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The Polar Bear is the third album in Yorkshire-born composer, singer, guitarist, and maverick troubadour Michael Chapman’s series of improvisational music. The first, 2011’s The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock (PTYT 068CD), was Wire magazine’s album of the year.
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Michael Chapman's is a remarkable tale: a singer/guitarist veteran of the '60s who last decade connected with US artists such as Thurston Moore and Jack Rose and started making beautiful and exploratory, improvisational music. Ahead of his performance at Supernormal Festival, he tells Russ Slater about staring at woodpiles and why he hates being called 'folk'. Why had I never heard of Michael Chapman? I'm sure that's the same question that runs through everyone's minds when they first discover Chapman's music. Kodak Ghosts', taken from the Fully Qualified Survivor album. After leaving Harvest, Chapman continued to make records for a number of labels in the '70s, and even found a way to survive through the '80s, in contrast to many singer/songwriters at the time.
Polar Bear is the eponymous third album by Sebastian Rochford's British jazz band Polar Bear. The band spent " a lot of time" recording Polar Bear, Seb Rochford stating that he wanted the album "to have the saxes not so much soloing, but more interacting with (Leafcutter) John, and it took a while for everyone to get their heads round improvising in that way". The album was initially released on Tin Angel in 2008, but was re-issued by The Leaf Label in 2014.