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Oval
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Description: | 2LP on Thrill Jockey |
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| Format: | Double LP (vinyl) | |
| Genre(s): | Experimental / Abstract | |
| Label: | Thrill Jockey | |
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£14.89
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...according to our Brett on 01 September 2010.
As it says on the inside of the handsome gatefold packaging I'm holding in my hands, Oval = Markus Popp and he's really changed up quite a lot from the records that made his name back in the 90s. Although strong hints of his glitchy past remain in the arrangements and attitude to melody, these days he's reminding me as much of current labelmates Tortoise as anyone in the abstract experimental electronica world.. Largely that's due to the general change in sound, with warm acoustic instrumentation (all played by the man himself I think?) taking the place of the barrage of mangled, nameless and tricky to identify samples. It'd be Tortoise at their most abstract, mind, but the jazzy tinge that permeates many of the tracks (that I've heard - there are nearly eighty in total across the two formats) is undoubtedly similar. It all sounds totally tidy so far but it's a mammoth set so for all I know it could go tae shite later on.. I'm sure he knows what he's doing though. Apparently the double LP features everything that's on the first CD of the CD version plus six vinyl-only tracks and the whole kaboodle in download form.. Loads to get your gnashers into!
‘O’ is the first new Oval album in nearly a decade.
A striking 70-track double-CD (and double-LP) and the follow up to the sold-out ‘Oh’ EP (Thrill 1244) byelectronic pioneer Markus Popp.
2xCD version comes packaged in a mini-LP style gatefold jacket available in three different colors and features 20 tracks on Disc 1 and 50 tracks on Disc 2.
2xLP version comes in a gatefold jacket available in four different colors and features the 20 tracks from CD1 spread out over Sides A-C. Side D features 6 vinyl-only tracks.
Also included is a download coupon for all vinyl tracks and the 50 tracks from CD2 for 76 tracks total.
NB: Coloured sleeves will be allocated randomly.
“Some of the most serene and aquatic music of the 90s...This record is why Markus Popp was called the new Eno” - Pitchfork on ‘94 diskont’ (Top 100 Albums of the 1990s).
