Oneohtrix Point Never - Again

Forgot he was doing the AMA !!! I wanted to ask my question about this "Keychain Studies" thing he started but of which we never heard later...

Reddit is botched with server errors but I managed to grab some interesting screenshoots, 2024 will be a heavy OPN year !

Finally got a chance to go on a walk with some headphones and give this a listen last night. Agreed with a lot of comments that this sounds a bit more scattershot than his last few albums, which had a developed consistent sound. I feel like he's gone for a new thing with this record and you can see where it's going but he doesn't quite get there all the time. However....

  On 10/1/2023 at 3:35 AM, Friendly Stranger said:

The last four tracks overall. Amazing run of tunes. I think On an Axis is one of the best tunes I’ve ever heard from him, I don’t even know how to classify it. 

 

A Barely Lit Path is just next level, probably my track of the year.

Totally the album builds to the last four tracks (although I think On an Axis is my least fav out of the four). The last 48 seconds or so of Memories of Music, with that swank bass line and then the simple but slightly shuffled hat come in on the four is mmm so lush.

Ubiquity Road and A Barely Lit Path are just a gorgeous pairing to end off the album. Unfortunate that I'm in a land where the only legal mind altering substance is alcohol, but there it is.

Having a second listen this morning, and it's still holding that same vibe of not quite being there all together. Some literal moments of genius followed by something slightly less cohesive.

  On 10/11/2023 at 4:05 AM, chenGOD said:

Having a second listen this morning, and it's still holding that same vibe of not quite being there all together. Some literal moments of genius followed by something slightly less cohesive.

Completely agree with this not sure what to make of this album.

I really loved his Magic album.  I've had a few love / hate relationships with his other albums, but maybe that's ok.

Hey I know nobody cares lol but…. I think this album is great. Been in the regular rotation non stop since it came out. 

No pond frisbees for this one. 

Fair review although he could've gone more in depth

2:26 "vaporwave continues to be this dirty little skeleton [that] he refuses to pull out of the closet"

Welp Chonkthony, it would be a bloodbath of sample clearances since he used some of the biggest pop songs in the history of mankind for the fodder and it's not in the closet on the last 3 albums. I guess we could be defining vaporwave differently but I feel like he tips his Celtics cap at least one time per album to a vaped aesthetic.

See also:

"ECCOJAMC1", "SDFK", first half of "Last Known Image of a Song", "Bow Ecco", "Imago" and first half of "On An Axis"

This album sounds especially better and engaging on speakers than headphones. Something about how it's mixed I think. On headphones I think it the stereo field doesn't translate well or something like that. At least for me I dunno about others.

I'm struggling to get into the groove of listening to music at the moment. Either too busy, or not in the correct mood for what I'm playing (for example I tried to play Alva Noto the other day but had to turn it off because it was destroying my real upbeat mood lol) Every time I've attempted to play the new OPN (apart from the first play) something has interupted it. Even when I tried to play the needle drop review I had to stop that after 45 seconds to let the dog out in the garden. 

This has happened before. Its weird when it's like that.

After several listens this still feels really disjointed to me. Some fantastic passages but it's not cohering as an album at all for me.

MEMORIES OF MUSIC: 40% BATTERY LIFE EDITION https://we.tl/t-zRJKJIRor0

  On 10/25/2023 at 11:37 AM, kichiguy said:

MEMORIES OF MUSIC: 40% BATTERY LIFE EDITION https://we.tl/t-zRJKJIRor0

 

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  On 10/25/2023 at 3:31 PM, aencre said:

 

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Sunset Corp. First upload in 13 years.

  On 10/25/2023 at 5:48 PM, fumi said:

Sunset Corp. First upload in 13 years.

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No way!!!!! 

That was a very good interview with Fantano. How can you not be charmed by that ol' mensch Lopatin? I must admit that I'm having a hard time understanding the video release surrounding "Memories of Music". The "40% battery life" subtitle hints at it really being an unfinished/sketched out scenario and I sifted through all the .zip file contents. There is a MIDI file for Van Halen's "Eruption" solo in it that is hilarious. Maybe my DAW settings were off but the tempo was juiced to hell and it sounded like flatpicking bluegrass in the style of Bill Monroe hahaha. 

Been listening to this everyday this past week. Finding the second half quite spellbinding. The first few tracks I haven't cracked just yet. Seems like an incredible album to be honest and the record I was hoping for after the last few releases. Nice work Mr OPN.

  On 11/1/2023 at 4:49 AM, xxx said:

That was a very good interview with Fantano. How can you not be charmed by that ol' mensch Lopatin? I must admit that I'm having a hard time understanding the video release surrounding "Memories of Music". The "40% battery life" subtitle hints at it really being an unfinished/sketched out scenario and I sifted through all the .zip file contents. There is a MIDI file for Van Halen's "Eruption" solo in it that is hilarious. Maybe my DAW settings were off but the tempo was juiced to hell and it sounded like flatpicking bluegrass in the style of Bill Monroe hahaha. 

Isn't it the guitar solo he sings over his own song during the album commentary episode of his podcast? That moment was fun, he sounded quite high haha.

Gave the album a listen tonight after putting it aside for a few days and it sounds even better imho. Also managed to snatch a vinyl copy of it and I'm really happy.

Listened again this morning. The first two tracks are similar as in they sound like intros. Weird to have two tracks like that, also the beginning of the third track sounds in the same vein. But when the huge drum appears and kicks in on World Outside that to me is when everything starts to become more coherent and move forwards. And from there on in the rollercoaster starts accelerating. 

I have to say I had a feeling in my bones this morning that I was listening to a 'classic' record. I could be wrong, you know 6am, brain a bit foggy, but it felt good to me. Really good.

After quite a few spins this still isn't clicking for me. It sounds like a jumble of small ideas, some of which are quite nice in their own right. But it never coheres into an album.

A good few absolute beauties on this OPN curated playlist - Ooze from Again were you on the album Ivan?

(Apologies if posted already, I didn't see it)

bagged

Listening to the album after a longer hiatus. Strong tracks sound even stronger, and weak tracks even weaker. The Body Trail amazes me everytime.

Again nevertheless seems to have fallen in WATMM's oblivion, might be OPN least discussed album on the board

(nobody even linked the Nightmare Paint music video ?)