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Space Is Only Noise
Electronic · 2011 · 13 tracks · 42m

Space Is Only Noise

Nicolas Jaar

Negative space. Dusty jazz samples, muffled voices, and slow-motion house beats submerged in a bath of field recordings and tape hiss.

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It's like a beautiful, half-remembered dream you had in a jazz club that was underwater.

A quiet, intellectual mystery that feels like wandering through a gallery of half-lit memories.

Space Is Only Noise · vs · Nicolas Jaar
Sample Based+1.5σ

The production is pushed notably harder into sample based than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 42m
01
Être
4:49
02
Colomb
3:23
03
Sunflower
0:48
04
Too Many Kids Finding Rain in the Dust
3:28
05
Keep Me There
5:22
06
Problems With the Sun
3:52
07
Space Is Only Noise If You Can See
5:42
08
Almost Fell
2:32
09
Balance Her in Between Your Eyes
3:46
10
Specters of the Future
1:59
11
Trace
0:23
12
Variations
3:21
13
^tre
2:57
Moments Worth Waiting For
The rhythmic splashing of water that anchors the opening track, blurring the line between environment and instrument.
The sudden, deep baritone vocal entry on the title track that feels like a secret whispered directly into the ear.
The way the percussion in 'Keep Me There' feels like it's being played on found objects in a cavernous, empty room.
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