KAYO DOT is an avant-rock band hailing from New York City. Led by composer Toby Driver, who has performed and recorded with contemporary geniuses such as Trey Spruance (Secret Chiefs 3, Mr. Bungle), John Zorn (Masada), G. Stuart Dahlquist (Burning Witch, ASVA), and Randall Dunn (Sunn0)), Master Musicians of Bukkake), Kayo Dot began as the band MAUDLIN OF THE WELL in the 1990s and later changed their name.

Their hallucinatory, dark, and despondent music has its roots in doom-metal, goth, progressive rock, and new age, and has combined these influences with their experiences in the modern classical and avant-jazz worlds of downtown New York to create a completely unique, complex, heartbreaking, and meticulously composed genreless sound all their own.

KAYO DOT has just completed their new EP, "Stained Glass", slated for November/December 2010 release, hot on the heels of their April 2010 release "Coyote" (both on Hydra Head Records). KAYO DOT has also released albums with Tzadik, Hydra Head, Robotic Empire, and Holy Roar Records, and their albums have made many "Best Albums of the Decade" lists.