As the long hot Summer recedes here in London, I can’t help thinking back to the glorious seasons at the beginning of the 90’s when The Dots worked on “The Maria Dimension”.
It’s predecessor, “The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse” was a highly composed affair and there was a strong desire in the band to throw the dice, press record and see what happened. Exotic instruments were strewn around the studio ; Bob Pistoor reserved a permanent corner for his sitar, kettle drums were hoisted up the stepladder….hell we even tried recoding the sound of the mosquitoes.
After a few weeks of improvising, the band took a month-long break. A rendezvous in a remote little town in Northern Greece named Floriana was organised between myself, Elke, Bob and his girlfriend ,Sabine. From there we wound our way in a small car to the coast where I wrote the lyrics to “Belladonna” paddling in the sea. Yes there is a photograph and no, we did not have a smartphone.
When we resumed recording back in The Netherlands, we gave shape to the hours of sessions, tried some dedicated thematic experiments (“Disturbance” ,”The Fourth Secret” ) and ultimately mixed “Maria Dimension” together with four pairs of arms stretched across the mixing desk twisting pots, pushing sliders, trying to keep the levels out of the red but usually failing.
All these memories flooded back when I was remastering the “Maria Sessions” last week. The source of the album was a cassette in a box which nearly came to a premature demise due to the amount of plastic that could have either been waded through or tossed away a few years ago. Happily, we opted for the former option.
We’re down to the last handful of the gloriously packaged double vinyl edition now, and it felt timely to give it new life with an updated edition on cdr together with “The Maria Sessions Volume 2” which had previously only been available as a download. You can find this small corner of Legendary Pink history right here (EK 15.9.2018): https://legendarypinkdots1.bandcamp.com/album/the-maria-sessions-volumes-1-2
Please make direct enquiries to qaspel@gmail.com
THE MARIA SESSIONS:
AVAILABILITY
2 x LP in heavy duty gatefold sleeve (last copies!) 35 euros plus postage & packing
The Maria Sessions Volumes 1 & 2 (2 x CDR) 20 euros plus postage & packing
The Maria Sessions Volume 1
13,50 euros plus postage & packing
The Maria Sessions Volume 2
13,50 euros plus postage & packing
CDR editions are in production right now and will be shipped during the next 2 weeks.
ALSO RECENTLY RELEASED…..
SHADOW WEAVER
Striking remaster for this title on Metropolis Records with a double vinyl edition in a gatefold sleeve with an exclusive 4th side of previously unreleased music. Also on cd.
2 x LP temporarily out of stock.
<>CD edition: 15 euros plus postage & packing
ANY DAY NOW
Finally remastered on Metropolis Records with a double vinyl edition in a gatefold sleeve with an exclusive 4th side of previously unreleased music. Also on cd.
2 x LP temporarily out of stock.
CD edition: 15 euros plus postage & packing
ATOMIC ROSES
Lovingly homemade CDR edition with a tasteful sonic overhaul…it never sounded as good as this!
In stock: 13,50 euros plus postage & packing
THE MAN WHO FLOATED AWAY
A split release on Bisou Records featuring Edward Ka-Spel and Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound) collaborating on one piece and close friends Colin Potter and Quentin Rollet combining on another (their 20 minute work is intriguingly entitled “The Closer you are to the Centre, The Further You are from The Edge”). A wonderful listen!
LP temporarily out of stock.
CD edition is 18,50 euros plus postage and packing (just a few left in stock)
STILL HOT (but a little thin on numbers, alas)
AN ABANDONED LABORATORY VOLUME 3- EDWARD KA-SPEL
Lovingly home made CDR release and the third in a series that collects rare and often unreleased pieces from the Kaspellian vault. This could be the finest of the trio…13,50 euros plus postage.
AN ABANDONED LABORATORY VOLUME 2 – EDWARD KA-SPEL
A mysterious trawl through dark waters. Ltd CR release 99 copies @ 13,50 euros plus postage.
THE BROWN ACID CAVEAT – THE TEAR GARDEN
The new one , gloriously packaged.
DOUBLE VINYL is 33 Euro plus postage.
The cd is 20 euros plus postage.
EYE SPY VOLUME 2- THE TEAR GARDEN
Lots of unheard material here .
DOUBLE VINYL (with exclusive 4th side) is 33 Euros plus postage
The cd is 20 euros plus postage.
FROM HERE YOU’LL WATCH THE WORLD GO BY – THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS
On (double) vinyl for the first time with songs from “Remember Me This Way” added.
25 euros plus postage.
HIGH ON STATION YELLOW MOON – EDWARD KA-SPEL
Deeply conceptual with special guest Amanda Palmer. Vinyl is 22 euros
cd is 19 euros plus postage
I CAN SPIN A RAINBOW – EDWARD KA-SPEL & AMANDA PALMER
DOUBLE VINYL – 33 euros plus postage
cd –15 euros plus postage.
T-shirts (VERY limited stock) in various sizes- 22 euros
THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS ON TOUR
December 5- COLOGNE DE / Helios 37
December 6-FRANKFURT DE/ Cave
December 9- WROCLAW PL/ Stara Piwnica
December 10 – BERLIN DE/ Quasimodo
December 13 – MILANO IT/ Ligera
December 14 – BOLOGNA IT/ Freakout
December 15 – BERN CH/ Dampfzentrale
Please spread the word!
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www.legendarypinkdots.org
A delightful facelift and the place to go for all the latest news in the rapidly expanding LPD Universe. Thank you Camille!!
legendaypinkdots1.bandcamp.com
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