Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward (#4397)

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Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Jazzy Avant-Rock
Quoted: 89 / 100

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Stefan · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2008 6:57 pm

This album is simply wonderful! :dio:

Let us all remember that Driver studied with Yussef Lateef and so I would have liked to see Lateef's autophysiopsychic music's theory mentionned as it clearly is a growing influence in Driver's work...

Also the "jazzy avant-rock" label does not, in my humble opinion, fit Blue Lamency Downward's music. It's much more influenced by contemporary music that it is by jazz...

Except those two point, good review! It's nice to see music that demanding reviewed on a metal webzine! :cool:

My rate: 95/100

noodles · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2008 8:17 pm

i've listened to this 5 times and it still doesn't do anything for me. i don't get Kayo Dot >.>

Mintrude · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2008 8:34 pm

Stefan wrote:

This album is simply wonderful! :dio:

Let us all remember that Driver studied with Yussef Lateef and so I would have liked to see Lateef's autophysiopsychic music's theory mentionned as it clearly is a growing influence in Driver's work...

Also the "jazzy avant-rock" label does not, in my humble opinion, fit Blue Lamency Downward's music. It's much more influenced by contemporary music that it is by jazz...

Except those two point, good review! It's nice to see music that demanding reviewed on a metal webzine! :cool:

My rate: 95/100

I've got to admit that I don't know who Yussef Lateef is... :unsure:

To be honest, I was clutching at straws for a genre description, as I didn't want to do a cop-out and put "Kayo Dot music".

Glad you liked it, I'm gonna try and do archives of more of Driver's work.

Stefan · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 1:55 am

Great news ! :dio:

This site is in dire need of maudlin of the Well reviews ! :cool:

Zeth · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 10:40 am

noodles wrote:

i've listened to this 5 times and it still doesn't do anything for me. i don't get Kayo Dot >.>

I don't get it either, this album is extremely unremarkable compared to the previous two.

Stefan wrote:

Great news ! :dio:

This site is in dire need of maudlin of the Well reviews ! :cool:

Indeed.

EisenFaust · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 1:10 pm

Wow! I didn't even know that Kayo Dot had released a new one. I loved Choirs.. and Dowsing Anemone... and Maudlin's bath. I'll check this one out as soon as possible.

heatseeker · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 5:48 pm

This band looks really interesting, especially the two records before this one...from what I understand, post-metal or something like it? I'll have to get Choirs of the Eye.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 6:03 pm

heatseeker wrote:

This band looks really interesting, especially the two records before this one...from what I understand, post-metal or something like it? I'll have to get Choirs of the Eye.

Eehhhhh... it combines post-rock and metal, but it doesn't really sound like what we'd call post-metal. It's very hard to describe.

Stefan · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 6:21 pm

It's more contemporary classical meets post-rock imo...

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