Memory Vague
Video by
Oneohtrix Point Never
ReleasedJune 1, 2009
GenreVaporwave, ambient
Length33:21
LabelRoot Strata
ProducerDaniel Lopatin
Oneohtrix Point Never chronology
Russian Mind
(2009)		 Memory Vague
(2009)		 Rifts
(2009)

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

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 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.[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

  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 24 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Sande, Kiran (22 June 2010). "Oneohtrix Point Never: computer vision". Fact. Retrieved 24 November 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. 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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