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Piedras 1
Electronic · 2024 · 7 tracks · 45m

Piedras 1

Nicolas Jaar

A subterranean exploration of stone and water. Nicolas Jaar uses field recordings and cavernous reverb to create a tactile, hauntingly beautiful electronic ritual.

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It sounds like a ghost trying to remember a folk song inside a deep cave.

A deep, subterranean mystery that feels both ancient and technologically advanced.

Piedras 1 · vs · Nicolas Jaar
Midnight+1.6σ

Midnight saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks · 45m
01
Cangilón
6:59
02
Piedras
4:38
03
Aquí
4:42
04
Agua pa fantasmas
5:27
05
Rio de las tumbas
5:31
06
Viento
6:55
07
Mi viejita
6:44
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into heavy, rhythmic thuds on track 4 that feel like a giant walking through mud.
The way the saxophone on track 6 emerges from a dense fog of white noise and slowly disintegrates.
The haunting, slowed-down vocal loop on track 7 that sounds like a transmission from a lost era.
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