The Only Toby Driver et al Thread You'll Ever Need

Pnoom! wrote: It's not that hard to listen to, really.And I'm changing the thread title, maybe.HOLY FCUKIN 3000 POSTS IN THE KAYO DOT THREAD!

Hehe I don't think it's hard to listen to, but that's why I said "I'd wager", as I could see how many others could find it a rather trying listen (see: Easy Livin's review of that album...).

So basically I'll rephrase: Listen with caution


...and I see you changed the name, haha. I foresee this thread lasting a good long while...it's one of the only threads I post in anymore.


EDIT: Also, I thought I'd post here as it's more relevant than in the TMV thread, that I'm going to change my name to something referencing either maudlin, kayo dot, driver himself, ulver, or all 4 (if that can be done).

Something simple, such as "Bathing Map" or "Kayo of the Dot" or "Driver Dot" or something stupid like that. I don't really care what it is, but I'm trying to find something simple as opposed to silly like the above three.

And the word "King" is no longer necessary in the title, if anyone tries to help me with a name, as that was for "King Crimson", which was my other favorite band besides the Volta when I joined the forums in '05.

Edited by king volta - June 14 2008 at 15:36

Pnoom! No massive cheer for your 3000th?

It's not that hard to listen to, really.

And I'm changing the thread title, maybe.


HOLY FCUKIN 3000 POSTS IN THE KAYO DOT THREAD!


Edited by Pnoom! - June 14 2008 at 14:59

I hated Library Loft at first, too.  Now it's vying for second favorite driver album (switches around with Dowsing every so often).

Henry Plainview wrote: explodingjosh wrote: Do they use time signatures at all? Tempo? Meter?I've recently been getting into this band, and I've been listening with a great sense of awe for what I'm hearing. They make an open mind very happy by challenging it even more. I don't think it's possible to play music together without those things. Toby Driver's solo album is free on his website.

Not anymore, last I checked.


EDIT: just checked again; only the first track is available.


Edited by Pnoom! - June 14 2008 at 01:52

explodingjosh wrote: Do they use time signatures at all? Tempo? Meter? I've recently been getting into this band, and I've been listening with a great sense of awe for what I'm hearing. They make an open mind very happy by challenging it even more.

I would guess yes to all three, though I don't know enough about music to know much more than that it sounds awesome.

Rocktopus wrote: I don't want them to be riffbased, I've just misunderstood what Kayo Dot is about (and pleasantly surprised).

In all of their songs, they have exactly one riff, at the end of "The Manifold Curiosity"

The rest is like modern composition classical with some distortion and awesome layering.

Choirs of the Eye is their best, but also their most distorted (but not really metal)

king volta wrote: I second checking out maudlin if you can handle occasional death vocals. I have grown recently to like them even more than Kayo Dot--and Kayo Dot was my favorite band too!

No Kayo Dot isnt very riff based, although all Kayo Dot is centered around the electric guitar.

Edited by schizoid_man77 - June 09 2008 at 00:00