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Edward Ka-Spel
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Out of 12 votes - Similar Artists: The Tear Garden, Legendary Pink Dots, Death in June
Out of 12 votes
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Genre: Alternative/Punk » Goth
Editor's review
This London artist casts a large shadow over the goth-industrial axis, having released some 80 albums as both a solo performer and front man for the Legendary Pink Dots. Ka-Spel’s distinctive vocal stylings also grace the Tear Garden and Nurse with Wound collaborations. His prog-tinged solo work includes smatterings of electronics noise, affected vocals, and chugging guitars.
Biography
Edward Ka-Spel is best known as the leader and singer of The Legendary Pink Dots. The Pink Dots, a long-running underground band band formed in London in 1980, who now call Nijmegen, the Netherlands, their hometown. Besides his writing for "The Dots", he has also released countless solo albums, and is part of Mimir and The Tear Garden. His lyrical style has often been compared to Syd Barret of early Pink Floyd fame, but he has transcended this association by incorporating elements of psychedelia, dark folk, goth, industrial, electronic, found noise, sampling, pop, and rock in varying degrees.
