Memory Vague
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{{Infobox album
| name = Memory Vague
| type = Video
| artist = Oneohtrix Point Never
| cover = Memory_vague.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1, 2009
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| length = 33:21
| label = Root Strata
| producer = Daniel Lopatin
| chronology = Oneohtrix Point Never
| prev_title = Betrayed in the Octagon
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Zones Without People
| next_year = 2009
}}
Memory Vague is a 2009 audio-visual project by Oneohtrix Point Never, the alias of electronic musician Daniel Lopatin.[https://www.stereogum.com/1933687/oneohtrix-point-never-albums-from-worst-to-best/franchises/counting-down/ Oneohtrix Point Never Albums From Worst to Best - Stereogum] It was released as a limited-edition DVD-R by Root Strata on June 1, 2009.{{cite web|title=Memory Vague – Root Strata|url=http://rootstrata.com/release/RS43|website=Root Strata|accessdate=24 November 2016}}
Background
Memory Vague compiles found footage of commercials, animation and music videos sourced from YouTube videos and edited by Lopatin in Windows Movie Maker.{{cite web|last1=Sande|first1=Kiran|title=Oneohtrix Point Never: computer vision|url=http://www.factmag.com/2010/06/22/oneohtrix-point-never-computer-vision/|website=Fact|date=22 June 2010 |accessdate=24 November 2016}} It collects several videos previously uploaded to YouTube via Lopatin's sunsetcorp channel, including the profile-raising videos "angel" and "nobody here."{{cite book|first1=Sheila|last1= Whiteley|first2=Shara|last2=Rambarran|title=The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality|date=January 22, 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=412}} 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.[http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/daniel-lopatin-releases-remastered-version-chuck-persons-eccojams-vol-1-0pn Daniel Lopatin releases remastered version of Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol.1|Tiny Mix Tapes]{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/brooklyns-noise-scene-catches-up-to-oneohtrix-point-never-6393906|title=Brooklyn's Noise Scene Catches Up to Oneohtrix Point Never|last1=Reynolds|first1=Simon |author-link1=Simon Reynolds |date=July 6, 2010|work=The Village Voice|publisher=Village Voice, LLC|access-date=December 8, 2015|quote=}} Due to the stylistic effects present in the project, Memory Vague is considered a pioneering work in the vaporwave genre.{{cite web|author=Zhang, Cat|title=Is Glitchcore a TikTok Aesthetic, a New Microgenre, or the Latest Iteration of Glitch Art?|url=http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/is-glitchcore-a-tiktok-aesthetic-a-new-microgenre-or-the-latest-iteration-of-glitch-art/|work=Pitchfork |publisher=Condé Nast |date=November 19, 2020 |accessdate=}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Zones Without People
| length1 =
| title2 = Angel
| length2 =
| title3 = Ships Without Meaning
| length3 =
| title4 = Memory Vague
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| title5 = Nest 5900
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| title6 = Chandelier's Dream
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| title7 = Unmaking the World
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| title8 = Heart of a Champion
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| title9 = Radiation
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| title10 = Computer Vision
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| title11 = Nobody Here
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}}
Personnel
- Daniel Lopatin – music
- Maxwell August Croy – design, layout
References
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External links
- [http://rootstrata.com/release/RS43 Official website]
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3948786/ Memory Vague on IMDB]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/sunsetcorp/videos sunsetcorp on YouTube (featuring videos of "angel" and "nobody here")]
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