Nicolas Jaar: I was a Teenage Villalobos

xposts Yes I'm all for it too - certainly not a bad thing. It's almost becoming the norm for hotly-tipped dance acts releasing very restrained and non-dancey debut LPs at the moment. James Blake, Darkstar and now this. Aeroplane's album kind of tried (and failed) at doing an album that deviated from expectations. That said, I guess it was a bit more predictable with Jaar, but I'd have liked an album of El Bandido-style stuff.

A lot of the acts on Clown & Sunset are younger than Jaar himself.

The Ines album is great and despite it being a comp it feels very much of a piece. Jaar's tracks are great but they don't even stand out as being the best things on the record.

A lot of the acts on Clown & Sunset are younger than Jaar himself.

there are only three artists on the label iirc? but yes, both are younger than Jaar.

okay im into this

lol wtf is phillip sherburnes deal in this RA interview my god

what's a good representative track from this dude?

idk if its representative but Wouh is the one slaying me atm

the one that first blew me away was "marks"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64pJZyC-r_k

I guess Time For Us is a good representative track, if not his most popular? It also manages to capture both his up and downtempo sounds in the same song. That's and it's just really great.

it is! feeling the love you gotta lose ep the most in gen. tho

I remain resolutely un-blown away by most of this. It all feels a bit bloodless, museum-y.

I think my favourite thing he's done (other than El Bandido) is Shakedown, which isn't really anything like his more recent output, but great fun disco-edity stuff.

yah i mean i wouldnt say im "blown away" by any of it (also i had listened to his disco edits a few months ago and found them really unfun for disco edits) but i do really like his sound a lot while getting that it might be a little "subtle" for some ppl.

Matt's had his nerves shredded by years of bangin bass; it's understandable

i'm not really a fan of the disco edits at all

i like them now, but not as "disco edits" bc in that context they seem a bit uh pale

I thought they were cool. There seems to be a little more going on in them than the average cut-n-shut edit. What's the original of "Shakedown"?

http://charliegower.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/09/bob.jpg

i wish

i don't think this stuff is for me...i like his sound palette a lot, but there's just not enough there to hold my interest (and the noodly piano interludes are kind of grating). maybe it would work at a club or party, but i wouldn't know.

huh surprised by that tbh

I'd have troubel imagining the new album working in a club setting, but then I say that about a lot of things and end up being surprised when they do. He's getting a band together so he can perform the tracks live, so I hear.

that said i checked out his soundcloud and i do like some of that stuff better, like this: http://soundcloud.com/nicolas-jaar/b1-o-angles

thanks for the link to that Time Out New York mix, what a great listen.

"WOUH" is jaw-dropping.

Space Is Only Noise leaked.

i saw nico at the wolf and lamb xmas party at Sankeys in manchester. It was quite possibly one of best atmospheres i have ever experienced in a club. He started of at 70bpm and the crowd lapped it up , it made the changes throughout the set epic and his music on a good quality sound system was incredible. The man was like an artist and the whole crowd responded. he even SANG the vocal parts on his tracks - NO JOKE! i love my tech house/ deep house / minimal nights where the dancing is relentless however seeing Jaar is something different and something special - dont judge until you see his live act in a club setting - its surprising how well it works. He is the 2nd best live act in the Resident advisor polls for a reason.

i would really love to see him live yeah

it's him singing on the recordings, right?

come to glasgow on the 29th of jan then!

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yh on the Chilean American vocals - this is his best mix in my opinion and gives you an idea of what to expect seeing him live - http://www.wolflambmusic.com/mp3/WLP087-nico-bunker-showcase.mp3

did anyone end up going to the shoreditch gig?

He started of at 70bpm and the crowd lapped it up , it made the changes throughout the set epic and his music on a good quality sound system was incredible. The man was like an artist and the whole crowd responded. he even SANG the vocal parts on his tracks -

boner

"Boner" - mature respone but yh he was that good , check out motor city drum ensemble aswell his stuff is great

did anyone end up going to the shoreditch gig?

no ;_;

:( didnt make it either

Adore the mcde remix of nufrequency on this general tip.

if I remember my Ivy Leage dates right, he's going to be missing the first few days of classes to do the Sub Club gig ... then i imagine no shows til the summer? TBH this guy seems like he'd fit summer like a glove

LeagUe

:(

yh its brilliant
check out the raw cuts series he did - raw cuts 3, 5 and 6 being the best - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgsqXp3meg&feature=related
and this mix he did is great - http://www.nightmusic.ch/2010/10/11/motor-city-drum-ensemble-fabric-promo-mix-29-09-2010/

btw i take

i feel like its one of those records where the beats jack as hard as you want them to

lol having actually heard the record lol @ me. i like it but stick a kickdrum underneath it

Yeah I was a bit puzzled by that comment before TBH.

anyone not sold on nico listen to this mix of his - http://www.wolflambmusic.com/mp3/WLP087-nico-bunker-showcase.mp3

didnt realised u guys had all heard it since it hadnt leaked, figured u meant the eps which it still does apply 2

What you guys think of the album?

It's growing on me actually. I was comparing it to James Blake upthread, and while there are similarities, it's a lot less slap-dash than his album.

I would say the key distinction between Jaar and Blake is that Jaar can be loose but is never messy.

At the moment it's reminding me of Joakim's first couple of albums. Only a bit sonically, but mainly due to the sense of 4-5 really nice pieces being lost in the haze of excessive interludes, transitions, intros, and outros.

i like the album (on one listen) but, while i wouldn't say it's a disappointment exactly - i should at least give it time to grow on me - i prefer the singles. it's not necessarily the non-dancefloor focus that's the reason, i just feel like there's less focus full stop. people who are disappointed by it could do a lot worse than checking out frivolous's imminent meteorology album on cadenza