Bio

To listen to Jakob is to journey through the harsh, beautiful, isolated landscape of the Hawkes Bay, 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 realise 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.

Jakob's first gig was when they opened for Salmonella Dub and Pitch Black in Napier at the local pub O’Flahertys.

In October of the same year they recorded and released their self-titled EP with Venn Studios David Holmes and continued prolifically touring throughout 1999. Jakob played the 2000 The Event New Years party in Napier, and released a 7” single in February 2000 through Crawlspace Records entitled – 'Erfro'.

In March 2001 they began the recording of their first album with Venn Producer engineer David Holmes entitled - 'Subsets Of Sets' which was later released through Midium Records in August of that year. The third release in 2001 from Midium (following the Meterman and Day One albums), 'Subsets Of Sets' was one of the lushest and expansive albums released in New Zealand.

The successes of the album lead them to be nominated for Best New Artist at the 2001 B-Net New Zealand Music Awards and Best Album at the following 2002 Awards.

Successive tours followed with the likes of HDU, Meterman, Avotor, and appearances at the 2002 Big Day Out before releasing their second album 'Cale:Drew' in 2003.

“Not only ferocious, they’re ferociously good” Pavement

“A drifting and haunting guitar-driven experience, full of feeling and spirit. Rip It Up

Band Members:
Maurice Beckett (bass, vocals)
Jeff Boyle (guitar)
Jason Johnston (drums)

Links

• Artist Website
• Amplifier Profile
• MySpace Profile
• Record Company Website