Chyekk China Doll

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1984 release from the Legendary Pink Dots mainman. With the help of Nurse with Wound mainman Steven Stapleton on tapes, piano, and inspiration, Edward K-Spel collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wright on Chyekk China Doll, a worthy entry in Ka-Spel's lengthy, involved series of solo works. As with most of his solo work, the artist moves sideways from the collapsing, queasy anarchy of the LPD for a quieter but no less freaky combination. Wright plays a core role throughout, co-writing nearly all the songs and adding his haunting, heavily echoed violin work to many songs, further rendering the playfully cartoon music-in-hell compositions even more curious. Includes two bonus tracks not found on the original LP release from 1984.