Mrs Jones “96”
Nicolas Jaar‘s Other People started back in ’13 as a serial label into which subscribers pay for a weekly delivery of hand-curated content. Foregoing months of slavish promotion on label releases, it’s a net-model that has allowed Jaar to take more risks. Buoyed up by a loyal support-base who trust his curatorial hand, Jaar’s creative freedom has taken us into some interesting places: the outsider electronics of Moscow’s Vtgnike; a collection of DJ Slugo chops; and of course his own minimalist brand of house-not-house both solo and as Darkside.
As Other People celebrate reaching their 100th issue, we pay homage with a debut from label newcomer and relative unknown Mrs Jones. Like much of the label’s – and indeed Jaar’s – output, the feel is delicately melancholic. “96” is all warmth and whirr, bound up with hallucinatory loops and insectile percussion. A fitting entry into OP’s far-flung family and a hypnotic one at that.