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Oneohtrix Point Never
New single + April/May Tour continues
OPN shares new single today. Tranquilizer tour continues with shows in London, NY (April 29/30), Paris (May 7), Berlin (May 10) and more.
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Daniel Lopatin (b. 1982) known as Oneohtrix Point Never is a musician, composer, producer, and label founder of Software Recording Company living and working in Brooklyn, New York.
The name Oneohtrix Point Never is a play on words on the frequency of Boston radio station WMJX, 106.7. Lopatin has been making music under the moniker since 2007 when he issued his debut full-length “Betrayed in the Octagon”. He has released numerous EPs and full-length albums - most recently the critically acclaimed *Garden of Delete* (2015) on Warp Records.
Born in the United States to parents of the Soviet Union, Lopatin developed eclectic musical interests from an early age. Initially inspired by his father’s jazz-fusion tapes and later his Roland Juno-60, in his late teens the musician enrolled at Hampshire College. Highlighting Lopatin's love of both new age and noise music, the record heavily featured the Roland Juno-60 and the Akai Headrush looper, which went on to become his signature sound. The record was well-received in experimental circles.
He has been commissioned by museums, organizations and festivals such as Holland Festival (2014); Tate Britain, London and MoMA PS1, New York (both 2013); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., and Saatchi & Saatchi, London (both 2012); and The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2011). His film scores include Ariel Kleiman (2015) and Sofia Coppola (2013) and his production credits include Antony and The Johnsons (ongoing) and Nine Inch Nails (2013) among others.
Live reviews
It’s often tricky to combine visuals with music when it comes to a live concert experience, but it’s never been a problem for electronic genius Oneohtrix Point Never. 0PN’s Daniel Lopatin works just as hard on screwed-up visuals as he does retooling the music from his albums in order to ensure that his live shows are a fascinating and absorbing experience, something he’s been doing since 2007’s wonderfully-titled Betrayed in the Octagon album. Lopatin creates music that’s as equally unsettling as it is beautiful, moving from ambient washes to pulsating, droning passages of noise that shake you to your very core. It’s music that’s constantly moving, like a sculpture or a painting that’s continually in flux. His most recent album, R Plus Seven found him moving to his spiritual home of Warp Records, a label that allows him to indulge his deepest artistic fantasies. To see 0PN live is to be taken to another world; by letting his music develop and move away from the structures found on record Lopatin’s compositions become a mind-altering feast for the senses. The bass lines shudder through your body, the ambient electronics soothe your brain before the wide variety of snyth noises combine with snippets of disembodied voices which call to you from the smoke surrounding the stage. Then there are the visuals, courtesy of artist Nate Boyce: weird 3D shapes that turn from spheres and cubes into spaceships and gun-like objects, moving around digital planes, always just out of kilter with the beats. You will come away from an 0PN show not knowing quite what just happened, but completely aware that you might never experience anything quite like it again.
AndyHannah
Unbelievably powerful performance; the entire audience was enraptured. Lopatin's music is absolutely perfect for a more visual, theatrical, multimodal context. The concept conveyed a completely alien experience, quite unlike anything else. Lopatin is much more than just a producer.
xolotlll
Phenomenal gig. The musicality matched with the lights and visuals was unprecedented. Played a load of songs and then at the end he just said were just gonna play and see what happens. Then proceeded to play one of the most phenomenal song. Defo recommend!
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