Bloum is a young group from around Paris, made up of two acoustic/electronic musicians and two visual artists. The band produces electro creations, influenced by artists like Four Tet, Burial , XXYYXX , Pachanga Boys , Nicolas Jaar ... right up to Magic Malik . They contacted me to showcase their work. I fell in love with their sound. And even more when they uploaded 'Flower Dress' to their Soundcloud profile. It's easy what I would call "Slolectro". A mix between Employee Of The Year's Slow French genre and some more up-lifting Electro. [...]
After experimenting with three formats for the Monthly Mix - MP3 zip, Spotify playlist, Soundcloud set, etc. - in March we finally came upon a solution that pleased everyone: all of them. And so, for you, here is the month's music, whittled down to its very best, via each of the aforementioned mediums, limited only by its availability on said mediums. This means a 13-track zip, a 12-track Spotify playlist, and a whopping 54-track Soundcloud stream. And somehow, falling through all the cracks and not represented on any is one of the month's finest: The National's straight-to-Youtube " [...]
Whether you perceive daft Californian dance-punks !!! to be nothing but deranged practitioners of a funked up pastiche, busily recomposing bits and pieces of euphoric histories past – post-punk revivalism; those more accessible entries in the annals of Warp Records; hedonistic '90s raves and whatnot; their own, even – or saviours of some indefinable other altogether, they're ever jesters worth sparing a smirk or two. And with this, the year's first truly stimulatingly titled LP, Nic Offer et al. strive to reinsert the fun back into the somewhat restrained funk renaissance of recent times. [...]
Our second Record Store Day -related Nicolas Jaar post of the weekend: Jaar + Sasha Spielberg 's collaborative covers project Just Friends quietly dropped a RSD-exclusive, possibly Germany-only 123 for one of our favorite songs of 2012 - their ghostly cover of Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" - backed with remixes by Julia Holter and Shlohmo . Released on Jaar's own clown & sunset imprint, you can check Just Friends' original version below, and listen to previews of both the Holter and [...]
Nicolas Jaar stretches out Grizzly Bear 's " Sleeping Ute " into one of his classic, elegantly layered, haunting slow-builders, guaranteed to move refined dancefloors everywhere. Taken from their beautiful / instantly sold-out collaborative Record Store Day exclusive 123 , which also features Jaar's remix of Brian Eno 's " Lux ," and is already being offered at a premium on ebay by enterprising RSD price-gougers:
[Artwork: Yannis Dragasakis] Once more during this year we have been sharing with you tons of free music, and today we're really excited to reveal La.Ga.Sta.'s Top 40 most downloaded tracks of 2012. This is a chart compiled by our readers, who by the way have great taste. We couldn't agree more. Breakbot's "Programme" is top of the list, followed closely by Perseus' "Seychelles" and Chromatics' "Kill For Love". Of course there is more to this list. Who can drive passed beloved artists such as Todd Terje, John Talabot, Poolside, The Magician, Classixx, Moon Boots, among others, or [...]
Chet Faker - Terms And Conditions ( Nicolas Jaar Remix) [ mp3 SoundCloud] Future Classic gift to close/start the year in style.
We spent an inordinate amount of time listening to (and trying to make ) mixes this year. Here's a collection of some of our favorites from the past 12 months, all of which were huge sources of discovery + inspiration for us. And we're always up for more, so feel free to hook us up with recommendations for any essential mixes we might have missed... continue to our favorite mixes of 2012 »
It's here, those are the artists who made the cut this week in SUNDAZE #32... Like our page on Facebook to access the download right here : DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE AFTER YOU LIKE OUR PAGE Tracklist : Tourment d'Amour (feat. Saneyes) - La fine équipe Aurora - Vanguard Mesmerize (Pick Your Poison Remix) - Eleven:Eleven Illusion - Chordashian When Doves Cry (Finnebassen Remix) - Prince Wolf - Ajimal Solid Slider - Tatsuro Yamashita Cadillac Girl [...]
Since the release of his album-in-a-box The Prism earlier this year (now graciously available for digital download ), Nicolas Jaar has presumably holed himself up in a futuristic underground laboratory and conducted some musical mad science into the follow - up - at least, based on the first track we've heard from him in a while, "The Ego," which features some heavily chopped-and-screwed vocals from, uh, Theodore Roosevelt (credited by the always-intuitive Jaar as Theatre Roosevelt ). Before you pass it off as weird novelty, take a listen - Jaar's [...]
Nicolas Jaar 's latest track The Ego is quite different from the songs on the brilliant Space Is Only Noise - it's not as delicate nor cautious, yet quite the late-night/early-morning weird club jam we'd most definitely zone out to. He does stay (sort of) faithful to his succesful use of samples in his music , as he lets Teddy Roosevelt's ghost make some statements about economics. While the theme may seem serious, The Ego is a very smooth and light-hearted track.
New track from Nico Jaar and someone called " Theatre Roosevelt ." From Jaar's Clown & Sunset soundcloud : "Teddy's ghost wishes you a happy thanksgiving!"
New track from Nico Jaar and someone called " Theatre Roosevelt ." From Jaar's Clown & Sunset soundcloud : "Teddy's ghost wishes you a happy thanksgiving!"
Siempre es un placer disfrutar de Nicolas Jaar .
Nicolas Jaar 's Don't Break My Love "prism" is one of our favorite releases of 2012, despite (or maybe partly because of) the fact that it was made available only as a tiny/limited/easily breakable $40 aluminum cube . That changes today, though, as Jaar's label Clown & Sunset has made the "virtual edition" of the record available digitally for only $7 . Listen to one the LP highlights below - the Just Friends (Jaar + Sasha Spielberg ) cover of Leonard Cohen's " Avalanche " - and [...]
[Artwork: Yannis Dragasakis] Here we go again. It's time to round up the Top 15 most downloaded tracks of October on La.Ga.Sta. Check out the full list below, and relive the magic of October's most popular mpFree's. This is your Top 15 chart. Fill it up! 01. John Talabot & Pional: "Braves" 02. Ben Howard: "The Fear" [Moonlight Matters Rework] 03. Nicolas Jaar: "And I Say" [Xinobi Edit] 04. [...]
El año pasado Nicolas Jaar se pasó por el Sónar de Barcelona(recordemos que recientemente estuvo también en la ciudad condal gracias al Primavera Sound), dejando un concierto que muchos definen como memorable. Nada mejor que una dosis de buena música para aprovechar el día! Nos os olvidéis del mix de Nicolas Jaar para la BBC . (Via)
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[Photo: Neil Krug] It's that time again, kids. La.Ga.Sta.'s new Mix O’Clock has arrived, just in time for the weekend. A selection of new and old tunes by the likes of Nicolas Jaar, Eli Escobar, Mario Basanov, Little Boots, Xinobi, Broke One, Mix Chopin, Andre VII, and Ambassadeurs, for your car stereo. Nine tracks that we have already road tested and that you can grab for free below. C’mon, join us again for another ride. Total driving time: 50 minutes. Vroom! [6:19] Nicolas Jaar: "And I Say" [Xinobi Edit] [ [...]
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