Piedras 1 & 2
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First solo release by Nicolas Jaar since 2020's Telas and Cenizas. The initial seed for this project was planted in 2020 when Nicolas Jaar wrote the song 'Piedras' for a concert at the Museum of Memory & Human Rights in Santiago, Chile, which commemorates the victims of human rights violations during the military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet between 1973 and 1990. Between 2022-2023 it took on a new form as a radio play entitled 'Archivos de Radio Piedras', which was shared on a dedicated Telegram channel. In 2024, the play was converted into a 24 channel installation at the University Museum of Mexico City (MUAC), where it was exhibited for 5 months. Piedras 1 and 2 is a collection of the tracks featured within the play, all new music by Jaar, but partly presented within the play as the music of Salinas Hasbun (the name a composite homage to Jaar's grandmothers, Graciela Salinas and Miriam Hasbun). The play follows two friends mourning the disappearance of Salinas Hasbun, a musician and writer who vanished in the early 2020s. Although they live in a future where technology is advanced, they resort to DIY radio methods because the anonymous group 'Las 0cho' has launched a worldwide attack on undersea internet cables, causing a global internet blackout. The play's central theme revolves around the idea that truths, memories and identities speak from the cracks ('rasgaduras'), or the 'in-between' spaces ('en el entre'). This concept is supported by the way much of t
Tracks
1~1~Cangil N1~2~Piedras
1~3~Aqu
1~4~Agua Pa Fantasmas
2~1~Rio De Las Tumbas
2~2~Viento
2~3~Mi Viejita
2~4~No Hope
3~1~Radio Chomio (Con Eli Wewentxu)
3~2~Rio Radio Correspondencia Anfibia
3~3~Eee
3~4~F Collect
3~5~Even Heaven Is Uneven
3~6~El Azar
4~1~I, You
4~2~Heterodina
4~3~Sin Conexi N
4~4~Sss1
4~5~Sss2
4~6~Sss3
Details
Catalogue Number: OP078Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Jaar, Nicolas
Release Date: 17 January 2025
Genre: Dance & Electronic
Label: OTHER PEOPLE
Distributor: Rocket Group
