Jakob

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Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in the Hawkes Bay city of Napier. The band consists of guitarist Jeff Boyle; bassist Maurice Beckett; and drummer Jason Johnston. They have been compared to such bands as Mogwai, Sonic Youth, and HDU, though they largely eschew any vocals or samples in their songs.
The band formed in July 1998, and began by opening for New Zealand bands Salmonella Dub and Pitch Black at the local pub O’Flaherty’s. They toured extensively throughout 1999, releasing that same year a self-titled EP recorded with David Holmes at Napier’s Venn Production Studios. The year 2000 brought a gig at The Event New Years party in Napier, and the 7” single Erfo, a limited release on the Crawlspace Records label.

Jakob returned to Venn Studios in March 2001 to record their debut album with engineer David Holmes. Subsets of Sets was released April 2002 through New Zealand’s Midium Records to good reviews and a nomination at the bNet independent music awards. Jakob continued touring with artists such as HDU and fellow Midium artists Avotor and Meterman, as well as playing at the 2002 Big Day Out.

A period of inactivity followed, lasting between six and eight months. The band didn’t play together during that time, and for two months didn’t even see each other. They regrouped in January 2003 with ideas for new songs, and spent a week at The Church studio with David Holmes. This session was ultimately scrapped, but after more rehearsal final versions of the songs were recorded over two days in March. Cale:Drew, their second full-length album, was released in August 2003 and garnered Jakob another bNet nomination.

1	Malachite full track	310
2	Pneumonic full track	259
3	Lonesome full track	251
4	Oran Mor full track	241
5	Safety in Numbers full track	235
6	Everything All Of The Time full track	217
7	Saint full track	194
8	semaphore full track	144
9	controle full track	143
10	faye full track	124
11	the diffusion of our inherent situation full track	102
12	i was hidden full track	99
13	jimmy hoffa full track	98
14	laburnum full track	97
15	Drive Here and Then	68

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Avalorn wrote:
last month

qué capacidad para agobiar, una explosión absoluta... surprise, theyre going deeper and deeper...

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P0isoNblacK wrote:
last month

che trip

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cajnik wrote:
last month

solace is absolutely mindblowing

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tikb0y wrote:
last month

weeeee

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Picea wrote:
last month

Listening to "Lonesome", "Safety In Numbers" and "Everything All of The Time" while on MDMA is mindblowing. I felt like I was floating through the music during "Everything..."

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skooks wrote:
last month

I am so so so so so in love with this band. Just incredible.

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patternpaul wrote:
last month

Very stirring piece of music...

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SergeantLedge wrote:
last month

cool shit.

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moreaupat wrote:
last month

AMAZING!!

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136 wrote:
last month

Lonesome is a masterpiece .

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Cradd wrote:
July 2008

Fans of these guys should check out Meniscus.

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sairabano wrote:
July 2008

solace is actually amazing...

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Amoide wrote:
July 2008

Solace is better than milk.

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eulogytool81 wrote:
July 2008

Completely and utterly in love with your music! Please go on a worldwide tour!

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Mastod0nman wrote:
July 2008

I want the new CD. T_T

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Sapphirium wrote:
July 2008

finale of "Malachite" is a elevating adventure. There are no more beautiful sounds of guitar than in songs of Jakob. Iam looking forward taking delivery of LP "Solace".

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thehendizzle wrote:
July 2008

I've seen these guys live like 6 times now and they rarely disappoint. ISIS and Jakob was one of the best shows i've ever seen.

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numbereft wrote:
July 2008

The Collar Sets Well just blew me away last night. They should have played more Subsets though...

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Willl0rd wrote:
July 2008

I couldn't agree more.

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shellacnation89 wrote:
July 2008

damn, they're good..they've got the "special something".

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