Oneohtrix Point Never

Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), better known by his recording alias Oneohtrix Point Never, is an American experimental musician, composer and producer based in Brooklyn. He began releasing electronic recordings under the OPN moniker in 2007 and first gained recognition in 2009 with the compilation “Rifts”. In the years that followed, he released albums such as “Replica” (2011) and “R Plus Seven” (2013) and signed to the British label Warp, also taking part in numerous side projects, collaborations and film scores.

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Lopatin is the son of Russian Jews who emigrated from the former Soviet Union, both with a significant musical background. Some of his earliest experiments with electronic music were inspired by his father's collection of jazz fusion tapes and his Roland Juno-60 synthesizer, an instrument that Lopatin has since used extensively in the studio and on stage.

Lopatin attended Hampshire College in Massachusetts before moving to Brooklyn, New York, to pursue graduate studies at the Pratt Institute, studying archival science. During that period, he became involved in Brooklyn's underground noise music scene.

In 2017 he collaborated with Fka Twigs and scored the film “Good Time”, directed by Ben and Josh Safdie. Lopatin won the Soundtrack Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival for his work on the film, which included a track with Iggy Pop titled “The Pure And The Damned”.

Afterwards, following “Again” (2023), one of his most mature works, he released “Tranquilizer”, another journey into his progressive electronic sound, bordering on new age.