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Nicolas Jaar

Nicolas Jaar (born January 10, 1990) is a Chilean-American composer and recording artist based in New York. Among his notable works are the albums Space Is Only Noise (2011), Pomegranates (2015) and Sirens (2016). He is known in the club world for his various dance 12" EPs he put out from 2008 to 2011. Since his first album, he has embarked on more explorative directions, performing a five-hour improvisational concert at PS1 and releasing a large volume of experimental recordings through his label, Other People, including works by like-minded artists Lydia Lunch, William Basinski, and Lucretia Dalt. In 2015 he scored Jacques Audiard's Dheepan (winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2015).Jaar is also half of the band Darkside (Psychic, 2013). In 2018, he released an album under the alias A.A.L. (Against All Logic) called 2012–2017, described by Pitchfork as one of the best new albums of the year.

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Genres electronic downtempo experimental ambient deep house
Picks
  1. Too Many Kids Finding Rain in the Dust
Top release Sirens

Albums

  1. RA.211
    2010
  2. Space Is Only Noise
    2011
  3. 5.5
    Sirens
    2016

Other releases

  1. The Student EP
    2008
  2. Democracy EP: New Friends Vol 2
    2009
  3. A Time for Us / Mi mujer
    2010
  4. Russian Dolls EP
    2010
  5. Marks / Angles
    2010
  6. Edits LP
    2010
  7. Love You Gotta Lose Again EP
    2010
  8. WOUH
    2010
  9. XLR8R Podcast 184
    2011
  10. Encore
    2011
  11. Remixes, Volume 1
    2011
  12. Nico's Bluewave Edits
    2011
  13. Don't Break My Love EP
    2011
  14. Essential Mix (NO BBC Edit)
    2012
  15. The Ego
    2012
  16. Brian Eno x Nicolas Jaar x Grizzly Bear
    2013
  17. Our World
    2013
  18. Pomegranates
    2015
  19. Nymphs II
    2015
  20. Nymphs III
    2015
  21. Fight (Nymphs IV)
    2015
  22. RA.500
    2016
  23. Nymphs
    2016