Oneohtrix Point Never

Oneohtrix Point Never

Oneohtrix Point Never is the recording name of Daniel Lopatin, an American experimental musician, composer and producer from Wayland, Massachusetts. He is commonly abbreviated to OPN and is based in Brooklyn, New York. His work spans ambient, art pop, drone, electronic, experimental and glitch, and he also works under the Oneohtrix Point Never alias as a solo project.

Background

Lopatin is born in 1982 and grows up in Massachusetts. He is the son of Russian Jewish emigrants from the former Soviet Union, and both parents have musical backgrounds. He first experiments with electronic music using his father’s collection of dubbed jazz fusion tapes and a Roland Juno-60 synthesizer, which becomes an important studio and live instrument in his work.

He studies at Hampshire College in Massachusetts before moving to Brooklyn to attend graduate school at Pratt Institute, where he studies archival science. While in Brooklyn, he becomes part of the city’s underground noise scene.

Recording career

Lopatin begins releasing electronic music as Oneohtrix Point Never in 2007. His 2009 compilation Rifts brings him early recognition. He later releases albums including Replica and R Plus Seven, both of which receive critical praise. He signs to the British label Warp, which also releases his later work.

Collaborations and film work

Oneohtrix Point Never takes part in a range of side projects and collaborations, and works on film scores. In 2017, a collaboration with FKA twigs is confirmed. He also composes the soundtrack for the film Good Time, directed by Ben and Josh Safdie, and receives the Soundtrack Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival for that work. The soundtrack includes “The Pure and the Damned”, a collaboration with Iggy Pop.