Summary from 8 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Oval's catalog across 7 albums from 8 opinions, with an overall average of 7.6/10. The top-rated Oval album is 94 Diskont (1994) with a 9.1/10 average from 1 rating, followed by OvalDNA and Ovalcommers. The discography on Wavelength spans 1994 to 2023.
OvalDNA
“This remarkably consistent, 25-track collection of bits and bytes from assorted past Oval eras flies by in an easygoing blur, rendering sounds in a fluid and volatile technicolor that's missing from even the project's classic records.”
Ovalcommers
“If Markus Popp is misunderstood, he has no one but himself to blame. When your interviews include answers like, "My music is embedded in a very concrete, completely tangible, everyday workflow far less occupied with theoretical notions of debatable authorship and digital discourse," to questions like, "Dude, did you, like, work out the songs beforehand or pretty much put this album together in the”
Popp
“On his fifth record since returning from hiatus in 2010, Oval’s Markus Popp shows a side of, well, pop to his music that has often dwelled below the surface but never so overtly above it.”
Romantiq
“The glitch legend puts his past in context on lush, unabashedly beautiful pieces created with painstaking sample processing.”
Scis
“The glitch pioneer’s new album takes his music to new levels of density and playfulness.”
Scis
“After taking a nine-year hiatus early in the millennium, Markus Popp (aka Oval) has been pushing his craft into broader territories, moving away from his initial ambient glitch. On Scis, his ninth full-length and first in four years, Popp continues to transform his digital sounds into brasher, louder and more playful beats. Over ten tracks and 46 minutes, the German musician interpolates two son”
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