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![]() At this point, Lopatin was building his music around the sound of the Juno-60 synth, a hand-me-down from his musician father. This material is best absorbed in one gulp as part of the compilation Rifts. Within just a few years of making music, he’d issued three full-length releases- Betrayed in the Octagon, Zones Without People, and Russian Mind-as well as a few EPs, plus some compilation tracks. Pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track Here, we look back at highlights from his career, in which every record sounds different while Lopatin’s sensibility-inquisitive, mischievous, rigorous-stays in focus. While his earliest releases are as DIY as music gets, the quality of his work brought him to the attention of mainstream figures like Trent Reznor and Usher, and his film scores feel like a natural complement to his studio work and multimedia live shows. But Lopatin was at the vanguard of a movement that re-imagined how quiet and atmospheric music informed by New Age could slot alongside more abrasive avant-garde fare. At first, he was affiliated with the noise scene, and several of his records were released through labels known for harsh sounds. He was born and raised west of Boston and started releasing music after moving to Brooklyn. His albums hit all the marks in terms of traditional musicality-sticky melodies, tension followed by release, textures that invite zoned-out exploration-but they’re put together to animate larger ideas, sometimes with knotty and elaborate backstories. ![]() ![]() Listening to his music, from the crude and evocative ambient tapes he released in his earliest days to his more recent award-winning film scores, has always been an exercise in experiencing varying levels of engagement. In his decade-and-a-half career making music as Oneohtrix Point Never (and sometimes under his own name), Lopatin has taken the lesson to heart. “My hero, Stanley Kubrick, taught me that every frame you decide to share with people should be super specific and filled to the brim with choices,” says composer and producer Daniel Lopatin, talking to Interview magazine in 2018. ![]()
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