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There is more than one band with the name Oval :
1) Ever since his groundbreaking early album releases, Markus Popp aka “Oval” continues to be one of *the* prolific / influential forces in contemporary electronic music, a true visionary of digital audio.
Popp’s now legendary early album releases sent shockwaves though the electronic music landscape and laid the foundations for an entire new class of digital sound & production aesthetics. With an undeniable instinct for the pleasantly irritating, the drastic and the dreamy, Popp pioneered “glitch” and “clicks & cuts” – and continues to inspire and provoke a new generation of musicians to this day.
The distinctive, organic appeal of Popp’s tracks, remixes and albums are often regarded as watershed moments for the entire genre. Many of his songs have been described as timeless, haunting classics, earning him critical acclaim worldwide - as well as the occasional art award here and there: “Ovalprocess”, his custom, software-based, interactive installation platform won “Prix Ars Electronica”.
Popp has constantly refined his signature style and instantly recognizable aesthetics in several musical collaborations, most notably with the long-running projects MICROSTORIA (duo with Mouse On Mars’ Jan St. Werner) and SO (with Japanese songwriter extraordinaire Eriko Toyoda). Popp has also worked for/with: BJÖRK, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, TORTOISE, MOUSE ON MARS, SQUAREPUSHER, PIZZICATO 5, GASTR DEL SOL etc.
1) Ever since his groundbreaking early album releases, Markus Popp aka “Oval” continues to be one of *the* prolific / influential forces in contemporary electronic music, a true visionary of digital audio.
Popp’s now legendary early album releases sent shockwaves though the electronic music landscape and laid the foundations for an entire new class of digital sound & production aesthetics. With an undeniable instinct for the pleasantly irritating, the drastic and the dreamy, Popp pioneered “glitch” and “clicks & cuts” – and continues to inspire and provoke a new generation of musicians to this day.
The distinctive, organic appeal of Popp’s tracks, remixes and albums are often regarded as watershed moments for the entire genre. Many of his songs have been described as timeless, haunting classics, earning him critical acclaim worldwide - as well as the occasional art award here and there: “Ovalprocess”, his custom, software-based, interactive installation platform won “Prix Ars Electronica”.
Popp has constantly refined his signature style and instantly recognizable aesthetics in several musical collaborations, most notably with the long-running projects MICROSTORIA (duo with Mouse On Mars’ Jan St. Werner) and SO (with Japanese songwriter extraordinaire Eriko Toyoda). Popp has also worked for/with: BJÖRK, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, TORTOISE, MOUSE ON MARS, SQUAREPUSHER, PIZZICATO 5, GASTR DEL SOL etc.
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caffeineandvase wrote:
new mixtape! http://www.zolinsagt.de/2012/02/mixtape-28-stairs.html
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bulbasaurfosho wrote:
the album O is awesome
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Neutrino-kun wrote:
what the fuuuuuuuuck this guy is скучный мудила
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squezey wrote:
Just so everyone knows Amazon states that OvalDNA will be released on March 13th and is available for pre order. I'm pretty excited, can't wait to see all extra cool stuff on the second disc.
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Sonicjr01 wrote:
For those looking for the Ice rink records oval ... The songs are merged, so you have to look deep.
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Samurai-Zombie_ wrote:
Markus Popp himself added me on Facebook. Pretty sweet, I reckon!
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Texas_Carnifex wrote:
what the fuuuuuuuuck....why different gays try to listen it, he's too boring 4 u, stupid crap.
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DISK-CTM wrote:
Oval will play CTM.12 Festival
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WindingNumber wrote:
O is the equal of 94diskont for contemporary times.
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Considerables wrote:
AWESOME!!!!!
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RoyalViper wrote:
скучный мудила
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lewi91 wrote:
what the fuuuuuuuuck this guy is amazing! [2]
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skyghost wrote:
what the fuuuuuuuuck this guy is amazing!
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Auland wrote:
@UCHalcyon I LOVE Dok and Init Ding / SND. Actually I didn't realize there was any sort of 'hate' following for them.
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squezey wrote:
I can't wait for Oval DNA either going to awesome to hear a bunch of his more rare or unreleased tracks in addition to all the extras that will be thrown in on the DVD. Wish more people knew about Microstoria too, that's also a great project.
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UCHalcyon wrote:
Wow - just saw him at Decibel fest and was completely blown away (nice guy to talk to as well). OvalDNA is going to be one of the releases of the year, for sure. And to all the haters: I love 94 Diskont and Systemisch as much as the next guy, but if you can't appreciate the utter brilliance of Dok or the Microstoria releases, I don't think you're listening deeply enough.
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Auland wrote:
Nevermind, back again. Good.
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Auland wrote:
It seems as of now the "glitch" tag is ousted out of the Popular Tags section.
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dev_artrosis wrote:
Systemisch is better than i'm expected.
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selena_gomez98 wrote:
disc 1 is great
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mariohno added Oval to mariohno’s library. yesterday evening
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