Against All Logic
For over a decade, Against All Logic (A.A.L.)
has been a parallel current in the work of Nicolás Jaar. A space
where club music is stretched, compressed, and reassembled into
something physical and quietly intricate.
At Intonal, Jaar will perform a rare DJ set under the A.A.L. moniker, one that fuses rhythmic depth with sonic excavation; deliberate, drawn-out, immersive.
Focusing on house and techno, A.A.L. explores rhythm as architecture. Grooves emerge in layers, textures fold in and out, and samples draw from archives both personal and political. Albums like 2012–2017 and 2017–2019 carry the weight of memory and repetition, punctuated by collaborations with FKA twigs, Lydia Lunch, and fragments of Linton Kwesi Johnson. There is movement, but no fixed direction, just a slow modulation of energy and tone.
This is dance music with its seams exposed, where tension and release unfold in gestures that feel both communal and inward.
date/stage:
TBA
Other People is a label and publishing platform founded in New York in 2013 by Nicolás Jaar
Run by Jaar together with Nicolina Claeson, and guided by a deliberately low-profile presence, the label’s catalogue spans over ninety releases that slip between genre and form. Projects like 2021's Caves, a compilation of silences featuring Laraaji, Aho Ssan, Ana Quiroga, and others, and Weavings, a collaborative live piece with among others Juliana Huxtable, Ellen Fullman, Wukir Suryadi, and Rully Sha;ara of Senyawa, and Angel Bat Dawid. Other releases include works by Lucrecia Dalt, Lydia Lunch, Aho Ssan, Dienne, Sary Moussa, aylu, and the debut album from Ali Sethi & Jaar.
Beyond output, Other People is defined by its structure where artists retain all rights and determine their own revenue post-recoupment. Any profits are redistributed through grants, studios, and workshops such as the Overtones grant for LA musicians, Ladridos grant, and series of Workshops in Santiago de Chile, the Alrowwad electronic music grant and workshop in Bethlehem and (un)building listenings workshop at Dar Jacir in Bethlehem. Moreover, it has donated to over three dozen exceptional organizations and individuals through the 'Thank you for existing Grant'.
Aiming to highlight and offer a platform for artists outside the mainstream, Other People is a label that listens; to artists, to context, to the ground beneath the sound.
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