Tag Archives: Toby Driver

Kayo Dot: Blue Lambency Downward

On May 6, 2008, “Hydra Head Records” label released “Blue Lambency Downward”, the third Kayo Dot studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Randal Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Toby Driver – voice, acoustic, electric, 12-string and baritone guitars, bass guitars, clarinet, piano, organ, gamelan, analog synth, laptop mellotron, artwork
  • Mia Matsumiya – voice, violin, mellotron, synth bass
  • Charlie Zeleny – drums
  • Skerik – tenor and baritone sax, vibraphone
  • Hans Teuber – soprano and bass clarinets, alto sax, flute
  • Dave Abramson – gamelan, additional percussion
  • B.R.A.D. – additional vocals
  • Randall Dunn – sound effects, synth design, recording, mixing
  • Mell Detmer – mastering
  • Heung Heung Ching – artwork
  • James O’Mara – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Toby Driver.

  1. Blue Lambency Download
  2. Clelia Walking
  3. Right Hand Is the One I Want
  4. The Sow Submits
  5. The Awkward Wind Wheel
  6. The Useless Ladder
  7. Symmetrical Arizona

Kayo Dot: Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue

On January 10, 2006, “Robotic Empire” label released “Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue”, the second Kayo Dot studio album.

Personnel:

  • Toby Driver– voice, guitar, piano, clarinet, percussion
  • Greg Massi – vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Mia Matsumiya– violin, percussion
  • Forbes Graham – voice, trumpet, euphonium, percussion
  • Ryan McGuire – voice, bass
  • John Carchia – voice, guitar
  • Tom Malone – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Toby Driver.

  1. Gemini Becoming the Tripod
  2. Immortelle and Paper Caravelle
  3. Aura on an Asylum Wall
  4. ___ On Limpid Form
  5. Amaranth the Peddler

maudin of the Well’s: Part the Second

On May 14, 2009, maudlin of the Well’s self-released “Part the Second”, bands fourth album. It was recorded 2008 -2009, and was produced by Toby Driver. The album was funded by fans donations from fans, and released for free on the internet in three formats.

Personnel:

  • Toby Driver– vocals, guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar
  • Sam Gutterman – bass guitar, drums, percussion
  • Terran Olson – flute, alto and baritone saxophone, piano, organ, synths
  • Greg Massi – guitar
  • Josh Seipp-Williams – guitar
  • Mia Matsumiya– violin
  • David Bodie – orchestral percussion, hand claps
  • Madeleine Craw – cello
  • Jim Fogarty – “hammond elbow”

Track listing:

  1. An Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost
  2. Another Excerpt: Keep Light Near You, Even When Dying
  3. Rose Quartz Turning to Glass
  4. Clover Garland Island
  5. Laboratories of the Invisible World (Rollerskating the Cosmic Palmistric Postborder)