oneohtrix point never

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