Kayo Dot

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Kayo Dot is an avant-garde group that was formed in 2003 by Toby Driver after the disband of maudlin of the Well. They released their debut album Choirs of the Eye on John Zorn’s Tzadik label that year.

The music of Kayo Dot bridges several genres, from heavy metal to classical music. Their songs involve complex instrumentation (composed by singer and frontman Driver), generally without refrain. They are substantially longer than typical rock songs, often ranging from 8 to 15 minutes in length.

Kayo Dot’s new album Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue was released in January of 2006.

Recently, Kayo Dot released an exclusive track for a vinyl split with New York’s own Bloody Panda through European Label Holy Roar Records.

On May 6 2008, they will release their third full-length, Blue Lambency Downward, on Hydra Head Records.

1	Blue Lambency Downward	167
2	Gemini Becoming the Tripod full track	162
3	Marathon	159
4	A Pitcher of Summer	157
5	The Manifold Curiosity	155
6	Clelia Walking	146
7	Wayfarer	140
8	Right Hand is the One I Want	133
9	Immortelle and Paper Caravelle full track	131
9	The Awkward Wind Wheel	131
11	Aura on an Asylum Wall full track	130
12	The Useless Ladder	124
13	Symmetrical Arizona	119
13	The Sow Submits	119
15	The Antique	115

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Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
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Choirs of the Eye
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Blue Lambency Downward
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Kayo Dot & Bloody Panda Split 12"
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orion_black wrote:
yesterday morning

Si eres aficionado al Avant-garde Metal te invito a que te unas a un grupo en español enfocado a dicho subgenero. http://www.lastfm.es/group/Avant-garde+Metal+(Español) Saludos

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knifeintheback wrote:
Thursday morning

I agree with ebrown's original shout. This band is so great that it made me search for something (in vain, of course) greater. Regardless, I feel as though my taste in music has improved tenfold. My charts in terms of #1-50 don't really show it but there's a LOT of "awesome" deeper in. ;P

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TearsToShreds wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

KD's European tour t-shirt > all the others. ^^

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Caliban51 wrote:
Tuesday evening

Same here EBROWN7.

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3fingeredben wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

That's weird. I love Kayo Dot AND Can, a lot.

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uglustraxi wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

hmmm, indeed weird. I was wondering in what state I was when I wrote this because I couldnt remember it at all ;)

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praisingfolly wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Umm... yeah. The comment below is supposed to be by me, but somehow last.fm randomly logged me into uglustraxi's account (even though it said that I was logged in as myself). Weird.

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uglustraxi wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

The same thing happened for me, but with the band Can.

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ebrown7 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

So, I reckon this band was probably the best thing to happen to me musically. As soon as I got into this band it was like a light switched on and I could appreciate different types of music, and break out of your typical metalhead genres. Though my charts are still largely dominated by metal and it's related genres this band has opened my ears immensely.

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knifeintheback wrote:
Tuesday morning

Sounds like spam...

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3fingeredben wrote:
Monday evening

I don't try there because why would you even need to...?

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praisingfolly wrote:
Monday afternoon

I don't try there because if the artists aren't getting any money anyway, I'm at least going to not give anyone else money either. Especially not the Russian mafia.

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ebrown7 wrote:
Monday morning

haha, I don't try there because "No results for your search request were found" ...

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knifeintheback wrote:
Sunday afternoon

I wouldn't mind buying that Seldon Hunt one either save the fact that it's black and well, I already own enough black t-shirts.

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innflood wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Why don’t you try more here http://alloffmp3.org/Search/?bg=Kayo+Dot

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ebrown7 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Dos anyone know the dimensions/sizes of their shirts? I wanna buy this one but they're all sold out of Medium.

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3fingeredben wrote:
Sunday morning

I'm still the typical CotE > DAwCT > BLD ...but I love all three soooooo much.

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knifeintheback wrote:
Sunday morning

I've been listening to it recently as well and finding greatness. Granted, it's not at as great as COTE or DAWCT but it's a different kind of "great".

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3fingeredben wrote:
Saturday evening

honestly, this listen of BLD just officially brought it up to 5 stars in my book. It's amazing. It's one weakness is its off-kilter pacing, but still, the songs themselves are wonderful.

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3fingeredben wrote:
Saturday evening

I think I'm just going to wait out for the next batch, as i don't really like the other shirt on the site.

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Sep 25 Kayo Dot Circle Of Hope, Philadelphia, United States
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Sep 26 Kayo Dot ModernFormations, Pittsburgh, United States
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youngcosmonaut tagged Kayo Dot with ‘experimental rock’. yesterday morning
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ForSatori1919 added Kayo Dot to the lineup of Kayo Dot at Jackpot Saloon. yesterday morning
lilith_bathory tagged Kayo Dot with ‘experimental’. Thursday morning
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MistaSparkle added Kayo Dot to the lineup of Kayo Dot at ModernFormations. Tuesday evening
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HaXxorIzed, gorgonoidi and PATMAN2288 added Kayo Dot to their libraries. Monday morning
acelxpro tagged Kayo Dot with ‘avant-garde’. Saturday evening