Oneohtrix Point Never - 'R Plus Seven'

By Mateusz Nawara

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New Yorker Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, has pioneered his own brand of “ambient” electronic music — vastly different than the usual fare that presents underwater jet engine sounds, uninspired meditative drones and boredom.Instead, we have the beautiful song of a sole computer in a post-human world. Massive Gregorian-esque choral arrangements are warped to where we lose sense whether the voices are real or generated, and the driving polyrhythms and harmonic sensibilities sound like a circa-4000 AD Steve Reich.Lopatin’s first record out on legendary label Warp Records, R Plus Seven is process music wrapped within the moment, the tones elegantly traversing frequencies and dynamics.But it’s not without bite — the computer’s next step is never predictable. R Plus Seven is truly symphonic; once we immerse in the mainframe’s soundscape, we’re hooked until the end.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiwi7d0f91Y