Dickon Edwards
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Dickon Edwards is a London
-based indie pop
musician, writer, critic, DJ and online diarist. Although his parents named him Richard Edwards, they also chose to call him by the archaic derivative of Richard, "Dickon". He has been a founding member of several bands, including Orlando
and Fosca
, and has played guitar in the band Spearmint
.
He keeps a blog, started in 1997.
A limited edition collection of Dickon's lyrics and other writings entitled The Portable Dickon Edwards
was released in March 2008 with Fosca's The Painted Side of the Rocket
.
His mother is the noted quiltmaker and author Lynne Edwards MBE.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
-based indie pop
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
musician, writer, critic, DJ and online diarist. Although his parents named him Richard Edwards, they also chose to call him by the archaic derivative of Richard, "Dickon". He has been a founding member of several bands, including Orlando
Orlando (band)
Orlando was the most successful and visible band to emerge from the extremely brief Romo movement of the mid-'90s. Formed from the ashes of Sarah Records band Shelley, Orlando were led by lyricist/guitarist Dickon Edwards, and singer/songwriter Tim Chipping...
and Fosca
Fosca
Fosca was a British band, combining indie pop songwriting with synth pop instrumentation. They released a total of three studio albums between 2000-2008...
, and has played guitar in the band Spearmint
Spearmint (band)
Spearmint are a London-based indie pop band, founded in 1995. Their founding members were Shirley Lee , Simon Calnan , Martin Talbot , and Ronan Larvor . Talbot left soon afterward, to be replaced by James Parsons. Dickon Edwards later ended up joining as second guitarist, though leaving in 2000 to...
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He keeps a blog, started in 1997.
A limited edition collection of Dickon's lyrics and other writings entitled The Portable Dickon Edwards
The Portable Dickon Edwards
The Portable Dickon Edwards is a limited edition paperback collection of lyrics and other writings by former Orlando member and Fosca frontman Dickon Edwards. It was sold together with Fosca's The Painted Side of the Rocket via the But Is it Art? and Entangled Records website. Cover photography was...
was released in March 2008 with Fosca's The Painted Side of the Rocket
The Painted Side of the Rocket
The Painted Side of the Rocket is the third album by the English indie pop band Fosca. It was released on March 5, 2008.-Track listing:# "I've Agreed to Something I Shouldn't Have" - 4:15# "It Only Matters to Those to Whom It Matters" - 3:23...
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His mother is the noted quiltmaker and author Lynne Edwards MBE.