R Plus Seven

This album is within the context of what i consider his best era so far. I am not the biggest fan of his recent stuff but listen to it often trying to understand what his approach was intended for. I am an artist myself and always give works of art many tries then if i still do not like it i will re-approach it in a year or several.With R Plus Seven he is in the territory i love with seriously meditative but not chill sounds. I love how it is mild but not easy to listen to. This guy is a master of his craft which is original. He is the real deal. I have been slowly getting into him for the past 7 years or so with Replica being my favorite. R Plus Seven comes close as well as Returnal but they in my opinion can not match the masterpiece of Replica. I do recommend placing those just mentioned 3 into a playlist and going on a mental journey. If you put say--the past 2 albums in the playlist it kills the vibe. I have tried it.In conclusion i will not go into detail about the track individually as i already have done that with individual purchases of these tracks from Amazon music. I recommend this album.

It took me a few listens... my initial reaction was, "this is interesting"; as I thought the artist was getting lucky on these tracks. But after repeatedly listens, I started to recognize that this is someone who had a lot of control on the soundscape they were putting together - I am still torn on whether this is an individual in a genre vs one who is a composer... When I say composer, I mean like a Xenakis, Cage, Glass or Autechre. Being this is my first OPN album, I will have to go back find some more of his works and give them a listen - I'm enjoying this album and still trying to determine if my ears are witnessing a level of mastery as befits a composer or someone with bloody good luck.

this is a great album! i love it! one of my favorites by oneothrix point never!this package is nice as well, but it's nothing crazy, exactly what you'd expect from a digipack cd release

Amazing album, great art, definitely one to have on vinyl

It's hard to describe this album but I'd be inclined to draw the closest comparison to 'Art of Noise' concept albums, or 'Emeralds' or some 'Future Sound of London' Environments / Lifeforms albums. The landscape of sounds are captivating, and Lopatin is creating environments which draw you in and have a level of hypnotism. Like any LP, some tracks are better at this then others, so it's not 5-star perfect, but overall this is an album which does new things in musical composition and concept; few artists can move sound in this fashion--he is not sitting back with his arms folded.I hope this develops into richer, more lush soundscapes in the future, and R Plus Seven is an important step for this artist.

Best album of the decade, probably

Just could not get into this album

My personal pick for AOTY 2013, R+7 is a fantastic album by accomplished artist OPN. With great use of creative synths and wacky sampling, it is certainly a eclectic listen. Also, some of the greatest packaging I've ever seen from a CD. Very creative.

but each side is too short

I can't stop playing this chaotic, ever-changing, non-conformist music. tracks seem to merge and time stands still...ok, the last bit is not true. I would heartily recommend it for the more adventurous music listener. You will be rewarded.

Brought it for my Dad and he loved it. Great album at a good price and the service was quick too.

Ca y est : Daniel Lopatin a signé chez Warp. C'était presque écrit, finalement. A la manière d'une médaille d'or à un concours général agricole, il obtient ainsi une sorte de certificat d'authenticité en musique électronique complexe, à l'instar de ses désormais voisins de label comme Autechre, Aphex Twin ou Boards Of Canada. Pourtant, complexe, R Plus Seven, l'est moins que son prédécesseur, Replica, selon moi. Il en est dans le prolongement, certes, avec ses mélodies et structures complexes. Toujours dans la continuité de Replica, il s'évertue à s'éloigner des nappes vertigineuses de synthés. Mais ce R Plus Seven est pour moi plus épuré, plus homogène dans sa texture, que la Weltanschauung sonore de Replica. Délaissant l'intégrisme du tout-analogique qui sévit dans la musique électronique ces dernières années, il aborde nettement plus frontalement la programmation et les sons de synthés TRES numériques et TRES teintés synthèse FM et MIDI des années 80, comme ces cuivres totalement artificiels et les choeurs tous droits sortis d'un synthétiseur. Il continue à étaler 36000 sons et idées différents au sein d'une même chanson, avec ici une cascade d'arpégiateurs, là un sample syncopé à la limite de la nausée, le tout dans une alternance de structure, d'ambient, de déstructuration totale. Mais ici Daniel Lopatin garde une cohésion globale sur l'écoute complète de l'album, contrairement à Replica, sur lequel le parti pris était l'absence total d'homogénéité. A son habitude, Daniel Lopatin nous embarque avec lui dans des contrées inexplorées, dans un univers parallèle du retour vers le futur des années 80. Contrées inexplorées ? Eh bien, pas complètement, selon moi. Parce qu'à l'écoute de R Plus Seven, je ne peux m'empêcher de lui trouver des similitudes avec l'oeuvre de Wally Badarou. Certes, ce dernier oeuvre dans un registre plus New Age/World (oui, ça fait un peu peur, mais si, c'est bien ! ) orienté vers la mélodie, mais j'ai la très nette sensation que la musique de Wally Badarou n'est pas étrangère à la conception du dernier album en date d'Oneohtrix Point Never. ReplicaWallyBadarou

Filigrane elektronische Musik, die über Kopfhörer oder eine gute Anlage erst zum Tragen kommt. In einer Zeit, in der immergleiches RNB Chart Gewurschtel aus den Smartphones plärrt braucht es Alben wie dieses, das so vielschichtig ist, dass sein ganzes musikalisches Volumen auch eine ebenso gute technische Abspielmöglichkeit benötigt. Unbedingt reinhören!

With each successive album Daniel Lopatin proves himself to be the most interesting album-orientated producer making music today. Possibly the most interesting musician in general.When I first heard his music (probably 2009ish) I thought he was a guy with a very nice synth collection, who knew his way around an arpeggiator and could fuse that Tangerine Dream/Vangelis/Steve Roach axis nicely with the hypnagogic sound that was popular at the time. Then with Returnal he went one step further, and after the initial burst of rocket blast noise, showed he had found a new, more focussed sound. The washes of twinkling synth waves weren't the meandering, cul-de-sacs of the Rifts-era albums, but instead resolved, progressed, mutated and most importantly there was much more variation than before. Each track was distinct yet flowed together seamlessly across the album. Then with Replica, rather the the culmination of the years of previous work that Returnal was, Lopatin revolutionised his sound. The smooth, glossy vistas were (mostly) gone, replaced with, at times, angular and jarring samples of piano and videogame snippets. The lush synths are still there, only obscured by the samples and the presence of much more activity in each track. I felt this was a giant leap forward and wondered where he would go from there.The first couple of listens through R+7, I liked it but only Zebra and Chrome Country really stuck in my memory. Everything else just seemed enjoyable but kind of vague. Some shamisen here, some digital synth choir there, a Philip Glass and Paul Lansky reference here, a bit of booming pipe organ there. But those elements amounted to such a minute part of the whole album. It was the bits inbetween, the parts where I have no clue how or why Lopatin chose to make the musical choices he did that make this album so special. I must have listened to this album over 2 dozen times and yet something new and different would wind it's way into my brain after each listen. I can see some people finding the constant stopping and starting of the music, moving from one idea to next somewhat frustrating, but I think this keeps it from becoming stale at any point, and forcing your ears to actively engage with the music throughout. It's never at any point needlessly abstract or impenetrably cerebral though. There are some heartrendingly beautiful moments on here. The final track especially is like a reward for listening through, Lopatin plopping a slab of pure joy right at the end to perfectly bookmark the work, recycling the organ from the opening track.If anyone is familiar with Lopatin's Chuck Person moniker, they would know he was a huge influence on vaporwave, and although his Eccojams seems somewhat crude or dated compared to later vaporwave, it's clear that R+7 uses some of the same concepts behind that genre without ever adhering to any of it's tropes. Not wishing to be banal (but I will be anyway) this is post-vaporwave, it's a transcension. I'd imagine he's been influenced by people who were influenced him, and now he's took it to another level to restart the cycle.Finally, whether you like this album or not, it surely proves that Daniel Lopation is not just a bloke who likes to noodle around on vintage musical equipment, but a skilled and learned musician and, hopefully his art is worthy of your consideration.If he improves upon this album in the same trajectory that all his other subsequent albums have over their predecessors, then his next album will be a real treat.

moderno, sinuoso.angosciante, consigliato a tutti i telespettatori di san remo, di cecchetto, jovanotti, della magnificai musica italiana, della melodia, del bel canto

He comprado el vinilo y suena de 10, uno de los discos del año sin duda(al menos en el campo de la electrónica).La pega es el embalaje, la portada ha llegado algo dañada(tirón de orejas para amazon, que debería enviar los vinilos más protegidos).

It's hard to pinpoint exactly why I love this album. It continues to grow on me. There is minimal use of traditional percussive elements (drum sounds), and when combined with the complexity of the rhythm, the result can be chaotic. Parts build and collapse beautifully, often separated by disparate interludes, which reminds me of another of my favourite bands, Women. Many of the sounds used are reminiscent of old synth tones, giving the album a cheesy feel at times. Stand out tracks for me are Americans, Zebra, Chrome Country.

graye album fast

It's not really fair to judge an album by its press, but this has to be the biggest 'Emperor's New Clothes' album of 2013. People seemed overly keen to praise this to the skies as a masterpiece, even before they'd heard it.It's not bad as such, but it sounds very much like a Synclavier demo CD from about 1983. Or a library CD from the same era. Sampled and synthetic voices are chopped up, alongside occasional Philip Glass-style arpeggios and organs. And that's it, pretty much.Contrary to the great depth and import people seem to be ascribing to this album, it simply is what it is.

「ステレオ」誌にて紹介されていたので早速購入。なんと15ｈｚからの超低音が収録されているとの事。スペアナを見ていると左端のレベルが盛り上がっています。スーパーウーファーの性能を堪能できる稀有なCDです。もちろんそれだけではなくノイズ系の音ですが展開が斬新なので楽しめました。中古なので「これでん百円？」コスパは半端なく大満足です。

Great music ... of course. The delivery occured in different parcels and at different intervals, although I specifically asked to have it as one package together with 4 other cd's.

音楽に刺激を求める人は是非。多分２０１３年で一番突出したサウンドだと思います。一人ユニットながらONEOHTRIX POINT NEVERという長いユニット名からも判るように一筋縄ではいきません。２００９年のデビューから、ずっと強烈なノイズやドローン的なサウンドを追求しつつ、それだけでは無いノスタルジックな音響をも内包してた彼ですが、Warpという大御所レーベルからの発売ということで、今作は今までとは違った大きなステップアップが感じられます。今作は前述したノイジーな部分が完全に封印されています。そしてイーノやライヒなどアンビエント〜現代音楽的なミニマルサウンドを志向しつつ、そこから逸脱するような奇妙なサンプリングサウンドがアルバムを覆っています。一曲に込められたアイデアの豊富な事。入り口で見た風景が出口では全然違う、もしくは出口が見つからない、そんな感じです。聴いているうちにどこに向かうか判らなくなります。それに加え今作は何より彼のメロディーメーカーとしての才能が全面に押し出されている気がします。こんなにちゃんと曲が書ける人だと思いませんでした。決して解りやすいものではないのですが、何故か耳が惹かれてしまう。そんなメロディーに溢れています。多分東洋的なメロディーラインが多いことが理由かもしれません。なんとなく坂本龍一さんの音楽図鑑後半（レコードのB面）を彷彿とさせる雰囲気があります。Aphex Twinに比類する才能の登場、と一部では盛り上がってるみたいですが、確かにプロモビデオの悪意に満ちた演出などは共通項があるものの、リチャードの無から得体のしれないものを作り上げる才能とは違い、世に現存するあらゆる音を斬新且つ印象的に装飾をする才能に溢れてる人、そんな感じがします。それでもやってることは常人とは大幅にかけ離れてますけど。まあとにかく２０１３年の音楽に於ける突端に立つ人には間違いありません。是非聴いてみてください。

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