R Plus Seven

by Oneohtrix Point Never

R Plus Seven cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 September 2013
  • Label: Angel Records Digital, Angel
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:58
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 16 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'R Plus Seven' is a pristine, uncanny valley masterpiece that marked a shift in Daniel Lopatin's sound towards high-definition MIDI textures. The album draws on corporate surrealism, choir presets, and pipe organs to create a sound that is plastic, architectural, and strangely emotional. It is a defining work of the 'Utopian Virtual' aesthetic, exploring the relationship between humans and digital objects.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, electronic, experimental, glitchy, sampling, avant-garde, synth, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Boring Angel (04:16)
  2. Americans (05:18)
  3. He She (01:33)
  4. Inside World (03:53)
  5. Zebra (06:44)
  6. Along (05:23)
  7. Problem Areas (03:06)
  8. Cryo (02:47)
  9. Still Life (04:53)
  10. Chrome Country (05:05)

Credits

  • Carol Hall - alto vocals
  • Caroline Fforde - alto vocals
  • Caroline Trevor - alto vocals
  • Catherine Pierard - alto vocals
  • Gillian Hull - alto vocals
  • Jacqueline Connell - alto vocals
  • Joy Robinson - alto vocals
  • Joyce Jarvis - alto vocals
  • Mary Nichols - alto vocals
  • Penelope Vickers - alto vocals
  • Ruth Gleave - alto vocals
  • Sally Dunkley - alto vocals
  • Susan Anderson - alto vocals
  • Gordon Jones - bass vocals
  • Jeremy Birchall - bass vocals
  • John Milne - bass vocals
  • Mark Peterson - bass vocals
  • Philip Lawson - bass vocals
  • Richard Savage - bass vocals
  • Richard Suart - bass vocals
  • Richard Wistreich - bass vocals
  • Stephen Alder - bass vocals
  • Stephen Charlesworth - bass vocals
  • Alastair Mitchell - bassoon
  • Felix Warnock - bassoon
  • Jane Coe - cello
  • John Heley - cello
  • Sebastian Comberti - cello
  • Susan Sheppard - cello
  • Timothy Kraemer - cello
  • Timothy Mason - cello
  • Lesley Schatzberger - clarinet
  • Michael Harris - clarinet
  • Roger Norrington - conductor
  • Amanda McNamara - contrabass
  • Andrew Durban - contrabass
  • Barry Guy - contrabass
  • Chi Chi Nwanoku - contrabass
  • Peter Buckoke - contrabass
  • Peter McCarthy - contrabass
  • David Chatterton - contrabassoon
  • Mike Clements - engineer
  • Konrad H眉nteler - flute
  • Lisa Beznosiuk - flute
  • Anthony Halstead - french horn
  • Colin Horton - french horn
  • Michel Garcin-Marrou - french horn
  • Robert Maskell - french horn
  • Susan Dent - french horn
  • Lorraine Wood - oboe
  • Paul Goodwin - oboe
  • London Classical Players - orchestra
  • Benedict Hoffnung - percussion
  • Christopher Hind - percussion
  • George Lawn - percussion
  • Elisabeth Dooner - piccolo flute
  • David R. Murray - producer
  • Annette Isserlis - producer [assistant]
  • Petteri Salomaa - solo vocal, bass vocals
  • Sarah Walker - solo vocal, mezzo-soprano vocals

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