Edward Ka-Spel (born January 23, 1954 in London, England) is an expatriate … Read Full Bio ↴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 pronounced 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 pronounced 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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Edward Ka-Spel Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Edward Ka-Spel:
Even Now Even Now Mistakes were made and prices paid - The scars…
Eye Contact Toothpaste on his collar There were creases in his shirt …
Flesh Parade Up before the Flesh Parade... The pretty faces... The bedroo…
Hotel X I watched the smoke rise slowly from your tired eyes Two…
Joey the Video 'Di ba't sabi mo sa akin hindi mo ako iiwan Pangakong…
Lisa's Christening The temple swayed from side to side, we waited at…
Lisa's Resurrection The priest was wearing crimson Blessed the brimstone Calle…
Nuts in May Nuts in May go firing guns while Nuts in June…
Prisoners Of War 2012 Cuerdas de amor Aunque pase el tiempo se que tu promesa…
Six Cats On a Dead Man's Chest Lights were red, the streets deserted Head down hit down hit…
The Char Char The letter was corroded The fuses had exploded The circuit…
The Fool You call me up. They cool me down. They drown…
The Qa'Spell Kissing frogs is fine when you're single, when you've time…
The Unfortunate Demise of the Fabulous Puccino Brothers The host of heaven welcomed seven ghosts. He gave them…
Traitors' Gate The river's wide, the river's deep. I know I scraped…
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Tom T
Thankyou, Edward! This piece cracks the pavement everytime i listens to it. Heavy music wrapped in a soft towel. It always hits me like a brick dropped from the 7th floor.
ave423
I wish I still had this on vinyl. What a beautiful album.
Alister Wilson
what an amazing masterpiece of sombre beauty, thanks for sharing
iSkyhigh
Eyes China Doll from which this song came from is in my opinion the best album he ever put out LPD or my himself. Get really tripped out...put on some rocking headphones and you are set for a journey
Kai Nepanique
This song was a companion for all my life - and still is. Thanks a lot, Edward!
hmm.... ok, except 5:30 - 9:30, this interlude i always trimmed away. Sorry ; -)
Shavital
one of ka-spel's greatest,thx
Templo Sagital Records
Rip Lady Sunshine :(
nothing dotdlmsc
best EK song.
Alexandro Sánchez
So many years ago...