Nicolas Jaar: I was a Teenage Villalobos

Wait, never noticed the question about the Prism.

It took 2 weeks to arrive, typical for shipping to Canada. It's smaller than I expected, sits easily in the palm of my hand. It's an attractive little box. The buttons aren't labelled, so it's not intuitive to use. The music is hit and miss. Nico's stuff (Don't Break My Love, Why Didn't You Save Me, the covers of Ishmael and Avalanche) is great, the rest of it didn't stick with me. Haven't listened to it mich -- too much hassle to rip it and can't be bothered to carry it around.

Xinobi's done a nice edit of "And I Say", the Jaar track with Scout LaRue (originally titled With Just One Glance). Much like El Bandido or Mi Mujer -- a bit faster, more of a 4x4 pulse. Good for the People Who Don't Like The Album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHG2J7RCnF4

Speaking of Mi Mujer, here's the sample source for one of the vocal parts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M2HDceMVB0

A terrific little set at the Mondrian Hotel as part of Art Basel -- until he approached curfew. "I have time for one more...?" he asked hopefully, glancing at the sound mixer. A 1:30 later the hotel cut the power.

The crowd was small enough for me to approach him afterwards and chat for about a minute. I mentioned watching him at Pitchfork in July, which surprised him.

BEST LIVE SHOW EVER

I'm only slightly exagerrating.

So jealous.

How many players?

3 - jaar (on knobs, keys and vocals), a guitarist and a saxophonist (occasionally on keys)

I saw him at the second, Darkside-billed show bcz the big one sold out - couple of hundred people, Jaar on knobs, keys, vocals and gong, guitarist on guitar and double bass (mainly used for textures and percussion with loop pedals). wish I'd seen both but if it had to be only one, it was pretty special

This might have been Darkside actually but given he only paid one show here he might have pretended it was a Jaar show to avoid confusing people.

nah Darkside is a duo

I guess he's dropped a drummer altogether? or didn't bring to Australia. but he seemed to be mainly playing percussion parts on laptop...

what's new?

this

http://warp.net/records/grizzly-bear/brian-eno-nicolas-jaar-grizzly-bear

nice!

probably the best 45 minutes I've heard all year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUjWumGIqe8

what's up with the grizzly bear / brian eno / nicolas jaar thing? just saw it at the record store, heard nothing about it. is it a collab or?

It's for Record Store day. Jaar remixes of Eno's "Lux" and Grizzly Bear's "Sleeping Ute"

ah ok, have u heard it? how is it?

no, haven't had a chance yet

Boiler Room set is definitely doing it for me though

this is better than the new daft punk :)

giving this a proper listen today and it is really great and exactly what i need (and also makes me feel high)

yeah, this is brilliant. all new and unreleased AFAICT.

love the way "took me out of the dark rain" drops. it's Destiny's Child:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tpme6V1dWs
(at 1:06)

the "what what what" track kills me, with that sweet soul sample and the slo-mo rant about the "domestic agenda"

the domestic agenda track would be Nicolas Jaar + Theatre Roosevelt's The Ego 2 https://soundcloud.com/clownandsunset/nicolas-jaar-theatre-roosevelt

this is p gorgeous

looking for an mp3 rip to listen to this in the car.

looking for an mp3 rip to listen to this in the car.

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, April 29, 2013 3:46 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

me too!

listentoyoutubedotcom

https://soundcloud.com/soldin-arman/nicolas-jaar-boiler-room-nyc + jdownloader

yeah the br set is just excellent.

so fucking good, the whole thing. but i especially love the 32:00-41:00 portion.

really fascinating to watch him work-- no headphones!

The set I saw in December was the best by any act since, well, Jaar's Pitchfork appearance.

really fascinating to watch him work-- no headphones!

well it's all done on the laptop, so he doesn't really have to worry about mixing/beatmatching, right?

i did like how he was playing electric piano using his laptop (qwerty) keyboard near the end.

last year at mutek it was a nice double feature of him playing his own material live w/band and the next day him djing in the park in the sunshine

I know it's the middle-aged indie rocker in me speaking but i would like this guy to gather all his bits and pieces in an album. I liked 'Space...' ok but what he's released since has been something else. or basically, I need "And I say" on CD

feel like his work would best be featured as feature length doc film with extended live performance segments tbh

sorry, no more recorded performances, you just have to go dance in a sunny park

easier downloading: http://soundcloud-download.com/ + http://soundcloud.com/soldin-arman/nicolas-jaar-boiler-room-nyc

thanks Lukas!

also, if you're trying to convert a youtube link, vidtomp3.com is quick and easy.

This Boiler Room mix is so incredible...and that 32:00 - 41:00 portion is unreal.

I liked 'Space...' ok but what he's released since has been something else. or basically, I need "And I say" on CD

Just out of curiosity, what has he released since "Space..." aside from the Record Store Day Grizzly Bear/Brian Eno thing?

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nicolas+Jaar

Oh, I guess I thought there might have been more than that.

http://www.discogs.com/Darkside-Darkside-EP/master/393143

He's doing a set with the Joshua Light Show at the Barbican in October.

he's remixed all of Random Access Memories lol
http://t.co/ZHhRwDog05

some nice bits on the RAM remix thing. The Beyond remix is cool.

New Darkside album in October. Aiming high:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8NaWT0WvEE

The first Darkside EP just gets better and better. Awesome video for A1: http://vimeo.com/32882961

love the darkside album

Ahhhh how dare this be a thing that exists and yet not in my possession.

http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=15075