Choirs of the Eye

Choirs of the Eye
Studio album by Kayo Dot
Released	October 21, 2003
Recorded	April 2002 – June 2003 at Zing Recording Studio in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States
Genre	Experimental music, avant-garde rock, post-rock, avant-garde jazz
Length	55:59
Label	Tzadik Records
Producer	Toby Driver, John Zorn, Kazunori Sugiyama
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Choirs of the Eye (2003) Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue (2006)

Choirs of the Eye is the debut album by Kayo Dot, released on John Zorn's Tzadik Records in 2003.

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).^{[citation needed]}

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",^{[citation needed]} focusing on instrumental density, atmosphere and intensity.

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Length
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

Credits

• Toby Driver - vocals, guitar, cello, double bass, bells, synthesizer, tuba
• Greg Massi - vocals, electric guitar
• Nicholas Kyte - vocals, bass guitar
• Sam Gutterman - vocals, drums, percussion
• Terran Olson - flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, grand piano, hammond organ, Rhodes piano
• Sam Minnich - French horn
• Benjie Messer - trombone
• Todd Neece - recitation
• Mia Matsumiya - violin, viola
• Alex Lanni - electric guitar
• Adam Sibley - trumpet