finnish free folk” movement, and there are an awful lot of releases out there which carry this categorization. My recommendation is to dive into the ocean with confidence… but this is a good place to start from.

KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT… anything
Just what is in the water in Finland? I confess I’m completely hooked on the music that emerges from a small community of musicians and non-musicians in this remote Northern country. Rarely have I heard such a glorious union of technology and anti-technology .Rarely have I encountered such care, such feeling in modern music… Ah, I’m ranting… Kemialliset Ystavat is a wonderful, special and unique band and I heartily recommend their entire catalogue. Check out releases on Fonal records, Secret Eye records and Beta-lactam ring records (Thanks to Chris at BLRR for introducing me to this group).

UTON… anything
Also from Finland… A myriad of fantastic releases in all formats. Dig for a new perspective, you will not regret this….

SVARTBAG
I was given this CD by a kind record store owner in Copenhagen, and what a beauty it is!!! Perhaps there are echoes of the sadly missed Godspeed You Black Emperor, but that comparison does this Danish band a disservice. Very much an individual sound to this CD on the Rump Recordings label. Charged, ecstatic. Utterly uplifting in these sepia times.

THE JOHN MORAN CORPORATION
Sometimes a CD comes along that makes you want to fling open the windows and scream about to the rest of the World (only that would of course interfere with the beautiful music). In the case of John moran, it wasn’t one but 2 albums that turned up in the mail box.. Psychedelic in the broadest sense, tuneful, intelligent, happy, sad – don’t know where to stop. John is from Australia and his CDs are on the Puzzle Factory label. Seek him out, and buy his music – you will not regret this. Buy UnFestan Sagital

UN FESTIN SAGITAL
Title: Epitafio a la Permanencia
Imagine Christian Vander and Pierre Henry collaborating on a lost masterpiece when they were both at the peaks of their powers… Imagine the master tape turning up in Chile… Imagine it’s reputation preceded it and turned out to be EVEN BETTER. Un Festin Sagital is a group I’d never heard of before, but I reckon I’ll spend the next few years hearing them again and again such is the depth of this debut. Purchase from < www.blrrecords.com > now before it vanishes.

ARIEL KALMA
Beta-Lactam Ring has given Ariels’ first insanely rare album a long overdue re-release and it’s a glory. Lots of beautiful bonus material as well. We loved this record for years at Chez Dots… Hearing it with this kind of clarity was akin to waking up after a long Winter’s sleep.

May 2009 Newsletter

Spring normally provides a feeling of optimism here at Chez Dots, but spirits are particularly high this year with the prospect of our first ever shows in Romania at the end of this month. Now, two concerts are confirmed in Control Club, Bucharest on 20th and 21st May.

The first evening will feature a set from Edward Ka-Spel and The Silverman, plus a short show from LPDs while The Dots will play their current repertoire in its entirety on the 21st.

Sadly the previously announced EK solo show in Athens slated for 14th and 15th appear to be canceled as the promoter no longer replies to emails. Another opportunity will surely arise there.

NEW RELEASES:

EDWARD KA-SPEL/The Painted River of Regrets (vinyl LP)
Just released by Beta-Lactam Ring records in an edition of 300 copies. A delirious voyage to a melancholy corner of the universe. It costs 20 Euros plus 8 for postage /packing inside Europe and 10 further afield.

Also recent…
1. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Plutonium Blonde CD… we think it’s a landmark. Available now: 15 Euros.
2. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 2 CD…. we have the limited and luxuriously packaged double CD version at 20 Euros (postage inside Europe is 4 Euros, 6 outside). PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING as very few left in stock.
3. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 1-3 (4 x LP plus exclusive CD)… a vinyl box set in an edition of 400 copies encompassing the entire Dream Logik project… Seriously beautiful. It will be available in October. It costs 65 Euros (plus 12 for postage inside Europe and 18 outside).
4. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Chemical playschool 8/9 (2CD)… seems to have been out-of-print forever. Now reissued by Beta-lactam Ring as gloriously as you’d expect from this fine label. Imminent… 20 Euros (plus 4 for postage inside Europe and 6 outside).
5. The T-shirts… two of them and thank you to those who designed them and everybody else who entered the competition. They cost 25 Euros each but please enquire about availability and sizes.
6. MARTIJN DE KLEER/The Stranger it gets (Part One) CDR… basement recordings from the 90s in five dimensional lysergic glory. Touching acoustic songs, explosive space exploration. Lovingly home-made CDR release- an hour of music. It costs 15 Euros.
7. MARTIJN DE KLEER/The Stranger it gets (Part Two) CDR… second installment of the stranger basement tapes. 15 Euros…
8. THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/ Alchemical Playschool CD only… regular edition of long out-of-print and screamingly rare release. 15 Euros.
9. THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Live in Paris 2007 CDR… probably the best sounding live release in the Dots’ history. A remarkable night. 15 Euros.

FRIENDS & RELATIONS

Keep your eyes peeled for a new CD by long term LPD friends PHALLUS DEI who recently reunited to record a glorious CD. Highlight for me was the performance of guest John Walker (of Walker Brothers fame) who produces a vocal so touching it brought tears to these eyes.

A LINK

We’d like to bring your attention to www.loveandloudcolours.com… this is a website dedicated to Edward Ka-Spel’s book of lyrics which was released a few years ago. The site has been updated and visitors will find a section where Edward reveals the origins for many of his outpourings.

BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT CAME OUR WAY

ES/ Sateenkaarisuudelma
Available as a beautiful double album release and as a double CD. Quite honestly if the amount of love and devotion poured into this album was contagious (I hope it is) then we could seriously talk about the dawn of a New Age of earth. Nothing sweet here, this is music that lifts the listener to a place he or she probably hoped would exist but somehow doubted it. I had to think of the best work of Terry Riley at odd (golden) moments, but that would be a lazy comparison ultimately.

Much has been written about the “Finnish free folk” movement, and there are an awful lot of releases out there which carry this categorization. My recommendation is to dive into the ocean with confidence… but this is a good place to start from.

KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT… anything
Just what is in the water in Finland? I confess I’m completely hooked on the music that emerges from a small community of musicians and non-musicians in this remote Northern country. Rarely have I heard such a glorious union of technology and anti-technology .Rarely have I encountered such care, such feeling in modern music… Ah, I’m ranting… Kemialliset Ystavat is a wonderful, special and unique band and I heartily recommend their entire catalogue. Check out releases on Fonal records, Secret Eye records and Beta-lactam ring records (Thanks to Chris at BLRR for introducing me to this group).

UTON… anything
Also from Finland… A myriad of fantastic releases in all formats. Dig for a new perspective, you will not regret this….

SVARTBAG
I was given this CD by a kind record store owner in Copenhagen, and what a beauty it is!!! Perhaps there are echoes of the sadly missed Godspeed You Black Emperor, but that comparison does this Danish band a disservice. Very much an individual sound to this CD on the Rump Recordings label. Charged, ecstatic. Utterly uplifting in these sepia times.

THE JOHN MORAN CORPORATION
Sometimes a CD comes along that makes you want to fling open the windows and scream about to the rest of the World (only that would of course interfere with the beautiful music). In the case of John moran, it wasn’t one but 2 albums that turned up in the mail box.. Psychedelic in the broadest sense, tuneful, intelligent, happy, sad – don’t know where to stop. John is from Australia and his CDs are on the Puzzle Factory label. Seek him out, and buy his music – you will not regret this.

UN FESTIN SAGITAL
Title: Epitafio a la Permanencia
Imagine Christian Vander and Pierre Henry collaborating on a lost masterpiece when they were both at the peaks of their powers… Imagine the master tape turning up in Chile… Imagine it’s reputation preceded it and turned out to be EVEN BETTER. Un Festin Sagital is a group I’d never heard of before, but I reckon I’ll spend the next few years hearing them again and again such is the depth of this debut. Purchase from < www.blrrecords.com > now before it vanishes.

ARIEL KALMA
Beta-Lactam Ring has given Ariels’ first insanely rare album a long overdue re-release and it’s a glory. Lots of beautiful bonus material as well. We loved this record for years at Chez Dots… Hearing it with this kind of clarity was akin to waking up after a long Winter’s sleep.

March 2009 Newsletter

Touring season is upon us and The Dots are excited about the prospect of our first ever show in Romania which was confirmed recently. Even so, the plan for 2009 is a tour of two halves, focusing on the South in April and the North (Scandinavia, North Germany, Poland, Czech Republic) in the Fall.

We’re currently looking for shows in Paris, Strasbourg, and Lille. For booking, please contact l_khata (at) yahoo (dot) com.

 

 

 

 

Here is a list of all shows coming up… (note: the show in St. Niklaas has moved to Saturday, 18 April – and there is a new show in Marseille!)

27 March – Nijmegen/Extrapol (NL) – Edward Ka-Spel presents “Katrina”, a one-off performance of a live radio play.
8 April – Frankfurt/Das Bett (D)
9 April – Duisburg/Steinbruch (D)
10 April – Saint Christophe en Brionnais (near Dijon) (F)
11 April – Nantes/Floride (F)
12 April – Marseille/La Poste a Galerie (F)
16 April – Lyon/Sonic (F)
17 April – Namur/ Cinex (B)
18 April – St. Niklaas/OJC Compas (B)
20 April – Köln/Underground (D)
21 April – Leipzig /Moritzbastei (D)
22 April – Vienna /Viper Room (A)
23 April – München /Feierwerk (D)
24 April – Zofingen/Ox Club (CH)
25 April – Luzerne/Sedel (CH)
14 & 15 May – Athens/TBA (GR) – 2 individual shows with Edward Ka-Spel and The Silverman
21 May – Bucharest (RO) – First ever LPD show in Romania!!

 

For all the current tour information, click HERE. If you have additional information not listed (club links, where to purchase tickets) please contact Lisette.

 

Music can be ordered through our mail-order catalogue: TEKA. T-shirts can be ordered here!

February 2009 Newsletter

Indeed a late late newsletter in a New Year that has made a challenging entrance to put things mildly. Even so from here at Chez Dots we’re wishing everybody a glorious 2009 and if that virus that has been stalking the Northern Hemisphere is still hovering in your house, may it be gone NOW. If the apparently ever deepening recession sits at your table, may it go and leave and move in with a greedy banker NOW. There is much to be optimistic about this year.

 

Here is a list of all shows coming up…

8 April – Frankfurt/Das Bett (D)
9 April – Duisburg/Steinbruch (D)
10 April – Sait Christophe en Brionnais (near Dijon) (F)
11 April – Nantes/Floride
16 April – Lyon/Sonic (F)
17 April – Namur/ Cinex (B)
19 April – St.Niklaas/OJC Compas (B)
20 April – Koln/Underground (D)
21 April – Leipzig /Moritzbastei (D)
22 April – Vienna /Viper Room (A)
23 April – Munchen /Feierwerk (D)
24 April – Zofingen/Ox Club (CH)
25 April – Luzerne/Sedel (CH)

We’re currently looking for shows in Strasbourg, Lille, or The Netherlands. For booking, please contact l_khata (at) yahoo (dot) com.

 

For all the current tour information, click HERE. If you have additional information not listed (club links, where to purchase tickets) please contact our Webmistress.

 

Music can be ordered through our mail-order catalogue, TEKA.

News archive 2008

This is a compilation of news articles and announcements from  2008, taken from Brainwashed.com.  Many of the links are obsolete. This is for archival purposes only.

 

1/16/08: JANUARY 2008 UPDATE

 

LEGENDARY PINK DOTS ON TOUR

Date City (Country) Venue
APR 19, 2008 Sindelfingen (D) Pavilion
APR 20, 2008 Freiburg (D) Cafe Atlantic
APR 25, 2008 München (D) (Tentative) Feierwerk
APR 26, 2008 Nürnberg (D) Venue TBD
APR 28, 2008 Vienna (A) (Tentative) B72
APR 30, 2008 Budapest (H) Venue TBD
May 1, 2008 Dresden (D) (Tentative) Scheune
May 2, 2008 Darmstadt (D) Oetinger Villa
May 3, 2008 Geneva (CH) L’Usine

* We are always looking for new places to play. If anyone has other venue suggestions or information, please forward to l_khata at yahoo.com.

* LPD plans to tour USA/Canada in The Fall of 2008.

 

2/5/08: FEBRUARY 2008 UPDATE

 

LEGENDARY PINK DOTS ON TOUR

 

Greetings from chez Dots at the end of a month that began with promise, sagged in the middle and then finished with a little more hope. Sadly 3 shows fell out of the Spring tour – in Dresden, Munich, and Vienna. We’re still trying to find something in these cities but it is a challenge. We’re waiting for news on shows in Czech Republic and possibly Slovakia.

Here is the latest information:

Date City (Country) Venue
APR 19, 2008 Sindelfingen (D) Pavilion
APR 20, 2008 Freiburg (D) Cafe Atlantic
APR 21, 2008 Basel (CH) Hirscheneck
APR 24, 2008 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat
APR 26, 2008 Nürnberg (D) Cult Club
APR 30, 2008 Budapest (H) After Music Club
May 1, 2008 Prague (CH) Delta (Tentative)
May 2, 2008 Darmstadt (D) Villa Oetinger
May 3, 2008 Geneva (CH) L’Usine

* We are always looking for new places to play. If anyone has other venue suggestions or information, please forward to l_khata at yahoo.com.

* LPD plans to tour USA/Canada in The Fall of 2008.

 

06/25/2008  June update- Plutonium Blonde is in production with ROIR!

Hmm… I’m late, but I have a reasonable excuse… So much happened in the last weeks that it seemed wise until all the scraps of information could be pieced together.

Happily the new Legendary Pink Dots’ album, “Plutonium Blonde” is now in production with ROIR, while “Dream Logik 2” could be here within 3 weeks through Beta-lactam Ring Records, complete with a full colour 10-panel fold-out cover and a bonus CD in the first limited run.

The vinyl version of Dream Logik will take longer – 4 LPs in a box (one exclusive) plus a CD of pieces realized immediately after the conclusion of the project. Somehow these pieces seemed to fit perfectly with the whole.

On a personal note, I’m still excited when something new comes out, but these new releases really set the pulse ticking that much faster.

As for touring we now have an outline for the [US Tour].

-Edward

 

07/23/2008  Tour updates

Hello everyone,

As you have probably noticed, our MySpace page has a new look! A special thanks to Erik Schroeder for the great design.

There are a few changes to the tour schedule to tell you about…

EUROPE
* We’ve tentatively added a show in Luneberg, Germany on Aug 24.
* The Copenhagen show changed from Aug 26 to Aug 25.
* The Dots are still looking to find shows around the show in Munich on Sept 18. If anyone has venue suggestions or information, please respond here.

USA
* The Nov 2 show is in Orlando, FL and not Denver.
* We’re hoping for a few additions to the list of tour dates (Kansas, Boston, and maybe Albuquerque)… we’ll know in a few days!

Thanks to so many for all of your messages and comments this past week. It’s really great for the band to see the amount of support that is out there. And of course, feel free to send pictures. I will add them to the MySpace photo albums.

-Lisette

 

08/10/2008  Anticipation is building…

We’ve posted a few new updates to the tour schedule. Things are firming up… and though there will surely be a few more changes, the Visas have been approved, the van has been reserved, and we have a lot of fun things planned for this tour. Stay tuned!

-Lisette

 

08/12/2008  August 2008 Newsletter

To say it’s busy here would be a gigantic understatement. Still, as The Netherlands seems to be in the midst of it’s annual monsoon then there is little temptation of switching the computer off and escaping to a beach. As I type, copies of “Dream Logik 2” are on the way to Europe while promotional CDs of “Plutonium Blonde” are also landing in mailboxes. The American tour is almost fully confirmed too.

Here is the latest on the Dots’ touring schedule.

TEKA Updates

  1. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Plutonium Blonde CD… We think it’s a landmark… it will be here in September. For those who do not mind waiting, we’re accepting pre-orders now at 15 euros
  2. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 2 CD….. We have the limited and luxuriously packaged double CD version at 20 euros (plus 3 for postage inside Europe and 5 outside).
  3. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 1-3 (4 x LP plus exclusive CD). A vinyl box set in an edition of 400 copies encompassing the entire Dream Logik project… Seriously beautiful. It will be available in October. Pre-order price is 55 euros (plus 12 for postage inside Europe and 18 outside).
  4. THE SILVERMAN/Blank for your own message (CD) A voyage to exotic, colourful places on the wings of a black swan that speaks no earthly language. A rapidly changing but constantly enchanting landscape. On Beta lactam Ring records. 20 euros (plus postage and packing). OUT NOW.
  5. EDWARD KA-SPEL/The Painted River of regrets (CDR) Latest release on the Trademark of Quantity label consists of a collection of instrumental pieces to form a soundtrack for an imaginary movie which the dots vocalist had been working on over the last year.the intention was to have it ready for the last tour , but it over-ran by a day (apologies to all who came to the first 4 shows). A limited , personally signed edition of 399 copies. 15 euros (plus postage and packing). OUT NOW.
  6. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/ Chemical playschool 8/9 (2CD). Expect it early in the Fall.
  7. BACK IN STOCK!!!! THE TEAR GARDEN/Eye Spy with my little Eye CD. Just a few copies…20 euros (plus postage and packing)

LAST COPY ALERT….

Vinyl editions of alchemical Playschool and the Cassette archives Box are nearly exhausted ( just 2 copies of each left here). It’s essential to contact us first by email before ordering either of these titles.

For ordering instructions, click here.

-Edward

 

08/31/2008  Plutonium Blonde Street Team

Everyone at the ROIR office is super psyched about the upcoming Legendary Pink Dots album, “Plutonium Blonde” (out Oct. 7th!) and the fall N. American tour… we can’t stop telling people about it!

Do you feel the same way? Well, we’ve got a great opportunity for you! ROIR & The LPD are starting a Legendary Pink Dots “Plutonium Blonde” street team. Help us spread the word about the Plutonium Blonde album & tour and we’ll get you into a Legendary Pink Dots show for FREE!

So, if the ‘Pink Dots are playing in your town, help us spread the word. Email anna (at) roir-usa (dot) com with your name and address and we’ll send you posters & flyers for you to put up across town in record stores, book stores, schools, coffee shops, bars or wherever else you want (you know your town the best!). Take a couple photos and email them back to us a week before the show… we’ll put your work up on the ROIR and LPD sites and we’ll add you to the LPD guestlist!

Anna, ROIR

 

09/01/2008  New Strange Attractor album

The new album from Strange Attractor is about to be released.

STRANGE ATTRACTOR (Niels van Hoorn and Richard van Kruysdijk) presents it’s second album: ‘Mettle’.

It features some legendary vocalists; David J (Bauhaus) laments the decline of ‘sleaze’, Winston Tong (Tuxedomoon) speaks his translation of a text by Charles Baudelaire, Graham Lewis (Wire) delivers another one of his enigmatic lyrics, while Richard Sinclair(Hatfield & the North) and Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson (Coil, Throbbing Gristle) both add some abstract choirs. The only female vocalist is Marie-Claudine, known from Sonar Lodge. She is also part of the live trio and her beautiful voice features on 4 tracks.

  • 01. Anything (ft. Marie-Claudine)
  • 02. The Best Things Are Left Unspoken (ft. Graham Lewis)
  • 03. Evaporate (ft. Marie-Claudine)
  • 04. Loneliness Is A Crowded Room (ft. Richard Sinclair)
  • 05. Sleaze (ft. David J)
  • 06. Plain Gold Ring (ft. Marie-Claudine)
  • 07. Sound Generation
  • 08. Quietude (ft. Winston Tong)
  • 09. Snail (ft. Peter Christopherson)
  • 10. Heaven (ft. Marie-Claudine)

‘Mettle’ will be released on 6 October 2008.

It can be ordered from Music for Speakers.

-administer

 

09/05/2008  New date added!

We’ve added another date to the tour schedule.

October 31 at the Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC.

 

Come spend Halloween with us!

 

-Lisette

 

09/09/2008  Plutonium Blonde t-shirt contest

A huge thank you to all those who participated in the tour t-shirt contest. There are a lot of great designs. Go and look: The Pink Book Flickr Group. The contest guidelines are here.

 

 

Everyone is welcome to vote on their favorite designs! To vote, click on the photo and leave a favorable comment.

The winner(s) will be decided by the band and announced on Sept 12, 2008.

Winners will be notified through their Flickr account and, of course, an announcement will be made on Cloud-Zero and legendarypinkdots.org.

Please note: the band *may* choose to use a different image than what was submitted.

-Lisette

 

09/12/2008  Plutonium Blonde t-shirt contest winners!

Thanks to all who participated in the t-shirt contest. We were incredibly impressed by the designs! Just for reference, here were the guidelines.

And the winners are…

“PlutoBubble” on Black by Nikolas (The Dilapidated Ego).

AND

lpd_plutomiumblonde by Ninah Pixie.

Congratulations to Ninah and Nikolas. Look for the t-shirts on tour! Click here to see all of the designs. Please upload pictures of yourselves in the tour shirts!

* Come to the show at Paard van Troje in Den Haag, NL * September 13, 2008!
* New review of Plutonium Blonde out at kevchino.com
* Join your local Street Team! Help us spread the word about the Plutonium Blonde album & tour and we’ll get you into a Legendary Pink Dots show for FREE!
* Update LPD’s Freebase information. Every time you add information to Freebase, you help update the Legendary Pink Dots discography!
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-Lisette

 

09/19/2008  October 2008 Newsletter

The toothbrush is packed, the nerves are a little shredded, and I’m running the lines of the songs through my head over and over. Still, if all goes to plan, The Pink Dots will board the plane to Portland, Oregon on the 13th of October.

A week before that “Plutonium Blonde” minces it’s way into the high street stores. Believe me, a full scale US Tour is an opportunity to take it easy compared to the madness building up to it.. but no complaints from me. Quite simply The Dots are ready for it.

See the updated tour schedule here. We’re still looking for shows in these cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Strasbourg, Rennes, Bordeaux, and Lille. Please send information to l_khata (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Now for the new releases…..

1. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Plutonium Blonde CD… We think it’s a landmark… it will be available in early October(or at shows in Europe before). For those who do not mind waiting, we’re accepting pre-orders now at 15 euros (plus shipping).

2. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 2 CD….. We have the limited and luxuriously packaged double CD version at 20 euros but it’s already going down in numbers quite rapidly (postage inside Europe is 4 euros, 6 outside)

3. EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 1-3 (4 x LP plus exclusive CD). A vinyl box set in an edition of 400 copies encompassing the entire Dream Logik project… Seriously beautiful. It will be available in October. Pre-order price is 55 euros (plus 12 for postage inside Europe and 18 outside). Do note, orders will be posted in December after the tour… Considering the initial response to this release it does look a little unlikely that we’ll have this for sale at European shows in the Spring.

4. EDWARD KA-SPEL/The Painted River of regrets (CDR)
Latest release on the Trademark of Quantity label consists of a collection of instrumental pieces to form a soundtrack for an imaginary movie which the dots vocalist had been working on over the last year. The intention was to have it ready for the last tour , but it over-ran by a day (apologies to all who came to the first 4 shows). A limited, personally signed edition of 399 copies. 15 euros (plus postage and packing). LATE ANNOUNCEMENT: This title will also be issued on vinyl early in 2009 in an edition of 100. Please wait for further details….

5. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/ Chemical playschool 8/9 (2CD) .. Seems to have been out-of-print forever. Now reissued by Beta-lactam Ring as gloriously as you’d expect from this fine label. Imminent…22 euros (plus 4 for postage inside Europe and 6 outside).

6. The T-shirts. 3 of them and thank you to those who designed them and everybody else who entered the competition. Frankly we were blown away.

7. BACK IN STOCK!!!! THE TEAR GARDEN/Eye Spy with my little Eye CD. Just 8 copies left… 20 euros (plus postage and packing)

LAST COPY ALERT….
Vinyl editions of alchemical Playschool and the Cassette archives Box are nearly exhausted (just 1 copy of each left here). It’s essential to contact us first by email before ordering either of these titles.

To order anything, please visit The Terminal Kaleidoscope.

BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT CAME OUR WAY

SVARTBAG
I was given this CD by a kind record store owner in Copenhagen, and what a beauty it is!!! Perhaps there are echoes of the sadly missed Godspeed You Black Emperor, but that comparison does this Danish band a disservice. Very much an individual sound to this CD on the Rump Recordings label. Charged, ecstatic. Utterly uplifting in these sepia times.

THE JOHN MORAN CORPORATION
Sometimes a CD comes along that makes you want to fling open the windows and scream about to the rest of the World (only that would of course interfere with the beautiful music). In the case of John Moran, it wasn’t one but 2 albums that turned up in the mail box.. Psychedelic in the broadest sense, tuneful, intelligent,happy, sad — don’t know where to stop. John is from Australia and his CDs are on the Puzzle Factory label. Seek him out, and buy his music — you will not regret this.

UN FESTIN SAGITAL
Title: Epitafio a la Permanencia

Imagine Christian Vander and Pierre Henry collaborating on a lost masterpiece when they were both at the peaks of their powers….. Imagine the master tape turning up in Chile.. Imagine it’s reputation preceded it and turned out to be EVEN BETTER…… Un Festin Sagital is a group I’d never heard of before, but I reckon I’ll spend the next few years hearing them again and again such is the depth of this debut. Purchase from blrrecords.com now before it vanishes.

ARIEL KALMA
Beta-Lactam Ring has given Ariels’ first insanely rare album a long overdue re-release and it’s a glory. Lots of beautiful bonus material as well. We loved this record for years at Chez Dots… Hearing it with this kind of clarity was akin to waking up after a long Winter’s sleep.

-Edward

 

10/07/2008  Plutonium Blonde released today

Plutonium Blonde is now officially out in stores!

Take a look at some of the latest reviews.

If you find reviews and interviews that we don’t already have listed on legendarypinkdots.org, send them our way!

In just 9 days, the North American tour begins!

A huge thank you to you – the lovely street teams – for helping to promote our shows!

 

We will be seeing you all soon.

-Lisette

 

10/12/2008  November 2008 Update

Hmm, this is an unprecedented – and EARLY newsletter…. However there is enough happening to warrant it and tomorrow we’re set to fly to Portland at the crack of dawn.

A definitive list of shows can be found below. There are more confirmations for the European Tour slated for next April while Edward Ka-Spel’s small solo venture to Chile now seems to be certain barring disaster.

While the band is on tour the mail-order service has to be temporarily suspended as we have no way of sending packages in transit. It will resume early in December.

Note the new releases from LPD guitarist Martijn De Kleer and a standard reissue of LPDs’ long out-of-print CDs, “Chemical Playschool 8/9” and “Alchemical Playschool”.

Finally a big big thank you to our friends in Tromso at the Insomnia Festival – a wonderful, unforgettable experience.

Here is a list of all shows coming up…

Now for the new releases…..

1.LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/Plutonium Blonde CD… We think it’s a landmark…. Available now…15 euros

2.EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 2 CD….. We have the limited and luxuriously packaged double CD version at 20 euros but it’s already going down in numbers quite rapidly ( postage inside Europe is 4 euros,6 outside)

3.EDWARD KA-SPEL/Dream Logik 1-3 (4 x LP plus exclusive CD). A vinyl box set in an edition of 400 copies encompassing the entire Dream Logik project… Seriously beautiful. It will be available in October.Pre-order price is 55 euros (plus 12 for postage inside Europe and 18 outside). Do note, orders will be posted in December after the tour… Considering the initial response to this release it does look a little unlikely that we’ll have this for sale at European shows in the Spring.

4.THE SILVERMAN/Blank for your own message (CD) – A voyage to exotic, colourful places on the wings of a black swan that speaks no earthly language. A rapidly changing but constantly enchanting landscape. On Beta lactam Ring records. 20 euros (plus postage and packing).O UT NOW.

5.EDWARD KA-SPEL/The Painted River of regrets (CDR) – Latest release on the Trademark of Quantity label consists of a collection of instrumental pieces to form a soundtrack for an imaginary movie which the dots vocalist had been working on over the last year.the intention was to have it ready for the last tour , but it over-ran by a day (apologies to all who came to the first 4 shows). A limited , personally signed edition of 399 copies. 15 euros (plus postage and packing). OUT NOW LATE ANNOUNCEMENT: This title will also be issued on vinyl early in 2009 in an edition of 100. Please wait for further details….

6.LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/ Chemical playschool 8/9 (2CD)… Seems to have been out-of-print forever. Now reissued by Beta-lactam Ring as gloriously as you’d expect from this fine label.Imminent…22 euros (plus 4 for postage inside Europe and 6 outside.)

7.The T-shirts. 3 of them and thank you to those who designed them and everybody else who entered the competition. Frankly we were blown away.

8.MARTIJN DE KLEER/The Stranger it gets (Part One) – Basement recordings from the 90s in five dimensional lysergic glory.Touching acoustic songs, explosive space exploration. Lovingly home-made CDR release- an hour of music.It costs 15 euros and will be released in time for the USA tour.

9.MARTIJN DE KLEER/THe Stranger it gets (Part Two) – Second installment of the stranger basement tapes. 15 euros…

10. THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS/ Alchemical Playschool – Regular edition of long out-of-print and screamingly rare release. 15 euros.

11. Those attending American/Canadian shows could find something surprising in LPDs’ humble but well-stocked shop. However, at this moment the author of this missive is sworn to secrecy.

A LINK

We’d like to bring your attention to www.loveandloudcolours.com

This is a website dedicated to Edward Ka-Spel’s book of lyrics which was released a few years ago. The site has been updated and visitors will find a section where Edward reveals the origins for many of his outpourings.

[Note from Lisette: Love and Loud Colours is a work of art in and of itself. If you are a fan of Edward’s lyrics, this book is a *must have*.]

BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT CAME OUR WAY

SVARTBAG
I was given this CD by a kind record store owner in Copenhagen, and what a beauty it is!!! Perhaps there are echoes of the sadly missed Godspeed You Black Emperor, but that comparison does this Danish band a disservice. Very much an individual sound to this CD on the Rump Recordings label. Charged, ecstatic. Utterly uplifting in these sepia times.

THE JOHN MORAN CORPORATION Sometimes a CD comes along that makes you want to fling open the windows and scream about to the rest of the World (only that would of course interfere with the beautiful music). In the case of John Moran, it wasn’t one but 2 albums that turned up in the mail box.. Psychedelic in the broadest sense, tuneful, intelligent,happy, sad — don’t know where to stop. John is from Australia and his CDs are on the Puzzle Factory label. Seek him out, and buy his music — you will not regret this.

UN FESTIN SAGITAL Title: Epitafio a la Permanencia

Imagine Christian Vander and Pierre Henry collaborating on a lost masterpiece when they were both at the peaks of their powers….. Imagine the master tape turning up in Chile..Imagine it’s reputation preceded it and turned out to be EVEN BETTER…… Un Festin Sagital is a group I’d never heard of before, but I reckon I’ll spend the next few years hearing them again and again such is the depth of this debut. Purchase from

-Edward


10/23/2008  Notes from the road

I’m a little late posting our updates from the road. I’ll try and be a bit more prompt for the rest of the tour.

*****

So we’re maybe 45 minutes from the Windy City after 6 hours on the Rainy Highway and a couple of days in the snowy, desolate states.

Motel 6 should make us shareholders by now, while The Dots have largely avoided all the trans-fat aimed at us every time we stop (except for one uncharacteristic aberration from Marty).

We’ve seen trucks with “Jesus is Lord” emblazoned on them, a huge placard proclaiming “Outlaw Sodomy” in Nebraska (was it a service being advertized or was it just someone being uptight?), truckers and cowboys and cows and tumbleweeds tumbling and yes, we love it all.

America is beautiful, absurd and absorbing and, best of all,we love seeing our friends, old and new, as we travel from state to state.

My favourite show? I think last night in Minneapolis… A beautiful theatre with red carpets and the kindest people you could ever wish for. Still, so far I enjoyed just about everywhere, even Grand Island NE where I felt like a Martian.

Edward

*****

Hey there, want to say sorry to the guy from Trade Up Music for forgetting to put him on the guest list. He found me a rare power supply which i had left at home. Without it i would have had a major problem. So musicians, get your gear at Trade Up Music in Portland, OK?

And about the corn dog, i know i have sinned but i promised it won’t get worse than that.

Martijn

*****

We’re eight days in, yet it feels like we’ve been on the road a month…..such is time distortion on the road. They say space is curved – not in Nebraska it ain’t.

I’ve so many impressions with but a moment to savour them all,as we trundle through this land,and so many warm greetings from you all and to you all for supporting our endeavours.

Thanks: Bill for your raw revolution and tasty home grown apples; Chris and Heather for putting us up and putting up with us during those first jet-lag days.

Thanks also to the Sage Cafe in Salt Lake City whose dinners were pure soul-food for a band of veggie-vagabonds struggling to stabalise their tour rhythms.

It’s the end of the year and it could well be the end of an era too. Lisette has mailed her ballot….. trees lose their leaves and a bush is laid bare. Today is a sunshine day, as we arrive in Chicago.

Greetings,

Phil


11/30/2008  Plutonium Blonde tour shirts for sale

 
Ninah ROIR
(photo by pixelrandy)		 Pluto-Bubble
OUT OF STOCK. To put your name on a waiting list, emailLisette with size. SIZES include Girly M & Girly L SIZES include Mens L, Mens XL, Girly M

* 20 Euros/shirt (please see the “How To Order” section)

* The back of the t-shirt is blank

-Lisette

12/10/2008  December 2008 Newsletter

If this December newsletter drifts becomes incoherent at any point then I will not apologize. After a truly delightful but very intense tour of USA, two of us ventured to Chile just 13 days ago. We played 3 shows there (2 in Santiago and one in Valparaiso) and were treated with such kindness and met so many new friends, the experience will live on until we leave this planet.

Santiago has just about most thriving truly “underground” music scene I have personally encountered in years. Centered around the excellent Un Festin Sagital, there are a myriad of bands and artists performing, recording and experimenting.

There is just such a deep quality to the music that demands more attention than I can provide in this newsletter introduction, but I’ll do my best to reveal more as time passes.

Certainly I’d move heaven and earth to see Un Festin Sagital play outside Chile. This is of the best live bands I have seen in my entire life.

Ah I could go on endlessly…but that jet lag keeps kicking in.

Here is a list of all shows coming up.

We’re looking for shows in these cities… can you help?

  • Strasbourg
  • South of France
  • Bordeaux
  • Lille

We are especially looking for shows on April 9 and 10 to bridge shows in Frankfurt and Nantes. Any tips, please send to: l_khata (at) yahoo (dot) com.

A limited number of Plutonium Blonde tour shirts are on-sale through legendarypinkdots.org for $25! Order now.

And of course, all the new releases are available at TEKA.