Description
Nicola’s Jaar is a Chilean sound maker born in 1990. He is known in the club world for his various dance 12′ EPs and remixes he put out from 2008 to 2011. Since his first full length (Space Is Only Noise, 2011), he has embarked in multiple divergent path. For the last seven years, he has released a large volume of recordings through his label Other People. In 2015, Nicola’s scored Dheepan by director Jacques Audiard (winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2015). In 2016, Jaar launched The Network, a web of 111 fictional radio stations done in collaboration with artists Jena Myung and Maziyar Pahlevan. In 2017, The Network became a book, published by Printed Matter in NY. In the spring of 2019, Jaar was commissioned for a nine-hour improvisation in the Oude Kerk Church in Amsterdam which he performed alongside two organists and a dozen surround speakers pointed at the ceiling of the church. Nicola’s is currently curating a residency for sound artists in the West Bank that takes place in a 130 year-old converted food storage shack in Bethlehem (within the Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir For Art And Research ??? ???? ???? ???? ???? ? ?????.) Residents so far include composer Sebastian Jatz Rawicz and researcher and artist Rolando Herna’ndez. In the fall of 2019, he presented Incomprehensible Sun, a sound and light installation in a 200-meter-long ex-military shooting range in Zaandam (The Netherlands) and Retaining The Energy, But Losing The Image alongside artist Vincent De Belleval which consisted of ten large rotating parabolic reflectors that capture and emit hyper-focalized surround sound. For the first Sharjah Architecture Triennale (curated by Adrian Lahoud in 2019). Nicola’s performed a piece for 16 buried speakers in the desert near the Mleiha Archaeological Centre. Nicola’s has collaborated with artist Lydia Ourahmane, FKA Twigs, and Patrick Higgins under the name AEAEA.’Given all the technical ground Cenizas covers, Jarr is an impressively meticulous guide. Every pluck, ping, buzz, scratch, and whistle is intentional, a bump in the tunnel as you slide down the rabbit hole’ –Pitchfork (8.0) 01. Vanish 02. Menysid 03. Cenizas 04. Agosto 05. Gocce 06. Mud 07. Vaciar 08. Sunder 09. Hello, Chain 10. Rubble 11. Garden 12. Xerox 13. Faith Made of Silk
Tracklist:
Side A:
Vanish
Menysid
Cenizas
Agosto
Gocce
Mud
Vacíar
Side B:
Sunder
Hello, Chain
Rubble
Garden
Xerox
Faith Made Of Silk
