Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven

okay, I just got a known-good copy of R Plus Seven directly from WARP for testing.

It plays flawlessly.

So, word to the wise, there are definitely defective copies of the record in circulation.

  On 2/21/2015 at 12:37 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 1/18/2015 at 6:36 PM, Salvatorin said:

only 90's kids can listen to this

its an interesting statement. For decades Tangerine Dream was considered kind of cheese ball and not electronic music to be taken seriously like Kraftwerk or Cluster, and this is the case with most of the people I know who are my age, kids of the 80s. I always thought it was weird though since TD evokes such extreme nostaglia becaue of all the 80s movies they scored. Anyways I would credit OPN for making that style of sound (masturbatory but good sounding minimalist synth arpeggios) cool again, now Tangerine Dream is sort of respectable again, and for kids of the 90s, probably none of them had any built in hostility towards Tangerine Dream, its a perfect fit. The newer stuff (r+7) is arguably equally as evocative of a different era of 'cheesy' new age synth music post analog synthesis, as Alco pointed out its very Claude Larson, but also playing off other tropes like Art of Noise vocal stabs, Kate Bush's productions.

 

nice post.

there's a lot of elitism surrounding this release, a la salvatorin's post you quoted. it's pretty obnoxious. one of the reasons i find this guy's stuff so tedious is exactly bc i have a lot of nostalgia for the sound worlds he explores and i also think a lot of the stuff he riffs off of is way better.

but only 90s kids get this. unless they are 90s kids and have different ideas. then they are wrong.

lel

New set of parameters isn't elitism, it's a fact though. Cold blooded fact.

Idgaf wat u guys r tlakin abt

if u rnt a 90's kid than u can't get this album

I do think it's pretty hilarious that Salv literally tried to get himself banned bc I was dissing this record. that's one for the watmm histories imo

New OPN "Commissions II" on the RSD list: http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

lol

Vinyl only again? Ehhhh

im still waiting for alco to send me cool old stuff so i stop thinking this album is good or w/e

  On 3/11/2015 at 3:36 AM, dr lopez said:

im still waiting for alco to send me cool old stuff so i stop thinking this album is good or w/e

omlol i forgot about that

sory alco but this is really good. got my listen on last night - will be on my best of 2010-2019 for sure. Derivative or not - it's very well made

sory alco

fu alco

luv u alco

i h8 u alco

i didnt mean it alco bby come back

  On 5/18/2015 at 5:16 PM, triachus said:

sory alco

 

fu alco

 

luv u alco

 

i h8 u alco

 

i didnt mean it alco bby come back

*d-lo inner monologue*

This still leaves me ice cold. OPN usually takes a while to grow on me, but I don't think this will. The two Commissions releases are great, though.

Bought it on vinyl for cheap from eBay. Whoop!

Americans is one of my favourite tracks of all time. Fo serious.

I wish I could at least hate this, now I just feel like one of those people who are physically incapable of enjoying music.

Pfft .. Maybe its just like, not your thing ??

I didn't like it at first and thought it was too arty and weird... after 3-4 listens something clicked and I then became absolutely obsessed with it and spent the next month listening to nothing but OPN and related works (I prefer the Rifts-era stuff but this is still a solid release) So go figure.

  On 5/18/2015 at 5:06 PM, dr lopez said:

sory alco but this is really good. got my listen on last night - will be on my best of 2010-2019 for sure. Derivative or not - it's very well made

fu d-lo

well made it is but for me there's just not much there.

honestly i feel that way about all his stuff; there's something quite intriguing about it (like "oh cool weirdo 90s stuff commercials new age philip glass computer graphics laser disc everything from my childhood") but when i actually sit down to listen to it i'm just like..."nah."

i don't even care that his music can be derivative, it's just not my thing.

the only reason i check this thread tho is bc of all the also h8

U love it don't u

  On 5/19/2015 at 2:49 PM, dr lopez said:

U love it don't u

u have no idea how many times i've furiously masturbated to this masterpiece.

  On 5/19/2015 at 2:43 PM, Alcofribas said:

the only reason i check this thread tho is bc of all the also h8

I feel no h8 bby

We may have our Problem Areas, but I still get Along. It don't matter that you aren't Americans, as long as you're not Zebra

  On 5/19/2015 at 3:22 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 5/19/2015 at 2:43 PM, Alcofribas said:

the only reason i check this thread tho is bc of all the also h8

I feel no h8 bby

 

We may have our Problem Areas, but I still get Along. It don't matter that you aren't Americans, as long as you're not Zebra

your humor has really created rifts in my russian mind

honestly just as long as you aren't BEBETUNE$ awake in NYC, HELL 3:00 am

Holy shit.

An Alcofribas and Salvatorin exchange. This is like Zeus chatting with xena.

Legendary.

Love you guys