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Re: [microsound] ovalprocess - a review



i agree with your review william. "process" to my ears contains some of
the most singular and accomplished examples of "digital aeshetic" music
i've ever heard. it's just harsh and esoteric enough to make me not want
to hear it that often, which in my experience tends to mean it's going to
remain a vital source of pleasure and insight and nuance and rumination 
for some time to come.

> "ovalprocess" starts off harsh and somewhat off-putting, but then
> proceeds to let the beauty show through as the tracks go by, allowing
> a warm glitched organ or delicate bell-tone into the mix. A friend of
> mine, who became a huge Oval fan after I lent him "systemisch" and
> "diskont94", immediately raved about the use of feedback as a primary
> element in "ovalprocess", and he's right. Popp is using pitched
> feedback to great effect as pads, leads or other melodic elements.

this is a really good point. the best music in this "genre" imo is
combining whatever digital processing type of stuff with fairly
conventional waveshaping approaches like distortion and feedback. kohn's
"kohn2," pita's "get out," and particularly oval's "process" are
excemplary in this respect. oh, and pimmon's recent "kinetica" too.  :)

> To me, however, the overwhelming sense I get from "ovalprocess" is
> that Markus Popp wants to make beautiful music, but can't stand "pure"
> beauty - it has to come with all the flaws, dirt, and digital cruft
> that one encounters in everyday life. This is truly modern music, in
> both the good and bad senses of the word "modern".

cruft! i've just looked in my dictionary and didn't find it there, but
what a great word!!!

sc

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