Date: 01/10/2013
01 Meredith Monk - Cluster 2 - ECM New Series
02 Mark Leckey - Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore (Edit) - Death of Rave
03 GZA - Shadowboxin' - Geffen
04 Paul Lansky - Notjustmoreidlechatter
05 Jefferson Airplane - Today - RCA Victor
06 Kenji Kawai - Virtual Crime - BMG Victor
07 Aksak Maboul - Scratch Holiday - Made to Measure
08 The Game - See No Evil - Interscope
09 Ben Frost - Untitled Transient (Edit) - Bedroom Community
10 Taylor Deupree - Snow/Sand (Edit) - 12K
11 Julia Holter - Running Through My Eyes (Edit) - Domino
12 Three 6 Mafia - Charging These Hoes - Relativity
13 Forgemasters - Track With No Name - Warp
14 NY House'n Authority - Apt 2A - Nu Groove
15 Kraftwerk - Sex Object - EMI
16 Scott Johnson - Involuntary Song #2 - Nonesuch
17 F.U.S.E. - Nitedrive - Wax Trax!
18 Coil - Rosa Decidua - Eskaton
19 Global Communication - 12 18 - Dedicated
20 Mark Leckey - 3 Minute Wonder (Channel 4 video excerpt)
21 Lazy Smoke - Under Skys - Jackpot
22 Robert Hood - Minus - Tresor
23 Yasuaki Shimizu - Bridgestone 2 - Crammed Discs
24 Ariel Pink - Mature Themes - 4AD
25 Koopsta Knicca "Now I'm Hi (Pt. 2) - D.Evil
26 Judee Sill - Abracadabra - Asylum
27 Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel 3 - Hänssler Classic
28 Severed Heads - Hemet - Sevcom
29 Wendy Carlos - Title Music From A Clockwork Orange (from Henry Purcell's 'Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860') - Columbia
30 Benjamin Lew - Les Traces d'Un Pont - Crammed Discs
31 SND - 00018 Old End Ng - Mille Plateaux
32 Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk - 4AD
33 Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Catastrophe - Invitation
34 Ayhun - OAR003-B - Oni Ayhun
35 Future Sound of London - Bird Wings - Virgin
36 Autechre - Piezo - Warp
37 Kanye West - Bound 2 (Edit) - Def Jam
38 Mark Leckey - Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore (Edit) - Death of Rave
Describing the work of Oneohtrix Point Never (a.k.a. Dan Lopatin) is no simple task. While the Brooklyn-based producer initially made his name with a series of trippily drifting synthscapes, recent years have found him consistently expanding his artistic vision, to the point where describing his "sound" is all but impossible. Today finds Lopatin releasing the excellent R Plus Seven, his latest full-length and first for the storied Warp imprint. Though his synth wizardry is still part of the equation, the LP further solidifies Oneohtrix Point Never as an experimental force, an artist who's taken stock of musical history and is unafraid to assemble challenging and highly conceptual worlds of sound. That's why we were so excited at the prospect of Lopatin putting together an exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series; there was little doubt that he would craft something that was both engagingly detailed and stunningly off the wall. Glancing at the tracklist, there's little question that Lopatin put a ton of time into the mix, as the podcast not only runs for nearly two hours, it also spans multiple decades, genres, and continents. As it unfurls, Lopatin flashes a unique ability to connect the dots between seemingly disparate points of the musical universe, and often does so with a genuine sense of humor, which makes the listening experience all the more enjoyable. (For instance, the artwork below is something that Lopatin insisted we include with the mix.) R Plus Seven is a real triumph, but Lopatin's podcast is a similarly accomplished effort, not to mention a collection of music that's absolutely enthralling in its own right.
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