Latest Release
- 11 AUG 2023
- 3 Songs
- No Wave - Single · 2023
- No Wave - Single · 2023
- No Wave - Single · 2023
- Triangulation - Single · 2023
- Triangulation - Single · 2023
- Triangulation - Single · 2023
- Romantiq · 2023
- Romantiq · 2023
- Romantiq · 2023
- Romantiq · 2023
Essential Albums
- Oval experimented with skipping CDs on 1994's Systemisch, but this 1995 follow-up is where he really gets lyrical with the technique. That may sound like a contradiction, but it's not: The 24-minute "Do While" is a daydream rendered in bell tones and staccato chimes, and the rest of the album is just as hazy and hypnotic, from the radio static of "Store Check" to the rumpled shoegaze of "Line Extension". Rarely has music so experimental sounded so much like a warm embrace.
Artist Playlists
- Skittish electronic glitch from the singular German artist.
Compilations
About Oval
German experimental act Oval were largely responsible for establishing glitch as a distinct style of electronic music. While the sounds of skipping compact discs and malfunctioning equipment had previously been utilized by avant-garde composers, Oval incorporated them into ambient and downtempo pieces on releases such as the 1995 landmark 94diskont., setting the pace for the "clicks and cuts" aesthetic. Initially a group, Oval later became synonymous with founding member Markus Popp, who continued releasing solo material in addition to providing remixes for artists including Tortoise and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The project gradually evolved from its original sound, incorporating live instruments on the more electro-acoustic O (2010), and making a surprising move toward maximalist club music on 2016's Popp and 2020's Scis. Romantiq, based on an audio-visual project created for the opening of the German Romantic Museum in Frankfurt, appeared in 2023.
- ORIGIN
- Darmstadt, Germany
- FORMED
- 1991
- GENRE
- Electronic