There is more than one artist under this name. 1) MAR was put together by Kyle Reidy in late 2003, and recorded their beautiful debut album in February of 2005 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Joining Kyle on The Silence is Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf, Gunnar Tynes and Samuli Kosminen from the band múm, and with much help from the band Sigur Rós. The Engineer was Axel “Flex” Arnason. The album was recorded at Syrland Studio in Reykjavik Iceland. Dave Harris mastered the album in late 2005 at Studio B Mastering in Charlotte NC. Media Evolved in Charlotte NC manufactured the album in early 2006. Mar's new album The Sound was recorded in a cabin in the middle of nowhere at the end of 2007. This album features Zoë Keating of Imogen Heap and Rasputina, as well as Anton Patzner of Bright Eyes. 2) Mar is a Neo-Soul singer from The Netherlands. Visit these links to learn some more: http://marmusic.net/ and http://marmusic.bandcamp.com/ 3) MAR is a band from Columbia, Missouri playing a mix of noisy rock and sludge. It's loud and there's a lot of odd time signatures and grooves and so forth. Imagine if the Jesus Lizard wrote their songs with a calculator. Named after the sound a guy makes at the gym when he lifts. 4) mar is a metal band from Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Mar is a post-metal band in the most general sense. There's lots of influences here ranging from hardcore to black metal to doom and some ambient. They are currently in the midst of working on an album to be released later this year [2015] and were featured on the most recent Crushing Intolerance release with this song. Mar is a band made up of people from strong left-wing backgrounds and thus has a focus on ridding the scene of right-wing poison. https://maruk.bandcamp.com/releases
