Style: Instrumental Rock / Post-Rock / Atmospheric / Progressive
Country: Napier, New Zealand
Quality: FLAC (separate files) / MP3
FileHosting: iFolder
To listen to Jakob is to journey through the harsh, beautiful, isolated landscape of the Hawkes Bay, NZ, that is their home. Swelling but direct, beautiful and uplifting yet intense and hard, this is a band declaring victory over the forces of nature.

Jeff Boyle (guitar), Maurice Beckett (bass) and Jason Johnson (drums) got together in 1998, to realize a musical vision they all shared. The result is nothing short of a beautiful contradiction; Uplifting yet dark and intense, both sonically massive and delicately complex. Jakob defy definition and while many influences come to mind theirs is a unique sound. A sonic landscape. With two albums, ‘Subsets of Sets’ and ‘Cale:Drew’, under their belts, Jakob continue to explore new musical horizons. ©

At times putting the post- into rock, and at others kicking the whole bloody fence down, Jakob’s lush and textured take on the guitar/bass/drums format continues to broaden and enthrall with every performance and release. Their music is captivating and mesmerizing, the sedate becoming devastating in the blink of a crowd’s collective eye. Echoing the graduated inclines and unexpected progressions found in their music and the expansive landscapes of their surroundings, this Napier three-piece has developed consistently, if sometimes unpredictably, since their formation in 1998. Since that time Jakob have connected listeners the world over with their cascading crescendos, performing at South By Southwest 2005 (one of the Austin Chronicle’s picks of the festival), Denmark’s Forma Nova Festival, and touring the UK and USA supporting the likes of Mono, Pelican, Isis and The Hidden Hand along the way. Not that the band hasn’t left audiences around New Zealand enthralled – notable shows around the country include Big Day Out appearances in consecutive years, a tour playing with former Can frontman Damo Suzuki, and poster space shared with the likes of HDU, Meterman, and Avotor. Having succeeded admirably from early on at capturing the phenomenal interaction, intuition, and illumination of their live shows, Jakob’s discography includes three full-length albums - Subsets of Sets, recorded with longtime producer David Holmes, Cale: Drew, which saw Jesse Booher (Looma) share the producer credit with Holmes and finally their new album Solace. Other releases include a CD single and EP, a 7” on The Datsuns’ Hellsquad label, and in 2005 their third 7” through New York’s Graveface Records. Ready yourself for the intensity of a live performance, and be prepared to be absorbed into the delicacy of their recordings – Jakob traverse an aural wilderness, a journey on which you must accompany them. ©

02 - Fortuitous [6:14]
03 - Can We Come In? [6:22]
04 - Warmth [5:10]
05 - Gattaca [8:23]
06 - Means [34:40]

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Jakob — Subsets of Sets (2001)


01 - Drive Here and Then [4:23]
02 - I'm on Your Side [4:20]
03 - Nice Day for an Earthquake [5:29]
04 - Ageena [5:50]
05 - A Moment From Different Angles [4:05]
06 - Aural [2:04]
07 - Calmrock [3:47]
08 - Overseen [3:56]
09 - Sainnes [3:44]
10 - Ryan [6:15]
11 - The Collar Sets Well [3:58]
12 - Some Summer [7:27]

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Jakob — Cale: Drew (2003)


01 - Controle [8:53]
02 - The Diffusion of Our Inherent Situation [6:12]
03 - Semaphore [6:12]
04 - Faye [4:46]
05 - I Was Hidden [5:48]
06 - Jimmy Hoffa [8:18]
07 - Laburnum [7:51]
08 - Skew....aard [9:51]

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Jakob — Solace (2006)


01 - Malachite [6:34]
02 - Pneumonic [5:34]
03 - Lonesome [8:01]
04 - Oran Mor [5:17]
05 - Safety In Numbers [7:54]
06 - Everything All Of The Time [9:38]
07 - Saint [9:01]

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