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artist :: Oval
release :: szenario japan
year :: 1999
genre :: Electronic
label :: Oval/Markus popp
catalogue :: TKCB-71585
ripper :: C05C4
date :: 19-jan-2002
quality :: 192kbps/44,1khz
source :: compact disc
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01 memo 3:55
02 kardio v 3:00
03 ref 2:12
04 indirekt 4:26
05 par 3:09
06 plex 2:37
playtime :: 00h 19m 19s
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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. Composed of trio Markus Popp, Sebastian
Oschatz, and Frank Metzger, the bulk of the group'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. The
trio brought this approach to bare on their first full-length
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, the
group's remixes of Chicago post-rock group Tortoise brought Oval
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,
the group returned in 2000 with Ovalprocess.
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greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, tr, igr and mgc
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