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Re: [microsound] oval & christophe charles



> again, on "dok" popp isn't by himself`

Sure he is. All compositions are by Markus Popp. The sound-*files* (the raw material)
was the result of a file exchange by Christophe Charles, but if we´re going to start
including the actual sound material of a composition/track into the credits, surely
we´ll be here for a long time (did Pierre Schaeffer write his "own" music, or was it a
collaboration with the musicians he "sampled" etc.).

it's good to see christophe charles come up in this oval thread because as was already mentioned, "dok" was a collaborative effort across two albums. obviously oval did his thingwhile "dok" by oval really blew me away (i hadn't really heard much since "wohnton"), i think it is worth mentioning that "dok?undirected" by christophe charles is quite good on its own. obviously oval's work has been manipulated a lot more obviously in a digital/DSP sort of way, but the charles work has a certain kind of electroacoustic grace to it (if that makes sense). possibly the closest connection between the two is that last track on oval's album, which evokes a similar feeling. (i think it also is obvious that in part the difference in publicity, aside partially from reputation, is that "dok" was released on thrill jockey whereas "dok?undirected" was released on ritornell, which is generally lower profile, at least from my observation.)


i am not familiar with much else of christophe charles's work... is the "dok?undirected" release fairly indicative of what i might expect?






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