Kelley Polar, born in Dubrovnik, Croatia to parents in the US Diplomatic Corps is an alternative dance vocalist and producer.

Originally a classical violist (he studied at Juilliard), where he collaborated with Metro Area's Darshan Jesrani and Morgan Geist on tracks like "Miura", "The Art of Hot" and "Caught Up". review/21158-love-songs-of-the-hanging-gardens" target="_blank">Kelley Polar: Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens: Pitchfork Record Review He released a number of EP's as part of The Kelley Polar Quartet on Environ Records. His first solo album, Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens which was released in 2005, contains elements of house, disco and _pop. His follow up I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling is due to be released in February 2008.

He is the brother of Blevin Blectum. As Mike Kelley, he is the violist for the Apple Hill Chamber Players. Pitchfork: Kelley Polar Prunes "Chrysanthemum", New Album

KELLEY POLAR began his musical studies at the age of three with stack of LPs, a plastic Fisher-Price turntable and his six-year-old, disco-loving sister, Belvin Blectum . The two would enjoy long afternoons on their parent’s bucolic New England estate, listening primarily to symphonic disco -orchestral compositions like “Magic Bird of Fire” and the works of Rinder & Lewis . A misspent youth ensued, steeped in gentle lessons in piano, violin and finally viola, which would become his passion