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a l b u m Ovalcommers Japan
l a b e l [TKCB-72060]
g e n r e Avantgarde
r i p d a t e Nov-11-2004
s t r e e t d a t e 000-00-0000
o r i g i n a l r e l 2001
s u p p l i e r freund
s o u r c e cd
b i t r a t e VBR
e n c o d e r lame 3.90.3
r e l e a s e n o t e s
Japanese Version of oval's "Ovalcommers"
Includes 4 untitled bonus tracks
Following hot on the heels of Ovalprocess, this second full album of
experimental electronics using Markus Popp's special compositional
software ("process") is a more difficult record to love. Packed with
even more digital noise to obscure the occasional melodic elements,
Ovalcommers is one of the noisier works in the Oval catalog -- and
that's saying a lot. As on Ovalprocess, the countless bits of
manufactured sound do come together occasionally to produce something
special, as on the fourth track (all are untitled), but there are
fewer moments of beauty here than on its predecessor. If Ovalprocess
was the complete performance, Ovalcommers sounds more like the
symphony of computers tuning up.
Although Oval are perhaps more well-known for how they make their
music than for the music they actually make, the German experimental
electronic trio have provided an intriguing update of some elements
of avant-garde composition in combination with techniques of digital
sound design, resulting in some of the most original, if somewhat
challenging electronic music of the contemporary scene. Originally
composed of Markus Popp, Sebastian Oschatz, and Frank Metzger, Oval
gradually became the work of just Popp, with Metzger providing most
of the visual and design work. The bulk of Popp's work, released
through the Force Inc.-related Mille Plateaux label, incorporates
elements of what could be described as "prepared compact disc" --
manually marred and scarified CDs played and sampled for the
resultant, somewhat randomly patterned rhythmic clicking. Layered
together with subtle, sparse melodies and quirky electronics, the
results are often as oddly musical as they are just plain odd. Popp
brought this approach to bare on the first full-length Oval releases
-- Wohnton, Systemische and 94 Diskont -- as well as a number of
compilation tracks. Although a rung below marginal in their home
country and even more obscure in the States, Oval's remixes of
Chicago post-rock group Tortoise brought them in contact with
American audiences; both Systemische and 94 Diskont, as well as
Markus Popp's work as Microstoria (with Mouse on Mars' Jan St.
Werner) were reissued domestically by Thrill Jockey in 1996. One year
later, the Dok LP featured Oval's collaboration with Christophe
Charles. After 1999's Szenario EP, Popp and co. returned in 2000 with
Ovalprocess.
...and remember: s t a y f u f f e n s f o r l i f e
t r a c k l i s t
Ovalcommer Japan
Oval - Twi
Oval - Sensa
Oval - Com
Oval - Superscalar
Oval - Halve
Oval - Doku
Oval - Hacker
Oval - Skonto
Oval - Sol
Oval - Flicker
Oval - I
Oval - II
Oval - III
Oval - IV
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