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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. Tzadik's descriptive label on that album read: "Kayo Dot powerfully integrates elements of modern classical composition with the layers of Guitar s and Vocals more common to Rock and Metal . With a compositional map that is strict in form yet malleable in execution, Kayo Dot uses a vast array of Instrumentation to create an exciting convergence of Violence and serenity." CURRENT MEMBERS
HISTORY Kayo Dot sprang from the ashes of the band Maudlin Of The Well (officially spelt with a lowercase 'M'). Maudlin Of The Well was a progressive heavy metal band who formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2003 . Their music contained elements from many different genres including sludge/ Doom Metal , Indie Rock , and New Age . They released three full-length and now out-of-print albums before disbanding: 1999's ''My Fruit PsychoBells...A Seed Combustible'' and 2001's ''Bath'' and ''Leaving Your Body Map''. These last two albums were considered companion albums, and were reissued with bonus tracks in January 2006 on the indie label Dark Symphonies (www.darksymphonies.com). Many past members of maudlin of the Well--Josh Seipp-Williams, Sam Gutterman, Terran Olson, Andrew Dickson, and Toby Driver--studied at Hampshire College in Amherst , Massachusetts from 1996-2000, where ''My Fruit PsychoBells...A Seed Combustible'' was recorded. At Hampshire, Driver was a student of jazz musician Yusef Lateef , whose theories of Autophysiopsychic Music influenced maudlin of the Well's, and to a greater extent Kayo Dot's, albums. Driver has gone on to say on their website: ''Some members of this project worked in the progressive-metal project-band Maudlin Of The Well from 1996 - 2003, at which time motW dismembered. Kayo Dot isn't much different from maudlin of the Well musically - rather it's more like a continuation in the direction motW had been progressing.'' and has also said: ''"People are too preoccupied with whatever connection there may be between Maudlin Of The Well and Kayo Dot."'' In May 2005 , Tom Malone joined the band as their new drummer after drummer Sam Gutterman (who also played in MotW ) left the band in March 2005 for reasons unknown. Kayo Dot are now signed to Robotic Empire Records and released their second album, " Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue " in January of 2006 . D. Thomas Murray, former sound engineer for the band, left the group in autumn 2005 to pursue solo endeavors under the Moniker Kyouhei Sada , a name paying homage to the Japanese composer of the same name who was responsible for the soundtrack to the Nintendo Entertainment System video game Abadox. DISCOGRAPHY maudlin of the Well Demos/Singles:
maudlin of the Well Full-length Albums:
The full albums featured either remixed or re-recorded versions of most of the songs from the demos. Kayo Dot Full-length Albums:
Toby Driver Solo Albums:
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