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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.
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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Down In The City Of Heartbreak And Needles
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The Blue Room
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Tanith and the Lion Tree
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Laugh China Doll
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Shoutbox
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syllannibal wrote:
The Tear Garden new albums is out! Have A Nice Trip
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TripleSol wrote:
La señora!
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Gonesville wrote:
I fell in love with his work the first time I heard him and here we are, now, some 20 years later!
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Panic9 wrote:
I once scared Edward Ka-Spel. True Story. Actually, more accurately, I talked his ear off in the manner of an over-excited fan-girl, and he was very polite but backed away muttering something about needing to do laundry before their next show...
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missravenx wrote:
His voice combined with his music really just takes me to another place. I just want to listen to it forever. It all really started when I saw him live. I'd heard LPD many times before but never really listened until seeing him live. Now can't get enough of all musical incarnations of Edward Ka-Spel. I keep searching my local cd store for cds and grab one whenever I see it!
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amagni wrote:
There's something strangely menacing about him that I can't quite put my finger on, like a mannequin that always looks about two seconds away from coming to life and strangling you.
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epp2k wrote:
\m/
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yulenjka wrote:
преклоняюсь =)
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the_sagga wrote:
master !
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little_doll wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Консервированная+Нина+Дробышева
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Agnostik wrote:
Happy birthday Edward!
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corriente_83 wrote:
pensar que edward con silverman estuvieron aquí en Chile y por distintas razones me quede con la entrada en la mano... que pena!!!
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cassiel67 wrote:
excellente découverte à écouter absolument... inventif, hypnotique et... dark: à écouter d'urgence le premier album en écoute libre, faites passer: http://www.fairtrade-music.com/ktb/
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eoganwood wrote:
wonderful.....
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Grindfucked wrote:
ka-spel is great.
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TripleSol wrote:
Great seeing you in Santiago!
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ravenglory wrote:
has he done anything in electro-dub, or minimal techno? Imagine a collaboration with porter ricks or mad professor, if you will.
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green_pencil wrote:
and a new obsession is born!
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tinomen71 wrote:
There's a fan-created myspace page for Edward that the Dots are endorsing, here's the link: http://www. myspace. com/theprophetqaspel
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Agnostik wrote:
Ulkomaalaiset is very good indeed. I feared it would be another super-duper experimental Ka-Spel album, and I'm getting kinda tired of those. Glad I was wrong (although a bit of vocals wouldn't hurt!)
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