Alright, gang, for my third review I thought I'd try and write about an album that people still might not have heard of before, but might actually enjoy listening to (key word: might). Oval is basically the project of one Markus Popp, a mad techno-genius who takes CDs, mutilates them by drawing on them with marker or scratching them, processes the skips and glitches that result with editing software, and releases the tracks he makes with them on new CDs that are likely to confuse and/or piss off any impulse buyer as they still sound like they're skipping. His original sources are very difficult to identify because he uses tiny little loops and processes the hell out of them, but the first track here, the 25-minute (or side-long, if you're an asshole who buys vinyl) "Do While", was supposedly constructed from a Steve Reich piece, and as a huge Reich fan, I can tell you that this is probably true, because it has vibraphones and marimbas and shit on it. Also, there's a radio-static-y noise on the third track, "Line Extension", which sounds like the same static Tortoise uses in "Djed", but that's not really likely except that the two albums were RELEASED ON THE SAME LABEL OH MY GOD THE ILLUMINATI LIZARD PEOPLE RECORDED BOTH ALBUMS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEIR MOTHER TONGUE IS CRACKLY WHITE NOISE.
So, in conclusion, Markus Popp is a Jew who works for the World Bank and also founded the Freemasons.
Sorry, I let David Icke write those last few sentences. When will I ever learn? Anyway, what you really need to know is that this stuff is usually mesmerizing, sometimes beautiful, occasionally irritating electronica constructed from sources that are not Oval's own but that become totally new, fully-fledged compositions under the creative direction of a weird German guy. Also, there's a really unnecessary short reprise of "Do While" that ends the album, which one would think could be a radio edit if not for the fact that glitch music hasn't been played on the radio since never.
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