94 Diskont

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94 Diskont
94 Diskont cover
Studio album by Oval
Released Flag of Europe 1995
Flag of the United States October 1996
Genre Electronica
Microsound
Glitch
Post-Rock
Length 50:56
Label Thrill Jockey THRILL036
Mille Plateaux MP13
Professional reviews
Oval chronology
Systemisch
(1994)		 94 Diskont
(1995)		 Dok
(1998)

94 Diskont is an album by the experimental electronic music group Oval. The vinyl version of the album comes a remix LP that contains remixes by: Mouse On Mars, Scanner, Cristian Vogel and Jim O'Rourke.[1] It was released in 1995 (see 1995 in music) by Mille Plateaux and by Thrill Jockey in 1996.

Oval received both praise and controversy from their styling methods, such as literally deconstructing music and digital audio by using exacto knives, paint, and tape to damage the surfaces of the compact discs, only to stitch it back together in loops of melody punctuated by the disc's physical skips."[2]

94diskont was released as a companion piece with their previous album Systemisch. The album centers around "Do While", a 24 minute track originally composed for their 8 channel, 128 speaker modular sound installation named "Wohnton" (translates into home tone) in a stereo mixdown. Wonhton was shown throughout Europe between 1994 and 1996 on various occasions ranging from art exhibitions to techno raves.[3]

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[edit] Reviews and influence

At the time of 94 Diskont's release, The Wire placed the album at #5 on its top album of the year for 1995. [4]

The All Music Guide awarded the album 5 stars and stated "94 Diskont is undoubtedly a standout in the field of electronically advanced, glitch-heavy music."[5]

In a 2003 feature, the webzine Pitchfork Media placed 94 Diskont at #47 on their top 100 albums of the nineties list. Mark Richardson of Pitchfork declared "Sounds appear as multi-layer holograms, with both sources and ghosted copies simultaneously vying for attention, a piece of sonic trickery used to create some of the most serene and aquatic music of the 90s."[6]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Do While" – 24:04
  2. "Store Check" – 3:58
  3. "Line Extension" – 3:02
  4. "Cross Selling" – 6:06
  5. "Commerce Server" – 4:56
  6. "Shop in Store" – 4:00
  7. "Do While⌘X" – 4:50

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Cameron Macdonald, "Thrill Jockey Records: Oval: 94 Diskont", Thrill Jockey Records Website. Retrieved 26 November 2006.
  2. ^ Cameron Macdonald, "Oval: Do While", Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 23 November 2006.
  3. ^ Cameron Macdonald, "Thrill Jockey Records: Oval: 94 Diskont", Thrill Jockey Records Website. Retrieved 26 November 2006.
  4. ^ The Wire, 1995 (link).
  5. ^ Ben Tausig, 94 Diskont review, All Music Guide. Retrieved 23 November 2006.
  6. ^ Mark Richardson, Top 100 Albums of the 1990s list, Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 23 November 2006.