nicolas jaar
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From the EP Nymphs III, out today via Other People. Jaar’s really delivering the goods lately – last week, he offered his soundtrack album Pomegranates as a free download.
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https://soundcloud.com/otherpeoplerecords/sets/dave-harrington-before-this You probably know Dave Harrington best as the guitarist of Darkside, his collaboration with Nicolas Jaar that yielded the brilliant album Psychic last year. Dave has since put out a couple of tracks through Jaar’s Other People label, appearing in issues 38 and
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Check out this glorious hour-long mix that Nicolas Jaar made in honor of John Lennon for the 33rd anniversary of his death. There are many standout phases Jaar goes through here, opening with an interview with Lennon; going on to string together various clips of drones, film scores, and experimental
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Yesterday, Nicolas Jaar and David Harrington–a.k.a. Darkside–kicked off Resident Advisor‘s new “RA Sessions” series with a bang via a glorious performance of Psychic centerpiece “Paper Trails.” Watch as the duo stretches the piece to over twice its original length; it’s psychedelic microhouse magic! Psychic
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As Darkside, Nicolas Jaar and David Harrington explore the commonalities between subtle electronics and rock grooves. It’s actually a pretty fantastic marriage!
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I know Nicolas Jaar isn’t the most orthodox of producers, and made a ballsy move when remixing Grizzly Bear and Brian Eno on the same 12″ earlier this year; however, I’m not sure anything Nick has done so far could have prepared me for this! Mixing the name
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Throughout an excellent debut LP and a handful of stellar EPs, Nicolas Jaar has proven himself worthy in a number of roles throughout the past few years: a producer with fine attention to detail, a justifiably patient songwriter, and a seductive singer. His skills extend to a live context as
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A neat little collaborative track from Nicolas Jarr and Theatre Roosevelt, which was uploaded to SoundCloud a few days ago with no real warning. The track features Jaar’s usual electronic tinkering against some pitch-shifted vocals toasting in the midst of some strange, glitchy edits.
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Some sampled poetry and a hypnotic beat surrounded with ethereal tones coming through on this newly buzzed Nicolas Jaar track. Dig on it via the embed above, and check my review of Jaar’s debut album right here. /via/
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On record, Nicolas Jaar, to put it frankly, strikes me as one of the most interesting figures in electronic music to emerge throughout the past few years. His blend of elements of spacious house music, vivid sample collages, and sultry atmosphere, topped off with his own baritone vocals, hit home
