One of the breakthrough artists of the season, Nicolas Jaar has been releasing his experimental deep disco house productions via labels like Wolf + Lamb and received much praise for his inventive remix of Ellen Allien's recent 'Flashy Flashy' single. Born in NYC, Jaar relocated to Santiago de Chile in the 90s only to come back to his birth place as a teenager. Haunted by Mulatu Astatke and Erik Satie, Nico started to make organic electronic music in 2004 at the age of 14. At 17, he made his debut with 'The Student EP' on Wolf and Lamb Music with a remix by Seth Troxler who called him 'one of the most talented minds dance music is about to see develop'. Now studying at Brown University in Rhode Island, Nico has releases coming up on Circus Company, Wolf + Lamb and on his own label, Clown and Sunset.
Angles
(Track 02 on this Maxi-Single)
Angles
(Track 02 on this Maxi-Single)
is featured in Podcast #003:
Leaning towards dub-techno and deep house this time, our first Crew Picks podcast includes some of the definite highlights of recent weeks. It starts out with 'Cocoon Dark Dub', Moritz von Oswald's surprising contribution to Cocoon. From there it moves on to more...
This Maxi-Single is featured in Update #023:
Ben Klock, Kode9, Pan Sonic
It's getting hot hot hot. The best thing to take to the beach is certainly a great DJ mix in your earplugs, and this month wasn't short on first-rate specimen: Kode9, Michael Mayer and dOP mix albums all feature in this newsletter, and Ben Klock even claims more...
Picked!
The experimental mind of Nicolas Jaar returns with his new offering 'Marks / Angles' on Circus Company, highlighting the vast influences of Jaar's musical taste. 'Marks' with its flapper-esque walking piano line, 'Angles' which cleverly incorporates the de-tuning of a hip hop bass line, and finally the broken-jazz of 'Materials.'