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Polymath

About Me

Welcome to Polymath - an open source musical experiment. The story begins here. Where it ends is up to you. The brainchild of Tom Walsh and Amy Nicholson, Polymath absorb our environment and reuse it to create new, unique and interesting music. Lyrics are torn from magazines, fresh and topical but timeless, provocative and personalised - an exercise in exorcism, flitting between painful, introverted intimacy and shameless decadence. Musically, Polymath fuse the organic and mechanic - the result is a brooding, twisted mix of soaring cellos, rumbling synths and irresistible melodies. Spontaneously clashing cultures, in one moment, gentle pianos are flayed by overdriven bass as voices whisper murder - in another, scattered guitars splice driving drums and searing vocals. But that is just the start - now Polymath needs input. Artwork, animation, video, direction, poetry, dance - ideas. The artistic direction of Polymath is in your hands - get involved. Our website will become an open source community, providing a meeting place for creativity and collaboration, with forums, messageboards and profiles for all contributors. You could do something small or something huge - everything is valued - and it will all merge to form the future of the band.Send us lyrics, send us artwork, send us photography, video or chord progressions. Whatever your creative outlet - words, images, movement or sounds - we want you to feed off us, and we will feed off you. Mutual creative vampirism, if you will. Get in touch, get involved - help shape the story, evolve with us. Enter stage right. Do not wait for the epilogue. Tom Amy Mike Ali Polymath x www.polymathematics.co.uk

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Member Since: 01/05/2007
Band Website: www.polymathematics.co.uk
Band Members: Tom Walsh - Vocals & Instrumentation Amy Nicholson - Cello & Instrumentation Mike Holt - Drums & Percussion Alistair Harris - Guitars
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Polymath Extravaganza!

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Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:31:00 GMT

Adventures in mixing

So, we're due for a delivery of 500 CDs this week. A nicely packaged bundle of joy with three tracks on the inside. Sounds easy doesn't it? Well it's not!That's not to say it's not fun. But it's far f...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Website up and running

Hello!Our new website is ready for your viewing pleasure! www.polymathematics.co.uk. Have a look around, get in touch, get involved! Also want to say a big thanks to everyone who came to the first Pol...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:43:00 GMT

Gig preparations

Well, the time for our attack has come!Plans are under way for the first liove Polymath show. The set is rehearsed, the visuals are created, the artwork is finished. All that remains is the event. Jun...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:09:00 GMT

Recording first EP

Hello all,we've just been in the studio recording our first EP. We have been in "The Old Library" in Mansfield, a deceptively cool and high tech studio with some great gear and a really nice live room...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:33:00 GMT

Polymath & Pilgrim Sons

Hello!!Polymath's Amy & Tom had the privilege of taking part in recording with Pilgrim Sons at the weekend at Ambergate in the Peak District. The setting was amazing - a beautiful little lake in a for...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:56:00 GMT

New remix from Liquidize - listen now!

Hi all,the first Polymath remix is out there for your listening pleasure! Liquidize has worked his magic on Hyper-Real and taken it somewhere completely away from the original. Beautiful strings and e...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:52:00 GMT

Remixes - an invitation!

Yes, yes! We have our first remixes coming soon. A couple of the tracks - "Hyper-Real" and "This Way Lies Ruin" are to be remixed by two artists whose identity shall remain secret until we unleash the...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:44:00 GMT

The story so far...

Well, here we go. The first blog entry and by no means the last. This is where we're going to keep you updated on everything Polymath.Like we said before on the front page Polymath is more than just a...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:56:00 GMT