i have been so impressed with the quality of releases on software.
the autre ne veut single was a surprise gem for me; made it quite high on my 2012 tracks list despite a bizarre and unnecessary mykki blanco verse.
i was even more delighted by this pete swanson song they released - i wasn't previously familiar with yellow swans, which has been a revelation in and of itself. anyways, i particularly like this beat-driven approach that swanson is using now, and am eager to hear the full EP in march.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKVAtsyyFZA
very curious to see what lopatin & co. pull out of their magic hat next. they're on a winning streak!
― cocktail onion (fennel cartwright), Saturday, 26 January 2013 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
pete swanson's output has been worth following in the last year or so. i've never got into yellow swans, though! time to hunt for a thread.
― mh, Saturday, 26 January 2013 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://thewire.co.uk/img/scale/460/561/2013/01/16/cover348.jpg
lopatin reminds me of one particular ilm poster
― moët plaudit (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Saturday, 26 January 2013 02:31 (eleven years ago) link
Just popping in to mention the Brassica remix of Ford & Lopatin, which I can't. stop. playing this week
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Saturday, 26 January 2013 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
Was there any talk about the Hecker & Lopatin album? Might be lost in the message fold
― mh, Saturday, 26 January 2013 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
anyone know what song is sampled in the second eccojam track?
― pilgrimage to funky cold medina (clouds), Friday, 8 February 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
oh, i figured it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG2egVUiWp4
― pilgrimage to funky cold medina (clouds), Friday, 8 February 2013 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
I've heard the Hecker & Lopatin album once. I didn't love it. It didn't make me want to investigate further but I bought the CD so I will try again.
― kraudive, Sunday, 10 February 2013 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
I'm slowly getting into it. "Vaccination" was slaying me recently.
― eris bueller (lukas), Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
The Rifts vinyl set is still out there at some vendors. I bit the bullet and copped it a few weeks back and its insanely beautiful/sounds great, highest possible recommendation. The definitive release of that along with the breakup of Emeralds and the left turn of the last OPN full-length (Replica) and the rise of Ford & Lopatin-type stuff has me thinking "RIP Synth Revival: 2006 - 2012" maybe.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 11 February 2013 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
which venders? i tried to get it as soon as it came out and it was already sold out in the handful of places i normally order from!
― Z S, Monday, 11 February 2013 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
this is going to be an expensive evening because i just realized selected ambient works vol II was reissued last year, too.
― Z S, Monday, 11 February 2013 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
Yikes looks like it really is gone everywhere. I got a new/sealed one off Discogs for $60 just a few weeks ago, price seems to have doubled in that timeframe. Apologies for getting your hopes up, maybe they will re-press it.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 11 February 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
Dude is on the cover of the Wire this month. Dayum.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 11 February 2013 00:53 (eleven years ago) link
Returnal became a favorite of mine at some point last year, and this year I just caught up to Replica and it's become a favorite as well. Most of the time it has just the sort of sound I want in electronic music (not that I listen to much of it--but I listen to much of Oneohtrix Point Never).
he wrings so much melancholy out of his equipment
Yes. Guess I should make time to read this thread, which I'm pretty sure I've only ever quickly skimmed.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 8 April 2013 02:58 (eleven years ago) link
Mexican Summer is doing individual re-pressings of all of the LPs included in the Rifts box set.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 8 April 2013 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
a guy i know pronounces this 'oh - neo - tricks' and now i can never spell it right
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Friday, 19 April 2013 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
I have never known how to pronounce it due to no one in real life knowing who the fuck he is. I always think one oh trix and feel like an asshole
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Friday, 19 April 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
well yr a correct asshole at least. it's a pun on a radio station called 106.7
― ogmor, Friday, 19 April 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
i always assumed that but i only learnt about the radio thing from this thread. such a weirdly arbitrary name though
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Friday, 19 April 2013 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
unless the radio is, like, 24/7 transmitting the sound of modems crying from the other side of a black hole
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Friday, 19 April 2013 23:49 (eleven years ago) link
listening for the first time to the pete swanson track linked a couple months back. wow. was never a fan of his yellow swans, but this is hitting me nice yes indeed. want moar.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Saturday, 20 April 2013 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
Hyperpyrexia is a fever with an extreme elevation of body temperature greater than or equal to 41.5 °C (106.7 °F).[13] Such a high temperature is considered a medical emergency as it may indicate a serious underlying condition or lead to significant side effects.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Saturday, 20 April 2013 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
you should definitely listen to more pete swanson! I've said it elsewhere, but his live show was excellent, too.
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Saturday, 20 April 2013 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
wound up tubing a bunch of recent PS. dug a lot of it, though "life ends at 30" is a clear standout in terms of well-balanced noise to beat ratio. also dig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzfwXogBG5g
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Saturday, 20 April 2013 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
my jam
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Saturday, 20 April 2013 03:34 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, listened to that one a bunch of times
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Saturday, 20 April 2013 03:55 (eleven years ago) link
I have never known how to pronounce it due to no one in real life knowing who the fuck he is.
i know a few people irl who know who he is, they just don't like him. :(
― love's secret borad (clouds), Saturday, 20 April 2013 11:44 (eleven years ago) link
^this. idgi what's not to like?
― So: The Answers (or something), Saturday, 20 April 2013 12:13 (eleven years ago) link
I'd thought the pun was '1-0-Tricks-Point-Never,' like digital_tricks.no_version
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 20 April 2013 12:24 (eleven years ago) link
people heard the clinic remix record thing?
― ogmor, Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, it's good. not a big clinic fan (or a hater), but i checked it out due to the opn connection. like it enough that i'm now interested in hearing the delopatinated version.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
track two of 'betrayed in the octagon' is on a serious 'oh thank fuck i found the room with the typewriter and the item box' tip
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
so is track six to be fair
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Sunday, 12 May 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
it's (weird? novel? heartening? on a deeper level terrifying?) how much the early stuff conjures up videogame associations for me but in real life
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Sunday, 12 May 2013 18:10 (ten years ago) link
probably because in terms of tone generation/composition it's not far off 16-bit and 32-bit games (when the latter didn't go cd for their soundtracks ..) but the use of echo, delay, stereo space, recorder grot gives it a different sense of volume, engagement
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Sunday, 12 May 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link
UP
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 12 May 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/opnwarpalbum-6.19.2013.jpg
― dschinghis kraan (NickB), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
New album out on Warp in September:http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/19/oneohtrix-point-never-signs-to-warp-records-announces-new-album-r-plus-seven/
This move comes with brand new album R Plus Seven, which is billed by the label as being somewhat more structured than his previous experimental efforts, Warp say “the music itself comes as close as Lopatin has ever gotten to anything resembling traditional song structure” which certainly has our interest piqued.R Plus Seven‘s predecessor Replica was Lopatin’s most developed (and for many most rewarding) record so far, and was proof that the producer had no intention of languishing in the dreamy Tangerine Dream worship of his formative releases. What exactly this might mean for the new record is unclear, but one thing’s certain – we can’t wait to find out.
R Plus Seven‘s predecessor Replica was Lopatin’s most developed (and for many most rewarding) record so far, and was proof that the producer had no intention of languishing in the dreamy Tangerine Dream worship of his formative releases. What exactly this might mean for the new record is unclear, but one thing’s certain – we can’t wait to find out.
...but i like the dreamy Tangerine Worship of his earlier releases! i've been digging Returnal most of all recently, since i managed to snag a relatively inexpensive lp of it up in nyc a few weeks ago
― Z S, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
Replica owns.
i like the early pure synth stuff too; (cliche alert) the super arpeggiated stuff reminds me of being on LSD; continuously mutating forms, staring into infinity...
― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 21:47 (ten years ago) link
I didn't connect with Replica anywhere near the way I did with Returnal, but perhaps I need to give it a more thorough listen.
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 21:53 (ten years ago) link
Album cover's a still from the very rad Swedish animation short THE RAVISHING OF FRANK N. STEIN:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzU1NTAzMDA=.html
― circa1916, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
yeah i thought returnal was much better than replica
― the late great, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
nothing has topped rifts for me yet. it's such a compulsively listenable album ime/o
― clouds, Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
But how many albums is Rifts actually? I still haven't digested all the material on it by any means.
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:27 (ten years ago) link
rifts is three albums and some singles, right?
i agree, it's still my favorite too
― the late great, Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:44 (ten years ago) link
Replica is just a totally different beast, imo, barely sounds like the same artist (apart from some aspects of the sunsetcorp stuff).
― brimstead, Thursday, 20 June 2013 05:36 (ten years ago) link
when the synth choir comes in during "sleep dealer", it just kills me. Just this little subtle thing that evokes so much emotion. And then the playful flute sample that comes in... Delightful.
The RvNG album with opo, james ferraro, laurel halo, and daniel borden is really really lovely as well. More in line with the rifts/returnal stuff
― brimstead, Thursday, 20 June 2013 05:45 (ten years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xGcoDGljrRs
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link