Hiatus Kaiyote Robbed, 'Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars' Of Musical Equipment Stolen

Australian jazz-fusion outfit Hiatus Kaiyote has shared devastating news with fans and the local music community: they’ve been robbed, and “tens of thousands of dollars” of musical equipment has been stolen.

“We have been robbed. Please keep your eyes out, especially if you are in Melbourne and surrounding areas/states,” the band wrote on social media.

The group added that they’re “absolutely gutted” and urged anyone to contact them if they find the equipment, but not to flood their inbox unless you have information about the whereabouts of the items.

According to a post Hiatus Kaiyote shared on Instagram, their space in Preston, Victoria, was broken into over the last weekend, and thousands of dollars of musical equipment was stolen.

Items stolen include:

• An Ernie Ball Bongo 6 bass guitar (covered in stickers)

• Multiple keyboards – Korg Kronos 2 with 73 keys, a Roland System 8, and two Roland JX-3P’s with flight cases

• A Randy Rhoads model Jackson Flying V electric guitar

• A professional digital reverberator (Yamaha Rev1 Reverb with controller)

• An impressive-looking Soundtrac Topaz Project 8 24 Channel Mixer

• An Allen and Heath GL2200 mixer

• A pair of PMC 228 studio monitors

• a Novation Bass Station II synthesizer

• a Roland dimension D rack unit

• two Warm Audio WA-76 compressors

• a High Voltage Audio 4000 G series bus compressor

• a Roland 301 Chorus Echo

• a Boss DM100 Delay Machine

• an Apollo Twin interface

• two QSC 10-inch powered speakers

• two Yamaha DZR15 powered speakers

• a Roland SP 404 sampling station filled with Hiatus Kaiyote samples

Hiatus Kaiyote are due to perform at the Meadow Music Festival in Bambra, Victoria, next week (21 March). You can contact the band via social media if you know of the whereabouts of any of their stolen equipment - check out the images of the instruments below.

The band laboured over their latest album, Love Heart Cheat Code, for two years, with some touring between sessions, but less personal strain, they revealed in an interview with The Music last year.

The band’s keyboardist, Simon Moss, reflected: “I think things just settled a little bit after COVID. Mood Valiant was a pretty crazy time for the world – and for us.

“When we were all making that, we were kind of sneaking out of our houses and going into the studio to work on that record, which was pretty nuts. Then this latest record came along, and it was more relaxed in how we achieved it.”

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