Night of Progressive Rock
The Tote - Upstairs (Collingwood, VIC)
Saturday, 6 December 2025 7:00 pm
Night of Progressive Rock featuring Prog Rock Legends from Berlin - Kiss of Reality, support bands Walls and Wave, Obdurate.
Kiss of Reality has been described as having complex polyrhythmic compositions that combine lush Electronic Synths, Industrial, Ambience through to Heavy Progressive Rock.
Kiss of Reality - members – David Pittaway - Guitar, Marcus Richmond - Drums, Percussion & Synthesizers, Konrad Park - Chapman Stick.
Kiss of Reality was founded in Berlin, Germany in 1991 by David Pittaway.
English Guitar Master Robert Fripp brought his wife Toyah Wilcox to KoRs second English performance and approached David after the show. Robert told David "Very powerful energetic music and I think female vocals would balance that out, and my wife's interested"
Toyah soon after joining the band in 1992, moved into our small apartment in Berlin and put her amazing deeply poetic lyrics and vocals to the repertoire. KoR recorded their self-titled album in 1993.
Discography
Kiss of Reality – self-titled album with special guest Toyah Wilcox – 1993 Recorded in Berlin between 13/4/93 and 17/4/93, Track 8 & 9 recorded 31/5/91 Published by M+d Records, Remastered 2019 by David Pittaway @ Dare Studios Melbourne Australia
Toyah Solo album – featuring Kiss of Reality - 2020 Published by edsel Records – Bonus Tracks -11.Harlequin, 12. Broken Special, 13. Face the Space
Toyah – Desire - deluxe edition 2025 album re-release - featuring Kiss of Reality, recorded live at The Club Orange, London 1992. Revive the World - Published by edsel Records
Charmeleon - The very best of Toyah, with rare Kiss of Reality tracks, released by Cherry Red Records - September 2025 (currently number 10 on the Official UK Album Sales Chart and number 33 on iTunes)
On 21 November 2025 limited edition picture discs and Deluxe 2CD Editions of the solo Toyah albums Ophelia’s Shadow and Take The Leap are issued with 25 Kiss of Reality tracks taken from live performances in Warsaw Poland, London and Berlin.