oneohtrix point never

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new album is great, the layered oldtime synth drones of 'rifts' filtered w/ classic mego distortion

sreynolds interview

Can't wait to see this guy at On Land in a month, having heard enough about him.

awesome stuff

How do you pronounce this band's name?

however you like, imo

one-oh-trix i'd wager

I like what I've heard.

one-oh-trix is right, bit of a pun on a radio station tag iirc from reading an interview. i love this fella's sound. he wrings so much melancholy out of his equipment: 'zones without people', 'russian mind' and 'behind the bank' to name but three. 'where does time go' from his new one ploughs the same furrow but i could listen to this stuff all day.

i'm not done with rifts yet

thanks for linking that interview. i was initially repulsed by the sound-excess of returnal but it's become my most frequently played album lately. looking forward to hearing rifts. cool to see Mego releasing more broadly-appealing artists like this (and Emeralds)

both returnal and rifts are incredible, have been obsessing over them for the majority of this year. i know this sounds lame but BUY THE VINYL. it really does help bring certain textures into focus more so than i remember on the mp3s

xps yeah 106.7 i gather

love rifts...got returnal on order

good mix by him: http://www.factmag.com/2010/06/28/fact-mix-162-oneohtrix-point-never/

still haven't heard his music, but just saw this feature which piqued my interest:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1226

tbh i don't understand why he's getting so much hype, but then soundscape stuff doesn't really do it for me. i keep waiting for the beat to drop.

ambient by way of rhythmic overload and interweave = not as many beats? i like the bc-ness of tracks like "computer vision" -- kind of bumping without a drum part ...

good show, too -- both times ive seen him it was heavy but not too long. at the release party for returnal it was a nice blend of that record's noise and rifts-style washed-out sci fi sheen.

rifts is outstanding. love the super cascading stuff like "ships without meaning". haven't given the new one enough time yet.

games is pretty dire, though. was intrigued by descriptions of "midifunk"

love going through sunsetcorp's favorite vids on youtube. lots of demonstration vids from the 80s for computer graphics and synths and stuff.

Thanks for the tip, hobbes. Loving these videos.

"russian mind" is the bomb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySeXihaEqZY

i like that one, not so shapeless

The only track I heard was on a recent Uncut giveaway and it was delicious.
I'm by no means anywhere near au fait with this scene, but when it hits - decent Tim Hecker, Fennesz - anybody else? It's ace.

stars of the lid? eluvium?

Dig Eluvium and SOTL too

think basinski falls into this category

emeralds
some of james ferraro's stuff

Vangelis

wolfgang bock

Ray Lynch

m bison

jk

y'all should really check out Music For Lazy People by Waki (on Traum) for more arpeggiated bliss.

wayy more chilled out then opo, though

I dig his lindsay lohan tribute shit..

And the mix he recently had posted on Fact magazine's website.

big fan of this dude. has another mix here: http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2010/05/20/needle-exchange-020-an-exclusive-mix-by-oneohtrix-point-never/

That mix set me off on a major harold faltermeyer youtube binge.

FACT mix is so awesome

That Faltermeyer track is really nice. That mix and the Fact mix are so good.

He's playing the Decibel Festival here in September.

what do yall think of antony's version of returnal?

"russian mind" is the bomb

video is by bay area's nate boyce!

I think Antony's version is quite pretty.

it's the boards of canada vibes (subtle pitch bends, spacious tonal wafts) that keep me returning to returnal and rifts

"pelham island road" recalls pete standing alone, with the repeated melodic figure early on in the track.

The Antony/Fennesz version is really nice . . .

yep fennesz remix of antony's cover of "returnals" is killing me right now. i'm not really an antony fan but this is so good

RAINBRO MIX http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14801-funseeker-oneohtrix-point-nevers-rainbro-mix/

Played a v. good set at On Land. Rocking his Boston Celtics cap the whole time.

wow oneohtrix remixing vladislav delay! the sistol album is nice, more awkward and psychedelic than anything he's done lately

the remix is good but i wouldn't have recognised the source track

dude's turning into somewhat of a maven, running olde english spelling bee, the new project 'games'. makes me want to buy a juno for real

The MoM video?

Right

Can't shake the suspicion that the long opening suite is a live jam with overdubs, regardless coming around to this being top-tier opn.

A lot of his earlier stuff was recorded live then edited down and he's been returning to thst material lately, so it would make sense.

still awed by the version of physical memory i saw him play a few months ago - a live album of that Rebuilds performance would be welcome - i don't know if part of the appeal was knowing and loving the rifts material and then hearing it in these mega-steroidal cybernetic monster-robot versions - but it was a wonderful (and sonically exquisite) experience

It really sounded huge! It's such a difference that I find it hard to connect the originals to the live versions.

so many beautiful moments on 'Again', and it does seem to keep on improving until the end. it's difficult to single out favorite tracks because there are so many fantastic details and instances during the transitions between them. favorites are "Krumville", "On an Axis", "Ubiquity Road", and "A Barely Lit Path". i learned that Jim O'Rourke's contribution is featured on the title track, so i listened closer this time and noticed some pleasing things (atonal fragments, pops/clicks, and the sort of cracking, glitchy elements that are secondary to the wildly stuttering, granular vocal & instrumental samples) - smaller details that i hadn't picked up on before. "On an Axis" sort of sold me on the album, and "Ubiquity Road" is lovely.

i received the CD in the mail today, and despite having already listened to the album upwards of 20 times, i've found that it's best when listening closely (not just having it on in the background) ... the constant and fluid mutation, nuanced mix/production, and its cohesion make it so compelling to listen to. and, decent tunes with sticky melodies. it's delightful, possibly my favorite album that he's done. i'm a fan of Age of, Returnal, and Again. haven't heard the Magic OPN album, however. i'd always felt lukewarm (maybe ambivalent) about R Plus Seven. Garden of Delete is impressive, but it's a grating listen. i'd reach for it regularly, during 2015, hoping to click with it, but it always succeeded in letting me down.

Was lovely on a long rainy drive the other day. Parts of it sounded kind of like a late 80s Joni Mitchell album.

I think this is my favorite album from this year. An incredible amount of depth to this album, I keep hearing new things on every listen.

Listening for the third time today, I think that it might just be that the charm has worn off or something— it's beautiful and has a lot of depth, but it's also really boring. I'm completely unexcited by it.

yeah it doesn’t have the YouTube hall of mirrors purgatory of replica, the Stygian sheen of r+7, the deep web prodromal terror of GoD—there’s no emotional core.

observationally it seems he fell off once he started collaborating and trying to have “beats” and “vox” in his music.

From most to least (but I'm still making a declarative statement!) confident:

(1) incredibly well crafted

(2) some wonderful moments

(3) a sense of "falling" through the whole album

(4) an actual tho ineffable there there

(3) a sense of "falling" through the whole album

*nods sagely* yoga nidra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5OBloPW2VQ

apparently full tracklist and liner notes are hidden in the video so yeah it's coming

hope it sounds like this

sounds sick. promising.

kewl

Awesome

yeah this is great.

keen

Taken from the comments on YT:

Oneohtrix Point Never 'Tranquilizer'.
Tracks:
1. For residue
2. Bumpy
3. Life World
4. Measuring Ruins
5. Modern Lust
6. Fear of Symmetry
7. Vestigel
8. Cherry Blue
9. Bell Scanner
10. Petro
11. Tranquilizer
12. Storm Show
13. D.I.S.
14. Rodl Glide
15. Waterfalls

Music by Daniel Lopatin, produced by Daniel Lopatin & Nathan Salon, composed & recorded on computers Spring 2024, Summer 2025.
Recorded & mixed by Nathan Salon, mastered by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering, art direction by Daniel Lopatin & Elliott Elder, front cover 'Blue Interval' by Abner Hershberger, back cover and interior works by Julien Gobled, photograph by Clay Miels.
All songs composed by Daniel Lopatin and published by Ridge Valley Digital (SESAC) except 'Lifeworld', 'Measuring Ruins', 'Bell Scanner', 'Petro', 'Tranquilizer', 'Storm Show' and 'Waterfalls'. Composed by Daniel Lopatin. Published by Ridge Valley Digital (SESAC) and Nathan Salon. Published by Mode Musik Limited (PRS).
'Bumpy' contains elements from 'Secret Fountain' by David and Steve Gordon. 'D.I.S.' contains elements from 'La Religieuse D'Haiphong' by Jean Claude Petit. 'Cherry Blue' contains elements from 'Galaxy' by Manfred Schoof & Uwe Buschkoetter. Licensed courtesy by Berlin Production Music Backcatalogue Ed/Universal Production Music and 'Waterfalls' contains elements from 'Light Is Knowledge' by Jan Pulsford. Licensed courtesy by Universal Production Music and elements from 'Pieces' by Opa licensed courtesy of Concord.
All rights reserved.
Thanks to Jake Portrait, Carter Nyhan, Ray Hearn, Joanna Hagger, Martina Connors, Natsuko Hamada, Eric Persing, Seiki Kato, Freeka Tet, Philip Meyer, E Lab, Dominic Flannigan, Bobby Blues, Michael Manring, Kitundu Invision, Northstar, Q Up Arts, Greytsounds, Josh Safdie, Sol Taburet, Midi Mark, Sounds Good, Voice Crystal, Digital Kitchen, E Mu, Polestar Magnetics, Rarefaction, Vic Stuhr, Music Go Round, Natick MA: Abner & Anne Herschberger Special thanks to Mitsuye Hardy & Amy Zimmer.

Looks like it's out Nov 17th
https://oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com/album/tranquilizer

he's dropping it a few tracks at a time, you can already buy the first three tracks now. i'm just gonna wait and experience the full slab at once. seems like it's gonna be one for the heads.

Those first three tracks sound solid! Haven't fully been onboard since R Plus Seven--am cautiously curious.

https://i.imgur.com/a/5DXYdNP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/5DXYdNP.jpg

fuck, anyway

https://imgur.com/a/5DXYdNP

from: https://pointnever.com/

so this thing is made out of samples from 90s CD-ROMs? sounds cool then

Pretty floored by it... Oneohtrixes of Canada? Giving me those vibes in the best way

Yeah, this is really good!

easily his best one since r plus seven. interestingly, the weeknd didn't interfere in this.

Yes this is marvellous

Stoked to hear!!!! “behind the bank” is one of my favorites of his so I am totally down with the idea of Oneohtrix From Canada

I like this one a lot too, his best in a while. I'm not paying $42 for it on vinyl though.

the CD version on Bandcamp is a very reasonable £12 (and presumably around $15 via US distros)

on first listen, almost sounds like a sequel to Again

thanks for keeping this thread bumped. checked out this album yesterday morning while just chilling and it was a great time

yeh agree his best since r plus seven

This is really good. I like that it reminds me of Replica, a lot of similarly smeared sample landscapes. Less polished and persnickity than his last few, but it also makes me want to revisit those more recent ones because I never felt like I fully wrapped my head around them.

i like this! i'm new to opn lol.

gonna listen today, stoked about it

listened to this while walking in a gloomy park while drizzling, thats the correct way to listen to this now

^havent listened yet but most of my favorite music works best in the same environment, now even more stoked <3

Went back and listened to some of Magic and can't really get with it anymore. Age Of is a bit stronger, still need to give Always and Garden of Delete another try. Traquilizer, otoh, is right up there with his best stuff and is quickly becoming my AOTY. Got it blasting on the fancy studio monitors right now and it sounds amazing.

yeah the sound of this thing is incredible.

sound design has always been one of his greatest strengths, he has such an ear for it its unreal

lol at the rave track "rodl glide". this is like the fulfillment of a prophecy made long ago by oval or something. elegantly plated digital technicolor haute cuisine.

I really want to hear this on some psychedelics