There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Jakob is a … Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in Napier, Hawke's Bay in July 1998.
2) Jakob is a Norwegian indie artist.
3) Jakob is a German solo artist.
1) Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. 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 High Dependency Unit, 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.
International touring followed in 2004, to Chicago (where they played at studio radio station WXRT), Denmark, and the United Kingdom. They were well-received at every venue, and released a 7" single, Semaphore, in Europe. Also that year, they released the one-track mini-album Dominion, and played a 25 minute set at Radio New Zealand's Helen Young Studios (consisting of the songs Laburnum, Semaphore, Nice Day for an Earthquake, and Jimmy Hoffa).
2005 saw more international touring by Jakob, with the band playing at South by Southwest in March, and Australia in September (in support of the release of Cale:Drew there) and again in late October (with Australian band Cog). It also saw the release of their Diffusion 7" and Coalescence, a 12" compilation from Midium Records, featuring a track by Jakob.
Jakob played concerts all through New Zealand in August 2006 as part of the Low Hum tour, and released their third album Solace in September 2006.
In April 2008 Jakob toured Europe with Isis and The Austerity Program, and Australia with Cog. They also completed a US tour in the second half of 2008, once again with ISIS. They are currently working on material for a new album.
In March 2010, Jakob announced a four date April tour of NZ, heading in May and June to the US West Coast to support ISIS' tour once again.
Jakob were the hand-picked support for prog-rock legends TOOL on their 2011 Big Day Out sideshows in Australia.
In 2012 Jakob's drummer injured his hand nerves in an accident and their 2013 European tour was forced to be cancelled. In Late 2012 Jeff Boyle of Jakob released the debut album "Knowing" under the moniker MEAN featuring a member of the New Zealand band Kerretta.
In 2014, they released "Sines".
In January 2015, they played at St Jerome's Laneway Festival in Auckland.
http://www.jakob.co.nz
http://www.myspace.com/jakobmusic
https://www.facebook.com/jakobmusic
http://jakob.bandcamp.com/
http://soundcloud.com/jakobtheband/
2) Jakob is a Norwegian indie artist.
3) Jakob is a German solo artist.
1) Jakob is a … Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in Napier, Hawke's Bay in July 1998.
2) Jakob is a Norwegian indie artist.
3) Jakob is a German solo artist.
1) Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. 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 High Dependency Unit, 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.
International touring followed in 2004, to Chicago (where they played at studio radio station WXRT), Denmark, and the United Kingdom. They were well-received at every venue, and released a 7" single, Semaphore, in Europe. Also that year, they released the one-track mini-album Dominion, and played a 25 minute set at Radio New Zealand's Helen Young Studios (consisting of the songs Laburnum, Semaphore, Nice Day for an Earthquake, and Jimmy Hoffa).
2005 saw more international touring by Jakob, with the band playing at South by Southwest in March, and Australia in September (in support of the release of Cale:Drew there) and again in late October (with Australian band Cog). It also saw the release of their Diffusion 7" and Coalescence, a 12" compilation from Midium Records, featuring a track by Jakob.
Jakob played concerts all through New Zealand in August 2006 as part of the Low Hum tour, and released their third album Solace in September 2006.
In April 2008 Jakob toured Europe with Isis and The Austerity Program, and Australia with Cog. They also completed a US tour in the second half of 2008, once again with ISIS. They are currently working on material for a new album.
In March 2010, Jakob announced a four date April tour of NZ, heading in May and June to the US West Coast to support ISIS' tour once again.
Jakob were the hand-picked support for prog-rock legends TOOL on their 2011 Big Day Out sideshows in Australia.
In 2012 Jakob's drummer injured his hand nerves in an accident and their 2013 European tour was forced to be cancelled. In Late 2012 Jeff Boyle of Jakob released the debut album "Knowing" under the moniker MEAN featuring a member of the New Zealand band Kerretta.
In 2014, they released "Sines".
In January 2015, they played at St Jerome's Laneway Festival in Auckland.
http://www.jakob.co.nz
http://www.myspace.com/jakobmusic
https://www.facebook.com/jakobmusic
http://jakob.bandcamp.com/
http://soundcloud.com/jakobtheband/
2) Jakob is a Norwegian indie artist.
3) Jakob is a German solo artist.
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Captain Hardy
First time I heard this band was 6 years ago and their music ages like a fine wine. It will never be dated, EVER! This song stirs up the deepest emotions in me. Respect to Jakob and all their music it is simply phenomenal. The masses don't know what they're missing out on.
Sturm und Drang
the video, i find just as strangely comforting and sublime as the music
nowgoesthesun__
Jakob is ace.....but when you add scenery like this to it? Perfection, in my book. And to the person who asked where the video was filmed, it was done in New Zealand.
Dániel Kovács
I experience the same way, it's still "strangely comforting and sublime"! So great!
iceagecoming
they make the best music in nz by far. They're one of the best in their genre. The NZ music scene is dominated by terrible bands for some unknown reason.
Theezendude
Jakob are a NZ band who never get out of NZ much.They have been around since 1998. Released 5 albums and a 20 minute log EP. You can get 3 of the albums in the UK. They are truly awesome
Sir Blinky
you know... put these guys with oceansize, love the sound of jakob, and they have some similarities with oceansize. And i completely agree with you that words aren't always necessary, in fact, in this case, it would be more likely to poison the sound. I'm always more of a sound over speech person if you know what i mean
Justin Reaves
Ii was curious as to how he managed to get the effects on the guitar, really awesome stuff here. The atmospheric sound is something really unique. Thanks
Felix Akkermans
This tune set as the soundtrack to that flight ... amazing, so perfect and soothing. I'm awestruck by the beauty of it. Please, where do I find the source of that video footage? I'm in a frenzy to see the grandeur of that mountain range in full HD :) Also like the subtle Ken Burns effect they did on the video. Or who actually shot this footage? I'd like to get in touch with him/her :)
tooldruid
Most underrated band in the world...Words cannot describe how amazing Jakob is...It's the soundtrack of my life....