Edward Ka-Spel
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Edward Ka-Spel (born January 23, 1954 in London, England) is an expatriate English singer, songwriter and musician residing in the Netherlands.
Ka-Spel is probably best known as the lead singer, songwriter and co-founder (with Phil "The Silverman" Knight) of the prolific underground band The Legendary Pink Dots. He has also released numerous solo albums and has worked in various side projects, including The Tear Garden (with cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy), and Mimir (with Phil Knight, Christoph Heemann, Jim O'Rourke and others).
His musical output has combined elements of psychedelia, dark folk, goth, industrial, electronic, found noise, sampling, pop and rock in varying degrees. His lyrics have been described as intensely personal and mystical, incorporating recurrent themes from his own personal mythos, and his songwriting and singing have been compared (usually favourably) to Syd Barrett and early Pink Floyd.
Ka-Spel's singing voice is distinctive, especially for listeners outside of England, as it displays characteristics peculiar to the region of England in which he grew up. In addition to his East London/East Anglian accent, Ka-Spel's dialect has what is sometimes misidentified as a lisp, but is actually a form of rhotacism, in which Rs are mispronounced as Ws. This is believed to be a sociolect or a form of "permanent affectation" acquired as a child, rather than a speech disorder as such.
[edit] Discography
1984
- Laugh, China Doll
- Dance, China Doll
1985
- Eyes, China Doll
1986
- Chyekk, China Doll
1987
- AaΔzhyd, China Doll
- Apples (Big!), China Doll
1988
- Khataclimici, China Doll
1989
- Perhaps We'll Only See A Thin Blue Line
1990
- Lyvv, China Doll
1991
- Tanith & the Lion Tree
1992
- The Char Char / Extracts from "The Inferno"
1993
- Inferno / Illusion
1994
1995
- The Scriptures of Illumina
- The Textures of Illumina
- Khataclimichi, China Doll
- Chyekk, China Doll / AaΔzhyd, China Doll
- Down in the City of Heartbreak and Needles
1996
- The Man Who Never Was
1997
1998
- The Blue Room
- Down in the City of Heartbreak and Needles Volume 2
1999
- Share the Day
2000
- Red Letters
- A Birth Marked Conspiracy
- Public Disturbance
2001
- Caste O' Graye Skreeens
- 090301
- Absence Of Evidence
- Angelus Obscuros
- Needles Three
- Meltdown
2002
- O'er a Shalabast'r Tyde Strolt Ay
- Lilith And The Rose
- Khalash Nykow China Doll (Live 04 April 1986)
- Textures of Illumina
2003
2004
- Pieces Of Infinity
2005
- Oh Darkness, Oh Darkness
- Fragments Of Illumina
- Happy New Year
- A Long Red Ladder to the Moon
[edit] Compilation appearances
[edit] External links
- {http://www.blrrecords.com Beta-lactam Ring Records],
- Cloud Zero/LPD Online, homepage for the mailing list dedicated to The Legendary Pink Dots, Edward Ka-Spel and related musicians, including a complete discography of Ka-Spel's solo recordings.
- Thee Official Live Archive, contains complete live recordings for public download
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