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Polar Bear - Dim Lit (2004)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 12 Mar 2013 05:53:39

Polar Bear - Dim Lit (2004)
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Polar Bear, a British quartet with two tenor saxophonists plus bass and drums, was one of the most striking ensembles to emerge on the home circuit in 2003. Unlike so many hurtling, high-energy postbop bands, its approach was distinctive, based on the murmuring conversations of the two horns and the ability of bassist Tom Herbert and the superb drummer Seb Rochford to weave their contributions into the sound of the ensemble's evolving melody.

This is the band's debut album and it captures their unique virtues, from the slow criss-crossing of long, exhaling tenor sounds over Rochford's meditative, almost doodling percussion to the gradual thickening of a single rising motif on Not Here, Not Near.

Wareham's charging baritone sax swinger Polar Bear Standing and Ready is counterbalanced by some blurty free jazz, while Julia Biel's vocal Snow could almost be a whimsical Robert Wyatt song. The closer, Wild Horses, is a classic smoky ballad with a free-impressionistic undertow, in which the tenor harmonies suggest a much bigger band.

By John Fordham

Polar Bear - Dim Lit (2004)

Polar Bear Biography

Not to be confused with the American alternative rock outfit of the same name, Polar Bear are a British experimental post-jazz five-piece influenced by the likes of Beethoven, Stevie Wonder, and Bjork. Formed in London in 2004 by drummer Seb Rochford, previously an early member of Babyshambles, saxophonists Pete Wareham and Mark Lockheart, double bassist Tom Herbert, and electronic musician Leafcutter John, the band first attracted attention with its 2004 debut album, Dim Lit, whose eclectic fusion of avant jazz, folk, electronica, and punk earned them a nomination for Best Band at the BBC Jazz Awards. A year later, they received their highest-profile accolade to date, when their sophomore effort, Held on the Tips of Fingers, was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize award. After headlining Noel Fielding's Mighty Boosh Festival in 2008, they released their self-titled third album, and followed it up two years later with Peepers. The band is part of the F-IRE Collective, a jazz music community that also serves as a record label, while all members perform in various other groups including Acoustic Ladyland, the Invisible, and Room of Katinas.

by Jon O'Brien

Музыку лондонского квинтета Polar Bear называют «авант-джазом» и «пост-джазом», однако, столь мудреная терминология отнюдь не означает, что за вывеской Polar Bear скрывается нечто труднодоступное и элитарное. Наоборот, Polar Bear, возможно, -единственный шанс джаза вернуться к массовой публике, достучаться до аудитории, которая давно списала эту музыку с корабля современности.
Автор музыки Polar Bear - барабанщик Себастьян Рошфор, один из самых талантливых и обсуждаемых молодых джазменов Англии последних лет. Его персонально и группу в целом неоднократно номинировали на престижную награду «BBC Jazz Awards Rising Star». Себастьян Рошфор ищет новые источники энергии для джаза в смежных областях – авангарде, электронной музыке и современном роке. После релиза первого альбома Polar Bear «Dim Lit» (2004) пресса отмечала, что такую музыку мог сочинить только тот, кто хорошо знаком не только с Орнеттом Коулменом и Джоном Колтрейном, но и с Medeski Martin And Wood, Jaga Jazzist, Cinematic Orchestra и Radiohead.
В 2005 году к квартету, состоявшему из барабанщика Рошфора, тенор-саксофонистов Марка Локхарта и Пита Уорхэма и контрабасиста Тома Херберта, присоединился компьютерный кудесник Джон Бертон, выступающий под псевдонимом Leafcutter John. Это пополнение в составе группы решило ее судьбу. Записанный в новом составе альбом «Held On The Tips Of Fingers» был сразу номинирован на престижную награду «Mercury Music Prize». Впервые за ее историю в числе номинантов появилась чисто инструментальная группа. Диск «Held On The Tips Of Fingers» - один из самых ярких джазовых альбомов современности. Этот словно сорвавшийся с цепи боп вполне легко представить себе в фильмах Эмира Кустурицы или Леонида Гайдая, здесь полно запоминающихся мелодий, а наблюдать за трюками Лифкаттера Джона не менее интересно, чем следить за мыслью солирующих саксофонистов.

Polar Bear - Dim Lit (2004):

Tracklist:

1. Heavy Paws On The Powdery Floor
2. Not Here, Not Near
3. Eve's Apple
4. Polar Bear Standing And Ready
5. Urban Kilt
6. Snow
7. Underneath You Can See Too Much
8. The Shapes In The Clouds Aren't Always Happy
9. New Dark Park
10. Wild Horses

Musicians:

Mark Lockheart - Tenor sax
Pete Wareham - Tenor sax
Tom Herbert - Double Bass
Leafcutter John - electronic
Sebastian Rochford - drums

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