nicolas jaar

Just copped one of these, easily the best or worst purchase I'll make today: a self-contained aluminum "prism" of music -- "a collection of lost memories" -- from Nico Jaar's own Clown & Sunset label, featuring a few unreleased Jaar tracks (including one with his Darkside collaborator Dave Harrington)...

Taken from L.A. producer Shlohmo's new Vacation 12", out now on Friends of Friends:

Nicolas Jaar quietly dropped this track with very little fanfare a couple weeks back. Notable not only because it's awesome and one of the sexier things he's ever done, but also because it features some sultry vocals from Bruce Willis/Demi Moore's kid Scout Larue: mp3:

Listen to all 3 tracks (click "playlist" in the player above) from the new EP from Nicolas Jaar's latest project (with Dave Harrington), Darkside. Jaar calls the record "the closest thing to rock & roll I’ve ever done," but these cosmic jams sort of recall a more minimalist take on the slower-burning, hypnotic, almost Balearic-tinged '70s grooves of dudes like Studio and A