{"title":"Oval","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOval is a pioneering electronic music project founded in Darmstadt, Germany in 1991 by Markus Popp, Sebastian Oschatz, Frank Metzger and Holger Lindmüller. Originally a quartet, Oval later became a trio when Lindmüller left in 1993. Eventually, Oschatz and Metzger also departed in 1995, leaving Oval as the solo project of Markus Popp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for their innovative use of digital technology and glitch aesthetics, Oval has been at the forefront of experimental electronic music for over three decades. Their unique sound combines fragmented samples and intricate rhythms to create mesmerizing sonic landscapes that push the boundaries of traditional composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by artists such as Fennesz, Jan Jelinek, Vladislav Delay, Microstoria and Ryoji Ikeda among others, Oval's discography spans numerous critically acclaimed albums that have solidified their status as one of the most influential acts in the genre. With each release, they continue to captivate audiences with their bold sonic explorations and uncompromising artistic vision.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"romantiq","title":"Romantiq","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarkus Popp\u003c\/strong\u003e is endlessly curious and his music as \u003cem\u003eOval\u003c\/em\u003e is delightfully inventive. Since pioneering albums in the 90s \u003cem\u003esystemisch\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e94diskont\u003c\/em\u003e, Oval has continually excavated new spaces in electronic music, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNew album \u003cem\u003eRomantiq\u003c\/em\u003e finds Popp delivering his most light and delicate tones to date. Like the plucking of harp strings, Popp’s organic and playful approach to sound is warm and bright. Oval continually confounds with his ability to conjure such lithe, evocative sonics from software.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRomantiq\u003c\/em\u003e evolved from an audio-visual collaboration with digital artist Robert Seidel for the grand opening of the German Romantic Museum, where a huge outdoor projection covered the museum building. Popp sought a more expansive definition of the romantic, conjuring flickering images that glitch, evolve, and collapse in on one another – opulent neo-chamber music lit by the paradoxically heartwarming screen glow of social media flirtations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePopp crafted dozens of short vignettes that each sought to evoke a specific mood or emotion. Processed period instruments trace luxuriant spaces that shift from low-lit chambers to glistening palatial grandeur, glitching through past, present, and future. 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It’s emotive, there’s loops of acoustic instruments, composed together in ways that feel more organic, and improvised. Popp describes extensive research into “new vintage”, and this album reflects that and his history. It employs familiar sounds or motifs in new ways, and unfamiliar sounds in old ways and this combo gives it something present. There’s prepared pianos, woodwinds, sweeping strings, gritty bass riffs arranged, among other styles, using Oval’s signature loop-driven techniques. Moments remind of traditional electronic and re-imaginations of a club sound aesthetic, and there’s moments that feel cinematic and lyrical and the album as a whole feels in between and both. 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And about changing the musical outlook from the earlier hyper-detailed, improvisational Oval style to straight-up sequencing, oldschool glitch tricks and...beatmaking!? 'Popp' is a relentless, euphoric love letter to a musical utopia: Kaleidoscopic and soulful, optimistic and grandiose. No matter if you choose to trace the many exhilarating, meandering melodies ('RE', 'ID'), or if you prefer to dance to the housy information overload of 'AI' and 'LO', 'Popp' is simply a joy to listen to. More highlights: The newly introduced, intricate \"fantasy vocals\" are another new through line in Oval's music: Weaving a blissful, sensual, \"post-R\u0026amp;B\"-narrative beyond words ('KU','LO', 'VE'). Ghosts of vintage Oval glitch stylings ('FU', 'MY', 'MO') are met with swooning strings, dreamy bells, 1990s rave stabs, angular bass lines and polyrhythmic beats. The atmosphere can even border on the solemn ('SA'), cinematic ('CA') or even hymnic ('VE') before dissolving into these unstoppable, multi-layered loopscapes. So what are the building blocks of a \"pop\" album in this day and age? Oval's initial answer would be to never stop playing around and to keep changing your musical perspective. 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