94 diskont

94diskont is a document that should be viewed in conjunction with systemisch, Oval's previous record. The cd centers around "do while", a 24 minute track origionally composed for their 8 channel, 128 speaker modular sound instillation "wohnton" (translates to home tone) in a stereo mixdown. Whonton was shown all throughout Europe between 1994 and 1996 on various occasions ranging from art exhibitions to Techno raves. The main track is followed by five offensively complex tracks, including two bonus tracks, previously unavailable in the US and completed by a re-edited excerpt of "do-while". The vinyl version is accompanied by a full scale remix LP featuring an exceptional variety of assorted remix- confrontations, versions, re-considerations and edits by Jim O'Rourke, Mouse On Mars, Scanner and Christian Vogel.

With 94Diskont, Oval radically re-define their unique deconstructive methods breaking entirely new ground in the narrow margin between deconstruction and reconstruction assault and aesthetics, features and bugs. 94diskont is meant rather as an aesthetic than a rigidly theoretical effort, offering a more offensive, yet highly accessible scope of miniature sound clusters, embedded into arrangements far more heterogenous and conflicting than any of their previous recordings.

With this album, Oval are again skipping through the remnants of concepts like music and musicality (as well as creativity) of contemporary digital music media, highlighting problematic constellations alongside the way. 94diskont, is another display of Oval's radical and disobident deconstructive pop approach; it's desktop-recording- politics rendered an elegant 44.1 KHZ sound design. The more than acceptable face of contemporary digital hardware discourse.