quoted 14 lines Can anyone offer a reason why I should think of Oval as anything other>Can anyone offer a reason why I should think of Oval as anything other
>than boring and a complete waste of time? I listened to their newest
>album in a store today and found it to be INCREDIBLY repetitive and
>stifling, every song seemed to be something along the lines of "obscured
>and reverbed synth line with CD player skip-clicks skip-clicking along".
>I even noticed a blatant sample from SAW II. Is this all one has to do to
>have one's own CD out in stores everywhere?...scratch up RDJ CDs, use the
>most cohesive but invariably out-of-synch sequences I can find, and then
>rake in the dough? 90% of what I heard sounded like it could have been
>nothing other than a mangled and skippy SAW II CD.
>
>I ended up purchasing "68 Million Shades" by Spring Heel Jack and I can
>already tell it's not going to be leaving my CD carousel for a hella long
>time.
I thoroughly enjoy Oval's work.
But I'm sure I *wouldn't* if I my only contact was at a record-shop
listening station. Definitely an involving style that requires close,
careful listening to fully appreciate.
Think about what you're saying (re: SAW II) in the context of
the sampling/copyrighting thread of late. Oval isn't to be slammed
for manipulating other people's works to their own ends any more
than their vinyl-spinning counterparts are.