Oneohtrix Point Never / Zones Without People

Arbor

REISSUED ON VINYL!!! DANIEL LOPATIN’s ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER represents a rift in time; an isolationist expedition into the archaeology of sound that utilizes the analog polysynth as a means of organic creation. Zones Without People is the second record in the OPN trilogy; acting as a bridge between the drifting, nebulous landscapes of Betrayed in The Octagon and the finely detailed sound sculpture of Lopatin's present work. An exercise in ‘in between-ness’: reconciling noise and melodicism, drone stasis and the transience of concrète, and the amorphous zone between ‘70s Kraut synth music and ‘80s techno. Arpeggios and sequencers play a key role in this amalgamation, as these forms of repetition create an attachment to a certain sentiment neither human nor machine. The record reflects this transformation; the A Side has distinct emotional flourishes, while the majority of the B Side seems to be overtaken in cold, mechanized melodies; attempts at teaching a machine to feel. In an edition of 500 copies in pro-printed cardboard sleeves with pro printed labels and an insert by CHRISTELLE GUALDI.

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