'Last year I made a plan to record a bunch of dank new tunes...'
November 23, 2015 6:03 AM Subscribe
Electronic composer Dan Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, has just released his long-awaited new album, Garden of Delete. But he hasn't just released an album - he's created an entire, detailed, sorta disgusting lore.
Lopatin announced his new album back in August with a cryptic letter detailing his collaboration with a (fictional) disgusting alien teenager named Ezra, who is a mega-fan of a (fictional) hypergrunge band named Kaoss Edge (warning: LOUD autoplaying music). Ezra was fleshed out (pun intended) with his own twitter account andfan blog.
Lopatin collaborated again with artist Jon Rafman on the first videos, a delirious, mucous-y two part tribute to the dramas of adolescence.
If you want to go deep, Lopatin gives the backstory behind every track in this interview with Vice.
Lopatin announced his new album back in August with a cryptic letter detailing his collaboration with a (fictional) disgusting alien teenager named Ezra, who is a mega-fan of a (fictional) hypergrunge band named Kaoss Edge (warning: LOUD autoplaying music). Ezra was fleshed out (pun intended) with his own twitter account and
Lopatin collaborated again with artist Jon Rafman on the first videos, a delirious, mucous-y two part tribute to the dramas of adolescence.
If you want to go deep, Lopatin gives the backstory behind every track in this interview with Vice.
I think I've been warned away sufficiently.
Love the creativity, though.
posted by clvrmnky at 6:27 AM on November 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
Love the creativity, though.
posted by clvrmnky at 6:27 AM on November 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
Thanks for posting. I listened to some of this driving my kid to school today! My son played it for me, and he emphasized the obsessive concept album elements.
Not easy listening, but I will probably opt to hear some more.
posted by Glomar response at 6:35 AM on November 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
Not easy listening, but I will probably opt to hear some more.
posted by Glomar response at 6:35 AM on November 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
It's also on Spotify if you want to take a listen. It's good so far, super glitchy - reminds me of a darker Telefon Tel Aviv or old Hybrid.
edit: and Sophie.
posted by synthetik at 7:02 AM on November 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
edit: and Sophie.
posted by synthetik at 7:02 AM on November 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
Ooh, I know what I'll be listening to today. Thanks!
posted by defenestration at 7:04 AM on November 23, 2015
posted by defenestration at 7:04 AM on November 23, 2015
It's a wonderful album. I absolutely love it.
On the Kaoss Edge (fictional band) website you can download the raw MIDI files for all the tracks on Garden of Delete. Of course, without the right instruments and productions, the MIDI files sound skeletal and bare. But it's interesting to hear the pure chords and melodies behind the walls of sound.
posted by sixohsix at 7:56 AM on November 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
On the Kaoss Edge (fictional band) website you can download the raw MIDI files for all the tracks on Garden of Delete. Of course, without the right instruments and productions, the MIDI files sound skeletal and bare. But it's interesting to hear the pure chords and melodies behind the walls of sound.
posted by sixohsix at 7:56 AM on November 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
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