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Daniel Lopatin now adds post-rock, prog and artificial intelligence to his melting pot of avant garde electronics
Daniel Lopatin’s work as Oneohtrix Point Never is some of the most distinguished in avant garde electronic music: it orbits around pop, ensnared by its inescapable pull but with enough distance to negotiate it. From the imitations of industry songwriters built into his 2015 album Garden of Delete to the baroque pop and surrealist radio of follow-ups Age Of and Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, Lopatin’s solo records all entwine pop with its own disintegration. Pop stars are equally captivated – the Weeknd had him co-executive producing alongside Max Martin for Dawn FM last year.
Mainstream v esoteric is just one of several dualisms at play: his excavations of archival sound are also a dig into his own history, and his looks back are often repurposed into speculative glances ahead. On new album Again, he taps into his teen years and introduces post-rock, prog and orchestral works to the melting pot. The sincerity and climax-driven dynamism of these styles are placed in dialogue with real instrumentation from guests such as Lee Ranaldo, plus the whims of AI technologies and his own subversive sound generation.
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