''Memory Vague'' is a 2009
audio-visual
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Audiovisual service prov ...
project by
Oneohtrix Point Never
Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), best known as Oneohtrix Point Never or OPN, is an American experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer and songwriter. His music has experimented with tropes from various music genres and eras, s ...
, the alias of electronic musician Daniel Lopatin. It was released as a limited-edition DVD-R by Root Strata on June 1, 2009.
Background
''Memory Vague'' compiles
found footage of
commercials
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,
animation
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and
music videos sourced from
YouTube
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videos and edited by Lopatin in
Windows Movie Maker.
It collects several videos previously uploaded to YouTube via Lopatin's sunsetcorp channel, including the profile-raising videos "Angel" and "Nobody Here."
The DVD features several of Lopatin's "eccojams": audio-visual pieces which typically sample micro-excerpts of 80's sources and "slow them down narcotically" with effects such as
echo and
pitch shifting added in a manner reminiscent of
chopped and screwed styles.
[Daniel Lopatin releases remastered version of ''Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol.1'', Tiny Mix Tapes]
/ref>vaporwave
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genre.
Track listing
#Zones Without People
#Angel
#Ships Without Meaning
#Memory Vague
#Nest 5900
#Chandelier's Dream
#Unmaking the World
#Heart of a Champion
#Radiation
#Computer Vision
#Nobody Here
Personnel
*Daniel Lopatin
Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), best known as Oneohtrix Point Never or OPN, is an American Experimental music, experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer and songwriter. His music has experimented with wikt:trope, tropes from ...
– music
* Maxwell August Croy – design, layout
References
External links
Official website''Memory Vague'' on IMDBsunsetcorp on YouTube (featuring videos of "angel" and "nobody here")
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2009 video albums
Oneohtrix Point Never albums
Experimental music albums by American artists
Collage film
2000s avant-garde and experimental films