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.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 December 2012 13:08 (eleven years ago) link
BEST LIVE SHOW EVER
I'm only slightly exagerrating.
― Tim F, Monday, 4 February 2013 05:14 (eleven years ago) link
So jealous.
― Plasmon, Monday, 4 February 2013 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
How many players?
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Monday, 4 February 2013 05:52 (eleven years ago) link
3 - jaar (on knobs, keys and vocals), a guitarist and a saxophonist (occasionally on keys)
― Tim F, Monday, 4 February 2013 06:55 (eleven years ago) link
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
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Monday, 4 February 2013 09:42 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Tim F, Monday, 4 February 2013 09:56 (eleven years ago) link
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...
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Monday, 4 February 2013 10:30 (eleven years ago) link
what's new?
― jed_, Thursday, 14 March 2013 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
this
http://warp.net/records/grizzly-bear/brian-eno-nicolas-jaar-grizzly-bear
― Number None, Thursday, 14 March 2013 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
nice!
― jed_, Thursday, 14 March 2013 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
probably the best 45 minutes I've heard all year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUjWumGIqe8
― cuteforce, Saturday, 27 April 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
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?
― flopson, Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
It's for Record Store day. Jaar remixes of Eno's "Lux" and Grizzly Bear's "Sleeping Ute"
― Number None, Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
ah ok, have u heard it? how is it?
― flopson, Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
no, haven't had a chance yet
― Number None, Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
Boiler Room set is definitely doing it for me though
― Number None, Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
this is better than the new daft punk :)
― cuteforce, Saturday, 27 April 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
giving this a proper listen today and it is really great and exactly what i need (and also makes me feel high)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Sunday, 28 April 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
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"
― Plasmon, Monday, 29 April 2013 06:16 (eleven years ago) link
the domestic agenda track would be Nicolas Jaar + Theatre Roosevelt's The Ego 2 https://soundcloud.com/clownandsunset/nicolas-jaar-theatre-roosevelt
― Jedmond, Monday, 29 April 2013 07:03 (eleven years ago) link
this is p gorgeous
― charli.xlsx (sic), Monday, 29 April 2013 08:19 (eleven years ago) link
looking for an mp3 rip to listen to this in the car.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 29 April 2013 09:16 (eleven years ago) link
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, April 29, 2013 3:46 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
me too!
― mingalaba, Thursday, 2 May 2013 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
listentoyoutubedotcom
― Plasmon, Thursday, 2 May 2013 08:00 (eleven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/soldin-arman/nicolas-jaar-boiler-room-nyc + jdownloader
― du mein bestie (micarl), Thursday, 2 May 2013 08:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the br set is just excellent.
― shit tie (Jordan), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
so fucking good, the whole thing. but i especially love the 32:00-41:00 portion.
really fascinating to watch him work-- no headphones!
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
The set I saw in December was the best by any act since, well, Jaar's Pitchfork appearance.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:14 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― shit tie (Jordan), Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
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
― mh, Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
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
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
feel like his work would best be featured as feature length doc film with extended live performance segments tbh
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Thursday, 2 May 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
sorry, no more recorded performances, you just have to go dance in a sunny park
― mh, Thursday, 2 May 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
easier downloading: http://soundcloud-download.com/ + http://soundcloud.com/soldin-arman/nicolas-jaar-boiler-room-nyc
― eris bueller (lukas), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
thanks Lukas!
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Thursday, 2 May 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
also, if you're trying to convert a youtube link, vidtomp3.com is quick and easy.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 2 May 2013 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
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?
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Friday, 3 May 2013 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nicolas+Jaar
― mh, Friday, 3 May 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, I guess I thought there might have been more than that.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Friday, 3 May 2013 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/Darkside-Darkside-EP/master/393143
― charli.xlsx (sic), Friday, 3 May 2013 05:41 (eleven years ago) link
He's doing a set with the Joshua Light Show at the Barbican in October.
― Alba, Friday, 21 June 2013 08:49 (eleven years ago) link
he's remixed all of Random Access Memories lolhttp://t.co/ZHhRwDog05
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 21 June 2013 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
some nice bits on the RAM remix thing. The Beyond remix is cool.
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Friday, 21 June 2013 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Plasmon, Friday, 13 September 2013 06:09 (ten years ago) link
love the darkside album
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 September 2013 08:27 (ten years ago) link
Ahhhh how dare this be a thing that exists and yet not in my possession.
― Tim F, Friday, 13 September 2013 08:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=15075
― conrad, Friday, 13 September 2013 09:14 (ten years ago) link
Ooooooh.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 13 September 2013 09:41 (ten years ago) link
they must have just updated with returns it was sold out for a long time
― conrad, Friday, 13 September 2013 10:46 (ten years ago) link