Album Review: Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
“Magic sounds more like an old cassette mixtape that was created by a hitting ‘record’ at the right time when the desired song is played on the radio. It’s like the project of a teenager who’s just discovering their love for the broad world of sound and music, and wanting to capture as much of it as they can through their cherished cassette/radio boombox. In that way, it sounds like a remnant of the golden age of FM – albeit one that has been sitting in an attic for decades, getting warped and degraded. It’s clear that Lopatin has a lot of affection for that era and its aesthetic, and he welcomes us to Magic as if it’s a safe space away from the noise of the world; the first sung lines on the album being his friendly falsetto repetition of “I know a place to go.””
One of the most fascinating music makers (and one of my absolute favourites) released his new album, so I tackled the review for Beats Per Minute.
