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Boston, Massachusetts, United States (2003 – present)

Kayo Dot is an group originally from Boston, Massachusetts, United States (now based in Brooklyn, New York) 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.

Its members are Toby Driver, Mia Matsumiya, Keith Abrams, Tim Byrnes, David Bodie, Dan Means and Terran Olson.

The music of Kayo Dot can not be accurately described by the limiting contemporary genre nomenclatures. Their songs involve complex instrumentation (composed by singer and frontman Driver), generally without refrain. They are substantially longer than typical songs, often ranging from 8 to 15 minutes in length.

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

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

Their fourth album, recorded in June 2009, named ‘Coyote’, was released on 20 April 2010 on Hydra Head Records.

Their fifth album, ‘Stained Glass,’ was released in January 2011 by Hydra Head, with very little fanfare.

Their sixth album, ‘Gamma Knife,’ was self-released digitally via http://kayodot.bandcamp.com in January 2012.
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  • tariiiq

    @NINlife: Nonsense!

    Friday morning

  • NINlife

    toby you're always working on too many projects. you need to have a vacation!

    Thursday evening

  • Tortbyo_Drotar

    Thanks guys. Tariiiq, no, since the visual part is an intrinsic element of the piece, I don't want to release the audio separately. However, I think I will include a mp4 (movie file) version of it so that people can put it on their smart-phones, etc, and listen on headphones (and not look at the film if they so desired)

    9 days ago

  • AmpleVoltage

    Ichneumonidae is amazing as is; can't wait to see Toby's true vision unfold. You can count on my support.

    9 days ago

  • anarchodandyist

    Cheers Toby, coming through . . .

    10 days ago

  • tariiiq

    Hey Tobes! So are you planning on releasing Ichneumonidae as an album too? The Kickstarter page mentions only the DVD, and I'd also love to listen to the music outside my home... Oh, and I donated a little something.

    10 days ago

  • Tortbyo_Drotar

    OK Robert, please send me an email to toby@kayodot.net to sort it out, to keep the conversation non-public, thanks!

    10 days ago

  • Tortbyo_Drotar

    Who are you? I've been trying to work out all the missing ones with people through email for the past several months...

    10 days ago
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Montreal show has been MOVED

1 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/kayodot

Hey guys, the Montreal show has beenmoved from casa Del Popolo to Les Katacombes!

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