quoted 12 lines From: "Irene McC" <substar@iafrica.com>
>From: "Irene McC" <substar@iafrica.com>
>To: BigKumquat@aol.com, idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] legendary pink dots
>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:23:31 +0200
>
>On 11 Jul 2000, BigKumquat@aol.com wrote re [idm] legendary pink dots:
>
> > So, what've they been up to since? Can anyone tell the tale of the
> > pink dots?
>
>I'm a bit murky on this, but believe that one of them's formed the
>Twilight Circus Dub Sound System. Mr Weibrecht, confirm??
legendary pink dots are currently on tour in north america. i saw them play
at the double door in chicago a few weeks ago. they have just released "A
Perfect Mystery" on soleilmoon (who is reissuing the majority of their
backcatalogue, often with new artwork). Their sound has changed considerably
over the years but is still undeniably Dots. "Nemesis Online" was their best
album since "The Maria Dimension" in my opinion; "n.o." came out last year.
the new one is comparable but lacks as many electronic gadgetry sounds.
Edward Ka-Spel has been releasing an album a year or so, same as Dots, and
his new one "red letters" is pretty good. Silver Man releases solo albums
every few years, and Ryan Moore's Twilight Circus has released a handful of
dub albums. the lineup of the Dots has stabilized as Ka-Spel, Silver Man,
Moore, Martijn de Kleer and Niels Van Hoornblower for the last several
albums, so the sound shifts less radically than it has in the past between
albums.
many find the Pink Dots to be aggravating or politely call them "an acquired
taste.".... i think they're great, and despite the extent of their output,
they never seem to really disappoint. their show here was incredibly loud
though, almost too much for my tastes.
matt
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