Nicolas Jaar

Nicolas Jaar
Also known as	Nico
Born	January 10, 1990 (1990-01-10) (age 21) New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres	Minimal, electronic, house, organic electronic
Website	nicolasjaar.net

Nicolas Jaar is an American-Chilean musician. He is currently studying comparative literature at Brown University, Rhode Island.

Biography

Jaar was born in New York on January 10, 1990 as the son of Alfredo Jaar and Evelyne Meynard, but moved to Chile at the age of two. At the age of eight he and his family moved back to New York.^[1]

His debut album Space Is Only Noise has received critical acclaim with Pitchfork giving it Best New Music.^[2] Jaar is also the owner and founder of his own record label Clown & Sunset.^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK
2011	Space Is Only Noise Released: 31 January 2011[4] Label: Circus Company Formats: Vinyl, Download, CD	–

EPs

Year	Album details
2011	Don't Break my Love Released: 1 November 2011 Label: Clown and Sunset Format: Download
2011	Nico's Bluewave Edits Released: 10 July 2011 Label: W+L Black Format: Vinyl
2010	Love You Gotta Lose Again Released: 5 October 2010 Label: Double Standard Records Format: Vinyl
2010	A Time For Us / Mi Mujer Released: 25 July 2010 Label: Wolf + Lamb Music Format: Vinyl
2010	Marks & Angles Released: 17 May 2010 Label: Circus Company Format: Vinyl
2010	Russian Dolls Released: 5 March 2010 Label: Clown and Sunset Format: Download
2008	The Student Released: 5 April 2008 Label: Wolf + Lamb Music Format: Download

Remixes

• Maceo Plex- "Gravy Train" (2011)
• When Saints Go Machine - "Fail Forever" (2011)
• Sneaky Sound System – "Big" (2011)
• Strech - "Why Did Ya Do It" (2011)
• The Bees - "Winter Rose" (2010)
• Azari & III – "Into The Night" (2010)
• Ellen Allien – "Flashy Flashy" (2010)
• Kasper Bjørke - "Heaven" (2010)
• Wendy Rene - "After Laughter Comes Tears" (2010)
• Matthew Dear – "You Put a Smell On Me" (2010)
• No Regular Play - "Owe Me" (2009)

References

1. ^ "RA: Breaking through: Nicolas Jaar - Interview". Residentadvisor.net. http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1103. Retrieved 2011-05-09. 
2. ^ "Album Reviews: Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise". Pitchfork. 2011-02-17. http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15122-space-is-only-noise/. Retrieved 2011-05-09. 
3. ^ Tony Naylor. "Nicolas Jaar is the renaissance man of electronic music | Music". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/12/nicolas-jaar-electronic-music-renaissance-man. Retrieved 2011-05-09. 
4. ^ "Space is Only Noise by Nicolas Jaar - Download Space is Only Noise by Nicolas Jaar". Itunes.apple.com. 2011-01-31. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/space-is-only-noise/id413017225. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 

Persondata
Name	Jaar, Nicolas
Alternative names	Nico
Short description	Musician
Date of birth	10 January 1990
Place of birth	New York City
Date of death
Place of death