Oneohtrix Point Never Lights up Brooklyn With Visually Dazzling Show: Concert Review
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music One of the challenges for electronic-music artists who aren’t making dance music is how to put on a compelling live show.
The answer, of course, is to serve up not just exciting music but visuals as well, and at a packed Paramount Theater in Brooklyn on Friday, as usual, Oneohtrix Point Never (aka Daniel Lopatin) delivered.
The concert — occurring at the end of a three-week tour that saw him sprawling 15 dates ranging between Paris, Seattle and Coachella — opened with a set from Pedagogy (the duo comprised of Eli Keszler and Nate Boyce) followed by “Sarah Squirm,” aka “Saturday Night Live” player Sarah Sherman.
The latter’s comedy set was entertaining but here’s a tip for venues combining music and comedy: turn down the vocal mics for the comedians.
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