Oneohtrix Point Never - Laser to Laser

[BigMeatSpecial]

black ant sampled this shit

[drauscherman]

hey

[eetherealflux]

this one was the first track I've heard of OPN... I'm in love with his work since that day...

[Dereck89]

my favourite song by them, the new album is stellar btw :)

[Apathesis0]

It would be nice to hear stuff like this in movies instead of the same 50 annoying songs they have already played on the radio too much.

[elsewhereify]

I've listened to so much good music tonight. And it's only Monday.

[awarh]

@elsewhereify So true.. Love it when that happens....////

[coisamorta]

some people love to go great lengths to show their displeasure about this or that on the stupid internets.

[eselsdistel]

I just have the impression that this "phanomenon" just comes from a journalist wanting to enter history at all costs by coining some nerdy name for an allegedly innovative music style, what, IMHO, is practically a utopy in today's pop scene. Pure vanity, pure surface, pure deception.

[eselsdistel]

The music sounds quite nice, but can someone tell what is new about this to call it "hypnagogic pop". After repeated listening of many bands of this "new" movement, I still haven't heard anything difference with the likes of Cluster, Faust, or even early Popol Vuh, Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream. If music is understood as the intentional combination of sounds in time, the collection of sounds itself, regardless of the way the have been done, for me this stuff brings absolutely nothing new.

[moodini99]

What is this shit; it's horrific!

[Flanagcr]

@moodini99 Whats your favorite band?

[moodini99]

I like OMD, Paul Simon, Led Zepplin, Skindred. A bit of a mix, really. What about you?

[Flanagcr]

@moodini99

Hella, older mars volta, kudu, washed out, animals as leaders, fleet foxes, fela kuti, robert plant w/ alison krauss. I like a big mix too. I was just wondering what influences you had to see why you disliked Oneohtrix Point Never sooo much.

[moodini99]

Hey. You seem to like some great music. As to this 'song': I doesn't seem to have any structure or cadence. Also, the noises are more nauseating than melodic. I've only heard this song, and I can't stand it. lol A few of my favourite songs are: Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad Of John Henry Eva Cassidy - Fields of gold Joan Armatrading - Rosie OMD - Enola Gay Local H - Hands on the bible Alter ego - crowd rocker Glen Miller Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of silence

[Flanagcr]

@moodini99 I see. Thanks for telling me all that. I want to check out the songs you have listed. Not to play devil's advocate, but I like the warped time feeling you get from the bent notes. Maybe you will like Oneohtrix's "returnal" It has more stucture and solid time, but still embodies a futuristic time warped escence. Thanks again.

[russellfoureyes]

Boards of Canada & Oneohtrix Point Never share a feeling not a sound, Nostalgia...btw the accompanying film is great...

[kwamiafrica]

I shook his hand and I got an electric shock, fuzz face!

[ESIGNERd]

sounds proper

[yosky5411]

well i'd say that this music nods more to kosmische, music from germany in the late 60's throughout the 70's, more than anything. boards of canada seems to have had less inspiration from kosmische than this band does. Thus, this band > Boards of Canada.

[Dereck89]

0 people don't like awesome music :)

[soma243]

@C6H12O6sugar

maybe if oneohtrix instilled scattered beats and a sample of children counting backwards from 20, you'd have a point about him ripping off BoC. but he didn't. he has produced layered synth music. it's unlike BoC except for the ambient format, which many artists follow and BoC did not create. both are good artists. both are original. leave it at that.

[Selothi]

I want to die listening to this music and let it fill my senses forever.

Yes, that sounds emo. Sorry.

[Caligula138]

I need more of his music in my life

[Brambleiah]

I think this shit dowses me into alpha wave state.

[C6H12O6sugar]

Am I the only person who doesn't automatically think Boards Of Canada when I hear analog synths?

[SplitSight]

@C6H12O6sugar It's not just "analog synths" that make them sound like boards of canada. There's tons of sounds that come from analog keyboards. But in this case, these synths sound EXACTLY like some of the ones I hear on BoC records. Same with the song structure, and general mood of the song. Hey, I'm not saying I don't like these guys, they're just not original

[C6H12O6sugar]

@SplitSight Oneohtrix Point Never is just one guy, btw. And if you can't tell the difference between Oneohtrix and Boards of Canada, you should probably listen more closely.

[SplitSight]

@C6H12O6sugar Hey I've got no problem with oneohtrix, but if I have to listen that closely to tell a difference between the two, I'd might as well listen to some BoC.

[MageAtYou]

@C6H12O6sugar I don't because I am not into the hipster indie thing

[russellfoureyes]

@MageAtYou Hipster indie thing???

[ohioisgood]

@C6H12O6sugar yes, you are

[emuajbeat]

@C6H12O6sugar it´s not the analog synth, it´s the subtle slow vibrato applied to it what gives that boc touch

[lolitaXcomplex]

@emuajbeat yep, those guys just arnt happy with analog, theyve got to push it into full on warbling almost out of tune VHS video style with the LFO's. Pisses me off how people think they have all these magic analogue synths, when really the effect most people are on about can be easily acheived with almost any synthesizer, a little knowledge and a tape recorder.

Anyone! If you want to get htis sound, its just a matter of whacking a random shape LFO slightly affecting OSC pitches.

[urizen1]

@C6H12O6sugar nailed it. People's reference points are so narrow sometimes.

Oneohtrix owes nothing to BoC. All these sounds existed before them, and would continue to even if BoC never formed.

[alcohalls]

@C6H12O6sugar

No, you're not alone. :-)

[alcohalls]

@C6H12O6sugar

No, you're not the only one. :-)

[Apathesis0]

@C6H12O6sugar They both certainly love that ultra slow, shallow vibrato sound. Gotta love pitch drift.

I just love how music like this takes my mind to somewhere during the late '70s and early '80s.

[CaptainAdHoc]

@C6H12O6sugar You're obvisouly not the one to think of BoC. Such tracks are too short with BoC though, With this one, it's just 3:21 of bliss.

[pterminal]

@C6H12O6sugar

You're not alone ;)

[ack303]

beautiful track and video...and some beautiful comments too

[KaunisRoheIine]

Digital Melancholy

[ILLadelphiaMusic]

this is the soundtrack i would to be playing to the final hours of my life

[phillipcc1]

I went to ride my bike at night in the cold to this song

[fmann1]

this brought a tear to my eye, beautiful....

[dings215]

sounds like every soundtrack from 'future' movies from back in the 70's and 80's. good to hear this in a contemporary format.

[MassMovement08]

Really liking this video, I'm quite into on Super 8 style stuff at the mo. This similar to BoC but stilll stands on its own. I agree with paralelSun its been too long we're all in need of some BoC!!

[Gito360]

Like standing on the edge of your life. Great track.

[strawhattedman]

@Gito360 What a terrific comment. Trenchant, as VS Naipaul might say.

[alcohalls]

Really awesome.

[Xproletariatx]

This is the song I wanna hear during the days before I die for some reason.

[wiam333]

@Xproletariatx Better yet you can hear it now :)

[nakedmolerat43]

get a haircut, hippy.

[patjng02]

I dig this style, kinda like BoC. Nice!

[strawhattedman]

It isn't much, but this is everything I want in a video. My feeling is that OPN might be the future of electronic music.

[bfsewell]

This is pretty sick tunage. But let's all be honest, it doesn't come close to BoC. Those guys are masters.

[paralelSun]

@bfsewell I tend to agree. BOC need to show us some love though. Been too long.

[kultran]

atsūkājiet man kāda nah

[telebaath]

Boards better protect they neck. Great stuff here.

[junglebastard]

@telebaath well said, while their work remains timeless, they better take your (& wu-tangs) advice and protect their necks, they should be producing music for inspirational movies or documentaries

[natolinas]

i say i like it

[evanazo]

the video is boards of canada ish. the music is completely different imo

[kovan606]

Mike Yarwood does Boards of Canada.

[cperko1]

yeah, i like this.

[Synasthesie]

How special...

[paperskull1]

reminds me of broads of canada sweet stuff!!!

[MrViNBerg]

@paperskull1 i agree, it is similar to boards of canada

[XtianWestendShamer]

@paperskull1 i might be canadian and i might be a girl but you best not call me a broad of canada asshole.

[byrzynski]

5,5+

[burri123]

awesomo

[plainspoken]

Rifts X 2 = album of the year

[Brambleiah]

best