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Feb 28, 2011Space Is Only Noise might be one of the most ear-opening techno records in recent memory.
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Dec 5, 2011Jaar assembled the disc from several years' worth of recordings -- he's relentlessly productive -- but it has a conceptual unity that makes it feel like the product of a single burst of inspiration.
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May 18, 2011Jaar attempted something ambitious with this album--it stands apart, even if it never risks a whole lot. Space Is Only Noise is unique, but also a work of modesty and, for an album that samples French poetry and is rarely danceable, it's unpretentious.
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Mar 28, 2011Space Is Only Noise might occasionally overstay its welcome, but it's mostly an intriguing, excellent listen from a very promising young producer.
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Mar 15, 2011Space is Only Noise is delivered with an impressive restraint, especially for a debut LP and from an artist of Jaar's age, its songs warm and dense whilst seeming full of negative space, gentle and humorous whilst threatening claustrophobia.
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Mar 4, 2011Jaar's emotional honesty is not without lenses though, and, just when you think he's going to address the listener directly, he draws on electronic music's endless sound possibilities to clutter and even drown voice, rhythm and melody with spontaneity and a young dreamer's aimless drift.
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Feb 28, 2011It is unnervingly delicate, endlessly distracting and ultimately addictively tactile as it sneaks under your skin.
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Feb 28, 2011Space Is Only Noise is a paradox. It's a dance album that can't be danced to, a lounge album that you actually want to listen to, but most importantly, it's an electronic album with emotion.
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Feb 28, 2011This teetering restraint masks the true weirdness of Space Is Only Noise. I could understand someone finding the intensely self-contained Space a bit claustrophobic, but the album is most rewarding when you just grab a seat at the table.
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Feb 28, 2011Space Is Only Noise is not a perfect album, he could have done without the fillers, but it's a perfect listening experience.
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Feb 28, 2011An album to escape in.
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Feb 28, 2011Such is the exquisite control he holds over his music, his vision evident even in the weakest moments of Space Is Only Noise.
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UncutMay 13, 2011Jaar, the son of conceptual artist Alfredo Jaar, can weave a heady spell, presenting himself somewhere between David Byrne and Ricardo Villalobos. [Jun 2011, p.85]
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Q MagazineApr 6, 2011Jaar has struck gold here. [Apr 2011, p.104]
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MojoApr 6, 2011Only on the title track's cavernous '80s-era bass synths does Jaar come close to being conventional. [Apr 2011, p.105]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 52 out of 58
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Mixed: 4 out of 58
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Negative: 2 out of 58
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Sep 1, 2012
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Apr 19, 2011This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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Oct 4, 2013