Kelley Polar
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Alternative dance
Alternative dance or indie dance is a musical genre that mixes rock subgenres with electronic dance music...
vocalist and producer.
Originally a classical violist from Providence, R.I., he studied at the Oberlin Conservatory and then at Juilliard, where he collaborated with Metro Area
Metro Area
Metro Area is a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani.- History :Geist grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, while Jesrani is from upstate New York...
's Darshan Jesrani and Morgan Geist on tracks like "Miura", "The Art of Hot" and "Caught Up". He released a number of solo EPs under the alias of the Kelley Polar Quartet on Environ Records. His first album as Kelley Polar, Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens, was released in 2005 and contains elements of house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
, disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
. His follow up I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling was released in March 2008 in the US and most of Europe.
He is the brother of Blevin Blectum
Blevin Blectum
Blevin Blectum is an electronic musician.Blectum comes from a musical family, and she studied the violin during her youth. At Mills College, she partnered with Kevin Blechdom to form Blectum From Blechdom, a performance art electronica duo. In 2001, Blectum From Blechdom won an Award of...
. As Mike Kelley, he is the violist for the Apple Hill Chamber Players.
Albums
- Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens - Environ (2005)
- I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling - Environ (2008)
Singles/EP's
- Audition EP† - Environ (2002)
- Recital EP† - Environ (2003)
- Rococo EP† - Environ (2004)
- Chrysanthemum - Environ (2007)
- I'm Not What You Want - Environ (2011)