Kavinsky Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I think this would work well within an Art Exhibition or Guggenheim with some weird Visuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I can't get the Problem Areas plucked strings and those flipping trumpets out of my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmower Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I'm liking what I hear more than I thought I would. Like Replica there's a lot of silliness going on but it's more my kind of silliness this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I can't get the Problem Areas plucked strings and those flipping trumpets out of my head Was gonna say, wish there was more like Problem Areas on the LP. When the album's finished, that's the only one I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Popemobile v2 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I'm a bit nervous about the purported shift in direction, and wasn't particularly wowed by Problem Areas. Dan kind of has his niche (seems to admit as much himself in that Red Bull interview), which he is a master at. Don't know if he has the flexibility to successfully expand his sound too much... we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 really weird album so far, don't know what to make of it. I like all the nice relaxing airy pad laced ambient stuff. Some of the jarring sample cutups just aren't working for me, they aren't sounding as good as Replica and resemble the sloppy chopping style of Witchouse a little too much. I'm only on track 5 though. I don't mind that a lot of this sounds like he's using old early 90s keyboard presets, I just don't particularly like the ones he's using. I feel like even Hudson Mowhawke 'butter' had a much better handle on these vocal melodic stabs he keeps doing. It just seems overly rooted in a retro nostalgia aesthetic rather than being transcendent of that like Replica was. the best way to describe it i guess would be where as Replica sounded like a very good stylistic choices in channeling sort of imaginary but evolved fake Art of Noise minimal ambient album. This almost sounds too close to Art of Noise making a cheesy ambient album in the late 80s, which is still cool, its just more emulation driven than 'new' sounding if that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thief Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 im getting similar feelings from listening to this as i did when i listened to whatever that vaporwave thing is, but instead of feeling cheap and dirty for listening to music that was made by slowing down old synth-pop , i do sense some actual genuine personality and creativity in this album. the cover is really fitting too i think. i feel like i'm patrick bateman going through the stargate from 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grue Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 this album is baffling but also really beautiful in places, the last three tracks in particular. don't really know what to make of it yet though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 holy shit I'm listening the entire album right now and it sounds amazingly weird. really good... might be 9/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yshf Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 downloading, very curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gravity Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Some very pretty stuff on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 ah yes he played Zebra when I saw him a few months back, so glad it made it onto the album. I really like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 just finished first listen on public transport ride home, after a few wine beverages in the city. it's quite an excellent album. i mean, i am an opn fan and quite biased at this point. but i was a little concerned prior to listening based on the samples and video. it's not at all too offensive or harsh or noisy. it's definitely weird. and it has a weird skewed logic and still works as nice ambient musics to have play and not be thrown off by or disgruntled by. ie. its smoother and weirder and a better listening experience than Music For Reliquary House. this was all just on first listen, on earbuds on a busy tram. just listened to some of it again on speakers. and fwor, it is sounding even better. it seems to have a lush production quality to it. will give it more listens to see if i still love it or if this is just an initial buzz influenced by excitement and alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 i mean, i am an opn fan and quite biased at this point. but i was a little concerned prior to listening based on the samples and video. it's not at all too offensive or harsh or noisy. it's definitely weird. This 1000%. It's weird but in a comforting way. Look forward to exploring it on a big system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noise Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 i'd never heard his music before listening to this, but it's fun(ny) and pretty good actually. surprisingly good signing for warp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apriorion Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I wonder if anyone who preordered this will get to download it from Bleep sometime soon. Still waiting to listen to it until then, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyeboy Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 This album is fantastic, it just seems so honest, confident and unashamed. I just love the feelings it evokes, it's so satisfying. Probably my favorite thing 0PN has done (coming from someone who hopped on the 0PN train last year with Replica). Can't wait to get the vinyl with the very fitting sweet artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I am unable to form opinionses without many more listenses. It's in a different language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coax Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 When he uses those quick staccato sections, it sounds to me like Steve Reich. There's lush ambient bits in there, and some good melody work. The old "keyboard preset" sounds takes me back to old tv / movie scores / sounds, and also Orbital in places. Forgetting analysis of novelty or music history I find the album quite beautiful in several places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Still getting better with every listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 OPN would be a genius if he wasn't an idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coax Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 why is he an idiot? also, the ambient parts are strong in this. extremely beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beariksson Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 wow this is pretty amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gravity Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 also, the ambient parts are strong in this. extremely beautiful. Oh yes. This album is equal parts odd and extremely beautiful. One of the best things I've heard in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaizai Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Still Life. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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