New Kayo Dot Material (Videos/Artwork [?])
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Topic: New Kayo Dot Material (Videos/Artwork [?])
Posted By: Figglesnout
Subject: New Kayo Dot Material (Videos/Artwork [?])
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 15:57
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Kayo Dot posted 3 videos on youtube of their new material. In case some of you haven't seen it, here they are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPdrkW_GeZ8 - Right Hand is the One I Want http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqS6S6IPXEc - The Useless Ladder (excerpt) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfs3_x0PUFo - Blue Lambency Downward (excerpt) The new stuff is definitely more subtle and precise. Enjoy. Here's some possible artwork I found. I think it may be it:  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 18:30
| If there's an album in the works, have they set a release date or something yet? Thanks for the vids, I'll have a look. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 18:45
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Release date is May 5th, I believe.
Album is called "Blue Lambency Downward", with 7 tracks, and will be released by Hydrahead Records. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: lithopediology
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 21:17
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haha, i was going to post this but you beat me to it! thanks for posting it. i hope you all enjoy the new material! there's some superproggy stuff this time around! :) |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 22:43
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Tis good stuff. I think this one will be just as good as the others in my book.
Both Choirs of the Eye and Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue are pretty much equal and up in my top 5 albums currently. So this is a good thing. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 23:21
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They were supposed to release blue lambyncy downwards sometime in March, but seeing how tommorows April 1st, I dont think that will happen. ------------- 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 23:55
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Yeah it was pushed back without announcement; but amazon says May 5th, so that's what everyone's hoping for. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: lithopediology
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 00:52
| The official release date is actually May 6th ... just one day later. :) |
Posted By: Apsalar
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 01:01
| Right Hand is the One I want is gorgeous. Methinks I will be enjoying this album once it arrives. |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 01:12
| Seems like Driver still has it. Better then ever maybe? |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 08:53
*Drools* I cant remember the last time I was this excited for an album release. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 14:19
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I agree. I think this album may be their best yet, oddly enough,. When I first heard about it, what with all the jazz and no ferociously cacophonous parts, I was kinda sad. After hearing the material, I am extremely excited. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 15:58
| This will be the CD of 2008, and I could see it being their best, at least based on the videos. When will a preorder be available? |
Posted By: lithopediology
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 16:41
| I think the preorder will be available pretty soon! We're still trying to brainstorm a good preorder bonus item though! any ideas? |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 16:57
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A set of Kayo Dot related stickers. I got a set of stickers with the latest John Zorn release (the Dreamers) and I absolutely loved having them. I can't give a logical reason, but stickers are always a good idea.
I'll see if I can come up with more.
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Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 16:58
A date with you? (assuming it's Mia I'm talking to here...)
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lithopediology wrote:Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 17:03
| Haha, so true avestin. Hope you do underage, Mia. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 18:20
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As for preorder bonuses, got any live material sitting around ready to dump onto a DVD?
And stickers are nice too. :) EDIT: And I'd like to add: Got any artwork to unveil??? That'd be cool.........  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 18:48
Welcome back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyways, I have little doubt this will album will be anything shor of extrordinary, and probably will be the release of 08! I couldnt really watch the movies with much interest, the quality is really crappy. -------------
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 19:48
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Believe me, I'm looking forward to this... I want KD to win me over this time.... ------------- 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 19:58
Actually, considering they are essentially live bootlegs shot on a handheld camera, they sound pretty damn good...
Did you watch the videos, and if so, do they appeal to you more than the other stuff did? ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 20:28
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The T, I'm not sure this one will convince you, but supposedly it's their least meandering, so that might help. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 20:38
| I am so incredibly excited. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 20:46
you and about 6000 others
Actually, since we're talking Kayo Dot here, I guess a more accurate number would be like 60... 
Ah well. I can't wait. I want some artwork though. And some preorder action. And a studio excerpt 
.....please.... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 20:53
| I want to know what kind of giveaway will come with the preorder. A poster, maybe? |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 20:53
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I'd still like that date with Mia if it's possible...
Oh and I'm highly anticipating the album as well...
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Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 22:14
I contacted another Kayo fan on last.fm and he responded with: " buttons? stickers? patches? t-shirt?" |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 22:18
I'll go for T-shirt and stickers. not a big button or patches fan though...still, I'll bet I could make an exception. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 22:20
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A poster would be sweet! This is supposed to be KD's least meandering? What is Kayo Dot without meandering, is it even possible, or are you just say ing that even though there is significantly less meandering, theres still an assload of it? -------------
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 22:26
Probably the latter. But the idea I get is that the music could come off as meandering still, but it seems much more structured and precise in my opinion. As if everything is completely put in its place (not that it wasn't before, but there was some minimal room for improv on the last few records). Everything seems less wayward and wandering though, and more, like I said, put in its place. But I mean hey, I haven't heard the whole thing yet, so who am I to judge. Although, I think another good indicator is the fact that there are more tracks with a similar total time (as far as I've heard) as the other albums. So the songs are shorter, it seems, which leaves less room for meandering. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 00:05
Gooood... goood...  ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 19:41
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EDIT: This is now at the front of the thread too.
Don't quote me on this, as I do not know where this came from, but some people on other forums are widely speculative about the artwork, and they believe the picture below, or a variation of it, will be the artwork:
I think it's pretty awesome... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 04 2008 at 12:06
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^I think thats one of the best pieces of album artwork that I've ever seen, I so hope they use it on BLD.
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 04 2008 at 14:20
And I completely agree.  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: April 04 2008 at 15:07
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i am refusing to listen to the samples untill i get my clammy hands on that album. i am soooo so so excited. the artwork has only made my pain that much worse. if the album is half as good as that then i think ill just quit music and listen to toby driver material the rest of my life. wait... last time i was this excited it was for the scarsick release... uh oh... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 04 2008 at 18:09
Hah, I never was a fan of PoS...ever. So luckily I avoided that disappointment. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: April 04 2008 at 18:20
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I think the art is pretty friggin' awesome! -------------
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 04 2008 at 18:29
You and me both! And a bunch of other people. If, indeed, it is the art. I certainly hope so. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Dominic
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 02:15
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Kayo Dot.... A group of very talented people, who love to tease me. Am i an insensitive brute for my hope of another "The Manifold Curiosity"? I feel that KD is progressively getting more "progressive", and less rock. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 02:37
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I feel Kayo Dot are continually keeping their music fresh and innovative. All three albums thus far already have distinct sounds and more prominent features than the other albums contained. They keep reinvigorating their formulas. And they are completely awesome. I cannot wait for this album. ...... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 03:57
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Album of '08, I'm calling it already. I am in love with what I'm hearing so far. It's so Kayo Dot, and once again they make something drastically different from the last outing while becoming increasingly abstract at the same time. This kind of avant-garde music is the future. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 10:24
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This is getting bad...I just had a dream I got this album and listned to it...no joke.
Very sad upon awakening... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 10:41
That photo has been on display http://www.kayodot.net/toby/index2.html - here for a while. It says Toby's been working on it for "an album cover". It might just be BLD. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 10:49
Actually, it's the present. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 11:35
Indeed. I think it may be. Perhaps not though... Either way, I think it's very nice. Although, because of the word "Blue" in the title, and all of the jazz presents, I was almost sure the artwork would be more, well...blue. This artwork, whatever it may be for, is awesome though. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 11:51
please please be true ;P don't let your music be trapped by the rigidity of metal ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 12:18
If you haven't heard, the new one (Blue Lambency Downward) features essentially NO metal... Also, listen to the songs in the video........they give a good impression of the new album's likely lound. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 12:23
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Good news. as for videos, I have a peculiar and self-inflicted allergy to them; I'll wait for the album =P ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 12:29
Hahaha...Well. I assure you, their sound is more subtle than ever, and the music is very exact and obviously orchestrated; yet it has a very distinctly jazzy, almost sinister feel to it all. I seriously think that, if this album delivers full-on the atmosphere the songs in the videos contains, we'll have ourselves a monumental winner.... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Dominic
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 15:36
I'm not that much into metal, yet the last Kayo Dot album was a bit too mellow for me. I felt like they spent every song building up tension, but never released. It's as if they went out of their way to not play with each other simultaneously. I felt like i was being musically teased for the entire album. So, it's not that i don't dig the instrumentation they're using, but the some of the pieces on the last album felt a bit aimless and over stretched. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 15:55
I disagree completely, but that's not why I'm responding. I'd just like to say that if what you just said summed up your view on the last album, I'm not so sure you'll enjoy this one... Still, I hope for the best. And yes, DOWSING certainly wasn't as bombastic or climatic as CHOIRS, but it was still great :) ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: mecca
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 00:12
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Should be an excellent release. I hope you guys buy the album to support them, because recent interviews with Toby say that they have less than substantial monies. But of course you buy all the albums you listen to!, hehe. Dowsing Anemone has always been my favorite KD album, it just feels much more delicate and pleasing than their first album. And the first album was also pretty great. Their music obviously has a lot of atmosphere, last summer, I combined their song "Asylum on the Wall" with a BioShock video (BioShock is an amazing game, by the way, haha, with incredible atmosphere as well; the video's on youtube). Yep.
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 00:48
I've seen that video actually. Bioshock is a very good game; I enjoyed it. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 20:28
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maybe a bit late on this one but a T-Shirt would be awesome of course, the album moreso gonna avoid watching the videos because I want the first time I hear the album to be as a whole ------------- 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: April 12 2008 at 21:41
Apparently this is the "real" artwork. Same as before, just different color scheme:
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: April 22 2008 at 18:04
| Does anyone know anything about the preorder gift Mia talked about? I was about to preorder it from amazon, but there's no word there about any gift. Is there another source I can preorder from? |