Ovidono, by Oval

Ovidono

by Oval

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Julien Gracq Popp's most mysterious and romantic work. There's a warmth here that first flickered on his SO release, but returns like a flame. Beautiful stuff. VINYL IS A MUST... PLEASE! Favorite track: Lost in Thought.

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1.	Dormant 04:39	buy track
2.	Lost in Thought 04:00	buy track
3.	As I Do 03:51	buy track
4.	Trailing 03:50	buy track
5.	Fading 05:23	buy track
6.	Feeling 03:45	buy track
7.	Invisible Colors 03:31	buy track
8.	Of Dreams 03:21	buy track
9.	Over 04:49	buy track

about

Ovidono is an auditory art project by Markus Popp (aka Oval) and Vlatka Alec, a fascinating scenario for a new kind of musical storytelling.

Sensual, dazzling and multi-layered, the project - initially code-named “ASMR 2.0” - combines a new interpretation of the epic, timeless poetry of Ovid and Ono No Komachi (performed in Japanese by Eriko Toyoda aka SO) with Oval’s electroacoustic compositions, post-digital soundscapes, and ambitious vocal processing. The complex, whispered vocalizations evoke the tactile, immersive quality and intimacy of ASMR.

Merging the latest version of the complex, hypnotic Oval sound - no stone was left unturned in Markus’s research for this project - with the scintillating, electronically intertwined vocal performances by Vlatka and Eriko creates a sophisticated, intimate dialogue, an experience of a third music waiting to be discovered, a felt entity that effortlessly crosses boundaries of time, language, and technique.

Ovidono wants to create a place of musical longing, inviting you into a surreal garden of sound, whose hybrid poetry and design language instantly generate their own emotional pull - a lucid, intoxicating deep dive into an emotional limbo, playfully drawing new meanings out of poetry beloved for over a thousand years.

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released December 23, 2021

Concept by Vlatka Alec
Composed, performed and recorded by Markus Popp
Mastered by Markus Popp
Vocal performances by Vlatka Alec and Eriko Toyoda
Recorded in Berlin, 2021

Cover design by Robert Seidel - robertseidel.com

Supported by Musikfonds e.V. and the Initiative Neustart Kultur

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Oval Berlin, Germany

Trailblazing glitch masterpieces (1990s), delicate, hyperreal, futuristic post-rock vignettes (after 2010), now even club bangers with a twist (2016) - Oval continues to be a celebration of innovation, skill & sensibility. With an undeniable instinct for the pleasantly irritating, the drastic & the dreamy, M. Popp keeps on pushing the envelope. No one out there plays the computer quite like him. ... more

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discography

Romantiq

May 2023
Ovidono

Dec 2021
Scis

Jan 2020
Eksploio

Nov 2019

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