Oneohtrix Point Never - Zones Without People LP (Limited Edition Vinyl LP)
Arbor ARBOR115

Rale - Whispering Gallery


$15.99

 

"Daniel Lopatin’s Oneohtrix Point Never represents a rift in time; an isolationist expedition into the archaeology of sound that utilizes the analog polysynth as a means of organic creation. “Zones Without People” is the second record in the OPN trilogy; acting as a bridge between the drifting, nebulous landscapes of “Betrayed in The Octagon” and the finely detailed sound sculpture of Lopatin's present work. An exercise in ‘in between-ness’: reconciling noise and melodicism, drone stasis and the transience of concrète, and the amorphous zone between 70s Kraut synth music and 80s techno. Arpeggios and sequencers play a key role in this amalgamation, as these forms of repetition create an attachment to a certain sentiment neither human nor machine. The record reflects this transformation; the A Side has distinct emotional flourishes, while the majority of the B Side seems to be overtaken in cold, mechanized melodies; attempts at teaching a machine to feel. The final track “Hyperdawn” is a solution to these two disparate modes of interpreting stimuli: a pure union of veins and patch cables. In an edition of 500 copies in proprinted cardboard sleeves with pro printed labels and an insert by Christelle Gualdi."

-Arbor

Tracks:

Side A:
-Computer Vision
-Format & Journey North
-Zones Without People

Side B:
-Learning To Control Myself
-Disconnecting Entirely
-Emil Cioran
-Hyperdawn

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Oneohtrix Point Never - Antony | Fennesz : Returnal 7" (Limited Edition 45 RPM Vinyl Single)
Editions Mego eMEGO 104X


$9.99
 

"Hot on the heels of the acclaimed Oneohtrix Point Never ‘Returnal’ album come these fabulous versions of the title track. Antony swings the mood and strips the track of its delayed harmonised vocals and creates poignant ballad with Dan OPN on piano. Fennesz on the other hand sprinkles some his world famous majestic stardust over the proceedings. All packaged in dazzling artwork by Stephen O’Malley."

-Editions Mego

Returnal
Voice by Antony
Piano by Daniel Lopatin
Recorded at Lofish, New York, May 2010
Engineered and Mixed by Alex Nizich

Returnal
Remixed by Christian Fennesz, June 2010

Artwork by Stephen O'Malley
Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, June 2010

 

Tracks:

Side A:
-Returnal
    (Vocals by Antony)

Side B:
-Returnal
    (Remix by Christian Fennesz)

-Artwork by Stephen O'Malley
-Vinyl cut at Dubplates & Mastering

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Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal LP (Limited Edition Vinyl LP)
Editions Mego eMEGO 104V


$21.99
 

"‘Returnal’ is the fourth album from Daniel Lopatin’s Oneohtrix Point Never project, after ‘Betrayed In The Octagon’ (Deception Island, 2007), ‘Zones Without People’ (Arbor, 2009) and ‘Russian Mind’ (No Fun, 2009). All 3 albums being superbly compiled on the ‘Rifts’ double CD set (No Fun, 2009).
It sees Lopatin fine tune his craft for creation of deep atmospheres and texture even further. Starting off with the mind blowing triptych of ‘Nil Admiari’/’Describing Bodies’/’Stress Waves’, which fires off into a noise/rhythm excess before entering a zone of relative calm building to the melancholy of the final part. This set the tone perfectly for the albums title track, a stunning out of this world ballad featuring Lopatin's near desperate vocal delivery, ending what could be seen as one of his most chilling and thought provoking sides to date.
The atmosphere is slightly lifted as the darkened sun comes up over the ruins on ‘Pelham Island Road’ and ‘Where Does Time Go’, with the album closing with edgy broken beats and fourth world possible landscapes of ‘Preyouandi’, which fades into the distance with echoes of the ‘Returnal’ chorus, closing the loop.
What's burnt into memory here is Lopatin’s love affair with the long, slow path back home... the cycle... the hypnotic sector... the ghost in the machine... and whether people are making dance music or hip hop or space head music or metal, the ouroboros is present in every sector -- as it was in Bach's study, and in the elephant songs of the Ituri forests."

-Editions Mego

Tracks:

Side A:
-Nil Admirari
-Describing Bodies
-Stress Waves
-Returnal

Side B:
-Pelham Island Road
-Where Does Time Go
-Ouroboros
-Preyouandi

-Mastered by James Plotkin
-Vinyl cut at Dubplates & Mastering

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