Wohnton [IMPORT]

Oval

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ata Tak
• ASIN: B000003SWD
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #411,211 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hallodraußen

2. Delft

3. Woistdie Stadt

4. Allesin Gedanken

5. Babylon

6. Boliden

7. Alleswirdgrößer

8. Nochgestern

9. Andere Fabre, Neue Fabre

10. Kardamom

11. Voller Tisch

12. Von Nicht-Wollennach Nicht-Können

13. Theoriebahn

14. Eine Melodie

15. Cosmos

16. Buntstift

17. Allesin Gedanken

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Whoah!...Vocals? Drum beats?...This is not the Oval I know., May 10, 1998

By	Mike Bundy (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

There are German vocals on a lot of these songs. This album is really nothing like other Oval releases, it is much more melodic. There really aren't any soundscapes at all...this is techno music. There are still a lot of digital cd distortions which are very much like the sounds on Dok and Systemich but, they are sequenced with strong rhythms....it is wierd. I like thier other work alot more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Live Karaoke from...?, April 4, 2000

By	DAC Crowell (Rankin, IL United States) - See all my reviews

My ghod, this is a strange piece of work. Oval is more normally known for their strange deconstructions of sound, building bits and pieces of other smashed-up sounds into weird, often-repetitive tapestries somewhere left of Aphex Twin and right of Carl Stone. But on here, we get the odd 'wrecked CD player' Oval sound along with low-key loungey vocals in German, some drums, and the results are like a weird karaoke lounge tape as mis-filtered through some experimental music lab. Oval can be a little difficult for some, but this is difficult even for Oval. Still, _I_ sort of like it, if only for the weirdness factor present here. But to be sure, this is something of a misfire on Oval's part, and not wholly representative of their otherwise interesting and challenging output. One for the completists, as well as those into 'strange music'.

4.0 out of 5 stars different and worthy!, June 28, 2003

By	Matthew K. Moore (Warner Robins, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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True, Wohnton is very different from all other Oval albums. Actually, it's not like any other CD I've ever come across. But it's also a very *good* CD!
A bizarre mix of oval glitches with a peculiar (and humorously almost off key) vocalist and some lazy drums. I don't know how to describe much better since I can't think of anything to compare it to.
If you like Oval, I would still recommend this. Just be cautious, because not all of Oval's fans will care about this under-rated release.