Blue Lambency Downward [SEP] record label
Blue Lambency Downward
Blue Lambency Downward is the third studio album by Kayo Dot, released on Hydra Head Records in May 2008. After much of the group left to pursue outside projects, the only members who remained were frontman Toby Driver and violinist and long-time collaborator Mia Matsumiya. The two began recording the album in early 2007 using a revolving door of contributing musicians. The album is heavily influenced by chamber and orchestral music and jazz, and features an abundance of woodwinds. It is widely considered to be Kayo Dot
has been signed to a number of different record labels, Tzadik, Robotic Empire, Hydra Head, Driver's self-release imprint, Ice Level Music, and most recently signing 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