Oneohtrix Point Never

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Oneohtrix Point Never
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Oneohtrix Point Never in 2013
Background information
Birth name Daniel Lopatin
Also known as Dania Shapes, KGB Man, Chuck Person
Born (1982-07-25) July 25, 1982 (age 41)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
Years active 2007–present
Labels No Fun, Editions Mego, Software, Warp
Associated acts ANOHNI, Ford & Lopatin, Tim Hecker, Laurel Halo, Nine Inch Nails, Infinity Window, Skyramps, Rene Hell, Nate Boyce
Website pointnever.com

Daniel Lopatin (born 25 July 1982) is an American electronic musician, composer, and producer who records under the alias Oneohtrix Point Never.[1] Lopatin first received recognition for his 2009 compilation Rifts, and released his major label debut Returnal the following year. His disparate work in subsequent years has received critical acclaim. In 2013, he signed to British experimental label Warp. His latest album, Garden of Delete, was released in 2015.

Early life

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Lopatin is the son of Russian immigrants from the former Soviet Union, both with musical backgrounds.[2] Some of his first experiments with electronic music were inspired by his father’s collection of dubbed jazz fusion tapes[3] and his Roland Juno-60 synthesizer, an instrument that has since been used extensively by Lopatin in the studio and on-stage.[4] Lopatin grew up in Winthrop, Massachusetts and attended Hampshire College, where he studied with Christoph Cox and Daniel Warner, before moving to New York to attend graduate school at Pratt Institute, studying archival science. During that time, he became involved in Brooklyn's underground noise music scene.[5][6]

Career

Lopatin initially released music under several pseudonyms and as part of a number of groups.[7][8] His first release under the pseudonym Oneohtrix Point Never (a verbal play on "106.7," the frequency of Boston radio station Magic WMJX)[9] was 2007's Betrayed in the Octagon. Early OPN recordings drew on new-age music, kosmische, and contemporary noise music.[1] A series of cassette and CD-R releases interspersed with a number of full-length albums surfaced in the following and were eventually collected on the 2009 compilation Rifts, which brought him into international acclaim.[10] Also in 2009, Lopatin released the audio-visual project Memory Vague.

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OPN performing in New York in 2016.

In June 2010, Lopatin followed Rifts with his major label debut Returnal, released by Editions Mego[11] to positive reception.[12] Also in 2010, he released the pseudonymous cassette Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1, often credited for pioneering the genre known as vaporwave,[13][14] and formed the synthpop duo Ford & Lopatin with friend and collaborator Joel Ford. Lopatin's next album, the sample-based Replica, was released in 2011 on his newly formed label, Software, to further critical praise.[15] In the same year, Ford & Lopatin released Channel Pressure, and OPN was chosen by Animal Collective to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival.[16] In 2012, Lopatin collaborated with Tim Hecker on the album Instrumental Tourist.[17]

In 2013, Lopatin signed with Warp Records. His label debut, R Plus Seven, was released September 30, 2013 to positive reception.[18] Lopatin collaborated with various visual and non-musical artists on visual accompaniments, live performances, and internet projects for the album, including frequent collaborator Nate Boyce, Jon Rafman, Takeshi Murata, Jacob Ciocci, and John Michael Boling. In 2014, Lopatin supported Nine Inch Nails on their tour with Soundgarden as a replacement for Death Grips.[19] Lopatin released his second Warp LP Garden of Delete in November 2015[20] following an enigmatic promotional campaign.[21][22] Lopatin contributed co-production to British singer Anohni's 2016 album Hopelessness.[23][24]

Commissioned works

Lopatin has received commissions for numerous performance, festival, and film pieces. He has composed the film score for Sofia Coppola’s 2013 film The Bling Ring (together with Brian Reitzell) and the 2015 film Partisan, directed by Ariel Kleiman.[25] In 2013, Oneohtrix Point Never also participated in the Warp x Tate event and was commissioned to create a piece inspired by Jeremy Deller’s The History of The World.[26]

On October 4, 2014, Lopatin presented a world premiere live soundtrack for Koji Morimoto’s 1995 anime film Magnetic Rose. The event took place at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics in Manchester, England, and featured Anohni on a rendition of the Oneohtrix Point Never song Returnal as well as audio-visual works from Nate Boyce which have been hosted by The Barbican in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and MoMA PS1 in Long Island City.[27]

In 2014, Oneohtrix Point Never released Commissions I for Record Store Day; the collection contained an interpretation of Lutoslawski’s "Preludes" under the title "Music For Steamed Rocks" for Polish Icons at Sacrum Profanum, "Meet Your Creator" originally from the Saatchi & Saatchi viral Quadrotor performance video for their New Director's Showcase in 2012, and a version of "I Only Have Eyes For You".[28][29] He also contributed "Need" to the Bleep:10 compilation in celebration of the online retailer’s 10th anniversary.[30] This was followed by Commissions II in 2015.[31]

Discography

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Main article: Daniel Lopatin discography
Studio albums

References

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