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NEW DATES CONFIRMED 4/10/06

06/10/06: Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
06/11/06: Kansas City, MO - Grand Emporium
06/13/06: Chicago, IL - Double Door
06/14/06: Detroit, MI - Magic Bag
06/15/06: Toronto, ONT - Lee's Palace
06/16/06: Montreal, QUE - Cabaret
06/17/06: Cambridge, MA - Middle East
6/19/06: New York, NY - Knitting Factory
6/20/06: New York, NY - Knitting Factory
06/22/06: Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
06/23/06: Atlanta, GA - Vinyl
06/24/06: Orlando, FL - The Social
06/25/06: Tampa, FL - State Theatre
06/27/06: New Orleans, LA - The Parish at House of Blues
06/28/06: Houston, TX - The Studio at Warehouse Live
06/29/06: Austin, TX - Stubb's
06/30/06: Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
07/02/06: Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
07/03/06: Phoenix, AZ - Real Bar
07/06/06: San Diego, CA - The Casbah
07/07/06: Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
07/08/06: San Francisco, CA - Slim's - with Big City Orchestra
07/10/06: Portland, OR - Berbati's
07/11/06: Seattle, WA - Chop Suey

More dates will be announced soon, so keep watching this space for details.

Note: The date attached to this archival news item was estimated.

Beta-lactam Ring Records will be releasing Edward Ka-Spel's solo album Fragments of Illumina as a double vinyl extravaganza with an extra side of bonus material. This edition will be limited to 300. Stay tuned for more details.

Alchemical Playschool, which will be released on May 8, is now available for pre-order from Soleilmoon!

Alchemical Playschool is easily one of the most unusual Legendary Pink Dots albums ever released. Based on the double CD Indian Soundscapes, released in 2004 by Soleilmoon, these recordings are best enjoyed with a cold glass of Bhang Ki Thandai, following which the operation of heavy equipment or motor vehicles is strongly discouraged. Yes, this a trippy, psychedelic album, in the tradition of earlier Chemical Playschool albums, but its been dusted with magical powders from The Orient, making it an altogether different experience from its predecessors. As experimental and esoteric works go, this is the band's definitive work. The album was born two years ago, following the conclusion of the Dots' last North American tour. Edward Ka-Spel met with Soleilmoon owner Charles Powne, who had recently returned from a stay in India. Charles gave Edward a copy of his Indian Soundscapes 2xCD, and invited him to take the material and use it in a new Dots recording. The resulting music borrows lightly from the source material, deftly blends it with the band's signature electronic wizardry, and distills a potent brew redolent with the aromas of saffron, cardamom and flowers. We think you'll find it both irresistable and unforgettable.