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- Summary: Markus Popp returns with eleven untitled tracks of noise and sounds of skipping CDs. Some people like that.
- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Electronic, Experimental
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Unlike previous albums, Ovalcommers wheezes and squirms its way inside.
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Alternative PressAnyone who saw his performances last summer will immediately recognize the invigorated sound here, somewhere between Merzbow and metal, between liquid and solid. [Aug 2001, p.95]
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The WireHowever difficult is might appear on first hearing, his music is at once curiously involving and constantly inviting. [#209, p.59]
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This is an album packed with abrasive tones of unimaginable density and uncertain origin. Oval shares with Autechre the ability to craft sounds that defy explanation.
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MixerIn stark contrast to his previous experiments with computer sound artifacts and process-driven minimal click arias, Commers barrels out with harsh walls of thrashing interference and feedback in track after track. [Aug 2001, p.78]
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MagnetBy no means a radical album; challenging as it may be, it's a natural extension of earlier work rather than a sudden departure from it. [#51, p.105]
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Once you've digested the uneasy listening of the technique itself, there's little in the way of emotional engagement to carry the album.