Adam Whybray, Author at Kittysneezes

Ranking Jan Švankmajer Films as Horror!

On July 14, 2021 by Adam Whybray

Jan Švankmajer does not like to be known as an animator or even an artist! He is engaged in a communal practice of being-in-the-world as a Surrealist first and foremost.

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The Residents Top Trumps!

On May 28, 2021 by Adam Whybray

Check out these unofficial Residents Top Trumps…

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‘From Here You’ll Watch the World Go By,’ (1995) an Album Released Amidst Tumult

On April 26, 2021 by Adam Whybray

1995 had seen the Legendary Pink Dots quit their record company, re-join their record company and ultimately start their own record company.

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“Asylum Relapse” by Patrick Q. Wright Is a Sympathetic Sounding Board Resonating Feelings of Isolation

On March 15, 2021 by Adam Whybray

While “Asylum Relapse” isn’t part of the Legendary Pink Dots Project, Patrick Wright has been instrumental to some of their greatest albums.

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‘Tryst 7’ by Big City Orchestra & Legendary Pink Dots

On May 13, 2020 by Adam Whybray

Tryst 7 is a relatively obscure split cassette release by the Legendary Pink Dots and Big City Orchestra from 1994—and one with many different versions.

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‘Nine Lives to Wonder’ (1994) Is an Opium Dream of an Album

On December 25, 2019 by Adam Whybray

Nine Lives to Wonder is an opium dream of an album. A shadow cast upon the wall. A message in a bottle hanging suspended in mid-air.

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‘Malachai (Shadow Weaver, Part 2)’ Transmogrifies Like Wily Protoplasm Between Listenings

On May 29, 2019 by Adam Whybray

1993’s Malachai (Shadow Weaver, Part 2) shows the Legendary Pink Dots at their ‘minimalist-maximalist’ best, wriggling away under the microscope.

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‘Shadow Weaver’ Locks You up Inside the Head of a Neurotic Psychonaut

On December 14, 2018 by Adam Whybray

On 1992’s Shadow Weaver, the Legendary Pink Dots make a fine, doubting record, taking psychedelia forwards, if not with much optimism.

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Edward Ka-Spel’s brilliance with The Legendary Pink Dots is to introduce us to isolated characters and then immerse us in their world-view through expansive and mysterious soundscapes. He begins with the most restricted, infinitesimal point of consciousness and then slowly expands it…

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The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse

On June 22, 2018 by Adam Whybray

Edward Ka-Spel’s brilliance with The Legendary Pink Dots is to introduce us to isolated characters and then immerse us in their world-view through expansive and mysterious soundscapes. He begins with the most restricted, infinitesimal point of consciousness and then slowly expands it…

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Kittysneezes

Author: Adam Whybray

Ranking Jan Švankmajer Films as Horror!

The Residents Top Trumps!

‘From Here You’ll Watch the World Go By,’ (1995) an Album Released Amidst Tumult

“Asylum Relapse” by Patrick Q. Wright Is a Sympathetic Sounding Board Resonating Feelings of Isolation

‘Tryst 7’ by Big City Orchestra & Legendary Pink Dots

‘Nine Lives to Wonder’ (1994) Is an Opium Dream of an Album

‘Malachai (Shadow Weaver, Part 2)’ Transmogrifies Like Wily Protoplasm Between Listenings

‘Shadow Weaver’ Locks You up Inside the Head of a Neurotic Psychonaut

The Maria Dimension

The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse