The Legendary Pink Dots

Tim — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:46:00 +0000

The Legendary Pink Dots originally formed in London, UK in 1980 but since 1984 have been based in Amsterdam Holland. Comprising Phil Knight aka: The Silverman, Phil Harmonix (Keyboards, soundscapes, electronic devices, gadgets and technology), Niels Van Hoorn aka: Niels Van Hoornblower (Saxophones, flute, bass flute, clarinets and other various wind instruments, Martijn De Kleer (Guitars, fuzz bass, banjo, violin, exotic percussion and string driven things), Edward Ka-Spel aka: Prophet Qa-Spel, Qa’Sepel, Che Banana, D’Archangel (Voice, keyboards and electronic devices) and Raymond Steeg (Mixing and engineering) continue to tour extensively and release new material regularly even with over 40 albums behind them.

The unique sound that is The Legendary Pink Dots is essential listening to gain an understanding of out of the box creativity. Their astounding material continues to evolve, as the band take on new technologies and blend the sound with a plethora of more traditional instruments. The tracks wend their path of sublime experimentation, always refreshing and regularly rewritten.

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Rather than try to keep up to date with their never ending tours and releases, I will keep the indie bands blog readers up to date on an occasional basis.

The current ’30th Anniversary Tour’ takes in venues throughout much of the world, so there is little reason to not catch them live.

The most August 2009 album The Maria Dimension is a good place to start with the material.

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The Legendary Pink Dots