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June 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Nicolas Jaar: Nymphs II (ep)

Nicolas Jaar Nymphs II Other People You couldn’t really call it an EP, it’s a single, a 12”, two sides, two seven-minute cuts, but in its weight, in what it offers, in how it feels – and in how it ends up sounding, I reckon it’s EP-worthy. A little slice of an album… Nymphs II […]

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January 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Marek: Island Bay Mornings 2013 [Mixtape]

DJ Marek Island Bay Mornings 2013 (mixtape) Mazdef Productions DJ Marek, aka Maz Def has created a lovely late-late-night/early-early-morning mixtape which you can stream right here. Or download. It’s an 80-minute mixtape that is pitched perfectly between the album-length mixes of Nicolas Jaar and the best chilled-groove moments on those old Back To Mine/Late Night […]

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December 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Nicolas Jaar: Our World

Nicolas Jaar Our World Other People/Soundcloud I’m still regularly listening to Nicolas Jaar’s wonderful Essential Mix from 2012. And now he’s offered up another album-length free mix, Our World. Released as a tribute to John Lennon, coinciding with the anniversary of his death (33 years ago this year) the hour-long mix begins with Lennon interview […]

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December 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Darkside: Psychic

Darkside Psychic Matador Records Darkside is Nicolas Jaar (wunderkind DJ/producer/composer) and touring guitarist Dave Harrington, back together after a side-project’s side-project as Daftside – reworking Random Access Memories down into a form of pleather lounge music. Here with full-length album, Psychic, the duo delivers on aspects of their earlier EP and Daft Punk reconstruction with […]

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November 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Nils Frahm: Spaces

Nils Frahm Spaces Erased Tapes The productive/prolific period continues for German composer/pianist Nils Frahm with Spaces a live album as part-reinvention/part-reminder and (all?) consolidation. With the title indicating the spaces he fills (ie: the places he plays) and the space/s around the music, inside the music, the breathing spaces created by and for the music, […]