Oneohtrix Point Never

  On 5/11/2012 at 12:00 AM, zaphod said:

he just did a cover for an installation that's going up at the hirshhorn. i've got tickets to check this out tomorrow. looks pretty cool.

 

http://soundcloud.com/oneohtrix-point-never/song1opn

was going to bump this thread for this song.

this song! this song is amazing.

what are some other recent(ish) albums like returnal, tragedy & geometry (steve from emeralds) and prana (josh burke) ?

  On 6/4/2012 at 10:24 AM, pigster said:

  On 5/11/2012 at 12:00 AM, zaphod said:

he just did a cover for an installation that's going up at the hirshhorn. i've got tickets to check this out tomorrow. looks pretty cool.

 

http://soundcloud.com/oneohtrix-point-never/song1opn

 

was going to bump this thread for this song.

this song! this song is amazing.

sounds like Daniel finally got some eventide gear :)

The night I found out oneohtrixpoint never and sunset corp were the same person was the same night as the Todd P organized Black Dice & Real Estate show inside a Buffet. Oneohtrix was DJing between bands and I was more interested in hearing his stuff since it was newly connected and fresh on my mind. I love it. My roommate hates it and calls it "Oneohtrickssss" with a snake like/gay "s".

haha no! a different one! I forgot I mentioned him on here though! I havent seen him in a while.

I put

  On 7/25/2012 at 7:03 PM, jasondonervan said:

I put

up on youtube.. just giving the folks who didn't grab the DVDr a chance to enjoy the full (sun)set(corp).

Reliquary House + Eli Keszler & Megafortress

An evening with Oneohtrix Point Never and Nate Boyce

30th September 2012 (19:30)

LSO St. Lukes' Church, Old Street, London (Tickets: £15 - £20)

Originally created for The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2011, Reliquary House is a multimedia performance by electronic musician Oneohtrix Point Never and visual artist Nate Boyce.

Oneohtrix Point Never and Boyce re-imagine the canon of modernist sculpture through hallucinatory reconstructions of works by David Smith, Jacob Epstein, Anthony Caro and more. Boyce uses computer-generated imagery to transform these sculptures into kinetic apparitions that inhabit incongruous and "impossible" landscapes and architectural environments.

Abetted by OPN's sound design, Boyce reconfigures the setting of the venue, pulling historical art objects into a new context.

As much as I love OPN, I don't think I'm gonna pay to see another hour or so of those flickery mid 90s 3d stock looped visuals (that seem to repeat over and over just that little too long) for a third time. (unless the set is different from what the above video makes out)

wow, this guy is so incredibly overrated.

guy needs to get a new shtick stylistically speaking. I still think his music is pretty good, although returnal was better for what it was. As far as sample manipulation goes his new album wasn't spectacular.

  On 8/6/2012 at 11:30 PM, mcbpete said:

As much as I love OPN, I don't think I'm gonna pay to see another hour or so of those flickery mid 90s 3d stock looped visuals (that seem to repeat over and over just that little too long) for a third time. (unless the set is different from what the above video makes out)

My thoughts exactly. The last time I saw him roll through town he had Nate Boyce in tow, and his minimal macbook tinkering really didn't impress much. There seemed little desire to match visuals to the music (apart from playing/mangling the video to Replica) and with the occasional technical problem or two, it all came off like a bit of an afterthought. I was more impressed with the visuals the first time I saw OPN, when it was just a 'press play on the DVD player' affair.

I got his music a couple weeks ago, I personally, really like it

  On 8/7/2012 at 6:54 AM, Alcofribas said:

wow, this guy is so incredibly overrated.

kind of agree. He should get some guy like Mike Paradinas to put beats all over those tracks, that's what's missing. not visceral enough.

Honest question - where's he being overrated? I know he gets good reviews on Pitchfork etc, & he has some fans on places like WATMM (no more than any other current indie electronic guy as far as I can tell), but it's not like tons of critics are going around calling him Techno Mozart.

Personally I'm more excited for new OPN albums than I am for anyone in the FA subforums, & probably it would be that way even if half the FAs hadn't fallen off the map for the better part of a decade. Something about OPN music just really pulls me in.

Everybody who thinks he's overrated clearly haven't listened to 'Rifts' enough.

dude is playing a MoMA and you're asking how he's overrated?

i personally feel his music is just not that good. in no particular way does he distinguish himself as the FA have -- his synth noodlings are unoriginal, his beats are boring, his vocals are half-baked harmonizer riffs, his sampling is just not up to par.

basically, he's "OK" at everything he does. nothing more.

  On 3/8/2011 at 1:10 AM, Bread said:

This is one of his best I think (from his sunsetcorp alias):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuCloea96Mg

nice! I found that channel awhile ago and didn't know what it was all about, other than I stared at it, totally zonked, for the full duration. Also, I'm wondering what some of you guyzes opinions are on "steve roach - empetus". It is def one of my favorite albums featuring arpeggiating synths. I listened to this on repeat while I read neuromancer last summer. yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-LYy6PQwyE

  On 8/7/2012 at 8:28 PM, Alcofribas said:

dude is playing a MoMA and you're asking how he's overrated?

I assumed that was just a lucky break with some MoMA person being a fan of his music, & not an indicator of wider acclaim, but I might be wrong

Also I agree that most of his sounds aren't new or groundbreaking, but to me the appeal is the unencumbered way he seems to approach these old ideas, as if they were just being discovered now instead of 30/40/50 years ago (depending on the album). To me it returns a sense of freshness to simple electronic concepts, & that's kind of refreshing in a genre that sometimes seems obsessed with recombobulating itself in an attempt to gain ammunition in the weird sounds arms race

  On 8/7/2012 at 8:47 PM, Cryptowen said:

  On 8/7/2012 at 8:28 PM, Alcofribas said:

dude is playing a MoMA and you're asking how he's overrated?

I assumed that was just a lucky break with some MoMA person being a fan of his music, & not an indicator of wider acclaim, but I might be wrong

 

Also I agree that most of his sounds aren't new or groundbreaking, but to me the appeal is the unencumbered way he seems to approach these old ideas, as if they were just being discovered now instead of 30/40/50 years ago (depending on the album). To me it returns a sense of freshness to simple electronic concepts, & that's kind of refreshing in a genre that sometimes seems obsessed with recombobulating itself in an attempt to gain ammunition in the weird sounds arms race

I think it's fair to say that OPN is getting way more press and acclaim than your average insular synth nerd guy at this point.

I really love the Ford & Lopatin album, though. If anything, that album is underrated. Every track is a stormer.

Anyway I wouldn't blame an artist for the type of press they get, I don't think it's really up to them. I think if you actually focus on the music, it's pretty clear than OPN is really sincere about what he does and doing it for "the right reasons". It's not his fault that "bearded synth hippie OMG" is like, so hot right now

What are FA subforums?

Fat Admirer subforums? Like Dimensions or something?

Forum's Alcofribas.

any questions?

I happen to think his music is amazing and certain tracks just click and resonate with me like nothing else.

If other people feel the same way, then.. That's not 'overrated'. That's just people liking his music, and other people not liking his music.

How is that so super tricky to understand?

i got riffs and replica, amazing albums, excellent with a joint

my friends don't like it though, they are in the" wtf is the shit" stadium

  On 8/7/2012 at 8:56 PM, Ascdi said:

 

Anyway I wouldn't blame an artist for the type of press they get, I don't think it's really up to them. I think if you actually focus on the music, it's pretty clear than OPN is really sincere about what he does and doing it for "the right reasons". It's not his fault that "bearded synth hippie OMG" is like, so hot right now

you absolutely can't blame an artist for the press hype that follows them, however one should question how that artists' art would have evolved had they worked for longer at refining their craft without huge notoriety. I think for a lot of people, being surrounded by so many people who love your work can cripple it's potential for evolution and change