Polar Institute, by Polar Institute

Polar Institute

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Polar Institute's 9-track debut album presented in a beautiful matte finish gatefold sleeve.

Artwork and design by Jimmy Trippier.
Antarctic photograph - Shawna Voragen
Band photo - Vitalija Glovackyte

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1.	62°36'S 60°30'W 01:41	buy track
2.	Opening 07:12	buy track
3.	Pisagua 07:59	buy track
4.	The Great Circle Route 09:49	buy track
5.	Cetacea 07:45	buy track
6.	Ebb 05:59	buy track
7.	Vakna í Myrkri 04:32	buy track
8.	Berkner Island Fugue 06:39	buy track
9.	Eulogy for Endurance 03:09	buy track

about

Composed between 2013 and 2016, Polar Institute grew out of a score composed for the live film soundtrack concert series 'Video Jam'. This was Ebb, and the film was Vertigo Experiment by UK artist and filmmaker Sarah Mercer.
In 2013-14, I worked on a ship sailing round South America and Antarctica. The effect of which further inspired this music. The music doesn't necessarily depict landscape features, but tried to articulate my contrasting feelings of wonder and joy at the beauty of those places, with the frustration at our continued abuse of them.

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Video Jam: videojam.co.uk

Sarah Mercer: cargocollective.com/sarahmercer

credits

released June 6, 2018

Ruta Skudraite - piano
Ellie Boney - cello
Cat Hanson - Saxophones
Aden Peets - drums, tuned percussion
Rob Thorpe - guitars
Anikó Toth - voice

Emma Flanagan & Yasmin Wilding - voice on track 9

Engineered, mixed and mastered by Rob Kelledy

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Rob Thorpe Manchester, UK

Contemporary classical / metal / Improvised.
Manchester based guitarist/composer blurs musical languages brings them together to make new music with a cast of talented musicians from near and far..

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