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''Hubardo'' is the sixth album, a concept double album, by Kayo Dot, self-released and funded through pre-orders on frontman Toby Driver's Ice Level Records in 2013. It is the follow up to Gamma Knife, which was released in 2012. It is Kayo Dot's first double album, its longest album and one of its heaviest albums to date, containing aspects of avant-garde metal, black metal, post-metal, post-rock, jazz fusion as well as chamber music.〔(Hubardo Band Camp )〕 It is considered a throwback to maudlin of the Well and early Kayo Dot recordings, as it contains much more metal screaming vocals by collaborator Jason Byron and Driver than any Kayo Dot album. It also contains much more repetition, metal riffs, overdubs, polyrhythms and double bass than past albums despite leaning heavily on typical wide-ranging jazz and chamber music influenced orchestration.〔(Gear Gods Kayo Dot Interview )〕 It was picked as the 4th best album of 2013 on indie music website SputnikMusic.〔(SputnikMusic Staff's Top 50 Albums of 2013 )〕 Hubardo was co-produced by longtime producer Randall Dunn and Toby Driver. Occasional collaborator and former maudlin of the Well vocalist Jason Byron recorded his first vocal performance since 2002's maudlin of the Well album Leaving Your Body Map on the song "The Black Stone."〔(Bearded Gentlemen Kayo Dot Hubardo Review )〕 He also wrote the lyrics for the album and a 40-page book, entitled "The Sword of Satan" packed with the vinyl copy of the album detailing the story behind ''Hubardo.'' After leaving Hydra Head Records and releasing Gamma Knife independently, Driver crowdfunded the album entirely through pre-orders on independent music website Bandcamp. Shortly after the release of the album, Driver announced that he was in the process of producing a triple LP "super limited black vinyl" that was limited to 200 pressings which contained a 40-page book detailing the concept behind the album entitled "The Sword of Satan" written by Jason Byron.〔(Hubardo Band Camp )〕 ==Writing and recording== After leaving Hydra Head, Driver felt that "labels were not interested in what I was doing" and that the return to the traditional metal sound of early Kayo Dot albums was sparked prior to ''Gamma Knife'' because he felt frustrated with "bland, unthoughtful, weak metal coming out and receiving acclaim."〔(Lurker Kayo Dot Hubardo Interview )〕 The budgets for ''Stained Glass'' and ''Gamma Knife'' were minuscule and thus affected the scope of the albums, however with Hubardo, the group had a set budget that was considerably larger, thus the wider scope of the album. The album also contains more repetition than past Kayo Dot albums, thus the more metal inclined sound, and reportedly, Driver did not have day jobs tying him down so he could dedicate his entire time to writing the album. Due to repetition and an aspect of catchiness, guitarist Ron Varod characterized the album as "pop."〔(GearGods Interview With Ron Varod )〕 The album was recorded at Randall Dunn's (Sunn O))) producer) studio in Seattle, Washington after receiving a sizeable amount of funding from their crowdfunding attempt via the group's Bandcamp page. This reportedly allowed the group much more flexibility to undertake such a large project. Unlike past albums, the entire live band performed on the record, including guitarist Ron Varod played lead guitar on the album. Driver plays the bass guitar on the album as well as synthesizers, piano and organ. Shortly after the release of the album, longtime collaborator Mia Matsumiya and Terran Olson moved and are no longer a part of the band's live incarnation. No word has been given if they will return to future Kayo Dot releases.〔(GearGods Interview With Ron Varod )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hubardo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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