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Kelley Pollar began his musical studies at the age of three with stack of LPs, a plastic Fisher-Price turntable and his six-year-old, disco-loving sister, Blevin Blectum. The two would enjoy long afternoons on their parent’s bucolic New England estate, listening primarily to symphonic disco-orchestral
compositions like “Magic Bird of Fire” and the works of Rinder & Lewis. A misspent youth ensued,
steeped in gentle lessons in piano, violin and finally viola, which would become his passion and primary musical vehicle.
Polar went on to become a prizewinner at the William Primrose International Viola Competition at 18, followed soon after by an infamous tenure at Oberlin Conservatory. By the mid-nineties, Polar found himself in new york city pursuing an advanced degree at the illustrious Juilliard School and
cementing his reputation for general deviance. By day, he took classes and held a menial job as a Teaching Fellow in Electronic Music; by night, he busied himself in the school’s tiny, ill-equipped studio.
Time passed until fate introduced a freak meeting with Morgan Geist, head of the environ record label. Geist and partner Darshan Jesrani were deep into the production of their first collaborative record and looking for a section of live strings to complete the germination of their signature sound. Retiring to the tiny, windowless cube high above Lincoln Center that was his studio, Polar proceeded to compose and record the first string arrangement for the duo that would soon be known to the world as Metro Area.
compositions like “Magic Bird of Fire” and the works of Rinder & Lewis. A misspent youth ensued,
steeped in gentle lessons in piano, violin and finally viola, which would become his passion and primary musical vehicle.
Polar went on to become a prizewinner at the William Primrose International Viola Competition at 18, followed soon after by an infamous tenure at Oberlin Conservatory. By the mid-nineties, Polar found himself in new york city pursuing an advanced degree at the illustrious Juilliard School and
cementing his reputation for general deviance. By day, he took classes and held a menial job as a Teaching Fellow in Electronic Music; by night, he busied himself in the school’s tiny, ill-equipped studio.
Time passed until fate introduced a freak meeting with Morgan Geist, head of the environ record label. Geist and partner Darshan Jesrani were deep into the production of their first collaborative record and looking for a section of live strings to complete the germination of their signature sound. Retiring to the tiny, windowless cube high above Lincoln Center that was his studio, Polar proceeded to compose and record the first string arrangement for the duo that would soon be known to the world as Metro Area.
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Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens
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I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling
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Entropy Reigns EP
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Chrysanthemum EP
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Entropy Reigns (in the Celestial City)
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Chrysanthemum
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A Feeling of the All-Thing
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Here in the Night
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Satellites
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Sea of Sine Waves
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Ashamed of Myself
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We Live in an Expanding Universe
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Cosmological Constancy
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Rosenband
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Zeno of Elea
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Black Hole
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My Beauty in the Moon
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Vocalise (From Here to Polarity)
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In Time
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vihreakuolema wrote:
This is shit is the shit!
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vihreakuolema wrote:
he does a splendid version of She's the One by Caribou, check it out!
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funfetti wrote:
nice voice!
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eroxo wrote:
l-o-v-e
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gingerweir wrote:
I'm always ashamed of myself!
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deafdawg wrote:
now you can watch the brilliant Kelley Polar video "Chrysathemum" in HD quality over here: http://r.fm/artist/kelley-polar /Love from Stockholm R.fm - Acid Squaredance
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as7or wrote:
Could it get ANY better? I don't believe so!!
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montia wrote:
YESHH!#>
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truculenttyler wrote:
I'd like this more if there were no vocals. ---> listen to daniel wang.
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truculenttyler wrote:
i keep forgetting how amazing kelley polar is. honestly, don't take him for granted he is a goldmine.
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swishalabaster wrote:
his music is spectacular good! I hope (with a kind of hopelessness) that one day he will make an appearance in Australia!
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carol_s wrote:
wow...international viola comp winner at 18...got into Juilliard...this guy is a FREAK. and i'm very envious.
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CavemanAmadeus wrote:
UR CRAZY ROOKIEPAUL!!!! His vocals are so soothing and beautiful, and really add to the overall majesty of the album at least for Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens anyway
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roberawards wrote:
Kelley Polar got 1 nomination for this year's Rober Awards Music Poll. To vote: http://roberawards.com/?p=1595 Thanks for your help
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JJonrofl wrote:
please tour the United States!
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alloneword77 wrote:
Just heard Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens for the first time...and the second, third, fourth, fifth...you get the idea.
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rookiepaul wrote:
I'd like this more if there were no vocals.
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fairwesr wrote:
incredible stuff, shocked by how few listeners this guy has...
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elektrosteve wrote:
well done kelley ;)
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SPACEFACTORYREC wrote:
music is good http://www.lastfm.fr/label/SPACE+FACTORY
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ON TOUR NOW
28 Aug 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/kelleypolar
These are my last shows before going back to my shack for a good while to make new music.....so if we are in your area, come out and say hi....thanks everyone...k.p. TOUR - UPCOMING DATES08.22.08 M...
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