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ANDREW KING'S initial creative work was in the visual
arts, studying at Caerleon and Lampeter, he subsequently exhibited both
nationally and internationally. After many years of experimentation, he
began his mature work with the first of his Emblematic
paintings in 1991. In 1994 he started making documentary
recordings of vernacular and traditional songs, music, and customs. He
moved to London in 1995 to further this work and the illustrative
compositions that he was doing for a number of the Post-Industrial/Neofolk
bands of the time (L'Orchestre Noir, Current
93, Ernte, Sol Invictus, etc),
and to complement this made his first attempts at his own mangled versions
of traditional song the following year
Since then he has created a number of sporadically issued albums and
carefully chosen compilation appearances, the main ones being -
MAIN RELEASES
1998: The Bitter Harvest (Epiphany: CD)
2003: The Amfortas Wound (Athanor: CD)
2004: The Harbinger of the Decaying Mind (Old Europa Cafe: 10")
2005: Changes / Andrew King [untitled] (Terra Fria: split
CD)
2006: Les Sentiers Conflictuels & Andrew King: 1888 (Album based on the Ripper murders with spoken word by King: Athanor: CD)
2006: Sol Invictus / Rose Rovine e Amanti / Andrew King: A Mythological Prospect of the Citie of Londinium (Cold Spring: CD)
2008: Andrew King & Brown Sierra: Thalassocracy (Epiphany: CD)
2008: The Triple Tree [King & Tony Wakeford]: Ghosts (Cold Spring: CD)
2010: Blood Axis / Andrew King: The Dream / Fröleichen So Well Wir (Storm: 7")
2010: Duo Noir [King & Tony Wakeford]: Sintra (Tursa: CD)
2010: Andrew King & Brown Sierra: The Kraken (Dais: 12")
2011Deus Ignotus (Epiphany: CD)
As well as his work with KnifeLadder, he has also had the privilege of working with Les Sentiers Conflictuels, Andrew Liles, Leisur::hive, Brown Sierra, and Tony Wakeford. He is currently a member of Sol Invictus, The Triple Tree, and Duo Noir
FORTHCOMING RELEASES
Night and Hell and I (settings of A. E. Housman)
Like receiving an e-mail straight from Albion
Claus Laufenburg, from the introduction to Andrew King -
How to Placate Spirits: Emblems and Alchemical Paintings, 2005
Could this be the first Folk-Concrete LP?
Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector, no.5, Jan 1999, of The Bitter Harvest
And while it may not be to everyones taste it is produced with
considerable love and in its own way represents an important point in
capturing these songs and ballads for subsequent generations
Compulsion online re: The Amfortas Wound
It is an uncompromising and fearless album but one that demands
your full attention. Many people may find it barren or too minimalistic
however it does exert a strong power and is a singular experience
Mark Coyle of The Unbroken Circle re: The Amfortas Wound
This is a genuinely brilliant set of songs by Andrew and in this
song [The Farmers Toast], he has made a masterpiece that spans eras and
communities. For anyone with even a passing interest in folk song, this is
an important performance and a song without hyperbole to carry with you
always
Mark Coyle re: Changes / Andrew King
Strange voices from bathroom
wilczur at Rate Your Music re: The Harbinger of the Decaying Mind
Dour and Indigestible. [&, from another review] .Not much fun to listen toSimon Collins re: Thalassocracy
Best Album of the Year: King's vocals colour the narratives he tells so beautifully while the Brown Sierra flesh the tales out into full surreal environments. "Thalassocracy" is both a difficult and intoxicating listen Cory Card, of foxy digitalis
This is one depressing and grim record.every song in his mouth is imbued with that terrible darkness.Meanwhile Brown Sierra.provide some of the most stark and difficult examples of electro-acoustic music I have heard in a long time.Impossible to categorise this highly unusual piece of maverick English music.most listeners will find the results very far away from the 'entertaining' end of the scale. Me, I like it!Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector, no.18, 2010, of Thalassocracy
Spellbindingly spooky, and as English as hot buttered cricket bat buggerySimon Collins re: Ghosts
His voice sounds almost dredged from the past of old England Compulsion online re: Ghosts
Martial Germanic neo-folk sickness
Chronic Youth online re: The Dream / Fröleichen So Well Wir
This will take more than one sitting to imbibe the effect. It is unsettling, an ouijay board to another time bringing home the folk memories of Empires built on long lonely voyages of press ganged despair. The types of memories polite society has consigned to the bottom of the deep dark sea as it holds its fluttering fun filled regatta's skimming across the surface. Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles "FIST", Amazon review, of Thalassocracy
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