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Nicolas Jaar is a Chilean composer and recording artist based in New York. Notable works include 'Space is only noise' (2011) and 'Pomegranates' (2015) . 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 5 hour improvisational concert at PS1, 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). Recently, Jaar scored Dheepan, by director Jacques Audiard (winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2015). Jaar is also half of the band Darkside (Psychic 2013). ==Biography== Jaar was born in New York to Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar and French-Chilean mother Evelyne Meynard. In 2007, he met Gadi Mizrahi and Zev Eisenberg who ran the legendary Marcy hotel parties in Brooklyn, NY. After hearing his early works, Mizrahi suggested 17 year old Jaar to put a 4x4 kick drum underneath his largely experimental compositions. This was Jaar's first foray into dance music- documented in his first release on Mizrahi's label Wolf & Lamb entitled "The Student". Jaar then spent four years in underground dance circles, crafting rough, hip hop influenced house music (examples include "Love you gotta lose again", "Angles") Initially made as jokes to make his mother laugh and dance, Jaar made two songs where he sang in his native Spanish (Mi Mujer and El Bandido). Jaar did not intend for them to come out. He changed his mind in 2010, as he felt the songs were his way of answering to what he deemed as exploitative sampling of Latin American culture by white European DJs. He released his debut album, Space Is Only Noise, in January 2011 to critical acclaim, receiving a score of 8.4 and the title of Best New Music from Pitchfork and four stars from the Guardian. It was ranked #1 album of the year by Resident Advisor, Mixmag, and Crack Mag. Jaar toured the album for 3 years with guitarist Dave Harrington (later of Darkside) and keyboardist Will Epstein. Jaar was voted # 1 Live Act on Resident Advisor for the 3 years he toured the record. In 2012, he debuted a live concept called 'From Scratch', where he samples records he buys the day of in front of a live audience. The first iteration happened in Queens, NY at MOMA PS1, it was a 5 hour concert with collaborator Will Epstein, videographer Ryan Staake, dancer Lizzie Feidelson and singer Sasha Spielberg. He has also performed From Scratch at the Museum of Modern Art in Denver, Colorado and Montreal. On May 18, 2012 Nicolas Jaar made his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix' debut, which was voted Radio 1's Essential Mix Of The Year of 2012. On October 4, 2013, the debut album from Darkside, Jaar's project with longtime collaborator Dave Harrington, was released to critical acclaim and a 9.0 score on Pitchfork. The band toured the record for the entirety of 2014. In February 2015, Jaar released a largely ambient record entitled "Pomegranates" for free. It is loosely based around the 1969 Soviet film The Color of Pomegranates by an Armenian filmmaker Parajanov. It should be noted that 2015 marked the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Later that year, Jaar scored the soundtrack to Dheepan, a thriller by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard about a family of Sri Lankan refugees living in the suburbs of Paris. It was the winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2015. Jaar is the owner and founder of the New York based imprint Other People. Notable releases include works by Lydia Lunch, DJ Slugo, William Basinski, Valentin Stip, VTGNIKE, and Lucretia Dalt. Although the label predominately releases vinyl, it also offers a membership where fans can download new releases and gain access to the entire Other People archive for 4$ a month. Other People only publishes creator-owned content and splits all profits made from records sales 50/50 with artists. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicolas Jaar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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