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Did you think of it as dance music when you started making it? </li> <li class="even user_2"> <span class="label">NJ:</span> No. The thing is that the market needs things to say. And so dance music is what they said for my earlier releases because they were faster and more inspired by left-field dance artists like Ricardo Villalobos. But the music I make in the studio-- the kind that really comes out of me without any interference-- is what I put on the album. I try to keep it super honest. The album has the ghost of my old dance music influences, but it's not dance music per se. </li> <li class="odd user_1"> <span class="label">Pitchfork:</span> Listening to the album, it's hard to tell how much of it is programmed electronic stuff and how much of it is traditional instruments. </li> <li class="even user_2"> <span class="label">NJ:</span> Yeah, that's kind of the point. I play a lot of instruments but I like keeping the illusion, balancing on a thin line. If it's an organic element, then I really try to give it enough of an electronic mask, and vice versa. </li> <li class="odd user_3"> <span class="label">Nicolas Jaar:</span> "Colomb" (from Space Is Only Noise) </li> <li class="even user_1"> <span class="label">Pitchfork:</span> You're in Berlin right now. Are you there to DJ? </li> <li class="odd user_3"> <span class="label">Nicolas Jaar:</span> I don't DJ, actually. I'm playing my own music at this club called Watergate. I play keyboard, a couple of machines, trigger things through the computer, and sing live. </li> <li class="even user_1"> <span class="label">Pitchfork:</span> It's hard to imagine how your music might work in a club context because it's so slow and airy and textured. How does it go over? </li> <li class="odd user_2"> <span class="label">NJ:</span> I try to accentuate the things that are going to work in an environment where the bass is bigger than it should be, so I just rely on kicks and bass and melodies. The surface doesn't matter so much for a club environment. </li> <li class="even user_1"> <span class="label">Pitchfork:</span> How do people react? </li> <li class="odd user_2"> <span class="label">NJ:</span> It's funny. People have different relationships to bass in different countries. When I play in Israel, I can play at 70 BPM, and people have their hands up in the air. But in other countries they want it much faster, with the bass a little less deep and more punchy. It's not so easy all the time, but it shouldn't be. </li> <li class="even user_1"> <span class="label">Pitchfork:</span> How hard is it balancing your studies at Brown with jetting all over the world to play shows? </li> <li class="odd user_2"> <span class="label">NJ:</span> Personally, it's super necessary for me to have these two things because reading all these texts at Brown helps me develop ideas for music. </li> <li class="even user_1"> <span class="label">Pitchfork:</span> I have to tell you: Your music makes a really great soundtrack for putting my daughter to sleep. </li> <li class="odd user_2"> <span class="label">NJ:</span> That's exactly what I want. 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