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") 　　2011: Deus 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. 　　  　　FORTHCOMING RELEASES 　　Night and Hell and I (settings of A. E. Housman) 　　Crusades (mini-album, Hymns & Medieval Compositions) 　　  　　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 to 　　Simon 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, ofThalassocracy 　　.. 　　Spellbindingly spooky, and as English as hot buttered cricket bat buggery 　　Simon 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 　　NB: All photographs, visual images or texts on these pages are subject to copyright; the creator and artist has exclusive rights to the use or manipulation of these images or texts, therefore, use without the strict permission of the Photographers and Andrew King is forbidden. 　　Those wishing to use photographs and or images or texts from these pages must contact us beforehand detailing reason and purpose. Where this is agreed upon the photographers should be fully credited and informed about the use of their works.