Published online by TN2 on the 3rd December 2020. Oneohtrix Point Never, the alias of American musician Daniel Lopatin, has been a well regarded artist in electronic music for many years now. Fans of vaporwave will be familiar with the influential Eccojams vol. 1 , released under the moniker Chuck Person, as well as his album Replica , a more polished take on the genre's sample-based style. The majority of his music, however, is much more eclectic genre-wise, although an atmosphere of vaporwave always seems to linger in the background. This album is no exception. Eccojams vol. 1 is regarded as an important work of proto-vaporwave. Here, Lopatin took 80s hits like Toto’s ‘Africa’ or Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Only over You’, isolated certain moments, slowed them down, looped them, and applied a variety of effects according to the caprice of the moment. What results is a sort of otherworldly, psychedelic soundscape. It’s like being trapped for eternity inside a five-second pop hook. Every a...