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 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.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel first played Jakob in the spring of 2002 on his radio programmes via their debut album, 'Subsets Of Sets'. He nominated it as one of his records of the months for March 2002 / April 2002 (Peel's Record Box). He would later play a track in 2003 on his show via their second album, 'Cale:Drew'.
Shows Played[]
- 09 April 2002: A Moment From Different Angles (LP – Subsets Of Sets) Midium
- 24 April 2002: Nice Day For An Earthquake (LP – Subsets Of Sets) Midium
- 30 April 2002: Aural (LP – Subsets Of Sets) Midium
- 09 May 2002 (Radio Eins): Calmrock (album - Subsets Of Sets) Midium
- 09 May 2002 (BBC World Service): A Moment From Different Angles (LP - Subsets Of Sets) Midium
- 16 May 2002 (BBC World Service): Calmrock (LP - Subsets Of Sets) Midium
- 16 May 2002 (Radio Eins): 'A Moment From Different Angles (CD-Subsets Of Sets)' (Midium)
- 2003
- 25 November 2003: Semaphore (LP - Cale:Drew) Midium Records