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LEGENDARY PINK DOTS (LPD) - Chemical Playschool Vol. 21 / 22

Format: do-CD Label & Cat.Number: Terminal Kaleidiscope / LPD self-released Release Year: 2021 Note: the longest existing conceptual 'series" within the LPD multiversum continues, 40 years after the legendary C.P. 1 & 2, and now again on their own label, which gives room for the experimental, dreamlike, poetic & psychedelic side of the dots.. " The Pink Dots are in excellent form, with their psychedelic outburst, dreamy soundscapes, free jamming, spacious electronics and the always recognizable voice of Ka-spel...." [FdW / Vital weekly] Price (incl. 19% VAT): €22.50 More Info Indeed, You ARE hallucinating but you have absolutely nothing to fear. Just 'go with the flow.' This small but wildly colourful monument will emerge in 3 different formats in the months to come. Vinyl and cassette will be courtesy of Witch Cat Records in Denver (witchcatrecords.bandcamp.com). The double cd will materialise via The Dots’ own Terminal Kaleidoscope label. Erik Drost - Guitars, Bass; The Silverman - Keyboards, Devices; Edward Ka-Spel - Voice, keyboards. Special guests: Patrick Q. Wright - Violins, keyboards on 2; Quentin Rollet - saxes, sopranino sax on 1,4,5,8,9. Produced and Engineered by EK. Cover concept and photography by Alena. https://legendarypinkdots1.bandcamp.com/album/chemical-playschool-volumes-21-22 "Earlier this week, The Legendary Pink Dots came up in a private conversation, with an expert and we talked about the various incarnations of the group over the forty plus years and that prompted me to play some of the earliest Pink Dots, when they have, personal-wise the biggest line-up. It was also the time I first discovered the Pink Dots. One of the releases I played was 'Chemical Playschool 3 & 4', which is still an excellent ride of experiment and songs. That is something that hasn't changed if you play 'Chemical Playschool 21 + 22', which handed to me a few days later. Unlike 'regular' releases by the Dots, 'Chemical Playschool' is their playground to combine songs and experiments and as such, there is not a lot of difference between '3 & 4' and '21 & 22', except that the old one uses a much different line-up, with guitars, drums, violin and synthesizers, which all had a rockier sound, whereas these days the band, consisting of Erik Drost (guitar; he joined after 2000), The Silverman (keyboards, devices) and Edward Ka-spel (voices, keyboards, devices; the latter two are founding members), has a more electronic feel, despite Drost's guitar injections., Quentin Rollet adds saxophone and clarinet on a couple of pieces, and Patrick Q. Wright violin and keyboards on one track; he's also an early member. In recent years, so it seems to me, the Pink Dots' music is more about the texts/lyrics/poetry by Ka-spel, who use a more narrative way to deliver his words. The music serves as the dramatic soundscape in which all of this happens. Even for someone such as myself, not particularly interested in lyrics, understand the dramatic impact of Ka-spel's voice, and it is embedded in the music, rather than something that is on top of the music. The Pink Dots are in excellent form, with their psychedelic outburst, dreamy soundscapes, free jamming, spacious electronics and the always recognizable voice of Ka-spel. Less rocky than years ago, but still the perfect balance between 'song' and 'experiment'." [FdW/Vital Weekly]