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==Discography==
==Discography==
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{{Main|The Legendary Pink Dots discography}}
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*''[[Only Dreaming]]'' (1981)
*''[[Brighter Now]]'' (1982)
*''[[Curse (The Legendary Pink Dots album)|Curse]]'' (1983)
*''[[The Tower (Legendary Pink Dots album)|The Tower]]'' (1984)
*''[[The Lovers (album)|The Lovers]]'' (1985)
*''[[Asylum (Legendary Pink Dots album)|Asylum]]'' (1985)
*''[[Island Of Jewels]]'' (1986)
*''[[Any Day Now (The Legendary Pink Dots album)|Any Day Now]]'' (1988)
*''[[The Golden Age (The Legendary Pink Dots album)|The Golden Age]]'' (1989)
*''[[Four Days]]'' (1990)
*''[[Crushed Velvet Apocalypse]]'' (1990)
*''[[The Maria Dimension]]'' (1991)
*''[[Shadow Weaver (album)|Shadow Weaver]]'' (1992)
*''[[Malachai|Malachai (Shadow Weaver Part 2)]]'' (1993)

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*''[[Nine Lives to Wonder]]'' (1994)
*''[[From Here You'll Watch the World Go By]]'' (1995)
*''[[Hallway of the Gods]]'' (1997)
*''[[Nemesis Online]]'' (1998)
*''[[A Perfect Mystery]]'' (2000)
*''[[All the King's Horses (The Legendary Pink Dots album)|All The King's Horses]]'' (2002)
*''[[All the King's Men (album)|All The King's Men]]'' (2002)
*''[[The Whispering Wall]]'' (2004)
*''[[Poppy Variations]]'' (2004)
*''[[Alchemical Playschool]]'' (2006)
*''[[Your Children Placate You from Premature Graves]]'' (2006)
*''[[Plutonium Blonde]]'' (2008)
*''[[Seconds Late for the Brighton Line]]'' (2010)
*''[[The Creature That Tasted Sound]]'' (2012)
*''[[The Gethsemane Option]]'' (2013)
*''Code Noir'' (2013)
*''The Curse of Marie Antoinette'' (2013)
{{col-end}}


==References==
==References==

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The Legendary Pink Dots
LPD vocalist Edward Ka-Spel on the keyboard and Niels van Hoorn at an 14 October 2007 show at the Stubnitz boat in Amsterdam
LPD vocalist Edward Ka-Spel on the keyboard and Niels van Hoorn at an 14 October 2007 show at the Stubnitz boat in Amsterdam
Background information
OriginLondon, UK
GenresAvant-garde rock
Experimental
Neo-psychedelia
Ambient
Post-punk
Industrial
Noise
Synthpop
Industrial rock
Noise rock
Years active1980–present
LabelsROIR
Beta-lactam Ring Records
Terminal Kaleidoscope
Car Crash International
Flesh Eating Ants Records
Soleilmoon
PIAS
InPhaze
MembersEdward Ka-Spel
Phil Knight
Erik Drost
Raymond Steeg
WebsiteLegendaryPinkDots.org

The Legendary Pink Dots (LPD) are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980.[1] In 1984 the band moved to Amsterdam, playing with rotating musicians and having, as core members, singer/songwriter/keyboardist Edward Ka-Spel and keyboardist Phil Knight. As of 2012, the group is composed of Edward Ka-Spel (vocals, keyboards, songwriter), Phil Knight (keyboards, electronics), Erik Drost (guitars) and Raymond Steeg (live sound engineer).[2]

Although outside the mainstream (in terms of their music and career path), LPD have released more than 40 albums, have a devoted worldwide following, and tour frequently.

Overview

The band was originally called "One Day..." [3] but subsequently changed the name to The Legendary Pink Dots, apparently inspired by pink dots on certain keys of the band's main recording studio piano.[citation needed]

In the 1980s the band released albums on Mirrodot and InPhaze; in 1985 they signed with Play It Again Sam for the release of The Lovers.[4] Their appeal has always been relatively small--a 1995 show in Mexico in front of 2,500 fans was described as "massive (by Dots' standards)".[5]

Their music touches on elements of neo-psychedelia, ambient music, electronic music, tape music, industrial, psych folk, synth-pop, post-punk, progressive, jazz, noise, pop, and goth rock, with a distinctly experimental/avant-garde bent; their sound has evolved over time and remains distinctive, making it difficult to place the group into a concise style or genre. The group's overall sound combined with Ka-Spel's distinct lyrics and singing have earned comparisons to Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett;[6] the group also has links to the sounds of krautrock bands such as Can,[7] Faust, Brainticket, Magma or Neu! (whose "Super" they covered on the 1999 tribute album "A Homage to NEU!").

The Pink Dots frequently collaborated with Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key, forming a side project named The Tear Garden.[5] Key also played drums on several tracks of the 1994 LPD album 9 Lives to Wonder. Others groups related to present and past Pink Dots members are Strange Attractor, Mimir and Minizza.

Ryan Moore, who provided drums on studio and live performances for the Legendary Pink Dots, departed to work on his own musical outlet, the Twilight Circus Dub Sound System. He has found notable success with Twilight Circus in the Reggae/Dub genre. He even wrote and produced new albums for grammy-award winning singer Michael Rose of Black Uhuru, and has worked with other notable Reggae figures such as Sly Dunbar, half of one of the most influential partnerships in reggae music, Sly & Robbie.

The Pink Dots have influenced a wide range of bands, such as The Dresden Dolls,[8] the Death Party, MGMT, Electric Caves, Orbit Service, Skinny Puppy, Christus and the Cosmonaughts, Snow in Texas, The Circus of the Scars, Halbes Vakuum,[9] Chanting Sheep, Golden Death Music, Un Festín Sagital, One for Jude, Hide n' Seek and many others.

Discography

Main article: The Legendary Pink Dots discography

References

  1. ^ Edward Ka-Spel. "The Legendary Pink Dots - A 20 Year History (2000)". Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. ^ "About The Legendary Pink Dots".
  3. ^ "Interview with Edward Ka-Spel (Option Magazine)". LPD Official Site. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  4. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001). All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music. Backbeat Books. pp. 247–48. ISBN 9780879306281.
  5. ^ a b Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. pp. 457–58. ISBN 9780879306076.
  6. ^ Mason, Stewart: "Your Children Placate You from Premature Graves", Allmusic.com review. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
  7. ^ Mason, James: "A Perfect Mystery", Allmusic.com review. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
  8. ^ "Amanda Palmer: "Thank God my best friend's a therapist"". The Guardian.
  9. ^ "MMII: Halbes Vakuum at the Internet Archive". archive.org. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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