Polarity/1
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Polarity/1 is about groove, texture and evidence of human interference. Each song makes its own distinct musical and lyrical statement. Musical obsessions alternate between songs (Prettier Than You & Yankin' The Food Chain) and instrumentals (Speechless & Audioplasm: Heavy Meadow). The songs are topical and visually graphic with multi-layered meanings
Grooves are based on homemade loops, scraps of noise lost and found, odd tonal events and live playing. Stories, delerium and political statements are digitally gargled, sung and rapped over cut & paste funky electronica or other surprising genre-bending recipes. Beat science for curved dancefloor.
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The music of Polarity/1 is exactly what the name suggests: conjoined opposites -- a mash up of new: cutting edge electronica/hip hop/nu-jazz and old; roots music of America (blues, funk, country, early jazz), Brazil (samba, pagoda, etc.) and West African groove science. Polarity also describes the dual streams of Polarity/1's musical output: songs and instrumentals.
After a few years of playing percussion in samba bands at S.O.B.'s and other venues. Polar landed in hip hop which combined his interests in grooves, samples and wordplay into one form. He and rapper D.A.V. became Medicine Crew. In the aftermath of 9/11, Polar was asked to do a remix of Nile Rodgers' We Are Family Project released on a compilation by Tommy Boy Records. His experience of 9/11 which was perpetrated in his neighborhood led to a collaboration with multi-platinum Pakistan rock band Junoon resulting in their hit song 'No More'. John Hollander has choreographed four Polarity/1 compositions for New York's Battery Dance Company's fall season opening in November 2006 and has been touring extensively with the piece. In 2008, he scored "The Other Side" for the Quorum Ballet from Lisbon Portugal. P/1's new collaboration, Koko Dozo, released their first album Illegal Space Aliens in February 2008.
"It may not be easy to categorize, but with its inventive rhythms and wide-ranging choices of instrumentation, Speechless is thoroughly entertaining." - iTunes Staff Review
"Polar succeeds in his mission of forcing you to pay attention and not lull into the sounds you 'expect' to hear." - StarPolish.com
"Polarity/1 is a musical force unleashing some of the hippest beats and timely lyric on the scene." - MediaChannel.org
"This is from the old FCC Commissioner, Nicholas Johnson, who just listened to your News Goo... and wants to thank you for that. News Goo is really terrific! I'd like to share some of it with some of my colleagues here at the law school... However that may be, thank you for all you are doing. Regards, Nicholas Johnson" |
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