Memory Vague

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Memory Vague
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Video by
Oneohtrix Point Never
ReleasedJune 1, 2009
Genre Vaporwave, ambient
Length33:21
Label Root Strata
Producer Daniel Lopatin
Oneohtrix Point Never chronology
Betrayed in the Octagon
(2007)		Memory Vague
(2009)		 Zones Without People
(2009)

Memory Vague is a 2009 audio-visual project by Oneohtrix Point Never, an alias of electronic musician Daniel Lopatin. [1] It was released as a limited-edition DVD-R by Root Strata on June 1, 2009. [2]

Contents

Background

Memory Vague compiles found footage of commercials, animation, and music videos sourced from YouTube videos and edited by Lopatin in Windows Movie Maker. [3] It collects several videos previously uploaded to YouTube via Lopatin's sunsetcorp channel, including the profile-raising videos "angel" and "nobody here". [4] The DVD features several of Lopatin's "eccojams": audio-visual pieces which typically sample micro-excerpts of 1980s sources and "slow them down narcotically" with effects such as echo and pitch shifting added in a manner reminiscent of chopped and screwed styles. [5] [6] Due to the stylistic effects present in the project, Memory Vague is considered a pioneering work in the vaporwave genre. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Zones Without People" 
2."Angel" 
3."Ships Without Meaning" 
4."Memory Vague" 
5."Nest 5900" 
6."Chandelier's Dream" 
7."Unmaking the World" 
8."Heart of a Champion" 
9."Radiation" 
10."Computer Vision" 
11."Nobody Here" 


Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Oneohtrix Point Never Albums From Worst to Best - Stereogum
  2. ↑ "Memory Vague – Root Strata". Root Strata. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ Sande, Kiran (June 22, 2010). "Oneohtrix Point Never: computer vision". Fact . Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ Whiteley, Sheila; Rambarran, Shara (January 22, 2016). The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality. Oxford University Press. p. 412.
  5. ↑ Daniel Lopatin releases remastered version of Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol.1|Tiny Mix Tapes
  6. ↑ Reynolds, Simon (July 6, 2010). "Brooklyn's Noise Scene Catches Up to Oneohtrix Point Never". The Village Voice . Village Voice, LLC. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Zhang, Cat (November 19, 2020). "Is Glitchcore a TikTok Aesthetic, a New Microgenre, or the Latest Iteration of Glitch Art?". Pitchfork . Condé Nast.
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