Oneohtrix Point Never & Elizabeth Fraser - Tales From The Trash Stratum

What this video is

Released September 13, 2021 as a bonus track on the Blu-ray anniversary edition of Daniel Lopatin's ninth studio album Magic Oneohtrix Point Never (Warp Records, 2020), this rework marked a rare public reemergence of Cocteau Twins vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, who had been largely absent from recorded music for over a decade. The collaboration bridged two distinct lineages of experimental music: Lopatin's…

Why it matters

Represents a landmark intersection of 2020s experimental electronic production and 1980s–90s 4AD dream-pop heritage. The track's fusion of glitch, new age, and progressive electronic idioms — visualized through Beatty's psychedelic illustrative animation — exemplifies the hypnagogic and…

The director

Robert Beatty (born 1981) is an American self-taught visual artist and musician based in Lexington, Kentucky. Best known for designing over 300 album covers including Tame Impala's Currents (2015), Kesha's Rainbow (2017), and The Weeknd's Dawn FM (2022).…