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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 released their third full-length, Blue Lambency Downward, on Hydra Head Records.

Their new album recorded in June 2009 named ‘Coyote’ is set to be released at the begining of 2010 on Hydra Head Records.

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7	Immortelle and Paper Caravelle full track	125
8	Aura on an Asylum Wall full track	120
9	Blue Lambency Downward	103
10	Clelia Walking	87
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LuMi993 wrote:
yesterday evening

breeeeeaaaathe toooogeeeeetheeeeeeer farewell

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knifeintheback wrote:
yesterday morning

vvv Same here man. No such luck yet, obviously. :/

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FootToFace wrote:
Thursday morning

don't worry guys, i check my torrent sources every day to see if someone got a leak of the album. :/

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knifeintheback wrote:
Tuesday evening

Why does that link keep getting posted? I know it's for "Whisper" and yet I click every time hoping it's a different track. :///////

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giredofluff wrote:
Monday afternoon

http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/thevolume/2009/10/listen-now-new-music-from-kayo-dot-exclusively-on-the-volume/

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Crawtachio wrote:
last week

Yeah I used to listen to these guys. SHIT totally forgot.

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Llettingo wrote:
last week

Gildermershina: Your previous comment explains in one paragraph what I've not been able to express in all the years since the MOTW days. Perfect, dead on correct, & very nicely done. Thank you.

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knifeintheback wrote:
last week

I don't know that I could say one is better than the other, honestly. MFP and BLD are two far different flavors, yet COTE seems like a perfect blend.

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gildermershina wrote:
last week

So now that we've gotten all the equations out of the way...

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trommelars wrote:
last week

Someone had to do it... Kayo Dot != motW

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GrayChild wrote:
last week

Kayo Dot > motW >>>>> pancakes

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AmpleVoltage wrote:
last week

Kayo Dot ≥ motW

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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
13 days ago

kayo dot = motW

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LuKchoG wrote:
14 days ago

Kayo. = motW

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magrueder wrote:
15 days ago

kayo dot > motw

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Ludachris wrote:
16 days ago

I hate most online reviews of music, especially that site mentioned. Unless its from allmusic.com. Seriously, go read their review of Europe's The Final Countdown. Its golden.

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knifeintheback wrote:
16 days ago

My knickers are not in a twist. Trolling makes the Internet Baby Jesus cry.

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YukaKazami wrote:
16 days ago

Be aware that most things unpleasant on the internet are just trolling. And even if they're not trolling (you can't really tell), it's probably not worth taking it seriously. As for negative and poorly written reviews, they also contribute to increasing the listeners' awareness of a new band and make people want to hear what's going on themselves.

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knifeintheback wrote:
16 days ago

vvv I really really really hope so. I mean, I realize that there are many ignorant people in this world, but wow..

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YukaKazami wrote:
17 days ago

That review was written by a friend of the band is actually an in-joke, iirc.

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