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. Kyte comprise Nick Moon (vocals), Tom Lowe (guitars and keyboards), Scott Hislop (drums and percussion).Gourlay, Dom (2008)
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Their earlier musical output was often labelled

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but they have since moved into a more electro and pop influenced sound.Lynskey, Dorian (2008)
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(EU) to generally positive reviews.Trussler, Meryl (2008)
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of the opening track on Disc 1, "Eyes Lose Their Fire." The band have toured extensively throughout Europe and Asia as well as appearing at many festivals including the 10th Anniversary Summer Sonic Festival in Japan. During April 2012 the band travelled to Seattle to work with producer

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Their newest album, titled ''Love To Be Lost'', was released in 2012.

Dead Waves

Dead Waves was released in Japan on 7 April 2010 and in the UK shortly after on, 19 April. The band finished deciding which songs would appear on the album in the first week of December 2009. The mixing of the album was also finished during this period. To celebrate the launch of the album in the UK, a free launch party was held at the Old Blue Last music venue in London on the day of release. The supporting acts were

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. Although it is the second full-length release in the band's discography (excluding the self-titled mini-album), Dead Waves was the first full-length release to be made available outside of Asia and was promoted as the band's "first proper long-player" by their UK based label Kids Records. Several of the songs on the album are new versions of songs that appeared on the band's previous release,

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Critical reaction

The album received a 7/10 from the British journalism magazine NME. MusicOMH rated it 3/5 finding little development from previous release the ''Two Sparks, Two Stars'' EP. Alter The Press! gave the release a favourable 4.5 out of 5 stars, stating that "its consistency, flowness and craftsmanship is something to be admired."

Remix competition

In conjunction with the release of Dead Waves, a remix competition was held by the band for their track Ihnfsa. The competition was announced on the band's official MySpace blog on 16 February 2010, the closing date being the 26th of the same month. Three download links were provided, which were hosted on the Kids Records website and contained the files needed to begin remixing the track. The winning entry was submitted by FILMLOOP and was featured on the IHNFSA EP, which was released as a digital download via iTunes on 19 April 2010. A number of promotional CDr copies were also produced.

Track listing

Discography

Albums

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EPs

* ''Switch Motion to the Sky'' (2006) * ''Two Sparks, Two Stars'' (2008) * ''Japan Tour EP'' (2008) * ''Designed for Damage'' (2010) * ''IHNFSA'' (2010)

Singles

*''Planet'' (2007) *''Boundaries'' (2008) *''Friend of a Friend'' (2012) *''Taipei (All At Once)'' (2013)

Compilations

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Remix Works A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...

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References

External links

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on Myspace *Photo gallery of Kyte at Summer Sundae 201
In pictures: Kyte open Summer Sundae
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