![]() The static-shocked shredding found on 2015’s “Garden Of Delete” was a rebellion against the placid nostalgia of his beloved R series – “Rifts”, “Returnal”, “Replica” and “R Plus Seven”. Over the past five years, it seems as if each new studio album from Lopatin is a reaction to what came before it. That’s far from the only subtle reinforcement found on “Magic Oneohtrix Point Never”. There you have the skeleton key to unlock the album’s internal logic. Now say the station name out loud to yourself. It comes from Boston’s long-running AOR station Magic 106.7, which the young Lopatin would tune into while growing up in the city’s suburbs. The genesis of his name got a tad lost along the way. Oneohtrix Point Never’s rise to the top of contemporary electronic music has made what is a fairly quirky artist moniker seem comfortably lived-in (so much so that Lopatin’s Korn-riffing bootleg 0PN merch didn’t make anyone blink). The clue is right there in the title for starters. If there’s one aspect that unifies this stylistically varied and guest-speckled album, it’s the ongoing tour through Lopatin lore. On the limitlessly pleasing “Magic Oneohtrix Point Never”, Daniel Lopatin twists left on his own internal radio dial and channel-hops through highlights of his career to date: from synth drift to scrambled sound collages to a kind of yearning adult contemporary that no-one else can pull off. Newly mixed for Dolby Atmos surround sound, this release mark’s OPN’s first official exploration of immersive audio outside of his critically acclaimed movie scores. So naturally he’s re-releasing it on Blu-Ray with a bunch of bonus tracks and sixteen music videos directed by a slew of Hollywood stars including the Safdie Brothers, Robert Patinson, and Val Kilmer. 2020’s Magic Oneohtrix Point Never saw Daniel Lopatin fold nearly all of his prior moods, tricks, and styles into one cohesive statement that acted both as a survey of his cutting-edge influence. If there’s one thing you can rely upon when it comes to Oneohtrix Point Never, it’s innovation.
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