Born: 10 / 1 / 1990
Location: United States
Nicolas Jaar (English: ; Spanish: [ˈɟʝaɾ]; Spanish: Nicolás; 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), Sirens (2016), and Cenizas (2020). He has also released two albums as one half of his band Darkside (Psychic, 2013, Spiral, 2021) and two further albums under the alias Against All Logic.After folding his record label Clown & Sunset in 2013, Jaar founded Other People and has since released many experimental recordings through the imprint, including works by Lydia Lunch, Pierre Bastien, John Wall and Lucrecia Dalt. He scored Jacques Audiard's Dheepan (2015 Palme d'Or winner) and Pablo Larrain's 2019 film Ema.
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"[E]nough reverberation to rattle the fillings in your back molars."
A one-off headline gig
"...nothing short of laconic poetry that takes critical aim at politics and power."
It was just a shame that the intricacies of the mix were not crisper; sadly the bass and treble overpowered the detail, which was a flaw of the venue not the artist.