Track Listing 1. Tick Tock 2. Shadow Mask, The 3. Hotel Rouge 4. Our Lady in Madras 5. Shadow Box, The 6. Another Tango 7. Dotzsong 8. Tszrnikowskiyarrh the Baptist - (bonus track)
| Details | | Distributor: | Dutch East India Trading | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Edward Ka-Spel, Stret Majest Alarme, Silverman. More famously known as the pixie-eyed, loopy frontman for his band the Legendary Pink Dots, Edward Ka-Spel on his own tends to go even further out on stylistic limbs, embracing post-industrial rock, experimentalism, and stream-of-consciousness psychedelic folk ragas. This entry in his CHINA DOLL series is a similarly mind-altering adventure into Ka-Spel's febrile imagination, where his typically warbling vocals spin Grimm-inflected nursery tale rhymes amidst a kaleidoscope of obtuse electronics, guitars, and various sundry noisemakers. Most of the tracks are unburdened by straight-ahead rhythmic contours; rather, Ka-Spel and company weave their psychotropic yarns into semi-melodic bitstreams adrift in spooky, even sinister soundscapes. It's arresting stuff, but engaging, too, and proof that solo Ka-Spel remains a force to be reckoned with.
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