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Darkside pitchfork

[orejasdeoso]

Turns out, make one of the best albums of the year! Jaar and Harrington, actually, have been working together for a while, as Harrington supported Jaar on a live tour. While on the road, the two concocted the DARKSIDE, a name that conjures both their dark smokey sound and the famous Pink Floyd album that their psychedelic/prog songs lean a bit towards. After a producing a self-titled three-song EP and a remix of Daft Punk’s entire 2013 album, Random Access Memories (actually more of a reconstruction or reimagining than a typical remix), they settled in to a critically acclaimed debut LP that is sure to be on numerous tastemakers’ top album lists for the year. We were lucky to nab Nico and Dave for an intimate in-studio session featuring in only two songs a range of emotion. Welcome to the DARKSIDE:

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No Regular Play - Owe Me (Nicolas Jaar Mix) (von xMURMURDCx)

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STREAM: Nicolas Jaar | Don't Break My Love EP

By Zach Hale

It's been less than a year since the release of Space Is Only Noise, the excellent full-length of 21-year-old Brown University student Nicolas Jaar. But despite the rigors and responsibilities of a comparative literature student and buzz-worthy producer, the guy somehow found time to put out his third release of 2011. Don't Break My Love is a diminutive two-track EP that packs quite a punch, albeit a deceptive one. Like Jaar's best work, each track is a deliberately ephemeral exploration of intonation and rhythm - a studious slow-burner that seeps and swivels throughout your inner-consciousness. Ivy League electronica, if you will. And yes, I'll be coining that genre.

Don't Break My Love is out now via Clown and Sunset. Stream/download for free below.