Tim Hecker #2 in Drowned in Sound’s 50 Favourite Albums Of The Year 2011 (Posted By Harry)
Tim Hecker in DiS 50 Favourite Albums Of The Year Tim Hecker// Ravedeath 1972 [Kranky] Great news that Tim Hecker has been placed at #2 in Drowned In Sound’s albums end of year list, an album that definitely deserves it. Tim Hecker ‘Hatred of Music I’ [Kranky] Here’s the list in full, see what you … Continue reading
Eight SRD Artists in RA Top 20 Albums 2011 list (Posted By Harry)
RA 20 Top Albums Of 2011 Pretty pleased that not one, not even two, but eight artists that we distribute for has made it into RA’s Top 20 Albums Of 2011. Here’s the list: #20 John Maus // We Must Become The Pitiless Sensors Of Ourselves [Upset The Rhythm] John Maus, an art school grad … Continue reading
Nicolas Jaar is Mixmag’s Album Of The Year (Posted By Harry)
Space Is Only Noise is Mixmag‘s #1 Album Of The Year Nicolas Jaar– Space Is Only Noise (Circus Company) # 1 Album Of The Year “It’s rare for an album released right at the start of the year to be still fresh in our consciousness, but the deep, intelligent house and electronica from this frighteningly … Continue reading
Blue Daisy// Nicolas Jaar// Walls in MOJO’s Electronica Top Ten Albums 2011 (Posted By Harry)
MOJO‘s ELECTRONICA TOP TEN ALBUMS 2011 Compiled By Stephen Worthy 01. Blue Daisy The Sunday Gift (Black Acre) 02. Machinedrum Room (s) (Planet Mu) 03. Zomby Dedication (4AD) 04. Nicolas Jaar Space Is Only Noise (Circus Company) 05. James Blake James Blake (Atlas/ A&M) 06. Africa Hitech 93 Million Miles (Warp) 07. Kode … Continue reading
Rough Trade Shops ‘Top 100 Albums of the Year 2011’ (Posted By Harry)
Rough Trade Shops Albums of the Year 2011 Top 100 Everyone loves a list, Nick Hornby knew it and wrote a book based on them, and now Rough Trade have produced a very fine list, and it’s always nice to see artists that we distribute for, in the list. Here at SRD, we’ll be posting … Continue reading
Nicolas Jaar in the Guardian (posted by Harry)
The Guardian article written by Tony Naylor (Sat 12 March 2011) Nicolas Jaar is the renaissance man of electronic music Nicolas Jaar makes strange, intelligent electronic music. But what is it called, and how do we dance to it, asks Tony Naylor “Don’t print this,” frets 20-year-old Nicolas Jaar. “It’s the kind of grand statement … Continue reading
Nicolas Jaar Electronic Album Of The Month In Mojo (posted by Harry)
Nicolas Jaar **** Space is Only Noise Circus Company Album Of The Month In Mojo “Ivy League student’s enchanting techno offshoot.” “He’s the creator of ‘blue wave’, a form of slow-mo experimental techno.” “Somewhere amid the complicated Venn diagram you’ll find Ethiopian jazz, Erik Satie, Ricardo Villalobos and John Cage.” written by Stephen Worthy … Continue reading
Nicolas Jaar 8.4 review on Pitchfork (posted by Harry)
* Rising: Nicolas Jaar – Album Review 8.4 Space Is Only Noise – Nicolas Jaar [Circus Company; 2011] Strange can exist anywhere, but we have a habit of thinking only the maximal and unhinged– Captain Beefheart, Basement Jaxx, R. Kelly– are truly weird. How bizarre can the music of Philip Glass or Wolfgang Voigt really … Continue reading
UK Press Loving Nicolas Jaar ‘Space Is Only Noise’ Album (posted by Harry)
*9/10 AT RESIDENT ADVISOR: “AS APPROPRIATE FOR TEN ON SUNDAY MORNING AS IT IS FOR THE BLEARY ENDS OF 3AM, AN ON-THE-NOD EFFORT THAT STILL FEELS REDEMPTIVE AND INVIGORATING. YOU CAN PLAY IT WHENEVER, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO PLAY IT A LOT.” *MOJO ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE MONTH. *DJ MAGAZINE … Continue reading
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