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Oval is a German electronic music project founded in 1991 by Markus Popp, Sebastian Oschatz, Frank Metzger, and Holger Lindmüller.[1] The group pioneered glitch music, writing on CDs to damage them and produce music with the resulting fragments.[1] The project has been a solo venture by Popp since the departure of other members in 1995.[1]
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Oval was founded in 1991 by Markus Popp, Sebastian Oschatz, Frank Metzger, and Holger Lindmüller.[2] Lindmüller left about 1993, and Oval became a trio at that time.[2] The group's debut studio album, Wohnton, was released in 1993.[3]
Oval released Systemisch in 1994,[4] and 94 Diskont in 1995.[5] Oschatz and Metzger left the group in 1995, with Popp continuing under the Oval name.[6]
After releasing Ovalcommers in 2001, Oval went on hiatus for nearly a decade.[2] In 2010, he returned with an EP, Oh, and a studio album, O.[7] In 2011, he released a compilation album, OvalDNA.[8]
In 2013, Oval released Calidostópia!, a project funded by the Goethe Institute and the Cultural Foundation of the State of Bahia.[9] Recorded over ten days in a Brazil studio, it includes collaborations with seven singers from across South America.[10]
In 2016, Oval released a studio album, Popp, through Popp's own record label Uovooo.[11] He released an EP, Eksploio, in 2019,[6] and a studio album, Scis, in 2020.[12]
In 2023, Oval released a studio album, Romantiq.[13] It is based on an audio-visual collaborative project between Popp and digital artist Robert Seidel for the opening of the German Romantic Museum in Frankfurt.[2]
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Other works
Markus Popp contributed to the creation of Gastr del Sol's 1998 studio album, Camoufleur.[14] He is a member of the duo So, along with Eriko Toyoda.[15] The duo released a studio album, So, in 2003.[15] He is also a member of the duo Microstoria, along with Mouse on Mars' Jan St. Werner.[16]
Frank Metzger was a member of the group Steno, along with Rossano Polidoro and Emiliano Romanelli.[17] They released Second-Hand Furniture in 2007.[18] They were active from 2003 to 2011.[19]
Sebastian Oschatz is the founder of Meso, a German media design collective.[20]
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Artistry
Disdaining the use of synthesizers, the early Oval instead deliberately mutilated CDs by writing on them with felt pens, then processed samples of fragmented sounds to create a very rhythmic electronic style.[1]
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Discography
Studio albums
- Wohnton (Ata Tak, 1993)
- Systemisch (Mille Plateaux, 1994)
- 94 Diskont (Mille Plateaux, 1995)
- Dok (Thrill Jockey, 1998)
- Ovalprocess (Thrill Jockey, 2000)
- Pre/Commers (Tokuma Japan, 2001)
- Ovalcommers (Thrill Jockey, 2001)
- O (Thrill Jockey, 2010)
- Calidostópia! (Goethe Institute, 2013)
- Voa (self-released, 2013)
- Popp (Uovooo, 2016)
- Scis (Thrill Jockey, 2020)
- Ovidono (Uovooo, 2021)
- Romantiq (Thrill Jockey, 2023)
Compilation albums
- Iso Fabric (Tokuma Japan, 1997)
- OvalDNA (Shitkatapult, 2011)
EPs
- Aero Deko (Tokuma Japan, 1998)
- Szenariodisk (Thrill Jockey, 1999)
- Oh (Thrill Jockey, 2010)
- Eksploio (Thrill Jockey, 2019)
Compilation album appearances
- I Said No Doctors! ("ISND", Dymaxion Groove, 2017)
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