Twisted and moody, subtle but powerful, New York via Santiago producer Nicolas Jaar creates genre-defying, downtempo electronic music. Jaar‟s debut solo album Space Is Only Noise was hailed as one of 2011‟s best records, and sees Jaar embellish experimental techno with acoustic elements like Arabic strings, echoing vocals and discordant sax, slowed to the pace of a skipping heartbeat. Citing Ethiopian jazz and producer/DJ Ricardo Villalobos as influences, Jaar also gives the nod to the likes of Erik Satie to dub reggae, Twin Peaks and Ry Cooder.