History Music / KayoDot

You can stream basically everything Kayo Dot has recorded, as well as quite a lot of band leader Toby Driver's other work, at [[http://kayodot.bandcamp.com their Bandcamp]]. (This includes, but is not limited to, several film soundtracks he has composed; most of Music/MaudlinOfTheWell's output; ''In the L..L..Library Loft'', a Kayo Dot album in all but name that was released under his name due to ExecutiveMeddling; the side projects Tartar Lamb and Tartar Lamb II; and ''Madonnawhore'', his first non-soundtrack work that he actually seems to have intended to be released under his name).

You can stream basically everything Kayo Dot has recorded, as well as quite a lot of band leader Toby Driver's other work, at [[http://kayodot.bandcamp.com their Bandcamp]]. (This includes, but is not limited to, several film soundtracks he has composed; most of Music/MaudlinOfTheWell's output; ''In the L..L..Library Loft'', a Kayo Dot album in all but name that was released under his name due to ExecutiveMeddling; and the side projects Tartar Lamb and Tartar Lamb II).

You can stream basically everything Kayo Dot has recorded, as well as quite a lot of band leader Toby Driver's other work, at [[http://kayodot.bandcamp.com their Bandcamp]].

* {{Jazz}}: Some of their works fall into jazz fusion territory ("The Wait of the World" is an excellent example of this). ''Blue Lambency Downward'' also has been compared to free jazz. Toby Driver has pointed out, though, that there is one important characteristic of jazz that is almost completely missing from Kayo Dot's music, namely improvisation. (However, there are several subgenres of jazz that often do not feature much, if any, improvisation. For example, Music/MahavishnuOrchestra's works were tightly composed, which drew criticism from jazz purists at the time, while much of Music/MilesDavis' fusion output was heavily edited in the studio. The subgenre of third stream, exemplified by such works as Davis' ''Music/SketchesOfSpain'' and Music/CharlesMingus' ''Let My Children Hear Music'' and ''The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady'', is also tightly composed with very little improvisation; the same could be said of big band music, exemplified by artists like Music/GlennMiller and the Count Basie Orchestra).

* WordSaladHorror: Their lyrics sometimes cross into this. In particular, a couple songs on ''Plastic House On Base Of Sky'' seem to be about a SerialKiller.

* IndecipherableVocals: Quite often, though it's most pronounced on ''Choirs of the Eye'', where the vocals are generally placed very low in the mix to give the impression that they're coming from far away.

* GenreRoulette: Nearly every album and in some cases every song has a different sound.

* {{Jazz}}: Some of their works fall into jazz fusion territory ("The Wait of the World" is an excellent example of this). ''Blue Lambency Downward'' also has been compared to free jazz. Toby Driver has pointed out, though, that there is one important characteristic of jazz that is almost completely missing from Kayo Dot's music, namely improvisation. (Then again, Music/MahavishnuOrchestra's works were also tightly composed, which drew criticism from jazz purists at the time, and the subgenre of third stream, exemplified by such works as Music/MilesDavis' ''Music/SketchesOfSpain'' and Music/CharlesMingus' ''Let My Children Hear Music'' and ''The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady'', is also tightly composed with very little improvisation).

* {{Goth}}: ''Coffins on Io'' again.

* TheBoleroEffect: They are ''very'' fond of this trope. Some particularly good examples occur in “The Antique”, “The Manifold Curiosity”, and “Passing the River”.

* DarkerAndEdgier: In general, they're this to the relatively idyllic maudlin of the Well.

* 2003 - Choirs of the Eye
* 2006 - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
* 2006 - Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda (split)
* 2008 - Blue Lambency Downward
* 2009 - Champions of Sound 2008 (split with Pelican, Steve Bredsky, and Zozobra)
* 2010 - Coyote
* 2010 - Live in Bonn, 2009
* 2010 - Stained Glass (EP)
* 2012 - Gamma Knife
* 2013 - Hubardo
* 2014 - Kraków (live, split with Tartar Lamb II, recorded 2011)
* 2014 - Coyote - Live on WMBR, August 31, 2010
* 2014 - Coffins on Io

* WordSaladLyrics: Many of them. Just listen to the monologue at the end of "Marathon".

:: ''Coyote'' is also a concept album with lyrics composed by a friend of the band, who suffered from (eventually terminal) breast cancer, and ''Coffins on Io'' appears to be a concept album as well.

* {{Jazz}}: Some of their works fall into jazz fusion territory ("The Wait of the World" is an excellent example of this). ''Blue Lambency Downward'' also has been compared to free jazz. Toby Driver has pointed out, though, that there is one important characteristic of jazz that is almost completely missing from Kayo Dot's music, namely improvisation. (Then again, Music/MahavishnuOrchestra's works were also tightly composed, which drew criticism from jazz purists at the time).

* 2010 - Live in Bonn

* 2014 - Kraków (live, split with Tartar Lamb II)
* 2014 - Coyote - Live on WMBR, August 31, 2010

:: ''Coyote'' is also a concept album with lyrics composed by a friend of the band, who suffered from (eventually terminal) breast cancer.

* BreatherEpisode: The metal albums frequently have these, such as "A Pitcher of Summer" and "Wayfarer" on ''Choirs of the Eye'' and "The First Matter (Saturn in the Guise of Sadness)" and "The Second Operation (Lunar Water)" on ''Hubardo''.

* {{Jazz}}: Some of their works fall into jazz fusion territory ("The Wait of the World" is an excellent example of this). ''Blue Lambency Downward'' also has been compared to free jazz. Toby Driver has pointed out, though, that there is one important characteristic of jazz that is almost completely missing from Kayo Dot's music, namely improvisation.

* MindScrew: In both musical and lyrical terms.

* {{Jazz}}: Some of their works fall into jazz fusion territory ("The Wait of the World" is an excellent example of this).