R Plus Seven
For his debut release on the reputed Warp Records imprint, Daniel Lopatin (a.k.a. Oneohtrix Point Never) draws somewhat on the compositional elements from his previous LP, *Replica*, but pushes them seamlessly to their breaking points—each track is a short film\'s worth of ideas and range. Referencing any number of touchstones from \'90s Internet culture to the subtle ambient works of Aphex Twin, to *Oxygene*-like swells of cinematic synths, the listener is left with almost zero ability to predict where a track will lead. Yet there\'s never the sense of being taken unexpectedly—Oneohtrix turns sound on its head to bring you to the place you\'re meant to go, which is sometimes many places at once.
On R Plus Seven, Oneohtrix Point Never's follow-up to 2011’s Replica, Daniel Lopatin builds new music using the bright yet cold textures of the early computing age. The album plays with our collective unconscious of music technology to develop something that comes off as strange and otherworldly and, most importantly, rich with feeling, despite the icy surface layer.
Daniel Lopatin creates music with elastic boundaries that accommodate whatever interpretations you choose to place on it.
Over the course of Oneohtrix Point Never's discography, Daniel Lopatin managed to sound markedly different from album to album while keeping an overarching aesthetic.
Daniel Lopatin delivers another finely-wrought album of boldly experimental electronica, this time making his Warp Records debut. Although the album's construction and intricate structure will be familiar to fans of Lopatin's earlier work, the sonic palette is refreshed, with a joyful, almost tropical feel to the synths, which bubble and shimmer with an exuberance seldom seen in Oneohtrix Point Never's sometimes gloomy, downbeat soundscapes
A minute-and-a-half into "Boring Angel," Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) suddenly introduces arpeggiating synths, micro-sampled voices and rapid-fire cymbal shots into the long, deep organ drone that announces the beginning of his latest album, R Plus Seven.
Someone needs to look into the damage the modern world is doing to our attention spans. Patience is no longer the virtue it once was. Today, we want everything-music, news, food, sex, technology-at our fingertips. And once we've basked in this instant gra
Album review: Clash covers 'R Plus Seven', the new album from Daniel Lopatin aka Oneohtrix Point Never, his first for Warp Records
Here’s a confession. Barely a minute into my first listen of R Plus Seven, I was struck by the bracing futility of reviewing it