Kayo Dot / Maudlin of the Well

but i would probably buy a maudlin of the well album of new material. cuz it's not like they were around THAT long ago and their stuff would still sound fresh and creative today, i'm sure.

Hah, I was about to say I bet you still buy it.

mia's hot

Yayyy! I'm really ecstatic about the way this album turned out. I think it's really gorgeous and exciting music!

I'm not sure if you guys know the story behind this album, but maudlin of the well was basically pre-Kayo Dot. Toby Driver (the composer of both bands) had really wanted to record some maudlin of the well albums way, way in the past but just never had enough money to do it. He blogged about the possibility of a fan-funded album to be released online for free and to his surprise, fans actually seemed to be interested! So 86 awesome fans in all donated to make this record possible. I think the result is really fantastic!

I'm really happy because I've always loved maudlin of the well's music but was always kinda bummed that I wasn't a part of it.

Anyway, Toby made some awesome artwork for the album too, that you can view on the streaming tracks. Check it out! It's kind of like Kayo Dot and maudlin of the Well had an awesome car crash.

http://www.maudlinofthewell.net

Enjoy!

xo
Mia

cool. i'll listen tonight at home.

Ah, his Yoko

Well, her violin and vocals are always welcome; regarding any possibly Ono-esque ambition, consider the following show preview (writ by yr. humble servant)

Kayo Dot’s chamber/pit rock has been called “post-metal,” with some trace elements of the anime character Vampire Hunter D, now hunting his own kind, in the shadows of justice. Kayo Dot’s own tension lines can twist all too slowly, but co-founders Toby Driver and Mia Matisumiya (touring with four other multi-instrumentalists) can raise valleys and drop mountains, sounding like Mia’s blog promises. Everything’s screwed, but she’s unscrewing it, literally: “One day the world will go Crash! For lack of screws, and I will be Queen of the Universe!” Kayo Dot’s passing through the purpose-driven afterlife.

(brags about collapsing a booth in a Tokyo MacDonald's, for inst)

I just listened to Blue Lambency Downward. There's some really great stuff on there. Like a manly Thinking Plague or something. Their other albums are similar?

That is the most of its kind (and mostly what my show preview was thinking of).

Was mostly joking about Mia being his Yoko upthread...she's pretty ace

However, I'm reviving this thread because

When "___on limpid form" is the most accurate musical rendition of one's mood, you're in a pretty fucking dark place. Regardless, it's probably one of the best 20 3 songs of the decade.

― Just got offed, Friday, 20 June 2008 00:31 (11 months ago) Bookmark

needed to be amended, the thing is simply and utterly mind-melting

Now I listen to that new motW thingy

is sweet

but nothing on it is quite as face-slappingly essential, as atavistically primal, as fundamentally kickass as ___on limpid form

hmmm i have difficulties enjoying this band

:(

Blue Lambency Downward was my default car album for the last week or two.

(Wavering Radiant before that.)

JJ I insist you hear the following, if you have not already heard it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=173XU6OE55Q

If you liked that, then get the goddamn studio version. Not often I'd say an album is worth *buying* for one song alone (and there's actually 3 genuinely great pieces on the record, adding up to like 35 minutes of music), but this one most certainly is. 18 minutes of life-changing, head-rattling insanity.

whiney, why did you not say

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/02/premiere_kayo_d.php

am listening to this preview track and basically YES OH GOD YES

2010 is actually blowing my mind

"Not really any guitar on this album," says frontman Toby Driver. "A tiny bit, but it doesn't even sound like guitar, so it perhaps doesn't really count. There's that quest to make some brutal rock sans guitar."

i know your album is going to be fucking amazing and a unique vision and all but VdGG kinda won that quest 40 years ago

griping over. get stoked.

Metal In Opposition

New track is pretty awesome.

maudlin of the Well Limited Vinyl Box Set! **LESS THAN 40 COPIES LEFT**

Hey there,

We´re a Finnish non-profit, whose mission is the preservation of extreme metal culture.

We´re co-releasing a maudlin of the Well 4xLP + 7" Deluxe 200-gram Vinyl Box Set. Their records were written while in the course of astral projection (out of body experiences). Their CD´s have been out of print for a long time, and there are no plans to repress them.

Our limited deluxe vinyl box set has been available for pre-order for only a few weeks, and we´re very near selling out. There will be only 300 in total, and we have LESS THAN 40 COPIES LEFT!

There will be no repress afterwards, and only a VERY limited amount of barebones black LP gatefolds afterwards, with none of the extras (no 7", no box, no mp3 downloads, nothing).

The box set includes "Bath" and "Leaving Your Body Map" on 200gram colored vinyl. Also: "The Secret Song" on 7", a signed poster with new artwork by Toby Driver, deluxe hand-numbered box, motW guitar picks, mp3 download cards, and much more.

Here´s a promo for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afo_L_VXPpc

Blood Music (Worldwide, except USA/Canada):
http://bloodmusic.bigcartel.com

Antithetic Records (USA/Canada ONLY):
http://antitheticrecords.storeenvy.com

Hey all,

We managed to get rights to re-release maudlin of the Well's albums on CD. "Bath" and "Leaving Your Body Map" are coming out with one bonus song each, as well as the never-before-released "Part the Second." 300 copies of each, with an option to buy one of 75 signed by Toby Driver.

Pre-orders of the CD's go live on March 1st at 10AM Finnish time. The CD's will be shipped on April 13th.

We'll also have 100 copies each of "Bath" and "LYBM" on black vinyl in gatefolds (none of the box set extras).

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm6tfF8jzYg

Sounds: http://soundcloud.com/bloodmusic-1/sets/maudlin-of-the-well/

Everything goes live at 10AM Finnish time, tomorrow (March 1st).

http://www.blood-music.com/store

Check your time zone, as it correlates to Helsinki:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Release date is in two days, and CDs will begin shipping then.

We've got roughly 50 copies left of each disc if anyone is still interested.

jesus, this thread title haunts me. i'm so fucking annoying. hurry up and sell your CDs.

haha didn't image there's a kayo dot thread

Hurrying, Scott! Almost gone.

This morning's update from Toby:
Hey guys, I'm writing to you from Santiago, Chile. Holy cow! Here's a really brief, uncharacteristically charmless message about the upcoming excruciatingly exciting weekend in NYC!

I'm premiering a brand new, 30+ minute piece at The Stone, this coming Saturday, callled "Ichneumonidae," which features me, Timba Harris (of Secret Chiefs 3, etc), and Michelle Morinaga. This one is super special to me for a number of reasons, and I really hope you can make it if you're in the area. I don't want to give away too much of the surprise, so I can't really give any more details, but trust me, it'll be a spectacle!
And it's ALL AGES. If you are planning on coming from far away for this, PLEASE let me know in advance so we can reserve a space for you... The Stone does fill up/ sell out quickly and there are no advance tickets.

I'm participating in a couple abutting events as well - make a weekend out of it! All this is part of CHIPPYFEST - thanks to Heung-Heung Chin!

Friday April 20 @ 11pm : Vaura acoustic renditions
(Toby Driver - piano, Kevin Hufnagel - guitar, Josh Strawn - guitar, Charlie Schmid - percussion)

Saturday April 21 @ 9:30pm : ICHNEUMONIDAE WORLD PREMIERE
(Toby Driver - guitar, Timba Harris - violin, Michelle Morinaga - Parasitomorphism, Butoh & percussion)

Saturday April 21 @ 11pm: Stern LIVE BAND
(Chuck Stern - voice, Tim Byrnes - keys, Toby Driver - guitar, Keith Abrams - drums)

And, if you're currently in Santiago or Sao Paulo, come say hi to me at one of the upcoming Secret Chiefs 3 shows this week! YeaaaahhH!!!

That's all for now - I hope this message was truly quick and unscrollable, although I guess that would've depended on your screen resolution. Thanks for making it this far!

Toby Driver

We've only got 19 copies of "Part the Second" left on CD :) Around 25 copies of "Bath" and "LYBM" left. :)

CDs SOLD OUT! Thanks all. :D

Join us at http://www.facebook.com/BlooodMusic

To get updates on when My Fruit Psychobells and The Secret Song will be re-released.

See bandcamp at the end for all the music posted
Subject: Ichneumonidae, the parasite insect theme continues. (a.k.a., issue 7)

Fear of humiliating failure aside, I'm trying to prevent myself from becoming a lesbian-coiffed aging rocker by writing music for "classical," "fine arts," and/or "serious" contexts such as amazing creepy zombie-esque Japanese modern dance forms!

In April, I held a performance of such a piece, ICHNEUMONIDAE, as a trio (guitar, violin, and dance/percussion). I like to think of that performance as sort of like a flag along the road of commitment to a larger-scale and more intensive work. So, the time has now come to try to expand this piece for a larger ensemble and actually make some killer media (album, film, yes!!!) out of it that people can enjoy at home. Ergo, a Kickstarter campaign to try to get this thing going...!

I would so so so greatly appreciate it if you could take a look at the project page and consider donating to support the production of this movie. I'm super-excited to finally take this first step into the realm of combining intrinsic visual elements with my music, something I have always wanted to do. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tdriver/toby-driver-and-michelle-morinaga-ichneumonidae

It took me a while to decide which one of my running projects to try to fund this way. I've got a whole bunch of things on my plate, such as a handful of solo songs, as well as new Kayo Dot stuff (in the style of Gamma Knife and hoping to do a real studio recording, what!) But, I decided to do Ichneumonidae here because it seems like the MOST difficult to fund through other means. Just to be candid for a minute here, you know there is a whole scene of musicians who apply for and receive grants/commissions to do stuff like this. I tried to get into that world a bit over the past couple of years and have had no luck with it whatsoever. Can't get anything funded through those means. Really, that sort of thing makes a guy start to get pretty dark on himself, to be succinct. And labels don't want to fund Ichneumonidae, it's unmarketable. Anyway, you guys are the listeners. You're the people that actually want to put this stuff on your iPods and have it come at you during a rainy train ride, instead of keeping it on a shelf in an archive of all the classy shit your organization helped produce and only pulls out of storage when it comes time to apply for more funding. So if you're interested in hearing/seeing it, please consider donating to the kickstarter campaign, that's the only way it'll happen! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tdriver/toby-driver-and-michelle-morinaga-ichneumonidae

Yeah, I know it seems like summer is kickstarter season and everyone's doing it. I felt a little bit weird about launching this at this exact moment just because two of my closest friends have also just launched their own kickstarter campaigns for their own incredible music. Just want you to know that we are not competitive. You can check their projects out at the following links, and also please consider donating. Their music needs to be out in the world and it gets my highest recommendation.

Tim Byrnes/Hazel-Rah: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1158799759/hazel-rah-the-full-length-album

Jeremiah Cymerman: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1767687795/purification-dissolution

And, this one: http://www.ifc.com/portlandia/videos/portlandia-kickstarter

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In other news, the Kayo Dot west coast tour has been moved to August 16-September 1. We have some if it booked already but are still looking for dates. If you can help, please get in touch!

And - our most recent album GAMMA KNIFE is having its vinyl and CD release and is available for preorder at http://antitheticrecords.storenvy.com/products/327764-kayo-dot-gamma-knife-12

And - I've just put almost ALL of my recorded output up for streaming, buying, downloading, whatever, at
http://kayodot.bandcamp.com - check it!!!!

Thanks for reading. Your support means everything,
much love
Toby Driver

"about a ghost who wants to kill himself but he can't because he's a ghost."

http://www.queensofsteel.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Kayo-Dot-21.jpg

and here's the xpost West Coast tour--"Kayo Dot on a mountaintop": always did get me into topography--
Hello Listener. I hope all is well in your universe.

There are a couple weeks' worth of Kayo Dot shows coming up on the US West Coast very soon (next week!!!).
Just thought I'd send the dates along to you in case you'd be interested in attending/spreading the word/whatever!
This will be our first headlining tour of the west coast since 2008, and our first EVER in a few special towns, such as Vancouver, and others! So, we're really excited about it, and would love to share the excitement with you.

I also just want to quickly say that we are able to come out to the west coast and do these dates ONLY because of the generosity of some of our friends out there who are supplying us with gear and transportation, crash space, opening local bands taking beans at the door, and especially, those of you who purchased GAMMA KNIFE directly from us on bandcamp. All profits from the sales of GK went towards getting our airfare to come out there. So, thank you VERY much!

Saturday, August 18, 2012 Kayo Dot with Thrones @ Slabtown
1033 NW 16th Ave., Portland, OR 97209 (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
21+
Also Playing: Thrones, Hang The Old Year, Proqxis

Sunday, August 19, 2012 Kayo Dot @ Northern
414 1/2 Legion Way, Olympia, WA (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages
Also Playing: Shadows, Ragana

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Kayo Dot @ Oakland Metro an Opera House
201 Broadway, Oakland, CA (United States)
510 763 1146 Set: 6:00 PM
All Ages
Also Playing: Hollow Mirrors, Wild Hunt, Marching Mind

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Kayo Dot on some mountaintop in SLO??? @ a mountaintop??
some mountaintop, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages

Thursday, August 23, 2012 Kayo Dot in Fresno @ Chinatown Youth Center
901 F Street, Fresno, CA 93706 (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages
Also Playing: Wreck and Reference, Ovarian Office, Strawberry Jam

Friday, August 24, 2012 Kayo Dot @ Biko Garage
6612 Sueno Rd., Isla Vista, CA (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages
Also Playing: The Yiffs, Prof. Cuddlecore, Maribelle

Saturday, August 25, 2012 Kayo Dot with miRthkon and The Anti-Job @ The Mezz
501 S. Spring St. 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
RETURN OF MIA
Set: 8:00 PM
21+
Buy Now

Monday, August 27, 2012 Kayo Dot @ The Blue Lagoon
923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
21+
Also Playing: Author & Punisher, Blue Lagoon

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 Kayo Dot with miRthkon @ Elbo Room
647 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
18+
Also Playing: Mirthkon, Author & Punisher

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Kayo Dot with West By Swan @ Cafe Coda
265 Humboldt Avenue Chico, CA, Chico, CA (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages
Also Playing: West By Swan, Bogg, Akasa

Thursday, August 30, 2012 Kayo Dot plays a special chilled-out set plus solo performances by the members @ Common Grounds Coffee House
4321 Se Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97215 (United States)
Set: 7:00 PM
All Ages

Friday, August 31, 2012 Kayo Dot @ Zoo Zhop Record Store
223 Main Street , Vancouver, BC (Canada)
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages
Also Playing: Bubonic Bear, Yellowthief, Heavy Medical

Saturday, September 1, 2012 Kayo Dot @ Highline
210 Broadway E, Seattle, WA (United States)
Set: 8:00 PM
21+
Tickets: $10
Also Playing: Rose Windows, Dog Shredder

Those are from Toby

sent by: othervoyce✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧ Learn more Report phishing

Hello everyone!

I feel like it's been a while since I've sent one of these. A lot has happened, but I want to keep this message focused mainly on one thing - the new and forthcoming Kayo Dot album!

Basically what's going on is that we've been working on an epic double-album prog masterwork. I'm pasting the press release below so you can read all the details and trade it around, post it on your blogs (if you would be so kind!) and all that. We think this is one of the best things we've ever done, honest. So, we're incredibly excited about it. It'll be our first pro studio album in a few years', too... the last two were more or less home recordings due to budget constraints. So, the pre-order is really what's going to make this possible for us or not - therefore, if this is something that interests you, please place a pre-order now! We need to sell a bunch of these before the beginning of April... crunch!!! Check out the press release below.

And, since we're running a new preorder for Kayo Dot, I also wanted to anticipate any questions about the Ichneumonidae DVD and record that we funded last year. If you're not on my facebook or missed the post, the music part is totally finished - there are some samples from Ichneumonidae up at this soundcloud link:https://soundcloud.com/tobydriver/sets/ichneumonidae-unmastered-clips"> https://soundcloud.com/tobydriver/sets/ichneumonidae-unmastered-clips . And the film portion is still forthcoming. I hope the audio clips can tide you over until we are able to make that happen.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Boston-born, and now New York City-based veteran avant-metallers KAYO DOT, led by Toby Driver, are set to hit the studio for their 7th album, Hubardo, this April. This album will mark the 10-year anniversary of KAYO DOT's debut and landmark release, Choirs of The Eye, and the band will trek out to Avast Studios in Seattle, Washington, with producer RANDALL DUNN (SunnO))), Wolves In The Throne Room, Black Mountain) returning to the helm.

Hubardo is an approximately 90-minute conceptual epic double-album, with story and lyrics written by longtime lyricist and former MAUDLIN OF THE WELL vocalist, Jason Byron. Musically, the album covers the spectrum of all of the band's works, from the sparse doomy elements of Choirs of The Eye to the blast-beat, woodwind-driven Gamma Knife, the chorus-bass goth fusion of Coyote, and even lush orchestrated prog moments harkening back to the days of their previous band, MAUDLIN OF THE WELL, and, as with all the band's releases, Driver and Co. venturing into new territory. The album sees a returning cast of characters with Toby Driver on Bass, Keys, Guitars and Vocals, Terran Olson on Keys and Woodwinds, Daniel Means on Woodwinds and Synth, Mia Matsumiya on violin, Tim Byrnes on Trumpet and Horn in F, the first proper studio recording with Keith Abrams on drums, and the first recording contribution of longtime live collaborator Ron Varod on Guitar. Hubardo will also feature a very special guest vocal appearance by Jason Byron - his first recorded appearance since MAUDLIN OF THE WELL's 2001 albums, Bath and Leaving Your Body Map.

This album will be self-released on the band's own imprint, ICE LEVEL MUSIC, and pre-orders will be taken to help fund the recording and travel costs. Pre-Orders will be offered in 3xLP Deluxe, Standard, and Digital-only editions, featuring limited 200g colored vinyl in a triple gatefold (6 huge panels of artwork), a 5-chapter poem by Jason Byron entitled The Sword Of Satan, signed poster, T-shirt, guitar pick, and sticker. The Pre-Order system is now LIVE at http://kayodot.bigcartel.com The records will be limited to 300 copies for the Deluxe Edition and 200 copies for the Standard Edition. Hubardo is slated for a fall 2013 release to coincide with Kayo Dot's tenth anniversary.
Here is the track listing for the album:
1. The Black Stone (~7:00)
2. Crown-In-The-Muck (~9:00)
3. Thief (~5:30)
4. Vision Adjustment To Another Wavelength (~5:00)
5. Zodelida Caosaji (To Water The Earth) (~6:00)
6. The First Matter (Saturn In The Guise Of Sadness) (~9:30)
7. The Second Operation (Lunar Water) (~10:30)
8. Floodgate (~7:00)
9. And He Built Him A Boat (~7:00)
10. Passing The River (~8:00)
11. The Wait Of The World (~18:00

Thanks for reading, and for your continued support!

Toby Driver on behalf of Kayo Dot.

Whoops, that second soundcloud link (after the <) is one to click; sorry.

nobody ever told me that the split w/ bloody panda contained one of their best songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKgoMX3n_4

Greetings! Just a very brief message to let you know that a 13-minute teaser trailer for the new KAYO DOT double-album, HUBARDO, is now online at
https://soundcloud.com/tobydriver/kayo-dot-hubardo-teaser

We're still running our preorder to help fund the mastering and manufacturing of this record, so please have a listen to the trailer, and then head on over to http://kayodot.bigcartel.com to preorder a.s.a.p. so we can get this record out in time for our tenth anniversary in Autumn 2013. We need to sell about 200 more copies of the vinyl to move this along! Thanks so much for your ears & heart & continued support!

Toby Driver on behalf of Kayo Dot

It's with great pleasure that we present to you the first preview track, "And He Built Him a Boat," from Kayo Dot's forthcoming double-album, HUBARDO, due this fall.

http://kayodot.bandcamp.com/track/and-he-built-him-a-boat-2

"And He Built Him A Boat" is the record's ninth track, so the lyrics have to do with events about 5/8 of the way through the album's narrative. Along with the band's core members, the song also features guest backing vocals by Jessika Kenney (who has also sung for Wolves in the Throne Room, Sunn0))), ASVA, and many others), and BC Campbell.

We hope you enjoy this song, and please spread the link around if you may!
We're still running the preorder for the 3xLP at http://kayodot.bigcartel.com
--we need to sell about 150 more copies of the vinyl in order to have enough money to manufacture it, so please don't hesitate to snap this up.

We also have a few shows coming up in NYC:

This Saturday, July 13 at Spectrum as part of the NYX II: New York Progressive and Experimental Rock Festival. Playing all new material!

http://www.spectrumnyc.com/

Friday, August 16 at St. Vitus Bar with MIRRORGATE, their first show in two years and possibly their last ever?

Thanks for reading, listening, and supporting!
Toby Driver on behalf of Kayo Dot

Hello all!

The digital release date of the new KAYO DOT double-album epic prog avant-goth tenth-anniversary meisterwerk, HUBARDO, is upon us!

I want to thank everyone who pre-ordered - your support has truly made this record possible - and all the members of the press who have supported us with streams, articles, and reviews thus far (I'll link this stuff below).

Here's the release schedule:

Thursday, August 29: I'll send an email to everyone who pre-ordered, containing a personal download code for the music, around 6pm Eastern Time. Let's all have a virtual listening party together!

Friday, August 30: The album will go up for sale on our bandcamp page - http://kayodot.bandcamp.com

NB: I originally said I was going to do this on Sept 1, but I realized that it would probably be cool for people to have this album for the long weekend (Labor Day in the U.S.)

Tuesday, Sept 10: The album will be available via iTunes, Spotify, etc. etc.!

Sometime in November - the vinyl will be ready and hopefully all pre-orders will be able to be shipped. We still need to raise several thousand dollars to completely fulfill all the physical preorders, so any support in that regard (buying the digital version or pre-oredering the vinyl) would be invaluable! We'll continue to run the vinyl pre-order until we raise enough, but the digital pre-orders will be closed (obviously). Anyone who pre-orders the vinyl after the digital release date will receive their digital download relatively immediately.

If you haven't heard any of HUBARDO yet, check out these streams of preview tracks, and excellent reviews that we have so far received:

STREAMS
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CVLT Nation - Exclusive CVLT Nation Streaming: KAYO DOT – “Passing the River”
http://www.cvltnation.com/exclusive-cvlt-nation-streaming-kayo-dot-passing-river

NPR - Viking's Choice: Kayo Dot Sums Up A Decade Of Sonic Transgression In 'Thief': http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/08/01/207932250/vikings-choice-kayo-dot-sums-up-a-decade-of-sonic-transgression-in-thief

Invisible Oranges - Stream: Kayo Dot – “And He Built Him A Boat” : http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2013/07/stream-kayo-dot-and-he-built-him-a-boat

REVIEWS
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Scene Point Blank (10/10!!!) http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/kayo-dot/hubardo

Hearwax: http://hearwaxmedia.com/kayo-dot-hubardo

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We are planning on touring this music as much as possible, beginning with a leg down the Southeast US (and yes, including Florida!) for a couple weeks from November 8-23.

Here are the dates, with more in Florida to be confirmed soon:

Sept 6, Brooklyn NY @ The Bell House with Sal Mineo (Eugene Robinson of Oxbow and Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu)
Sept 14, New York NY @ Bowery Electric with Ahleuchatistas and Psalm Zero

Nov 8, Baltimore MD @ The Wind-up Space
Nov 9, Asheville NC - TBC
Nov 10, Nashville TN @ The End (subject to change)
Nov 11, Little Rock, AR - TBC
Nov 12, Hattiesburg, MS @ The Tavern
Nov 13, New Orleans, LA @ Big Top
Nov 14, 15 - Florida TBC
Nov 16, Miami, FL @ Churchill's
Nov 17 - Florida TBC
Nov 18 - Atlanta, GA @ Goat Farm Arts
Nov 19 - West Columbia, SC @ Conundrum
Nov 20 - Greenville NC - TBC
Nov 21 - Richmond, VA @ Gallery 5
Nov 22 - Brooklyn, NY at 285 Kent with Vaura and Psalm Zero
Nov 23 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber Upstairs with Vaura and Cleric

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Just one more thing. If you have ordered merch from our site and have been waiting for a while, I apologize. It has been hard for me to keep up with the orders since work began on the record, touring, and other things this past spring. But - I'm working on it as we speak and everything should be sent out by the end of next week. I thank you immensely for your patience and continued support.

THANKS again to all, and best wishes!

Toby Driver on behalf of Kayo Dot

http://kayodot.bandcamp.com/album/hubardo

album available now!

Yep, it's still on bandcamp, and now on Spotify, iTunes, maybe others. More details on some tour venues, mail order issues:

KAYO DOT FALL 2013 TOUR
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Friday, November 8, 2013 @ The Windup Space
12 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD

Saturday, November 9, 2013 @ The Mothlight (at Mr. Fred's)
Asheville, NC with Ahleuchatistas

Sunday, November 10, 2013 @ The End
Nashville, TN with The Ascent Of Everest and The Most Amazing Century Of Science

Monday, November 11, 2013 @ White Water Tavern
2500 W. 7th St., Little Rock, AR with Coliseum

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 @ Big Top
1638 Clio, New Orleans, LA with Glish

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 @ The Tavern
1825 Hardie St., Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Friday, November 15, 2013 @ Fubar
658 central ave, St Petersburgh, FL

Saturday, November 16, 2013 @ Gramps Bar
176 NW 24TH STREET, Miami, FL

Sunday, November 17, 2013 MATINEE SHOW @ Backbooth
37 W Pine St., Orlando, FL
Set: 4:00 PM
All Ages

Monday, November 18, 2013 @ Goat Farm
1200 Foster St. NW, Atlanta, GA

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 @ Conundrum
626 Meeting Street, West Columbia, SC

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 @ The Tipsy Teapot
409 South Evans Street, Greenville, NC

Thursday, November 21, 2013 @ Gallery 5
200 W Marshall St., Richmond, VA

Friday, November 22, 2013
Kayo Dot / Vaura / Psalm Zero @ 285 Kent Ave
285 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY
HUBARDO vinyl release show, and Vaura CD release show!

Saturday, Nov 23, 2013
House show at 10 Nyack Ave, Lansdowne PA
(one block from the Lansdowne stop on the train from Phiadelphia - don't snooze!)
A couple other things:

HUBARDO preorders - I've been receiving a few emails asking where your stuff is. Just want to reiterate that this was a PRE order and everything is still in production. Everything should be ready to ship out by the end of November! All the materials are looking beautiful so far, so we're confident you guys will be happy with the goods. Thanks for your patience.

On that note - I'm notoriously bad at keeping up with mailorder, and I know some people have been waiting a bit for their non-Hubardo orders. I was just on tour for a while, etc etc, but anywho, I'm happy to report that I'm now caught up all the way through mid-September, so if you'd placed your order before then, you should expect your package within a week or so (except Australians, maybe longer). Thanks again for your continued support and patience about this. If anyone wants to be my mailorder intern, lmk. :)

That reminds me - please add me on Facebook and Twitter http://facebook.com/tobydriver and http://twitter.com/tobydriver, because that's where I put all my daily updates about this kind of stuff. It keeps me from having to constantly bombard the mailinglist for just minor updates. Thanks!

Hope to see you out there in November - we haven't been down to those parts in a few years!
Love & Respect,
Toby Driver on behalf of Kayo Dot
http://www.kayodot.net
http://www.kayodot.net/toby
http://www.tartarlamb.com
http://www.maudlinofthewell.net

New album is incredible for the first 2 tracks then peters out a little

I also think Kayo Dot features the worst lyrics of any band I like

I mean, the first track is easily the best.

I normally dig insane complexity in composition but my favourite Kayo Dot songs are often their most linear (if still highly abstract) pieces

Well, then

http://theflenser.com/kayo-dot-coffins-on-io/

I'm a massive fan of this band and Toby Driver in general but I have serious misgivings about this... all the musical references in this statement are fucking awful in my view (apart from Bowie, nothing against him). I'm not a fan of 80s music in general mostly, and the whole retro-futurist thing seems awfully commonplace nowadays.

Driver always delivers though, even his lesser albums (Blue Lambency Downward is seriously underrated) are serious growers after a few listens. Even if I don't like it that much I can at least hold on to the thought that the album afterwards will be completely different again.

I'll listen to this, of course (they derived from 80s music in the bass tone of Coyote, a great record way more underrated IMO than BLD), but I will confess, on this thread only, to a dislike of Bowie

Sisters of Mercy meets Peter Gabriel-era Genesis, Scritti Politti and early Roxy Music

hellloooo

Lotta bad news first, then the good or anyway better (for one thing, would like to hear Stern, with members of KD and a guy from Time of Orchids):

Hello from Kayo Dot!

Haven't sent out one of these in a while because it's been a totally insane year for us. Firstly, our entire year has been taken up by trying to fulfill pre-orders and orders for our 2013 triple-LP, Hubardo. I have a few things to say about it - One: The interest and support you guys have shown us for that album has been AMAZING and overwhelming, and we have great love and appreciation for you (If you haven't heard it yet, head on over to our bandcamp page,http:kayodot.bandcamp.com/album/hubardo or Spotify or wherever suits you)!!! Two, the experience has almost been a bit too overwhelming in terms of trying to do a self-release of this scale. As a result, I know that there are some of you out there who are still waiting for your packages. Please know that they are trickling out gradually and that it is at the forefront of our minds. The slowness has to do with the fact that I've been balancing handling mailorder with my busy tour schedule (as usual), and also that postage ended up being quite a bit more expensive than we had anticipated, so we can only send out packages as quickly as our bank account allows. Additionally, many packages have been returned to us and we haven't been able to get in touch with those people via email. If you are one of the people who hasn't received your Hubardo package yet (or if there's any other order that you have questions about), please feel free to email me at band at kayodot.net. This is our official address, so please use it for all correspondence... we don't check our Facebook inbox.

Three: We are never doing this again!!!*** Between making the music itself, handling artwork, layout, record production, T-shirts, hand-manufacturing the Sword of Satan booklets, mailorder... it was (and continues to be) just way too much work and expense for our tiny, independent, band-run operation. Kayo Dot actually exists right now in this weird purgatory space that small businesses often go through, where the demand for your stuff is high but the income isn't enough to be able to hire anyone or outsource any of the grunt-work. We're trying hard to get out of this purgatory. Your support always helps!

On that note, we put up some older live performances on our bandcamp page that you can buy digitally for cheap. I would especially like to draw attention to the live performance of Coyote on WMBR-FM from 2010 http://kayodot.bandcamp.com/album/coyote-live-on-wmbr-august-31-2010 I think this performance of Coyote really does the piece justice, and it makes me feel very proud of my band. Please check it out, along with the other live albums, and throw 5 bucks down if you're so inclined. Your support will help us get the outstanding mailorder out faster, and will also help us cover some old bills that hang over our heads.

***Speaking of never doing a self-release like Hubardo again, hopefully we will never have to, because we finally have some label support again! And, it's with the great Flenser Recordings out of San Francisco. They've just announced our next album, Coffins on Io, to be released later this year. Check out the blurbage, and visit this link http://theflenser.com/kayo-dot-coffins-on-io/ for images of the album cover and band photo:

Kayo Dot - Coffins on Io

Led by founding member Toby Driver (also of Secret Chiefs 3), Kayo Dot emerged in Boston, MA in 2002 from the ashes of metal group Maudlin of the Well. Since then, Driver has led Kayo Dot through several lineup changes and dramatic stylistic shifts: from traditional metal, to atmospheric, avant-garde metal; and now with their new album Coffins on Io, the bats-in-your-belfry hard rock of Sisters of Mercy meets Peter Gabriel-era Genesis, Scritti Politti and early Roxy Music.

In 2013, Kayo Dot demarcated the beginning of a sonic change by releasing their critically acclaimed conceptual double-album, Hubardo. Undeniably experimental, but largely unclassifiable, Hubardo received rave reviews: SputnikMusic ranked it among their best albums of 2013, and CVLT Nation called it, “mesmerizing avant garde blackened doom,” and a “towering achievement.”

But when it comes to Kayo Dot, change is the only constant. And like the best pop culture chameleons of the past, Kayo Dot’s evolution is governed by an inscrutable inner-logic. Despite the accessible songwriting of Coffins on Io and the emphasis on vocal melody and electronic percussion, Kayo Dot fans will find the record’s darkness and intensity familiar and relatable. For example: the dark wave of Coffins on Io album-track “Off-Ramp Cycle, Pattern 22” might be unrecognizable to Kayo Dot’s metal fans. “The sound is kind of like a sexy combination of Type O Negative, Peter Gabriel, Sisters of Mercy,” Driver says. But the track also encompasses the brooding menace of classic Bauhaus as well as current dark wavers Cold Cave and Crystal Stilts: artists young and old who live and die in those unknowable corners where heaviness meets delicacy and sincerity meets theatricality.

Elsewhere, Driver’s penchant for prog rock surfaces in the ethereal “Spirit Photography,” complete with a saxophone melody line—strikingly gentle when compared to Kayo Dot’s brutal back catalog. “Long Time Disturbance on the Miracle Mile” could be a Bryan Ferry-era Roxy Music cut, and “The Mortality of Doves” could be Eno-produced David Bowie.

Driver says there’s also an element of sexuality in Coffins on Io. “Basically the vibe that we’re going for here is inspired by 80s retro-future noir— Blade Runner,” Driver explains. “I wanted to make a good record to put on while you drive across the desert at night under a toxic, post-apocalyptic atmosphere,” he says, adding, “There’s a weird underlying theme of murder, shame and death.”

Coffins on Io is slated for on October 16th release via San Francisco’s Flenser Records. Pre-orders and more information coming soon.

1. The Mortality of Doves
2. Offramp Cycle, Pattern 22

3. Longtime Disturbance on the Miracle Mile

4. Library Subterranean

5. The Assassination of Adam

6. Spirit Photography

LIVE ACTIONS:

We're looking into touring for Coffins on Io for December/January for the United States and Canada, and South America/Mexico for February/March. Interested in hosting us? Let us know! And please follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kayodot.official and Twitter https://twitter.com/KayoDotOfficial for further updates about this (and anything else)!

Also, did you guys know that our guitarist Ron Varod has a solo project called Zvi? He's doing a tour next month up to Canada, so check it out if you may: https://www.facebook.com/ronvarodmusic and help him fill in any off-days that he has, if you can.

OTHER NON-KAYO DOT STUFF THAT I DID OR AM DOING:

Some of you probably remember this Kickstarter for a dance film, Ichneumonidae, that I started two years ago and that is still in the process of completion. As far as the film/DVD portion go - that's still in the works (of course), but since I felt bad for taking so long, I released the audio-only version of Ichenumonidae on bandcamp earlier this year.http://kayodot.bandcamp.com/album/ichneumonidae-official-soundtrack Check it out! If you were one of the backers and you didn't receive this in your email, let me know and I'll send you a free download.

I have another band called Vaura - we released our second album, The Missing, late in 2013 on Profound Lore and on vinyl on The Flenser a few months ago. Check it out! http://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-missing

There's a band called Stern that I'm a part of, along with Keith and Tim from Kayo Dot and Chuck Stern of Time of Orchids. It's the most insane music I've ever played. It's basically like really slow-moving, through-composed disgusting Lynchian vibes. We just completed our second album and are looking for a label to release it. Also, if anyone knows how to get a copy to David Lynch, please let me know. :) Here's a link to the first Stern album, which was shamefully a bandcamp-only release a year ago: http://entitlement.bandcamp.com/album/entitlement

Tartar Lamb 3 is a thing. We'll be performing new music on November 13 at The Stone in NYC. The lineup is the usual crew (Driver, Cymerman, Byrnes, Means) along with Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on drums.

I'll be touring with Secret Chiefs 3 to Russia, Finland, Scotland, Israel (maybe???), Turkey, and the US and Canada from August 21-November 9 or so. Here are some of the dates, with more to be announced shortly:

Aug 23 - Doune the Rabbit Hole - Scotland
Aug 30 - International Kansk Festival - Siberia w/ Krasnoyarsk Russian Traditional Orchestra
Aug 31 - TBA - Moscow, Russia
Sep 01 - TBA - St. Petersburg, Russia
Sep 2 - Kuudes Linja - Helsinki, Finland
Sep 9 - Corsica Studios - London, United Kingdom
Sep 10 - Corsica Studios - London, United Kingdom
Sep 11 - Corsica Studios - London, United Kingdom
Oct 2 - Sait's The Gateway - Calgary AB, Canada
Oct 3 - The Starlite ROOM - Edmonton AB, Canada
Oct 4 - Vangelis Tavern - Calgary AB, Canada
Oct 5 - West End Cultural Centre - Winnipeg, Canada
Oct 7 - Turf Club - Saint Paul, MN
Oct 8 - The Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI
Oct 9 - Double Door - Chicago IL
Oct 11 - Lee's Palace - Toronto ON, Canada
Oct 14 - la vitrola - Montréal, Canada
Oct 15 - la vitrola - Montréal, Canada
Oct 16 - Black Sheep Inn - Wakefield, Ottawa QC, Canada
Oct 17 - Café Culturel de la Chasse-Galerie - Lavaltrie, Montreal, Canada
Oct 18 - Le Cercle - Québec, Quebec, Canada
Oct 19 - Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA
Oct 21 - (le) poisson rouge - New York, NY
Oct 22 - Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY
Oct 23 - Boot & Saddle - Philadelphia, PA
Oct 24 - Gallery 5 - Richmond, VA
Oct 26 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
Oct 31 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO

Thanks for reading this far and bearing with our insane overambitiousness! We really appreciate your fandom and are always working hard to bring you as much interesting music as possible. :)

Very warm regards,
Toby Driver on behalf of Kayo Dot

http://kayodot.net
http://kayodot.bandcamp.com

I'm glad Chuck Stern's doing stuff, I miss Time of Orchids.

That live album from Krakow is well worth listening to if anyone's a megafan, btw, especially if you're like me and think Tartar Lamb II is one of Driver's high watermarks

One month away, Kayo Dot's “Choirs of the Eye” 20th Anniversary Tour begins

Toby Driver | Kayo Dot
Wed, Jan 25, 8:07 AM (2 days ago)

Hello, I'm writing this to you from the back of a tour van in the midst of a long, full-day drive from Grenoble to Brussels on a grey and snowy day. I've joined my friend Charlie Looker, playing bass for his crushing project Extra Life on this trip, which has lasted the full month of January and traversed almost the entire UK and France. The music and hangs have been deep, the hospitality has been loving, and the heating has been almost entirely nonexistent. After the past few years of staying off the road due to the wills of external forces, I'm so fortunate to have the opportunity to join Charlie on this run. I enjoy touring and find it to be an essential facet of my vocation on this Earth, even in the role of a backing musician, and the relative absence of it in my life in the past few years has hurt. But here I am again in the right place, blessed to travel and blessed to be with my head above the surface, engaged in the arts with immediacy.

Only three weeks after returning home from this trip with Charlie, I'll set out again, this time in the bandleader's role with my own long-running, chief project Kayo Dot. This year is the project's 20th Anniversary, and to honor the milestone, I've gathered the original lineup of the fellows who formed the band out of maudlin of the Well to perform our 2003 debut album, Choirs of the Eye in full. The first leg of the tour hits a few places UK and Europe (see below) because this music was never really presented over there. By the time Kayo Dot started touring Europe, Choirs of the Eye was a few albums in the past and the band no longer had an instrumentation that could support the music's proper orchestration. Some of the ex-maudlin guys that are coming along for this trip left the band before ever having the chance to go on a European tour, so this is exciting in many ways. To even further exploit that vibe, we're preparing a few additional songs from the Kayo Dot repertoire that have never once been played in Europe. How about that!

It's very meaningful for me, far beyond the words I can say, to have the opportunity to bring this music back on the road for you. For Choirs of the Eye, but also for Kayo Dot as a project in general. If I had it my way, Kayo Dot would tour all around the world for 150 shows a year. But, I think since 2016 Kayo Dot has only played about 60 times. In 7+ years. That's horrible. I really want to remedy that situation with a ton of music and a ton of live concerts, and this Choirs of the Eye tour is the first step towards that. So, I really hope to see you at one of these upcoming concerts to encourage me along this path. Make sure you buy pre-sale tickets as soon as possible because it allows us to know how to better plan for the trip in terms of merch production and other resource investment. The dates and the ticket links are below.

But first, one more very exciting thing. We're being joined on this tour by our longtime lyricist and former maudlin of the Well vocalist, Jason Byron, who has never been on the road before and was only seen once in public at the MOTW reunion performance at the Stone NYC in 2015. He's bringing copies of his two novels, Blasphemy and Amalia, to sell at the merch table. Kayo Dot fans will recognize those titles as being closely related to Byron's words and stories in our music– and the novels go a lot further to expand upon the universe. He is limiting this first printing to only 50 copies of each. Preceding each concert, we're holding a special pre-show event in which Byron will read a little from his books and then have a Q&A session with the audience and other members from MOTW. The pre-show events are limited-entry, and you can find out more about how to get access at the ticket links below.

24 Feb, London UK at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road
https://dice.fm/event/ayg5q-kayo-dot-uk-exclusive-24th-feb-signature-brew-blackhorse-road-london-tickets?lng=en
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25 Feb, Haarlem NL at Complexity Fest:
https://www.ticketmaster.nl/artist/complexity-fest-tickets/994553
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26 Feb, Berlin DE at Urban Spree
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/usu-pres-kayo-dot-urban-spree-tickets-493975733717
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28 Feb, Warsaw PL at Hydrozagadka:
https://goout.net/pl/bilety/kayo-dot/acpq/
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01 Mar, Krakow PL at Klub RE:
Fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/712136530028492/
Ticket link: https://goingapp.pl/wydarzenie/kayo-dot-us/marzec-2023
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02 Mar, Prague CZ at Underdogs:
Tickets: https://www.goforboom.com/events/kayo-dot-choirs-of-the-eye-20th-anniversary-tour/order

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/666880521665504
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03 Mar, Belgrade SB at Elektropionir
(no tcket link available yet)
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04 Mar, Graz AT at Wakuum:
They sell memberships and it's a free show for members, or pay-what-you-wish.
www.wakmusic.at
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05 Mar, Mantova IT at The Academy:
https://k2music.bigcartel.com/product/kayo-dot-the-academy-mantova-biglietti

One final thing. Last week, I launched a fundraiser to help cushion some of the risk involved in undertaking such an ambitious tour. In the past week, we reached our goal thanks to our generous fans and friends, for which I'm profoundly grateful. If you would like to contribute, the fundraiser is still open, and everything raised will go towards making the tour an easier and less anxious experience. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your belief in what I do.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/kayo-dots-20th-anniversary-tour-fundraiser?qid=da48484f64450af2476a656eb81f0930

Many thanks for reading, and hope to see you out there! Any questions or desire to unsubscribe please let me know.

Toby td at kayodot dot net