{"product_id":"ali-sethi-nicolas-jaar-intiha","title":"Ali Sethi \u0026 Nicolas Jaar - Intiha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn order to trace the unlikely connection between the Pakistani-born, New York-based singer-songwriter Ali Sethi and Chilean electronic producer Nicolas Jaar, you'd have to go back eight years ago to a London shopping mall. Sethi heard Jaar's music playing and instantly recognised Hindustani sensibilities in his melodic motifs and prickly percussion. Chance would have it that Sethi heard Jaar again on a rooftop in Lahore, and then another time in Istanbul. It became impossible to ignore fate's call. Sethi hit the studio and began singing in Urdu over splices of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan variant=\"longform\" href=\"..\/..\/reviews\/25093\" data-tracking-id=\"\/reviews\/25093\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Jaar's most recent solo release at the time. Through a mutual connection, Jaar received the snippets and was impressed, asking Sethi in a subsequent email, \"Why don't you do more of what you did in this fragment I just heard using whatever you find interesting from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e?\" Speaking to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan variant=\"longform\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/how-ali-sethi-went-from-making-one-of-the-biggest-songs-on-earth-to-a-collaborative-album-with-nicolas-jaar\/\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/how-ali-sethi-went-from-making-one-of-the-biggest-songs-on-earth-to-a-collaborative-album-with-nicolas-jaar\/\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e about his approach to collaboration, Sethi said, \"I just have this undying need to recontextualise things and make unlikely connections.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a sentiment shared by Jaar, who recently assembled guest musicians from around the world for two improvised avant-garde \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan variant=\"longform\" href=\"..\/..\/reviews\/34708\" data-tracking-id=\"\/reviews\/34708\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\"\u003ealbums\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It seems fitting then, that the stars aligned and the two eventually crossed paths. The result is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntiha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where over the course of 36 minutes, Sethi breathes new life into both Jaar's music and the historic writings of Sufi mystics. — (via Resident Advisor)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/322kCJLvbebDGrQePdpFYI?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Other People (OP073)\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003cbr\u003eCountry: USA \u0026amp; Europe\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2023\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Pop\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Synth-pop, Experimental, Abstract\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Other People","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43022333542558,"sku":"4251804144056","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/R-29060485-1701393469-7146--1.jpg?v=1702720855","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/ali-sethi-nicolas-jaar-intiha","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}