Ford & Lopatin is an American electronic music

Electronic music

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 duo whose first recordings were released in 2010.

Ford & Lopatin is composed of electronic musician Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never

Oneohtrix Point Never

Oneohtrix Point Never is the recording name of Brooklyn-based experimental musician Daniel Lopatin, whose album Returnal was released by Editions Mego in June 2010...

) and Joel Ford of the group Tigercity. The pair began working early in 2010 on music heavily influenced by 1980s-era production techniques, including the use of digital and analog synthesizer

Analog synthesizer

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s, drum machine

Drum machine

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s, and midi sequencer

Music sequencer

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s. They signed with record label Hippos in Tanks and released a 7" record and an EP, That We Can Play. Both were issued on vinyl and as digital downloads, with no compact disc

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 release.

In February 2011, the duo changed their name to Ford & Lopatin, reportedly to preempt legal issues with the Interscope Records

Interscope Records

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 artist Game. Their latest full-length is to be released on their own Software label, a subsidiary of Kemado Records

Kemado Records

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.

In 2011, Daniel Lopatin's project, Oneohtrix Point Never

Oneohtrix Point Never

Oneohtrix Point Never is the recording name of Brooklyn-based experimental musician Daniel Lopatin, whose album Returnal was released by Editions Mego in June 2010...

, was selected by Animal Collective

Animal Collective

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 to play at the All Tomorrow's Parties

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 festival curated by the collective. ATP.

Discography

• "Everything Is Working"/"Heartlands" 7" (Hippos in Tanks, 2010)
• That We Can Play 12" EP (Hippos in Tanks, 2010)
• Channel Pressure (Software Records, June 7, 2011)
• "Emergency Room 12"" (Software Records, 2011)