{"product_id":"nicolas-jaar-pomegranates","title":"Nicolas Jaar - Pomegranates","description":"\u003ch6 class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNicolás Jaar approached \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePomegranates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e less like an album than an imaginary soundtrack, using fragments of piano, electronics, voices, and environmental sound to create a parallel world for one of cinema’s most surreal films.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally released digitally in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePomegranates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e began as Jaar’s alternative soundtrack to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSergei Parajanov’s 1969 film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Color of Pomegranates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Rather than attempting to imitate the film’s original score, Jaar responds to its dreamlike imagery with his own language of ambient electronics, musique concrète, minimal composition, and carefully manipulated sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat freedom makes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePomegranates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e one of the more unusual entries in Jaar’s catalog. Pieces appear and disappear like scenes remembered out of sequence. Sparse piano passages dissolve into drones, distant voices drift through the mix, and stretches of near-silence suddenly give way to rhythm or dense electronic texture. Tracks such as “Garden of Eden,” “Construction,” “Pass the Time,” and “Muse” feel connected less by conventional song structure than by atmosphere and recurring sonic details.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe project also demonstrates the remarkable distance between Jaar and the dance-floor expectations that surrounded his earliest work. There are traces of rhythm throughout \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePomegranates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, but they rarely function as straightforward club music. Instead, percussion becomes another component in an expansive sound collage alongside field recordings, acoustic instruments, distorted speech, and electronics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven separated from Parajanov’s film, the music retains a strongly visual quality. Jaar leaves enormous amounts of space within these compositions, allowing individual sounds to acquire unusual weight. The result can feel meditative one moment and deeply unsettling the next, constantly shifting between beauty, abstraction, and unease.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vinyl edition gives \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePomegranates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a physical home more than a decade after Jaar originally shared the project, presenting one of his most elusive works as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2LP set\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. For listeners drawn to the exploratory side of electronic music, it is a particularly rewarding detour through Jaar’s catalog.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePomegranates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is music for an imagined film as much as an existing one: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efragmented, cinematic, mysterious, and proof of Jaar’s ability to make silence and space feel every bit as important as sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicolas Jaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48254634885174,"sku":"OP031","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/2592\/7222\/files\/nicolas-jaar-pomegranates.jpg?v=1792636702","url":"https:\/\/greycatrecords.com\/products\/nicolas-jaar-pomegranates","provider":"Greycat Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}