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London, United Kingdom (1982 – present)

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.
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  • Jon-Lucas

    Yup...

    4 Dec 2012 Reply

  • Borarp

    YES

    10 Jul 2012 Reply

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    21 Feb 2012 Reply

  • BrianSquare

    This video and this guy remembers me a bit from Edward Ka-Spel: http://youtu.be/j9DQnbytBIU

    12 Dec 2011 Reply

  • Hydropolis

    edward is the man

    7 Oct 2011 Reply

  • moonviolette

    i love his voice. truly

    15 Sep 2011 Reply

  • moonviolette

    i love his voice. truly

    15 Sep 2011 Reply

  • moonviolette

    i love his voice. truly

    15 Sep 2011 Reply

  • Agnostik

    Hey! Bring back the capital S!

    4 Sep 2011 Reply

  • Sgarre1

    his slow, lizardlike stage presence....

    29 Dec 2010 Reply

  • pestisLibushe

    tnx a lot! "Memoires Of Dr. Bliss" from "The scriptures of illumina" is marvelous =)

    7 Sep 2010 Reply

  • Iridescence

    "Down in The City Of Heartbreak and Needles Vol. 1 and 2" which is a CD compilation of his mid-80s albums is a good place to start. "Scriptures of Illumina" is also very strong.

    6 Sep 2010 Reply

  • pestisLibushe

    guys, what is the most LPD-like Ka-Spel album?

    29 Aug 2010 Reply

  • Darplegas

    Amazing!!!!!!!

    29 May 2010 Reply

  • krumbledkookie

    Just finished listening to the Dream Logik Parts 1-3 on vinyl and I must say it's an enlightening experience. Somehow I now know why the world is spiraling into a black descent, but I feel hopeful nonetheless Awesome.

    2 May 2010 Reply

  • Vitryak

    Чертов гений!!

    14 Apr 2010 Reply

  • SOLOMUSIKA

    Genius...*♫♪ ♫♪ ♥♥♥

    20 Feb 2010 Reply

  • C0L0M80

    Happy birthday, Edward : )

    23 Jan 2010 Reply

  • Violetdusk

    Extremely inventive - true artist

    3 Jan 2010 Reply

  • ishtar1917

    I adore this man.

    27 Dec 2009 Reply
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