Oval 20-track quick intro showcase

The "Oval" side (side A) of the Oval-Liturgy limited edition split EP. 

Oval - Oval - Liturgy split limited edition EP  - 01 - Kreak

Reece Spooner: Sunshine Special - 15 July 2025

Esk with Duke Boara - 16 July 2025

In Amongst It with Morf feat. Hugo Chegwin - 16 July 2025

Yazmin Lacey with Katy B - 17 July 2025

Paradise with Antss - 12 July 2025

Man Power invites Melba - 12 July 2025

Meena Sears presents The Dancefloors that Made Me with Colored Craig - 17 July 2025

Tom Ravencroft - 17 July 2025

SK Vibemaker (Clipse Mix) - 17 July 2025

Black Wine Club with Mr. Redley Presents MOOD - 17 July 2025

Oval - OvalDNA - 02 - Kasino 30s preview

A daily countdown to the European release (25-11-2011) of the "OvalDNA" 2-disc album with one rare track from the Oval archives every day. Note: these tracks are web-exclusive bonus tracks and will *not* be featured on the OvalDNA album.  

Oval - OvalDNA release countdown - 04 - Raver Duo (live in Vancouver 10-2011)

Thrill Jockey Thrill 12.44, released 06-2010

Oval - Oh EP preview - 02 - A2 - Hmmm preview

Thrill Jockey Thrill 244, released 09-2010

Oval - O CD2 preview - 01 - Citybike preview

The 6th full length release from Markus Popp (aka Oval) finds this world renowned digital mastermind extending the concept & musical platform of last year's acclaimed Ovalprocess in every way. Exploring a spectrum of sounds between the abrasive sandblast of neo desktop rock (tracks 1-3) and the alienating, timeless splendor of DSP chamber music. In between there are unique excursions in folk electronica (track 4) and pop inflected wall-of-sound tunes that could only come from the mind of Oval. Popp describes Ovalcommers as a 3D musical obstacle course, a friendly and accessible invitation to complexity. Ovalcommers surprises with poetic and playful elements (organs and layers of guitar feedback), making room for understatement, sophistication and a new, almost absentmindedly casual atmosphere. Haunting emulations of processed brass, string and woodwind sections are carefully added to the otherwise still angular desktop rock. Listeners will leave Ovalcommers with a new perspective on Oval in general, as Popp's strategy becomes clearly visible: A friendly, yet relentless fanaticism to experiment and innovate musically. 

Oval - Ovalcommers - 02 - Untitled 02

Trailblazing glitch masterpieces (1990s), delicate, hyperreal, futuristic post-rock vignettes (after 2010) and now abstract club bangers with a twist - Oval continues to be a celebration of innovation, skill & sensibility. 

With an undeniable instinct for the pleasantly irritating, the drastic & the dreamy, M. Popp keeps on pushing the envelope. No one out there plays the computer quite like him.

Oval - Ovalcommers - 02 - Untitled 02

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