Nicholas Jaar: “I’m Never Going To Sign With A Major Label”

Nicholas Jaar has explained he’s in no danger of joining a major label any time soon.

Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, Jaar said: “I’m never going to sign with a major [label]. Period. [My label] Clown & Sunset is never going to be a subsidiary.

‘Money can be very harmful – more harmful to an artist than praise – and if the money’s going into the work, I think that’s more healthy, for me.”

Elsewhere in the piece, Jaar sheds some light on his new project - an aluminium cube featuring a new compilation ‘Don’t Break My Love.

‘If you’re a record label, I don’t think a download is enough,’ Jaar revealed. ‘As an artist, I’ve given away tracks for free all the time. I can put a track on SoundCloud in a second. Wonderful! I think the other extreme should exist, too. If you’re a record label – and I’m not trying to be elitist, here – you should be making something people can’t make, that’s the point. So it’s precious, like vinyl.’