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Nico Jaar gets a rare official remix, as his frequent collaborator + the other half of DARKSIDE, Dave Harrington, drops a throbbing, kind of ominous re-work of "Why Didn't You Save Me," featuring breathy vocals from Tamara. Sign up for Jaar's serial subscription label Other People to get exclusive tracks every week, including this one + more from the label's first release, TRUST:

We were teased with a preview of this one when Just Friends' Avalanche 12" was released as a vinyl-only Record Store Day exclusive back in April, and now Nico Jaar's new serial label Other People has let Shlohmo's somber remix go on their youtube channel: In other Other People news: the label just dropped issue II; head over there to check it out (the High Water track is especially great)...

Darkside's Psychic 2xLP is out October 8 on Other People / Matador. mp3: Darkside :: Golden Arrow

Nicolas Jaar just launched his new "serial label" Other People with a free download of the sprawling, 11:20-minute opening track from the new Darkside LP. This will be the only free delivery, so grab it below, and go here to sign up to receive new content from Jaar + Other People every week...

"For the longest day of the year, DARKSIDE momentarily turns into DAFTSIDE..."Nico Jaar + his Darkside partner Dave Harrington remix Random Access Memories in its entirety. Listen:

An incredible set from Nico Jaar, live at RBMA's Boiler Room takeover at Brooklyn's Market Hotel. Listen/watch, thanks to James for the heads up. iframe not supported!

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 12" for one of our favorite songs of 2012 -- their ghostly cover of Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" -- backed with remixes by Julia Holter and Shlohmo...

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 12", which also features Jaar's remix of Brian Eno's "Lux," and is already being offered at a premium on ebay

Nicolas Jaar "journeys into the abyss to ponder the complexities of making music today" with the Avant/Garde Diaries. Directed by Richard Parks. Music by Nico Jaar. Read their insightful full interview with Jaar here.