Memory Vague

2009 video by Oneohtrix Point Never

Memory Vague

Video by

Oneohtrix Point Never

Released

June 1, 2009

Genre

Vaporwave, ambient

Length

33:21

Label

Root Strata

Producer

Daniel 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

Zones Without People
Angel
Ships Without Meaning
Memory Vague
Nest 5900
Chandelier's Dream
Unmaking the World
Heart of a Champion
Radiation
Computer Vision
Nobody Here

Personnel

Daniel Lopatin – music
Maxwell August Croy – design, layout

References

^ Oneohtrix Point Never Albums From Worst to Best - Stereogum
^ "Memory Vague – Root Strata". Root Strata. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ Sande, Kiran (22 June 2010). "Oneohtrix Point Never: computer vision". Fact. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ Whiteley, Sheila; Rambarran, Shara (January 22, 2016). The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality. Oxford University Press. p. 412.
^ Daniel Lopatin releases remastered version of Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol.1|Tiny Mix Tapes
^ 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.
^ Zhang, Cat (November 19, 2020). "Is Glitchcore a TikTok Aesthetic, a New Microgenre, or the Latest Iteration of Glitch Art?". Pitchfork. Condé Nast.