J.A.R. (Jednotka Akademického Rapu or JaromÃÂr a RadomÃÂr) is a Czech funk/rock/hip hop band formed in 1989 in Prague. It consists of musicians who are part of other bands and projects, including solo careers, who meet up periodically to record and perform together. They play an annual anniversary show at Prague's Lucerna Music Bar. As of , they have released 11 studio albums, one compilation, one remix album, and one video album.
J.A.R. is a group of musicians who are involved in various other projects, including solo careers, who meet up periodically to record and perform together. They play an annual show at Prague's Lucerna Music Bar on 17 November to commemorate their founding.
J.A.R. started out in 1989 with vocalist and keyboardist Roman Holý (Monkey Business), together with rappers Oto KlempÃÂà  and Michael Viktoà ÂÃÂk. They released two rock albums, Frtka in 1992 and Mydli-to! in 1994, and on their third, Mein Kampfunk (1997), they were joined by singer Dan Bárta, which solidified the core of the band. The record included a brass section consisting of Filip JelÃÂnek on trombone, with Radek Kaà ¡par and Frantià ¡ek Kop on saxophone, as the band began incorporating funk into their sound.
By the time J.A.R. issued their fourth studio album, Homo Fonkianz, in 1999, the group comprised ten members: Holý, KlempÃÂà Â, Viktoà ÂÃÂk, Bárta, JelÃÂnek, Kaà ¡par, and Kop, as well as Pavel Bady Zboà Âil on drums, Robert Balzar on bass, and Miroslav Chyà ¡ka on guitar. The same year, they released a video album titled V deseti letàdesetiletÃÂm.
J.A.R.'s subsequent record, Nervák, came out in 2002. They followed it with Armáda à ¡pásu in 2006 and DlouhohrajÃÂcàdÃÂcka in 2011. In 2014, the band celebrated their 25th anniversary. In 2017, their eighth record, titled Eskalace dobra, came out, and J.A.R. followed up two years later with an album of covers of Czech songs, titled Eskalace bobra. It included tracks by such artists as Midi Lidi, Frantià ¡ek à  torm, Barbora Poláková, Mà Âága a à ½ÃÂorp, and Monkey Business.
In 2023, J.A.R. released their latest record, titled Jesus Kristus neexistus?
In 2025, founding member Oto KlempÃÂà  was removed from the band after announcing his candidacy in the Czech parliamentary election, running as an independent under the banner of the right-wing populist Motorists for Themselves party. Having been the top list candidate on the party's slate in the Plzeà  Region, KlempÃÂà  was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, with the party receiving 6.77% of the nationwide vote.
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