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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.
Artist – Jakob
Album – Subsets of Sets
Release Date – 2001
Genre – Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
01 Drive Here and Then 4:23
02 I’m on Your Side 4:20
03 Nice Day for an Earthquake 5:28
04 Ageena 5:49
05 A Moment From Different Angles 4:05
06 Aural 2:03
07 Calm Rock 3:47
08 Overseen 3:56
09 Saiines 3:44
10 Ryan 6:15
11 The Collar Sets Well 3:58
12 Some Summer 7:27
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Jakob – Subsets of Sets Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Jakob
Album – Cale:Drew
Release Date – 2003
Genre – Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
1 Controle 8:53
2 The Diffusion of Our Inherent Situation 6:12
3 Semaphore 6:11
4 Faye 4:45
5 I Was Hidden 5:48
6 Jimmy Hoffa 8:17
7 Laburnum 7:51
8 Skew…ard 9:51
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Jakob – Cale:Drew Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Jakob
Album – Solace
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
1 Malachite 6:34
2 Pneumonic 5:34
3 Lonesome 8:00
4 Oran Mor 5:16
5 Safety in Numbers 7:53
6 Everything All of the Time 9:38
7 Saint 9:01
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Jakob – Solace Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Jakob
Album – Dominion
Release Date – 1999
Genre – Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
1 Dominion 29:16
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Jakob – Dominion Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Jakob
Album – Jakob
Release Date – 1999
Genre – Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
1 Verstærker 10:34
2 Fortuitous 6:14
3 Can We Come In? 6:22
4 Warmth 5:10
5 Gattaca 8:22
6 Means 34:39
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Jakob – Jakob Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Jakob
Album – Erfo
Release Date – 2000
Genre – Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
01 – Amasae
02 – Her Short Haircut
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Artist – Jakob
Album – Semaphore
Release Date – 2004
Genre – Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
01 – Semaphore
02 – To Be Locked Up
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Artist – Jakob
Album – The Diffusion of Our Inherent Situation
Release Date – ???
Genre – Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
01 – The Diffusion of Our Inherent Situation
02 – Resounding
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Jakob – Erfo, Semaphore and The Diffusion of Our Inherent Situation Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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