With Sirens Jaar combined the synth-punk of Suicide with political fury and Space is Only Noise is still a defining document for Microhouse, but goddamn it’s nice to hear him cut loose.
It’s a different sort of project, sure, and the way it ping-pongs between pastiche and higher art is interesting. But so much of this music has been done better by other artists.
It paints an unflattering picture of the project as house and disco pastiche with only brief flashes of inspiration.
Shoutout to @arsheeza; thanks for recommending this to me.
2012-2017 is the 3rd album from Chilean-American composer Nicolás Jaar, under the moniker Against All Logic, released in February 2018. As the title suggests, it consists of 11 tracks that were produced between 2012 and 2017.
It was critically acclaimed upon release, whilst being seen by some critics as more of a compilation than a genuine studio album, which I can say is a fair counter argument to some degree, but does the ... read more
Across the board, I think everyone can agree that this is, for the most part, an inoffensive and enjoyable album. But I also think its fair to say that most of the people rating this so high have not listened to many albums in the same genre as this (myself included), leading us to get caught up in the hype of another popular album. Sure this is an awesome set of tracks, but if it wasn't from Jaar and if people's minds weren't clouded by Melon and Pitchfork, it'd probably be swept under the ... read more
Again, I have to agree with the score... Also another 83.
The producing skill Nicolas has shown makes it a great album. It's funky, groovy and ready for the club! Some songs (for example, Some Kind of Game) also feel like back then, like the 90's or 2000's.
Although, that's not my type of Deep House I prefer. The only songs I added to my Liked Songs on Spotify was the opener and Cityfade. The rest are still enjoyable.
The opener (This Old House is All I Have) starts of cinematic or ... read more
1 | This Old House is All I Have 3:38 | 95 |
2 | I Never Dream 6:45 | 93 |
3 | Some Kind of Game 6:47 | 93 |
4 | Hopeless 5:40 | 88 |
5 | Know You 4:24 | 89 |
6 | Such a Bad Way 4:53 | 86 |
7 | Cityfade 5:40 | 91 |
8 | Now U Got Me Hooked 5:51 | 88 |
9 | Flash in the Pan 7:27 | 84 |
10 | You Are Going to Love Me and Scream 5:35 | 87 |
11 | Rave on U 9:55 | 90 |
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#3 | / | Pretty Much Amazing |
#6 | / | The Needle Drop |
#8 | / | Slant Magazine |
#9 | / | The 405 |
#27 | / | Treble |
#35 | / | Pitchfork |
#41 | / | The Skinny |
#49 | / | Mixmag |
#67 | / | Noisey |