Biography
Andrew King is a British folk singer, presenting renditions of traditional songs and ballads, both a capella and with minimalistic instrumentation, sometimes with an influence from post-industrial/industrial music.
Andrew’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’Orchestra 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.