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R Plus Seven
Artist
Oneohtrix Point Never
ReleaseProduct
R Plus Seven
Label
Warp
Catalogue Number
WARP240
Release Date
September 26, 2013

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With R Plus Seven, Daniel Lopatin made his first appearance on Warp, and he could not have made a stronger statement. Having carved out a stream of releases grounded on his cherished Juno-60 synth in the last few years, collected in the Rifts compilation and brought into noisier territory on his debut proper, Returnal on Editions Mego, R Plus Seven continued with the wider sample-based palette explored in 2011’s Replica, released on Lopatin’s own Software imprint.

The album in many ways feels like Lopatin’s most mature. The angelic synth choirs, arpeggiated Juno patterns and noisy fuzz which produced such psychedelic sensations on previous releases are here treated with a cleaner, bolder touch. On the album’s pillars ‘Zebra’ and ‘Problem Areas’ synthetic layers which might previously have been blended into a poignant smush are given space, coagulating into sharp rhythms before wormholing into languid drones. Elsewhere, sustained organs lull the listener into a trance abruptly broken by candy laser synths on ‘Boring Angel’, and ‘Chrome County’ further riffs upon the tropes of classic American minimalism with piano motifs that recall Steve Reich.

The sheer breadth of the record - both musical and emotional - is astounding, with a bewildering array of influences brought together against all odds by the hand of one of electronic music’s most relentlessly inventive voices. Read R Plus Seven’s cover as its make-up: all of Lopatin’s doors and detours are still intact but they’ve been refined into something all the more magical.

<a href="https://bleep.com/the-top-ten-albums-of-the-year-2013">This album features in the top ten albums of 2013</a><br><br>

Digital Track List

  1. 1 Boring Angel 4:16 Buy

    Boring Angel

  2. 2 Americans 5:18 Buy

    Americans

  3. 3 He She 1:33 Buy

    He She

  4. 4 Inside World 3:53 Buy

    Inside World

  5. 5 Zebra 6:44 Buy

    Zebra

  6. 6 Along 5:23 Buy

    Along

  7. 7 Problem Areas 3:06 Buy

    Problem Areas

  8. 8 Cryo 2:47 Buy

    Cryo

  9. 9 Still Life 4:53 Buy

    Still Life

  10. 10 Chrome Country 5:05 Buy

    Chrome Country

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