Oneohtrix Point Never, AKA Daniel Lopatin, has just achieved a new creative pinnacle with the release of his most expansive work to date, Again. The 13-track album, out today on Warp Records, features contributions from such wide ranging collaborators as Robert Ames, Lee Ranaldo, Jim O’Rourke, Xiu Xiu, lovelivescrushing, and more. As detailed in an expansive New Yorker feature earlier this week, the album is an imagined collaboration between Lopatin’s current and younger selves, a rumination on what's remembered and what’s forgotten from the perspective of a seasoned artist. Lopatin has been unpacking some of these questions across his weekly music/talk show Cool Protrusions on NTS, where guests including The Weeknd, Yung Lean, Caroline Polacheck, Jim O’Rourke, Sarah Squirm, and others have called in to share their earliest memories of music and how it helped them chart their creative path.
Earlier this week Lopatin announced his first Again live shows, his first album tour since 2019, to commence Spring 2024 and spanning US, Europe and Asia. The eagerly anticipated live interpretation of Again promises to turn the concept of an OPN performance on its head with the acclaimed multi-disciplinary artist, Freeka Tet on board as a creative director for the show. Their work together was recently showcased in OPN’s latest music video, ‘A Barely Lit Path’. The first calling card from Again, this film was directed by Tet and developed from a treatment by Lopatin and himself. It casts viewers into a dream-state to witness a surprisingly emotional and disastrous turn of events for a pair of anthropomorphized CPR dolls, employees of EMC.
The album’s artwork features an original sculpture by Matias Falkbakken, conceptualized in concert with Lopatin and photographed by Vegard Kleven. Design and packaging was developed by Memory, a newly formed collaboration between Lopatin and Online Ceramics (Elijah Funk & Alix Ross). Additionally a Dolby Atmos mix by Mike Dean is available to stream exclusively on Amazon Music. Since 2020’s eponymous Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, Lopatin has been in demand in every area of musical culture, serving as musical director for The Weeknd’s 2021 Super Bowl Half-Time performance, composing and performing the music for Chanel’s 2021 Métiers d'art show, and serving as executive producer on The Weeknd’s worldwide #1 charted album, Dawn FM. He’s also worked with James Blake, Ishmael Butler, Charli XCX, Kelsey Lu, Iggy Pop and Rosalia, and his production credits include Anohni, FKA Twigs, David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Moses Sumney, and Nine Inch Nails among many more. | 
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