Oneohtrix Point Never | Artist
Daniel Lopatin aka Oneohtrix Point Never (OPN) is an American electronic music composer, producer and performer, born 1982 in Wayland, Massachusetts. Lopatin, who is signed to British electronic label Warp, creates multi-layered synthesiser based music and soundtracks which incorporate samples. Lopatin is the son of Russian-Jewish "refusenik" emigrants from the Soviet Union, both with musical backgrounds. Some of his first experiments with electronic music were inspired by his father's music collection and his Roland Juno-60 synthesizer, an instrument that Lopatin inherited and uses extensively in his own music. In high school, Lopatin played synthesizer in groups with friends and future collaborator Joel Ford. He then attended Hampshire College in Massachusetts before moving to Brooklyn to attend graduate school at Pratt Institute, studying archival science; a field of study that influenced his music and artistic practice. Lopatin initially used a number of aliases before adopting the pseudonym Oneohtrix Point Never, a verbal play on the Boston FM radio station Magic 106.7. Early OPN recordings drew inspiration from 1970s and 80s arpeggiated synthesizer music, new-age music tropes, and contemporary noise music. A prolific recording artist, Lopartin has to-date released 20 studio albums, 20 EPs, over 40 Singles, 22 DJ Mixes, live albums and compilations. His soundtrack Good Time (2017) won him the Soundtrack Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. As well as his solo work Lopatin has collaborated with FKA twigs, Iggy Pop, David Byrne and Anohni. He also appears on many works by other artists including Carolyn Polachek, Matmos, The Weeknd and Soccer Mommy. Standout OPN albums include Russian Mind (2009), Replica (2011), R Plus Seven (2013), Garden of Delete (2015), Good Time OST (2017), Again (2023), Tranquilizer (2025) and the compilation Rifts (2009). Lopatin's musical work has been described as recontextualizing sounds and styles from different eras, ranging from the vintage synth oddities of his early work to the '90s TV commercial-sampling Replica and the alt-rock-inspired Garden of Delete. Jon Pareles of The New York Times said that Lopatin has engaged with "a broad and deeply idiosyncratic array of genres, samples, sources and strategies, from minimalism to collage to noise", often using "snippets of material—ad jingles, saccharine pop productions, throwaway dialogue—that he can't entirely dismiss as kitsch." Crediting the music his parents introduced him to, Lopatin has stated influences including "all the strange moments from Beatles songs", the jazz fusion groups Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever, and soul musician Stevie Wonder, as well as later personal likes such as electronic composer Vangelis, hip hop producer DJ Premier, and shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine. His favourite writers are futuristic science fiction authors Stanisław Lem and Philip K. Dick.
Artist Website: pointnever.com
Featured Albums: Oneohtrix Point Never
Related Artists: Daniel Lopatin, Oneohtrix Point Never
