Kayo Dot (and the music of Toby Driver) Middlefield, Connecticut
KAYO DOT is an undefinable band led by composer Toby Driver. All the other projects and titles on this page are also the work of Toby Driver. Several additional titles are also available exclusively through our subscription service.
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Secular Works, Vol. 2
by Extra Life
supported by 34 fans who also own “Grey Dream”
Brilliant union of early music and rock. Strong Cardiacs vibes. I find a lot of chamber rock to be meandering and aimlessly angular. However this stuff is different, the compositions are extremely tight and diverse. The instrumentation is sparse and rickety, but has these brilliant flashes of grandiose orchestration, it's very balanced. I don't think I've heard a more successful integration of early music into modern forms before. Absolutely a modern masterpiece of progressive "weird" music.
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Thymiamatascension
by Alora Crucible
supported by 33 fans who also own “Grey Dream”
Hard to compete with They Are The Shield for me, but this stands up to it. Barriers Hymn might be the strongest emotional reaction I’ve had to a Driver piece since The Second Operation - so excellent.
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Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea
by Olivia Block
The Chicago composer turns her own grappling with Covid isolation into a kind of imaginary sci-fi soundtrack.
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Music for Mourning
by Poppy Nogood
Inspired by Steve Reich and Terry Riley, this contemporary composer and violinist creates pensive, minimal-but-emotional work.
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I've Never Met A Stranger
by Picastro
Tenderly bent experimental rock as delicate as latticework from long-running Toronto indie outfit Picastro.
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supported by 29 fans who also own “Grey Dream”
nothing new to add here. gorgeous atmospheric work. check it out, and if you like it, at least check out they are the shield too.
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