New band of the day – No 955: Nicolas Jaar

Slow is the new fast – which is good news for this Satie-inspired electronica artist, who explores 'the ghosts inside the silence'Hometown: New York.The lineup: Nicolas Jaar (music, production).The background: Slow would appear to be the new fast. There's the PaulStretch software program being used to do strange things to Auto-Tuned automata, and that whole Jamie Woon/James Blake/the xx school of atmospheric, song-full dubstep that moves at a measured pace. Then there are the chopped'n'screwed...

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