Kayo Dot + support: Ciśnienie

The avant-metal luminaries Kayo Dot will visit Hydrozagadka as part of a tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their debut album 'Choirs of the Eye'.

The endlessly eclectic avant-metal project Kayo Dot is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Toby Driver, formerly associated with the band Maudlin of the Well. Since their debut in 2003, they have fused influences ranging from black metal through jazz to contemporary chamber music, in various configurations; sometimes, as on Gamma Knife (2012), turning more towards their heavy roots, sometimes (Coyote) into Scott Walker-esque gothic, and sometimes in completely unexpected directions, like the darkwave-meets-jazz fusion Coffins on Io (2014). They have 10 studio albums to their credit, the most recent of which is 2021's Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike; initially signed to John Zorn's cult Tzadik imprint, they have also released music on Hydra Head (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sunn O, Neurosis) or The Flenser (Have a Nice Life, Botanist, Deafheaven).

Joining Kayo Dot as support is Ciśnienie. This Katowice-based group has set themselves the goal of creating the most harrowing and intense musical climaxes imaginable. Their sound is a mixture of post-rock, orchestral music and hypnotic jazz, with inspirations oscillating between bands like Swans, Fire! Orchestra and Mogwai, and the music of Henryk Górecki or Arvo Pärt. French horn, violin and keyboards combine with seemingly incongruous distorted bass and frenetic percussion, resulting in exceptionally colourful and varied soundscapes: from improvised, psychedelic ambient to rhythm-driven, ostinato walls of sound. In 2021, they released their debut LP Radio Edit.