Blasphemy (Luxus), by Kayo Dot

Blasphemy (Luxus)

by Kayo Dot

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baudelagon C'est KayoDot ! On s'assoit, on écoute. On en parle après, si toutefois on trouve des mots pour le faire...

Giles It took me a few listens, but I keep loving this one more and more. It's less obscure and esoteric, almost operatic, with big emotions declaimed in ways that are unexpectedly direct and plain, but are really effective. Plus a wonderful variety of feels, moods, sounds. Visionary!! Favorite track: Vanishing Act in Blinding Gray.

Ian Hayden Toby should be proud of this - it's a wonderful and accessible mix of different styles, yet is deep enough to lose yourself in hundreds of listens later.
It's Kayo Dot's best album, and therefore a true masterpiece by anyone's standards.

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1.	Ocean Cumulonimbus 03:59	buy track
2.	The Something Opal 05:43	buy track
3.	Lost Souls on Lonesome's Way 05:20	buy track
4.	Vanishing Act in Blinding Gray 08:07	buy track
5.	Turbine, Hook, and Haul 06:09	buy track
6.	Midnight Mystic Rise and Fall 05:33	buy track
7.	An Eye for a Lie 05:21	buy track
8.	Blasphemy: A Prophecy 04:13	buy track
9.	Ocean Opalescent 03:46
10.	Illegible X 02:04
11.	Lies in Lapis 03:36
12.	Voyage of the Avarice 05:31
13.	Oceanic Point of Inaccessibility 06:18
14.	Blasphemy 06:13

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Kayo Dot, the endlessly eclectic project of composer and producer Toby Driver, was formed in 2003 by the members of the legendary aethereal metal band Maudlin Of The Well. Since then, the group's muse has shown its face through slow and massive cascades of guitars and violins, and soundscapes spanning from tripped-out goth fusion, informed by Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew," to hyper-fast, angular and atonal suicidal black metal.

Kayo Dot’s members have come from very different backgrounds, ranging from DIY punk kids to the most erudite conservatory-educated New York performing musicians. Driver's list of collaborators includes names like Randall Dunn (WITTR, Myrkur, Sunn O))), Secret Chiefs 3 (Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle), John Zorn, and G. Stuart Dahlquist (Burning Witch, Asva), among many others. The diversity of the musicians involved feeds Kayo Dot's ability to wind, twist, and leave you wanting with no clue on how it will evolve, while creating sounds that are both timeless and contemporary.

Now fifteen years on, Kayo Dot's new album, "Blasphemy," is once again based on an allegorical story by Jason Byron. It explores greed, especially politically, and surrounds three characters on their search for treasures; only to be destroyed by the very treasure they sought – a sleeping girl with terrible power named Blasphemy. Produced by Randall Dunn (who helmed Kayo Dot's "Hubardo," "Coyote," and "Blue Lambency Downward"), "Blasphemy" is Kayo Dot’s most forthright statement ever - directly confronting the world at-hand, foregoing the encouraged escapism found ubiquitously throughout the rest of their catalogue, and embracing the perspective a band in such a rare position as this can bring - much more energetic than the ebb and flow of 2003's "Choirs Of The Eye", a more straight-ahead rock album than "Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue" (2006) that channels the playfulness of 2010's "Coyote." Pulling from elements of black metal, jazz, pop and Driver's own wild sonic concoctions, Kayo Dot is constantly evolving.

"Blasphemy" will be released on September 6th, 2019 via Prophecy Productions, and will be available on LP, CD Digipak, 2xCD book edition (hardcover, 18x18cm, 48 pages with enhanced artwork, a full chapter of the novel that serves as the album’s thematic basis, and feat. the 6-track bonus CD “Purity” with renditions of “Blasphemy” tracks by Wet Math) and ltd. boxset (LP on exclusive clear vinyl, 2xCD artbook, three art prints, and a full map of the novel’s universe).

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released September 6, 2019

Toby Driver - guitar, bass, synths, vocals, percussion, electronics and production
Ron Varod - guitar
Leonardo Didkovsky - drums
Phillip Price - drums
Tim Byrnes - trumpet on "Turbine, Hook, and Haul"
Timm Mason - additional synth design
Matthew Serra - remixes

Music composed by Toby Driver
Story and lyrics by Jason Byron
Produced by Randall Dunn with Toby Driver
Original artwork by Jenya Chernoff
Band photography by Casey Mathewson

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