Today, Oneohtrix Point Never releases 'Age Of' (Warp), the "brilliant new album" (The Ringer) that Stereogum has called "truly staggering" and The FADER has deemed "an absolute necessary front to back listen." It's Daniel Lopatin's most ambitious, thoroughly composed work to date under the moniker, described as "remarkably accessible yet still resolutely avant-garde work" (The AV Club).
Read an in-depth profile on Oneohtrix Point Never and 'Age Of' from Jon Pareles at The New York Times.
And watch the video for Oneohtrix Point Never's "Black Snow," Lopatin's directorial debut that was described "a head-spinning, cyborg nightmare" by Pitchfork.
The release comes just a week after three sold-out Park Avenue Armory performances of Oneohtrix Point Never's theatrical, medium-spanning installation and four-part song cycle MYRIAD, which debuted as part of Red Bull Music Festival New York. MYRIAD received raves from the New York Times, ARTNews, Resident Advisor and more. The performances featured OPN's first-ever live ensemble, guest spots from Kelsey Lu and Prurient, hanging sculpture, cowboy hat-wearing dancers, an inflatable black mass, and an array of otherworldly animations.
Oneohtrix Point Never is preparing for upcoming performances at Primavera and London's Barbican (sold out), more dates coming soon.
Praise for 'Age Of' and MYRIAD
"The music didn't have to explain itself. It billowed and throbbed, tinkled and crashed, swooped and pealed around the grand space. No narrative, no matter how cosmic, could match the sound." - The New York Times, on MYRIAD
"Everything you could hope for from an OPN record, but somehow on a much larger, grander scale...an absolute necessary front to back listen." -- The FADER, on 'Age Of'
"Paranoid and beautiful - filled with dread, anxiety, and a fractured take on rock mythology as filtered through prog, smooth jazz, and noise music." - Vulture, on 'Age Of'
"Truly staggering...['Age Of'] is so beautiful and strange and off-kilter and absorbing - a lovely and insular personal pop album, warped beyond all recognition." - Stereogum
"Excellent...remarkably accessible yet still resolutely avant-garde work" - The A.V. Club
"Breaks new ground...the sound of an internet addict sifting through the digital ruins, part of a culture jamming legacy for future generations, should they exist." - Resident Advisor, on 'Age Of'
"Oneohtrix Point Never's moment is here... a brilliant new album" - The Ringer
'Age Of' Tracklist
01 Age Of
02 Babylon
03 Manifold
04 The Station
05 Toys 2
06 Black Snow
07 myriad.industries
08 Warning
09 We'll Take It
10 Same
11 RayCats
12 Still Stuff That Doesn't Happen
13 Last Known Image of a Song
Album Credits
Written, performed and produced by Oneohtrix Point Never
Additional production by James Blake
Mixed by James Blake
Assisted by Gabriel Schuman, Joshua Smith and Evan Sutton
Mix on Raycats and Still Stuff That Doesn't Happen by Gabriel Schuman
Additional production and mix on Toys 2 by Evan Sutton
Engineered by Gabriel Schuman and Evan Sutton
Assisted by Brandon Peralta
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Oneohtrix Point Never - Lead voice on Babylon, The Station, Black Snow, Still Stuff That Doesn't Happen
Prurient - Voice on Babylon, Warning and Same
Kelsey Lu - Keyboards on Manifold and Last Known Image Of A Song
Anohni - Voice on Black Snow, We'll Take It, Same and Still Stuff That Doesn't Happen
Eli Keszler - Drums on Black Snow, Warning, Raycats and Still Stuff That Doesn't Happen
James Blake - Keyboards on We'll Take It, Still Stuff That Doesn't Happen and Same
Shaun Trujillo - Words on Black Snow, The Station and Still Stuff That Doesn't Happen
Black Snow lyrics inspired by The Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, published by Time Spiral Press (2015)
Age Of contains a sample of Blow The Wind by Jocelyn Pook
myriad.industries contains a sample of Echospace by Gil Trythall
Manifold contains a spoken word sample from Overture (Aararat the Border Crossing) by Tayfun
Erdem and a keyboard sample from Reharmonization by Julian Bradley
Album art and design by David Rudnick & Oneohtrix Point Never
Cover image
Jim Shaw
The Great Whatsit, 2017
acrylic on muslin
53 x 48 inches (134.6 x 121.9 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York
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