Choirs of the Eye

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Choirs of the Eye
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Studio album by Kayo Dot
Released October 21, 2003
Recorded 2002-2003
Genre Post-metal, Avant-prog, Post-modern Classicism
Length 55:59
Label Tzadik Records
Producer Toby Driver, John Zorn, Kazunori Sugiyama
Professional reviews
Kayo Dot chronology
Choirs of the Eye
(2003)		 Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
(2006)

Choirs of the Eye is the first album by Kayo Dot.

[edit] Overview and musical approach

In maudlin of the Well the compositions were often "brought to life" using astral projection, a relatively New age phantasmagorical practice which involves lucid dreaming, using the unconscious mind to extract ideas, solutions, or in this case pre-conceived music from an elaborate Astral library. In art this concept can be linked back to the theories and philosophies of early Surrealists such as Max Ernst and André Breton (who wrote the very first Surrealist Manifesto in 1924).

With Choirs of the Eye Kayo Dot denounce this songwriting technique yet continue in the same direction that motW were going with their two final albums Bath and Leaving Your Body Map. The compositions aren't songs in the traditional sense but rather abstract movements, focusing on instrumental density, atmosphere and intensity.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Marathon" – 10:14
  2. "A Pitcher Of Summer" – 5:46
  3. "The Manifold Curiosity" – 14:28
  4. "Wayfarer" – 10:45
  5. "The Antique" – 14:41

All music written by Kayo Dot and Toby Driver, all lyrics by Jason Byron.

[edit] Credits