Oneohtrix Point Never
AGE OF
WARP
Daniel Dylan Wray
Eclecticism has long been at the root of Daniel Lopatin’s OPN project. The bricolage essence of the ‘vaporwave’ genre he became synonymous with is based on edit-based manipulations such as ‘chop and screw’, used to create something new, often out of preexisting material. What has given Lopatin longevity, however (including a great score for the 2017 Robert Pattinson-starring Good Time) is his ability to supersede technique and transmute the practice into something new altogether: something personal. This is still twisted, warbled, jagged electronics spliced with sci-fiinfluenced ambience, but he shifts things from the moving Black Snow to the terrifying Warning in a way that feels deeply planted in narrative, despite its head-spinning and varied traverse through genres, tones, paces and textures. From eerie synthesiser lines to throbbing industrial beats, Age Of rarely sits still for a moment, but remains an engrossing, challenging, yet rewarding listen.