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Oval | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: June 18, 1996
• Label: Thrill Jockey
• Total Length: 59:55
• Genres:
• ASIN: B001665HVO
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,547 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars actually..., January 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Systemisch (Audio CD)

the only reason i am writing this review is to point out the factual errors in the editorial review. this is NOT a side-project of mouse on mars. as a matter of fact, the only thing that this cd or oval has to do with mouse on mars is that they're on the same label. what the EDITOR was reffering to is a side-project called microstoria, which IS a side-project of mouse on mars AND oval. to summarize; oval is one guy, markus popp. mouse on mars is 2 guys, jan st. werner and andy toma.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a great disc, February 2, 2002

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"jabreel" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Systemisch (Audio CD)

Oval reveals the seams of the digital medium that they use to make and distribute their music. They have taken the often unfortunate and undesirable phenomenon of a CD scratch and subverted it to create strange and beautiful soundscapes. Oval manages to turn the CD scratch, often a sharp and alarming event, into something subtle that recedes into an ecology of syncopation and tones. Their imagination blends organic transformation with electronic refuse and leaves us with what amounts to an imaginative contribution to contemporary music. A great disc I would reccomend to anyone.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Politics of Digital Audio, April 4, 2000

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DAC Crowell - See all my reviews

This review is from: Systemisch (Audio CD)

...that's a title on "Systemisch", and it fits as a title for this review. Oval's work generally concerns itself with deconstructed digital sound, and on this full-length effort, the trio deconstructs with a vengeance. Constantly tick-a-tick-a-tick-a-ticking along with a sound often not unlike a severe CD player malfunction, the often-tense content here falls into a strange gap between ambient and New Music, providing a rickety post-technoid sound that is both infectious and irritating. In fact, that's where the missing star on this review went; the 'CD-damage' sound here gets a little wearing when it's drawn out across the entire length of the CD. Still, this is important stuff, although I would suggest dipping your toes into Oval's datastream first with "Diskont" and "Dok" before encountering this somewhat-overwhelming effort.