Scis

Description

Markus Popp, the man behind Oval, is considered one of the creators of the glitch or clicks & cuts style within electronic music. 94diskont [Ovals first release] was the first sound of a new future the album always seemed like it was looking ahead to what the world would become, and now the world is here Pitchfork

Scis is an album still pushing technology, still using the computer as an instrument but for the first time it seems you can most clearly hear the musician behind the screen. Its emotive, there are 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 are prepared pianos, woodwinds, sweeping strings and gritty bass riffs arranged among other styles, using Ovals signature loop-driven techniques. Moments remind of traditional electronica and reimaginations of a club sound aesthetic and there are moments that feel cinematic and lyrical.

A triumphant return for Oval, both musically and intellectually. This is meta music for the soul. FACT

Markus Popp collaborators include Jan St. Werner of Mouse on Mars and his work has been sampled by other electronic artists, including Björk.

Its one mark of genius that the more you try to be different, the more you sound like yourself. Its wrong to overstate the continuities over the immediately obvious difference, but this music could only have been made by one man. The Wire

Scis is released on white vinyl, black viny. LP formats include digital download code.