Telas (transl. Canvases) is the fourth studio album by American musician Nicolás Jaar. It was released on July 17, 2020, by Other People.[1]
| Telas | ||||
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| Released | July 17, 2020 | |||
| Length | 58:41 | |||
| Label | Other People | |||
| Producer | Nicolás Jaar | |||
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Critical reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| BPM | 77%[3] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[4] |
| NME |   [5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10[6] |
In a review for Pitchfork, Daniel Felsenthal said, "Telas is a taut, exhaustively balanced work, although its four long songs add up to an hour of music. In the context of Jaar’s busy year, it signifies a continued blurring of his various roles—DJ, ambient craftsman, distinctive vocalist with an electronic toolkit—and the album’s deliberate structure and ominous mood indicate that Jaar can make direct, even political statements without sung lyrics or speech samples."[6] John Amen of Exclaim! said "Telas brings to mind nascent stars and galaxies, protean adaptations, and ever-expanding space. The album's complex design and diverse instrumentation are consistently sublime, the venture no less than a musical inquiry into the attributes of being itself."[4]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Nicolas Jaar.[7]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Telahora" | 16:16 |
| 2. | "Telencima" | 15:09 |
| 3. | "Telahumo" | 14:20 |
| 4. | "Telallás" | 12:56 |
| Total length: | 58:41 | |
Album art
editThe album art was created by Somnath Bhatt and the website was built by Abeera Kamran.[8]
References
edit- ^ Kaye, Ben (May 26, 2020). "Nicolas Jaar Announces New Album Telas, Shares "Telahora": Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Telas by Nicolas Jaar Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ Hakimian, Rob (July 23, 2020). "Album Review: Nicolas Jaar – Telas". BPM. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ a b Amen, John (July 14, 2020). "Nicolás Jaar's 'Telas' Is a Cosmic Voyage Through an Ambient Universe". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ^ Krol, Charlotte (July 18, 2020). "Nicolás Jaar – 'Telas' album review". NME. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Felsenthal, Daniel (July 20, 2020). "Nicolás Jaar: Telas". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "Credits / Telas / Nicolas Jaar". Tidal. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ "Telas | Nicolas Jaar". Nicolasjaar.bandcamp.com. Retrieved May 4, 2022.