Label: Klanggalerie

当店にて過去にオリジナルカセットを紹介したストンレジ・ミニマル物件が拡張仕様でCD化!!Edward Ka-Spelを中心に1980年8月にロンドンで結成、イギリスとオランダのメンバーによる実験的ロック・バンドであり、84年にアムステルダムへ拠点を移して以降は流動的なメンバー編成で活動を続けるThe Legendary Pink Dots。オリジナルは82年にオランダDing Dong Records And Tapesからカセット出版、グループ初期の音源であるミニマル実験タイトル[Apparition]が初のレギュラーCDで復刻。Edward Ka-Spel独特の歌声や独創的な歌詞と、浮遊感の強い催眠反復が妙な中毒性を引き起こす傑作タイトル。Edward Ka-Spelによるリマスター仕様、オリジナルには収録されていなかったボーナス・トラックを追加。







The Legendary Pink Dots are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980. 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 aka The Silverman. The band was originally called "One Day..." 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. In the 1980s the band released albums on Mirrodot and In Phaze; in 1985 they signed with Play It Again Sam for the release of The Lovers. Their music touches on elements of neo-psychedelia, ambient music, electronic music, tape music, industrial, psychedelic folk, synthpop, 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; the group also has links to the sounds of krautrock bands such as Can, Faust, Brainticket, Magma or Neu! Apparition originally came out in 1982, the same year as their album Brighter Now. The first edition was a cassette only on the band's own Ding Dong label. In 2013 it came out as a limited edtiion CDR, this 2025 release now being the first ever proper CD release. It has been carefully remastered by Edward Ka-Spel and includes bonus tracks not on the original album.