Kiioto

Were delighted to present an evening with Kiiōtō - the new project from Lou Rhodes (Mercury-nominated singer/songwriter and founder member of highly acclaimed top 30 duo Lamb) and multi-platinum songwriter and keyboardist Rohan Heath (founder member of Urban Cookie Collective).Ahead of their visit to TOM, they have together recorded an album that is both richly instinctive and inquisitive, infused with a transporting spirit of ongoing exploration and discovery.
Lou and Rohan connected in lockdown, a friendship grew and they became inseparable. Then emerged the nascent seed of Kiiōtōs debut album, As Dust We Rise, but it was on a trip to Louisiana that the songs began to take more solid form. "It's a record that doesn't shy away from the big themes of life", Lou says, "we kind of rolled up our sleeves on this one".
Written and partially recorded in Lou and Rohans home studios in London and Wiltshire, the songs were then taken to producer Simon Byrts studio. Kiiōtōs debut stands as an intuitive meld of shared histories, united in the desire to explore fresh stories and places. "These are the songs weve always needed to write", says Rohan. "Every melody, lyric and chord wed ever sang or played to this point was part of the journey to Kiiōtō to this album: As Dust We Rise".