quoted 4 lines i hear a lot about oval lately; what kind of music do they make (i know> i hear a lot about oval lately; what kind of music do they make (i know
> it's electronics, but is it like autechre, or more like the chain
> reaction guys, or something completely different...)...
> and which of their cd's should i buy?
well i'm sure i'll get strung up for saying this...
but in my humble opinion, i belive that oval blows autechre and chain
reaction out of the water. they cannot hold a candle to oval. however
you should also know that chain reaction and autechre are nothing alike,
and are in COMPLETELY different ballpark. Comparing oval to ae and cr,
is like (pardon me) comparing apples to oranges. you can't do it.
Oval doesn't really consider what he's doing as music per se. and we
could get into a huge conversation about mr popp and his theories, but
it's better not to. what they sound like is this...it's all based on
faulty digital media, primarily cd's skipping. it's amazing. my personal
favorite oval cd is his collaboration with the sound artist christoph
charles, dok. also great is systemich and diskont_94. get everything.
-joshua...