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Legendary Pink Dots, The

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Founded in 1979, the Legendary Pink Dots occupy an important and individual place in the field of experimental and psychedelic music. The band is fronted by Edward Ka-Spel who doubles as singer and chief lyric writer, but other members including Phil Knight (The Silverman), Niels Van Hoorn, Martijn de Kleer and Raymond Steeg make up the current lineup of the band. The sound is often made up of a complex conglomerate of electronics, saxophones, guitars, drums and Ka-Spel's distinctive voice and unique lyrical invention. Side projects of the band include: The Tear Garden, Twilight Circus, The Silverman and lots of others. Martijn de Kleer rejoined the band for its 25th Anniversary Tour.
Sites:
legendarypinkdots.org, cloud-zero.org, MySpace
Members:
April Iliffe, Barry Gray (2), Bob Pistoor, Edward Ka-Spel, Edwin Van Trippenhof, Elke Skelter, Erik Drost, Frank Verschuuren, Graham Whitehead, Hanz Myer, Jason Salmon, Julia Niblock Waller, Keith Thompson (3), Martijn De Kleer, Niels van Hoorn, Patrick Q. Paganini, Patrick White, Phil Knight (2), Raymond Steeg, Roland Callaway, Ryan Moore
Variations:
All | Legendary Pink Dots, The | Leg. Pink Döts | Legendary Pink Döts | Legendary Pink Dots | Pink Dots | Pink Dots, The | Pinkdots, The
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Discography

Releases:
Chemical Playschool 1 & 2 (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Mirrordot ... 1981
Dots On The Eyes (Cass)   Cassette King 1981
Apparition (Cass)   Ding Dong Records And Tapes 1982
Atomic Roses (Cass)   Illusion Production 1982
Brighter Now (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   In Phaze Records ... 1982
Prayer For Aradia ◄ (3 versions)   Bain Total ... 1982
Basilisk ◄ (2 versions)   Third Mind Records ... 1983
Curse (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   In Phaze Records ... 1983
Kleine Krieg (Cass, Album, C90)   235 1983
Premonition (Cass)   Ding Dong Records And Tapes 1983
Faces In The Fire (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1984
The Lovers (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Ding Dong Records And Tapes ... 1984
The Tower (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   In Phaze Records ... 1984
Asylum (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1985
The Terminal Kaleidoscope ◄ (2 versions)   Ding Dong Records And Tapes ... 1985
Curious Guy (12")   Play It Again Sam Records 1986
Island Of Jewels (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1986
Any Day Now (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1987
DsorDNE / Premonition 11 (7", Ltd)   Snowdonia 1987
Stone Circles - A Legendary Pink Dots Anthology ◄ (2 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records USA 1987
Dot-To-Dot ◄ (2 versions)   Teddy Bear Music ... 1988
The Golden Age (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1988
Traumstadt #3 (Live) ◄ (2 versions)   Staalplaat ... 1988
Under Glass (12")   Play It Again Sam Records 1988
Blacklist (12")   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1989
Greetings Nine ◄ (2 versions)   Materiali Sonori 1989
The Legendary Pink Box (Comp) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1989
Chemical Playschool 3 & 4 (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Mirrordot ... 1990
Der Aussiedler ◄ (2 versions)   Rund Um Den Watzmann ... 1990
Four Days (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Mirrordot ... 1990
Princess Coldheart ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1990
The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1990
Traumstadt #4 (Cass)   Staalplaat 1990
Traumstadt #5 (Cass)   Staalplaat 1990
Greetings 9 + Premonition 11 (CD)   Materiali Sonori 1991
Live At "Centralino" (Cass)   Old Europa Cafe 1991
The Maria Dimension (Album, Single) ◄ (9 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1991
Malachai - Shadow Weaver Part 2 (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1992
Shadow Weaver (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1992
9 Lives To Wonder (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1994
Der Aussiedler - 4 Years After (7" + Cass, S/Sided)   Rund Um Den Watzmann, Korm Plastics 1994
Trinity (CD)   Fast Forward Recordings 1994
Tryst 7 (Cass)   UBUIBI 1994
Chemical Playschool Volumes 8 & 9 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Terminal Kaleidoscope ... 1995
From Here You'll Watch The World Go By (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Soleilmoon Recordings ... 1995
Only Dreaming (Cass)   Jarmusic 1995
Remember Me This Way (CD, EP)   Soleilmoon Recordings 1995
Canta Mientras Puedas (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Soleilmoon Recordings ... 1996
It's Raining In Heaven (CD)   Soleilmoon Recordings 1996
Lullabies For The New Dark Ages ◄ (2 versions)   Soleilmoon Recordings 1996
Chemical Playschool 10 (CD)   Soleilmoon Recordings 1997
Hallway Of The Gods (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Soleilmoon Recordings ... 1997
Stained Glass Soma Fountains (2xCD)   Soleilmoon Recordings 1997
Sterre (CD, Maxi)   SPV Poland / Big Blue 1997
Under Triple Moons (CD, Comp)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 1997
Live At La Luna ◄ (2 versions)   Soleilmoon Recordings 1998
Nemesis Online (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Soleilmoon Recordings 1998
The Pre-Millennial Single (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Soleilmoon Recordings 1998
Live At The Metro (CD)   SPV Poland / Big Blue 1999
Poi Poka Mozhesh (CD)   Brudenia 1999
A Guide To The Legendary Pink Dots Vol.1: The Best Ballads (CD)   SPV Poland / Big Blue 2000
A Perfect Mystery (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Caciocavallo ... 2000
Ancient Daze (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Beta-lactam Ring Records ... 2000
Farewell, Milky Way (CD)   Caciocavallo 2000
Live '89 (CDr)   Terminal Kaleidoscope, Beta-lactam Ring Records 2000
Live 85-88 (CDr)   Terminal Kaleidoscope, Beta-lactam Ring Records 2000
Chemical Playschool 11, 12 & 13 (3xCD)   Caciocavallo 2001
Kollabaris (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Terminal Kaleidoscope ... 2001
All The King's Horses ◄ (4 versions)   Caciocavallo ... 2002
All The King's Men (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 2002
Caciocavallo Reissue Collection (11xCD)   Caciocavallo 2002
El Kaleidoscopio Terminal ◄ (2 versions)   Caciocavallo ... 2002
Synesthesia (CD, Album, Dig)   S.P.K.R. 2002
A Guide To The Legendary Pink Dots Vol.2: Psychedelic Classics And Rarities (2xCD + VCD)   SPV Poland / Big Blue 2003
I Did Not Inhale (CD, Comp)   Zakat 2003
Live In Hildesheim (CDr)   Trademark Of Quantity 2003
Singe Während Du Bist (CDr)   UMO Magazine 2003
Traumstadt 1 (CD)   Beta-lactam Ring Records, Terminal Kaleidoscope 2003
Crushed Mementos (CD, Album, Ltd, Car)   Plinkity Plonk Records 2004
Poppy Variations (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Terminal Kaleidoscope ... 2004
The Eye Volume 834 (DVDr)   Brainwashed Recordings 2004
The Whispering Wall (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 2004
A Dream Is A Dream Is A Dream (DVD-V, NTSC)   Beta-lactam Ring Records 2005
Live At Live Station (File, MP3)   Edition Aurinia e.K. 2005
Live At Paradiso - Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1986-01-07 (File, MP3)   Edition Aurinia e.K. 2005
Live At Römer - Bremen, Germany, 1987-02-10 (File, MP3)   Edition Aurinia e.K. 2005
Live At Universität - Köln, Germany, 1983-04-08 (File, MP3)   Edition Aurinia e.K. 2005
Live At Vier Linden - Hildesheim, Germany, 1992-05-16 (File, MP3)   Edition Aurinia e.K. 2005
Live at Montpellier 1994 (2xCDr)   Trademark Of Quantity 2005
Alchemical Playschool (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Caciocavallo 2006
Legacy - 25th Anniversary Single ◄ (2 versions)   Some Fine Legacy 2006
Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves (CD, Album)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 2006
Key Club, West Hollywood, Los Angeles 14/11/2002 (DVDr)   Trademark Of Quantity 2007
The Legendary Pink Dots ◄ (2 versions)   Vinyl-on-demand 2007
Alchemical Playschool (CD, Ltd, Sof)   Caciocavallo 2008
Live At Café De La Danse, Paris, 20 December 2007 (CDr, Ltd)   Trademark Of Quantity 2008
Plutonium Blonde (CD, Album)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 2008
Human Radio (CDr)   Trademark Of Quantity 2009
The Maria Sessions (CDr)   Trademark Of Quantity 2009
Production:
Perdurabo (LP, Comp) My Baby Likes To Hurt Me Cathexis Recordings, Black Rose (2) 1987
Generate (CD) Blacklist Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1989
12 Tales (CD) The War Of Silence Instinct Records 2002
Appears On:
Generate (CD) Blacklist Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1989
New Wave Soft Class-X 1 (CD, Comp) The Wedding Antler-Subway 1993
Children Under Stars (Cass, C60) Home Discorporeality Recordings 1995
Paradigm Shift (CD, Comp) Georgie The Parasite, ... Nettwerk America, Sub-Conscious Communications 1997
Travelogue II (CD)   Soleilmoon Recordings 2000
Elegy Sampler 39 (CD, Smplr) The Equalizer Elegy 2005
Shitty Titbits (2xCDr, Album, RE, Ltd) Wolfgang Schreit Noch ... Save Our Sperms Records 2006
Exists And Entrances (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) I Have A Friend Ahnstern 2007
New World (CD, EP)   Not On Label (ThouShaltNot Self-released) 2008
Tracks Appear On:
The Wonderful World Of Glass Volume One (LP) Defeated Glass Records (2) 1981
Flowmotion ◄ (2 versions) Hanging Gardens ICR ... 1982
Four In One (LP) Closet Kings, Violence... Grafika Discs 1982
Inspiration Series No. 1 (Cass, Comp) The Divorce Ding Dong Records And Tapes 1982
Rising From The Red Sand (Volume One) (Cass) Premonition 5 Third Mind Records 1982
Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 2 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Time Dance, Vigil-Anti Insane Music ... 1983
Rising From The Red Sand (Volume Three) (Cass, Comp, C60) Close Your Eyes You Ca... Third Mind Records 1983
Sensationnel No. 1 (Cass, Comp, Ltd) A Day At The Dreamies Illusion Production 1983
The Elephant Table Album (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Suprise Suprise X Tract 1983
The Voice / La Voce (Cass, Comp, Ltd, C60) The Punchline Area Condizionata 1983
Turkish Delight (Cass, Comp, Ltd, C46) I Dream Of Jeanie Ding Dong Records And Tapes 1983
59 To 1 Cassette Nr. 4 (Cass, Comp) Flowers For The Silverman 59 To 1 1984
Assemblée Générale 4 (Cass, Comp) Apocalypse Soon Ptôse Production Présente 1984
Cadavres Exquis (Cass, Ltd, C90) Flesh Parade, The End ... Chimik Communications 1984
Life At The Top (LP, Comp) The Lifesucker Third Mind Records 1984
Live Series Number One (Cass) ‘They Don’t Horses... Recloose Organisation 1984
Oscar's X-mas Carols 1984 (Cass) Governement Health War... Noel 1984
Something Stirs (The Dead Mourn The Living) (LP, Comp) Jungle Adventures In Reality 1984
Three Minute Symphony (2xLP) No Bell, No Prize X Tract 1984
Boule (Cass, Ltd, Comp) Boule Ptôse Production Présente 1985
Compulsory Overtime (LP) A Message From Our Spo... Dasein 1985
Could You Walk On The Waters (LP) A Lust For Powder (Ver... Third Mind Records 1985
Devastate To Liberate (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Yangki ... 1985
Mineral Composition (Edges 40 Vol. 2) (LP, Comp, Ltd, Pic) Plague 2 Stratosphere Music 1985
Zamizdat Trade Journal Volume 4 (2xCass, Comp) There Again, It Someti... Zamizdat Trade Journal 1985
59 To 1 Cassette Nr. 11 (Cass, Comp, C60) The Hill 59 To 1 1986
Future Tense (LP) Premonition 5 Third Mind Records 1986
Intrendent International 2 - 1 (Cass, C90) Echo Police (Live Cass... MAM-Aufnahme, Ffm 1986
Reynard The Fox (Cass, C90) Love In A Plain Brown ... In Der Tat 1986
The Dice Are Rolling: A Play It Again Sam Records Sample (LP) Love On A Pale Green P... Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1986
Perdurabo (LP, Comp) My Baby Likes To Hurt Me Cathexis Recordings, Black Rose (2) 1987
Doctor Death's Volume III - Les Péchés De L'amant ◄ (3 versions) Day At The Dreamies C'est La Mort ... 1988
Provoke Nº 1 (Cass, Ltd, Comp) God Speed IMC 1988
Q.E.D. (2xLP + 7" + , Ltd, Gat) Premunition N.L. Centrum 1988
Generate ◄ (3 versions) Blacklist Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1989
Kling Klang Volume 1 "I Love Liberty !" (Cass, C60) Der Schrei, No Bell No... Teddy Bear Music 1989
Voices In A Dark Room (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Mirror Messiah (Live) Honeymoon Production ... 1989
What Is Truth? Volume Three (2xLP, Ltd) Flowers For The Silver... Panic Records & Tapes 1990
Sonora 2/91 (CD, Comp) New Shoes Materiali Sonori 1991
A Drop In The Ocean... (CD, Ltd) Burned At The Steakhouse EDT 1992
Ohren Des Kaiser Hirohito (2xCD, Comp) Catch A Match Dom 1992
Electrocity Vol. 3 (CD) Under Glass Ausfahrt 1993
Les Editions Confidentielles Volume 2 (CD) Paris 4AM Les Editions Confidentielles 1993
New Wave Soft Class-X 1 (CD, Comp) The Wedding Antler-Subway 1993
Space Daze (2xCD, Comp) Evolution (Live In Paris) Cleopatra, CEMA Special Markets 1994
The Gothic Compilation Part II (CD, Comp) Nadelstadt Gothic Records (Germany) 1995
This Is Space - The Space Daze Trilogy (4xCD) Evolution (Live) Cleopatra 1997
A Homage To Neu! (CD) Super Cleopatra 1998
The Black Bible (4xCD, Comp) Blacklist Cleopatra 1998
A Bell Is Just A Bowl Till It's Struck (CDr, Ltd) Stitching Time (First ... Beta-lactam Ring Records 1999
A Rendering Of The Veil (CDr, Ltd) On The Swords Beta-lactam Ring Records 1999
Elegy - Numéro 3 (CD, Smplr) Needles (Version Sirius) Elegy 1999
Instants Inquiets 2 (CD, Album) Green Gang Euterpe 1999
The Swinging Reflective - Favourite Moments Of Mutual Ecstasy (2xCD, Comp) The Window On The World United Dairies 1999
Triton Volume I (CD, Comp) Sterre Triton 1999
Brain In The Wire - Disc A (CD, Comp) Old Sparky Wire Magazine, Brainwashed Recordings 2000
Darkwave: Music Of The Shadows Vol. 2 (CD, Comp) Lucifer Laned K-Tel International (USA), Inc. 2000
Vampira Festival '2000 (CD, Comp) Belladonna SPV Poland / Big Blue 2000
Wild Planet (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Fate's Faithful Punchl... Nettwerk ... 2000
Zillo Dark Summer - Best Of Goth Open Airs 2000 (2xCD, Comp) When I'm With You Zillo 2000
Feierwerk Sommerfest 2001 (CD) When Lenny Meets Lorca Chiller Lounge Records 2001
Licht + Kraft (CD) Twilight Hour Tolkewitz 2001
Moving On Volume Two: Electronica Exotica (CD, Album, Comp) Out There (Part 2) Rooted Media 2001
12 Tales (CD) The War Of Silence Instinct Records 2002
Beta-Beat Label Sampler (CDr, Comp) Ideal Home Beta-lactam Ring Records 2002
Brain In The Wire (3xCD, Comp, Ltd) Old Sparky Brainwashed Recordings 2002
Experiments With Truth (CD, Smplr, Promo) The Unlikely Event Soleilmoon Recordings 2002
Triton Compilation III (2xCD, Comp) Shining Path Triton 2002
And I'll Be The Wind (CD, Smplr, Promo) The Emergency Exit (Ex... Soleilmoon Recordings 2003
Lust From The Underworld (2xCD, Comp) The Chain (Improvisation) HORUS CyclicDaemon 2004
Winter 2003/04 Sampler (CDr, Comp) Powder Crowd (Extract) Beta-Lactam Ring Records 2004
Back To The Penguin - The Dark Sound Of The 80's 1+2 (2xCD, Comp, RP, Sli) Curious Guy BNE - Brand New Entertainment 2005
Elegy Sampler 39 (CD, Smplr) The Equalizer Elegy 2005
Irritating Music For Discerning Snobs Desperate To Impress Their Jaded Friends (CD, Comp, Promo) Alchemical Playschool ... Soleilmoon Recordings 2006
X-Rated: The Dark Files (CD) A Japanese Manual For ... Steamin' Soundworks 2006
Peace (For Mom) (2xCD, Comp, Car) We Bring The Day (Exce... Brainwashed Recordings 2008
Mom (CD) A Moustache On The Mon... Beta-lactam Ring Records 2009
It´s My (The) Age (Cass, Comp, C60) Dolls´ House Compact Cassette Echo  
One For Bangkok (Cass, Comp, C60) The Light In My Little... L'Agence Des Refusés  
S.P.K.R. I (CD, Comp, Ltd) Untitled S.P.K.R.  
♪ (A Play ♪t Aga♪n Sam[pler] US) (Cass, Smplr) Princess Coldheart Play It Again Sam Records USA  
Unofficial Releases:
Devastate To Liberate (Cass, Comp, Unofficial) Mmmmmmmmmmmmm RRRecords 1987
Live In Paris, Rex Club, Le 6/02/87 (Cass, C90)   Virus Produk 1987
9 Lives To Wonder (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Farewell, Milky Way (CD)   G. & P. Essential Music 2000
Nemesis Online (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
A Perfect Mystery (CD, Album, Ltd)   G. & P. Essential Music  
Asylum (CD, Album, Ltd)   G. & P. Essential Music  
Island Of Jewels (CD, Album, Ltd)   G. & P. Essential Music  
Live In Frankfurt 17 Feb 87 (Cass, C90)   Not On Label  
Malachai (Shadow Weaver Part 2) (CD, Album, Ltd)   G. & P. Essential Music  
Poppy Variations (CD, Album)   G. & P. Essential Music  
Rising From The Red Sand (5xCass) Premonition 5, Close Y... Statutory Tape  
Rising From The Red Sand 1 (Cass, Comp, Unofficial, C60) Premonition 5 Statutory Tape  
Rising From The Red Sand 3 (Cass, C60) Close Your Eyes You Ca... Statutory Tape  
Signal 1 (Cass, Comp) Even Now, Choke, The P... Not On Label  
Stained Glass Soma Fountains (2xCD, Album)   G. & P. Essential Music  
Under Triple Moons (CD, Comp, Ltd)   G. & P. Essential Music  
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Review by MrsBaird Jun 03, 2004
though there must be hundred thousands of LPD fans starting to cry when they hear "i love you in your tragic beauty" or "premonition 16" or "any day now" or any other "hit" by this most incredible band they remain underrated as hell. this is mostly because they simply define their own musical scales and skills. the PIAS-albums ANY DAY NOW, CRUSHED VELVET APOCALYPSE, THE GOLDEN AGE and MARIA DIMENSION or the ultra-timeless cooperation with SKINNY PUPPY as TEAR GARDEN in the mind-blowing TIRED EYES, SLOWLY BURNING are as innovative and breathtaking as the BEATLES or THE WHITE NOISE must have been back in their own times... and I am trying not to exagerate. I respectful take a bow in front of this band.

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