Kayo Dot

Kayo Dot
Kayo Dot performing at Roadburn Festival, 2015
Background information
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Avant-garde, avant-garde metal, post-rock, experimental, post-metal, chamber music, progressive metal
Years active	2003–present
Labels	The Flenser, Ice Level Records, Hydra Head, Robotic Empire, Tzadik, Holy Roar
Associated acts	maudlin of the Well, Tartar Lamb, Toby Driver, Baliset, Vaura, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3
Website	Kayodot.net
Members	Toby Driver Keith Abrams Daniel Means Ron Varod
Past members	Jason Byron Mia Matsumiya Terran Olson David Bodie Greg Massi Sam Gutterman Nicholas Kyte Ryan McGuire Forbes Graham John Carchia D.J. Murray Tom Malone

Kayo Dot is an American avant-garde music group. Formed in 2003 by Toby Driver after the break-up of maudlin of the Well, they released their debut album Choirs of the Eye on John Zorn's Tzadik Records that same year. Since then, Kayo Dot's lineup has drastically changed over the years.Toby Driver is the only founding member of the band still remaining, save for frequent lyrical contributions from former motW member Jason Byron. Up until 2011, the lineup was constantly shifting, and Kayo Dot's sound consistently changed over the years, featuring a wide variety of instrumentation featuring guitar, drums, bass, violin, saxophone, vibraphone, synthesizers, clarinets and flutes. Underground metal audiences warmly received the group upon its early existence, with the 2003 album Choirs of the Eye and the 2006 album Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue both becoming underground hits in the progressive metal scene.

Over the years, in addition to the rotating lineup and constantly changing sounds, Kayo Dot has been signed to a number of different record labels, Tzadik, Robotic Empire, Hydra Head before taking to Kickstarter and pre-orders to crowdfund their albums, as to be free of record label interference. The group signed to The Flenser in 2014.

As of 2016, Kayo Dot has released eight studio albums, one EP and one split: Choirs of the Eye in 2003, Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue as well as Kayo Dot/Bloody Panda split in 2006, Blue Lambency Downward, Coyote in 2010, an EP titled Stained Glass in 2011, Gamma Knife in 2012 and a double-album Hubardo in 2013. Coffins on Io, the group's seventh album, was released on October 16, 2014 via The Flenser. Their eighth studio album, Plastic House on Base of Sky, was released on June 24, 2016.