The album was inspired by classic soul as much as the influences of
jazz, rock, folk and electronica that permeated previous albums and
brought Polar Bear to a young and diverse audience. Polar Bear’s second
album, "Held On The Tips Of Fingers", was nominated for the 2005 Mercury
Music prize nomination and was named as one of Jazzwise magazine’s 100
Jazz Albums That Shook The World, and one of The Guardian’s 1000 Albums
To Hear Before You Die.
Bandleader Rochford is one of the most respected percussionists working
in contemporary music, winning a BBC Jazz Awards Rising Star award in
2005. He plays with Acoustic Ladyland, Fulborn Teversham and Basquiat
Strings, among others. He has worked with everyone from Joanna MacGregor
and Andy Sheppard, Brian Eno and David Byrne, to Pete Doherty and
Herbie Hancock.
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A brand-new British record label, 40 years in the making, introducing fans of psychedelic / jazz / folk / funk / avant-garde and whacked-out movie musak to a lost world of undiscovered vinyl artifacts from the annals of alternative pop history.
Volume four is compiled by Gruff Rhys and features an exclusive track by S.P. Balasubramaniyam / K.S. Chitra / Ilaiyaraaja taken from forthcoming K.S. Chitra EP.