Oneohtrix Point Never / Rifts
Artist Oneohtrix Point Never
Album Title: Rifts
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Primary Genre Electronic
Format CD (3)
Released 11/19/2012
Label Software Records
Catalog No SFT 020-2
Bar Code No 184923202021
Packaging Digipack
Tracks
Rifts (Disc 1)
1. Woe Is The Transgression I (8:45)
2. Behind The Bank (2:22)
3. Eyeballs (2:59)
4. Betrayed In The Octagon (3:32)
5. Woe Is The Transgression II (10:54)
6. Parallel Minds (3:21)
7. Laser To Laser (3:20)
8. Ships Without Meaning (9:37)
9. Terminator Lake (5:41)
10. Transmat Memories (5:33)
11. A Pact Between Strangers (4:18)
12. When I Get Back From New York (16:46)
Rifts (Disc 2)
1. Computer Vision (2:23)
2. Format & Journey North (9:46)
3. Zones Without People (4:00)
4. Learning To Control Myself (5:36)
5. Disconnecting Entirely (1:33)
6. Emil Cioran (3:34)
7. Hyperdawn (4:33)
8. Lovergirls Precinct (1:36)
9. I Know It's Taking Pictures From Another Plane (Inside Your Sun) (2:31)
10. Blue Drive (9:56)
11. The Trouble With Being Born (4:31)
12. Sand Partina (7:02)
Rifts (Disc 3)
1. Months (3:05)
2. Physical Memory (10:53)
3. Grief And Repetition (2:39)
4. Russian Mind (5:03)
5. Time Decanted (3:10)
6. Immanence (7:18)
7. Melancholy Descriptions Of Simple 3D Environments (10:53)
8. Memory Vague (4:47)
9. KGB Nights (6:08)
Date Acquired 11/30/2013
Personal Rating
Acquired from Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Purchase Price 13.99

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Notes

Disc One:

Tracks 01-07 originally released on CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Deception+Island">Deception Island</a>, 2007; Subsequently released on LP in an edition of 300 copies by <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/No+Fun+Productions">No Fun Productions</a>, March 2009. Recorded in Massachusetts between 2004 and 2007.

Track 08 originally released on <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Oneohtrix-Point-Never-Ruined-Lives/release/1578504">Ruined Lives</a> CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Young+Tapes">Young Tapes</a>, 2008.

Tracks 09-10 originally released on <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Oneohtrix-Point-Never-Transmat-Memories/release/1580766">Transmat Memories</a> CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Taped+Sounds">Taped Sounds</a>, 2008.

Tracks 11-12 originally released on <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Oneohtrix-Point-Never-A-Pact-Between-Strangers/release/1557169">A Pact Between Strangers</a> CDR, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Gneiss+Things">Gneiss Things</a>, 2008.



Disc Two:

Tracks 01-07 originally released on LP in two editions of 500 by <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Arbor">Arbor</a>, August 2009.

Track 08 originally released on a <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Outer-Space-3-Oneohtrix-Point-Never-Split/release/1638571">OPN/Outer Space split</a> CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Arbor">Arbor</a>, 2009.

Track 09 originally released on <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Oneohtrix-Point-Never-Young-Beidnahga/release/1678890">Young Beidnahga</a> CDR, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Ruralfaune">Ruralfaune</a>, 2009.

Track 10 originally released on <a href="http://www.discogs.com/KGB-MAN-Oneohtrix-Point-Never-KGB-Nights-Blue-Drive/release/2023740">KGB Nights/Blue Drive</a> CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Catholic+Tapes">Catholic Tapes</a>, 2009.

Track 11 recorded live at Issue Project Room, April 21, 2009. Originally released on <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Oneohtrix-Point-Never-Scenes-With-Curved-Objects/release/1942942">Scenes With Curved Objects</a> CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Utmarken">Utmarken</a>, 2009.

Track 12 originally released on a <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Caboladies-Oneohtrix-Point-Never-Split/release/1828854">Caboladies/OPN split</a> CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/NNA+Tapes">NNA Tapes</a>, 2009.



Disc Three:

Tracks 01-06 originally released on LP in an edition of 500 by <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/No+Fun+Productions">No Fun Productions</a>, November 2009.

Track 07 aired on Rare Frequency, WZBC 90.3 FM on July 23, 2009. Originally released on <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Oneohtrix-Point-Never-Scenes-With-Curved-Objects/release/1942942">Scenes With Curved Objects</a> CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Utmarken">Utmarken</a>, 2009.

Track 08 originally released on a <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Caboladies-Oneohtrix-Point-Never-Split/release/1828854">Caboladies/OPN split</a> CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/NNA+Tapes">NNA Tapes</a>, 2009.

Track 09 originally released on <a href="http://www.discogs.com/KGB-MAN-Oneohtrix-Point-Never-KGB-Nights-Blue-Drive/release/2023740">KGB Nights/Blue Drive</a> CS, <a href="http://www.discogs.com/label/Catholic+Tapes">Catholic Tapes</a>, 2009.



Packaged in a six-panel digipak with slipcase.

Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Heather Phares

A compilation gathered from Daniel Lopatin's first three Oneohtrix Point Never albums (2007's Betrayed in the Octagon and 2009's Zones Without People and Russian Mind), Rifts presents a triptych that defined his distinctive approach to drone-based electronic music. As sprawling as this two-and-a-half-hour collection is and as wide-ranging as its tracks are, it's also one of the purest examples of Oneohtrix Point Never's aesthetic, full of drones that feel either weightless or massive, punctuated by synth arpeggios and the occasional found sound or tweaked vocal. Lopatin built quite a world with these three albums, one inspired by the soulful, searching side of science fiction -- many of the song titles here feel like they could be the names of forgotten classics of '70s and '80s sci-fi films and literature -- as well as forebears ranging from Tangerine Dream to Boards of Canada. The warmth of Lopatin's analog synths on these tracks rightly drew comparisons to the latter act, and the mix of nostalgic tones and unsettling moods often suggests a more expansive, ambient-leaning version of the duo's darkest album, Geogaddi (and had a similar way of letting its shadowy sounds sneak in and mess with listeners' emotions on an almost subliminal level). However, Rifts' tracks have even more range, spanning the cavernous darkness of "Woe Is the Transgression II," which alternates between feral whoops and passages of shimmering drones layered upon each other like whale calls; suffocating synth workouts like "Transmat Memories"; and fleeting moments of beauty like "Months," which add poignancy to its vastness. Rifts also has a remarkable balance to it; for every epic like "When I Get Back from New York," which builds from blippy arpeggios into more moody and abrasive terrain over the course of 16 minutes, a shorter track like "Laser to Laser" distills OPN's sound into something not exactly pop, but certainly a lot more immediate. Similarly, Lopatin manages to run the emotional gamut with "Grief and Repetition," a funereal melody engulfed in a fog of drones, and "Hyperdawn," which is the track that would play as the credits rolled if Rifts were the score to a sci-fi film with a happy ending. Fittingly, the title tracks of the albums this collection was drawn from are among the defining moments, showcasing Lopatin at his most retro and most striking: "Zones Without People" has an almost sinister feel to its clinical serenity, while "Russian Mind"'s dense arpeggios are more than a little paranoid in their intensity and "Betrayed in the Octagon" evokes Blade Runner not just in its pulsing synths but its hazy, half-remembered melancholy. Unabashedly ambitious yet nuanced, Rifts is equally compelling listening whether taken in small chunks or in its entire massive sweep.

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