Kayo Dot news for fans (and fans of preorders)

[battema]

Just a reminder that Kayo Dot already finished recording/mixing the next album which is due to be released.... in August I think.

- Matt

Is this going to be another self-released album or will this be on a label?

[Lebofsky]

Is this going to be another self-released album or will this be on a label?

It will be on Flenser Records. I might be wrong about August, but definitely some time this year.

- Matt

[battema]

Thanks Matt

[Haruspex Carnage]

bump

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

[Scrotum Scissor]

Finally awaiting the Hubardo double CD in the mail, after only having heard a handful of downloads. Have to say I'm a bit intimidated by the sheer length of the whole thing, but I think I'll approach it in two separate parts. I'll be bringing this for my holidays next weekend, and enjoy some existentialist Dot eschatology growl by the seaside while I have my morning swim and some Cremant.

[unclemeat]

Coffins on Io CD and LP now available for preorder :
http://store.theflenser.com/product/...io-cd-pre-sale

[battema]

Finally awaiting the Hubardo double CD in the mail, after only having heard a handful of downloads. Have to say I'm a bit intimidated by the sheer length of the whole thing, but I think I'll approach it in two separate parts. I'll be bringing this for my holidays next weekend, and enjoy some existentialist Dot eschatology growl by the seaside while I have my morning swim and some Cremant.

SS - so have you had time to finally digest it all? Kind of curious to hear your thoughts on the album in full.

[Scrotum Scissor]

SS - so have you had time to finally digest it all? Kind of curious to hear your thoughts on the album in full.

Well, what to say? Like many others have stated, this thing somehow marks a return to Driver's (somewhat) pre-Dot aesthetic with motW, only that the Hubardo concept draws on experiences and revelations that logically followed from thereon. Thus, this isn't as much a "return" as an accumulative evolution of sorts, blending practically all aspects of Driver's artistic wealth with that of a highly individualist ensemble - no matter how much of a paradox that may sound. You can hear snippets of everything the whole Driver-and-friends collective has ever done in here, yet it sounds strangely coherent and together, consequently neither appearing too stressed or excessive spite the massive dimension of it. I was surprised at how relatively easy (well, for the trained ear, I suppose) each half flows, and I've actually been able to sit through the whole thing on a handful occasions now, with ever more enlightening result. Is it essentially metal? Not really. I'd say they are to "avantgarde post-metal" what Henry Cow were to experimental progressive on their Western Culture in '78, and begging the same obvious dilemma; where on earth (or above/below) to go next - if at all?

[unclemeat]

Toby Driver's new solo album Madonnawhore can be preordered now at http://nowflensing.com
and Throat Ruiner http://www.deathwishinc.eu/categories/the-flenser for Europe.
http://newnoisemagazine.com/premiere...-cravens-dawn/

[100423]

I like the track a lot. I'll definitely pick this up.

[unclemeat]

Toby Driver : “They Are the Shield” [Blood Music, September 21, 2018]

The artist behind such infamous, progressive, cult, chamber-oriented projects as maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot injected new life into his long-dormant solo project early last year with his first album in a decade.
Driver returns with “They Are the Shield,” the prolific composer's first album in over twelve years that harks back to songwriting structures developed and perfected in his maudlin of the Well days.
Notes of singer-songwriter sensibilities simmer beneath a fog of synthesizers, expansive soundscapes, lush chamber orchestrations, and sullen atmospheres, punctuated and driven with a soft percussive heartbeat.
Imagine Bob Dylan deconstructed. Imagine motW without the metal or Kayo Dot without the chaos.
Toby Driver returns with one of the strongest entries in his abundant and celebrated career, signifying a complete evolution into artistic maturity. “They Are the Shield” delivers experimental chamber songs for the darkest of autumn days, recounting the rare and ethereal essence of such eminent luminaries as Ulver, Kauan, and Ólafur Arnalds.

Track list:

1. Anamnesis Park
2. Glyph
3. 470 Nanometers
4. Scaffold of Digital Snow
5. Smoke-Scented Mycelium
6. The Knot

Teaser:

[walt]

^^^^^^

I'm not familiar with his music but this sounds intriguing.

[100423]

Toby Driver : “They Are the Shield” [Blood Music, September 21, 2018]

The artist behind such infamous, progressive, cult, chamber-oriented projects as maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot injected new life into his long-dormant solo project early last year with his first album in a decade.
Driver returns with “They Are the Shield,” the prolific composer's first album in over twelve years that harks back to songwriting structures developed and perfected in his maudlin of the Well days.

Well, no, he just put out a solo album last year...

https://kayodot.bandcamp.com/album/madonnawhore

[unclemeat]

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

[unclemeat]

The Choirs of the Eye - Live at the Stone video from 2015, which was part of the recent LP re-release, can be purchased on its own as a download (mp4, 2,1 Go) or streamed online :
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/choirsoftheeye/221760507

[unclemeat]

New album Blasphemy coming out in september :
https://en.prophecy.de/artists/kayo-...blasphemy.html
https://kayodot.bandcamp.com/album/blasphemy

[Dharma]

New video including first song from their upcoming album.

[boilk]

Well, it's certainly different from Bath and Leaving Your Body Map. I'll withhold judgement until hearing more.

neil

[unclemeat]

Podcast about Blasphemy :
http://radicalresearch.org/episode-3...ots-blasphemy/
and its transcript :
http://radicalresearch.org/an-interv...fS68gsCIYnnAp0

[unclemeat]

Toby Driver's new release :
https://kayodot.bandcamp.com/track/n-g-h-4-m

[Scrotum Scissor]

Did anyone hear the new album yet? Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike?

Granted I wasn't exactly crazy about the previous three of theirs, I'd like to know and learn about this one. Toby D. was rather good on his own back with Blue Lambency Downward, but that's 13 years back and he had his (then) girlfriend with him.

[jazz2896]

I have! I liked it a bit, granted I do rather like the last three, though I do recognize they can be a bit floaty and aimless. The new one has parts that remind me of the last couple, but what struck me from the get go was that there are a lot more immediately gripping and intense moments in this one. The 80s crooning thing is pretty much gone, replaced by a lot of harsh/screaming vocals, this is definitely the most "metal" KD's been in awhile. I would say I feel like this is the most substantial and dense KD album since Hubardo.

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[Morpheus]

It is very good. I mentioned in the new releases thread that it feels like it draws on all eras of KD and MotW (it is a reunion of that band’s lineup) yet remains focused and as mentioned above, brings back the metal edge that had been increasingly depleted on the previous three. I thought Blasphemy was poor, this is a nice return to form.

[Haruspex Carnage]

i'm not really a big metal fan so this doesn't do much for me...there's not a lot of instrumentation a la Hubardo so it doesn't warrant the getting through certain sections to hear more diversity.

[unclemeat]

Chamber music by Toby Driver