Instrumental Tourist

The past few years have seen both Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin (a.k.a. Oneohtrix Point Never) making big waves within the relatively intimate confines of ambient electronic music. Each has attracted, quite rightly, no shortage of critical respect and a steady flow of new listeners thanks to impressive solo outings—Lopatin for the confrontational synth experiments of Returnal and the atmospheric collages of Replica, and Hecker for his high-concept, beautifully textured Ravedeath, 1972. As such...

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