Weep no more, children. Record Store Day is coming soon, so your tears are understandable, but I bring good news. Your options have expanded. 180 gram Toys in the Attic is not the only way to show your support for independent retailers. You don’t need to buy that Built to Spill one-sided picture disc 7-inch again this year. Oneohtrix Point Never is here. He’s got a 12-inch. It’s pretty. Let me tell you about it.
Commissions I compiles three OPN compositions originally commissioned for artwork, film, and/or performance. The most recent, “Music for Steamed Rocks,” is an interpretation of Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski’s Preludes and was part of a Polish Icons series at Sacrum Profanum:
Track 2 is “Meet Your Creator,” the 2012 quadrotor flying robot dance for Saatchi & Saatchi’s New Directors’ Showcase, and the B-side is Lopatin’s stunning rework of “I Only Have Eyes For You,” originally part of Doug Aitken’s “SONG1 Happening” installation event at the Hirshhorn Museum, and re-engineered by R Plus Seven (TMT Review) collaborator Paul Corley/mastered by Bedroom Community’s Valgeir Sigurðsson. The 12-inch comes in a fancy foil jacket with some die-cut peek-a-boo going on, the cover was designed by Robert Beatty, and it’s out on Warp. I’m in.
Commissions I tracklist:
01. Music for Steamed Rocks
02. Meet Your Creator
03. I Only Have Eyes for You
Lopatin has also added another slate of tour dates so Mr P can go see him in Minneapolis:
03.21.14 - Tokyo, Japan - Unit
03.22.14 - Osaka, Japan - Circus
03.27.14 - Miami, FL - Perez Art Museum
03.29.14 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival
04.02.14 - Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College
04.03.14 - Iowa City, IA - Mission Creek Festival
04.04.14 - St. Louis, MO - Kranzberg Art Center
04.05.14 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
04.06.14 - Detroit, MI - Museum of Contemporary Art
04.18.14 - Istanbul, Turkey - Club2Club
04.19.14 - Brussels, Belgium - AB
04.23.14 - Zurich, Switzerland - Exil
04.24.14 - Turin, Italy - Hiroshima Mon Amour
04.25.14 - Krems, Austria - Donau Festival
04.26.14 - Berlin, Germany - Radialsystem V
04.29.14 - Milan, Italy - Teatro San Fedele
04.30.14 - Rome, Italy - Parco della Musica Auditorium
05.02.14 - Austin, TX - Austin Psych Festival
05.02.14 - Austin, TX - Austin Psych Festival
05.08.14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
05.16.14 - Brooklyn, NY - MHOW
05.27.14 - Montreal, QC - MUTEK
05.30.14 - Lyon, France - Nuits Sonores
06.04.14 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Holland Festival
06.07.14 - London, UK - Field Day
06.08.14 - Bristol, UK - Arnolfini
06.13.14 - Barcelona, Spain - Sonar Festival
06.18.14 - Winnipeg, MB - Union Sound Hall
06.19.14 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
06.20.14 - Toronto, ON - NXNE BLKBOX
06.21.14 - Toronto, ON - NXNE Geary St. Warehouse
07.06.14 - George, WA - Sasquatch Festival
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