Hiatus Kaiyote issue plea after equipment stolen in robbery

Posted On March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

Australian jazz fusion band Hiatus Kaiyote have issued a plea after their equipment was stolen over the weekend in Preston, Victoria.

The band took to Instagram on March 11th to share the news with their followers, and encouraged anybody to come forward with information that could potentially lead to Hiatus Koyote recovering the stolen equipment.

Hiatus Kaiyote said the equipment is worth tens of thousands and occurred when their space in Preston was broken into. They have alerted their followers to keep an eye out for any of the lost items online.

“We have been robbed. Please keep your eyes out, especially if you are in Melbourne and surrounding areas/states,” the caption began.

They continued: “Contact us if you see anything. Absolutely gutted right now. Please don’t flood our inbox right unless you have information on the whereabouts of these items.”

Additionally, the group listed the various pieces of equipment that have been stolen, including an Ernie Ball Bongo 6 bass guitar (covered in stickers), multiple keyboards—Korg and Kronos 2 with 73 keys—a Roland System 8, and two Roland JX-3Ps with flight cases.

The other items missing are 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 and a Roland SP 404 sampling station filled with Hiatus Kaiyote samples.

Last year, the group released the funk group released their fourth album, Love Heart Cheat Code, which they have largely wrapped up touring. However, they are slated to perform at Meadow 2025 in Bambra, Australia, on March 21st, and will likely need their equipment to play at the festival.

Far Out wrote of the album in a review: “For much of the album, Hiatus Kaiyote seem to stay in one place. They keep it safe with fairly straightforward psychedelia and neo-soul, their lyrics often lacking the emotional depth or humour to drive those soundscapes home. But when they delve into stranger realms, into playful odes to the longest cat in the world and, eventually, into scuzzier, grainier realms, they thrive.”

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