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Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Hope Label: Circus Company CCS055-2 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album New Country: France Released: Jan 2012 Genre: Electronic Style: Downtempo, Deep House, Ambient Tracklist A1 Κtre A2 Colomb A3 Sunflower A4 Too Many Kids Finding Rain In The Dust A5 Keep Me There A6 Problems With The Sun A7 Space Is Only Noise If You Can See B1 Almost Fell B2 Balance Her In Between Your Eyes B3 Specters Of The Future B4 Trace B5 Variations B6 ^tre Companies etc Phonographic Copyright (p) Circus Company Copyright (c) Circus Company Mastered At Dubplates & Mastering Published By Circus Company Distributed By Wordandsound Credits Design Republique Mastered By Rashad Photography By Alfredo Jaar Written-By Nicolas Jaar Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 8 27170 43386 1 Minimalist techno? Possibly/maybe. I wouldn't call it that myself. Nicolas Jaar's debut album 'Space Is The Only Noise' doesn't fit tidily into any particular box truth-be-told and that is why it sustained both my interest and admiration. Each of the 14 pieces in the collection sort-of reach out and tap you on the shoulder to announce their fragile presence. Two of the tracks ('Sunflower' and 'Trace') are less than a minute long but nothing ever really overstays its welcome. Mr Jaar stiches sound togeher into something resembling a sonic patchwork quilt. There is logic and order at work in the compositional structures but there is also a little chaos mixed in for good measure just to keep us on our toes. Some of the pieces have a coherent rhythmic narrative. 'Variations' is a delightful invention which had my toes tapping despite themselves. A pinch of tribal; a dash of folk; a soupcon of fractured falsetto soul. Wonderfully weird yet also curiously emotionally affecting. The clicks and clatters; the ghost-rider reverb guitar and the half-heard whispered words of 'Too Many Kids In The Dust' is another piece of beguiling musical voodoo, not unlike some of the tortured and ambiguous sound-dramas of Tom Waits. The subdued latin beats and bubbling underwater chords of 'Keep Me There' conjure up a spooky cheek-to-cheek Danse Macabre. Like one of those wonderful Mexican Dia De Los Muertos arrangements of tiny skeletal figures going about their daily business oblivious to the fact that they no longer have flesh on their bones! The echoing vocal elements of 'Space Is The Only Noise If You Can See' weave in and out of a cheekily loping bass riff rattling and rolling through the spaces between the stars. "Replace the word space with a drink and forget it..." intones Mr Jaar. Methinks he has the capacity for a little drollery too! So strange and so much to enjoy. 'Colomb' is a curiously beautiful confection. The gentle almost-jazzy piano part supports a whistfully deconstructed vocal of captivating intensity and mystery. Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise Nicolas Jaar - Colomb Nicolas Jaar - Problems With The Sun Nicolas Jaar is a New York-based 21-year-old who does a lot of things that young dance producers do-- plays shows in clubs around the world, remixes dance artists, runs a small record label called Clown and Sunset-- but he doesn't really make dance music. Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise (Full Album Nicolas Jaar - Sunflower Nicolas Jaar - Balance Her In Between Your Eyes
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