Karate was an American indie jazz band. The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy. In 1995, Jeff Goddard joined the band as bass player, and Vitt moved to second guitar. Vitt departed Karate to pursue a medical career in 1997.

Farina developed hearing problems due to twelve years of performance with Karate and was forced to disband the group in July 2005. Their final show was played in Rome, Italy, on July 10, 2005. Their music was primarily released on Southern Records.

In 2007, the former band members decided to release a live album 595'. Often, Karate was sent live material from their own performances (often from sound technicians). This happened also after their performance on May 5th at Stuk, Leuven, Belgium. Karate was so astonished by the quality of the recording they decided to release this "posthumous" live album.

Discography

• Karate LP/CD (1996, Southern Records 18534)
• In Place Of Real Insight LP/CD (1997, Southern Records 18543)
• The Bed is in the Ocean LP/CD (1998, Southern Records 18554)
• Unsolved CD/2xLP (October 2000/March 2001, Southern Records 18584)
• Some Boots LP/CD (October 2002, Southern Records 18599)
• Pockets CD/LP (August 2004, Southern Records 28114)
• 595 CD/2xLP (October 2007, Southern Records)

EPs and 7-inch records

• Death Kit/Nerve 7" single (1994, The Self Starter Foundation PSP1)
• Karate/The Lune split 7" with The Lune (1995, Lonesone Pine Records LPR1)
  • song - "The Schwinn"
• The Crownhate Ruin/Karate split 7" with The Crownhate Ruin (1995, Art Monk Construction ART11)
  • song - "Cherry Coke"
• Operation: Sand/Empty There (1998, Southern Records 18553)
• Cancel/Sing EP CD (2002, Southern Records 18594)
• Concerto al Barchessone Vecchio EP (2003, Fooltribehttp://www.fooltribe.com FT02)
• In the Fishtank 12 EP (February 2005, Konkurrent Records - Netherlands)

Related bands

• Apology - Jeff Goddard
• Jones Very - Jeff Goddard
• The Lune - Jeff Goddard
• The Secret Stars
• Ardecore
• Glorytellers

External links

• Karate at the Southern Records website
• Karate at MySpace
• Geoff Farina's official website
• Gavin McCarthy's official website
• Lazy-i Karate interview from October 2002
• Interview with Geoff Farina at Talk of the Nation from November 2, 2004.

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