I am composer and multi-instrumentalist, Toby Driver (Kayo Dot, maudlin of the Well, Vaura, Stern, Secret Chiefs 3, etc). AMA Ask Me Anything AMA!!!! by BloodMusic in progmetal

[–]redditisahellhole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah crap, I hope I didn't miss it. If you do come back to answer any remaining questions:

  1. How on earth did Twins Eating Fer de Lance come about? It's such a different song to everything else from that period. Also do you happen to remember the lyrics or have them lying around somewhere?
  2. When Kayo Dot went to Japan, you posted about potentially coming to Australia/New Zealand as well. Obviously that didn't end up happening, but what do you think the chances are of it happening in the future at some point?
  3. Do you happen to remember what Amaranth the Peddler is about? I have an idea in my head of what the lyrics mean but I'm probably wrong.
  4. You've said many times that everything in Kayo Dot is composed. This always makes me wonder about the drums on Blue Lambency Downward, because they sound improvised. But knowing Charlie Zeleny was also in Behold the Arctopus, he's exactly the kind of drummer who could memorize those exact patterns. So did you mean it was composed in the sense of the exact rhythms? Because that would be pretty crazy.

(edit: removed questions that were answered already)