- 94 Diskont
Infobox Album
Name = 94 Diskont
Type =Album
Longtype =
Artist = Oval
Released = flagicon|Europe 1995 flagicon|USA October 1996
Recorded =
Genre =Electronica Microsound GlitchPost-Rock
Length = 50:56
Label =Thrill Jockey THRILL036Mille Plateaux MP13
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tgjw7iaog75r link]
Last album = "Systemisch" (1994)
This album = "94 Diskont" (1995)
Next album = "Dok" (1998)"94 Diskont" is an
album by the experimentalelectronic music group Oval. The vinyl version of the album comes aremix LP that contains remixes by:Mouse On Mars , Scanner,Cristian Vogel and Jim O'Rourke. [Cameron Macdonald, [http://www.thrilljockey.com/catalog/?id=100031 "Thrill Jockey Records: Oval: 94 Diskont"] ,Thrill Jockey Records Website. Retrieved 26 November 2006.] It was released in 1995 (see1995 in music ) byMille Plateaux and byThrill 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." [Cameron Macdonald, [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/seconds/oval-do-while.htm "Oval: Do While"] ,Stylus Magazine . Retrieved 23 November 2006.]"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 throughoutEurope between 1994 and 1996 on various occasions ranging from art exhibitions to technorave s. [Cameron Macdonald, [http://www.thrilljockey.com/catalog/?id=100031 "Thrill Jockey Records: Oval: 94 Diskont"] ,Thrill Jockey Records Website. Retrieved 26 November 2006.]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. ["The Wire", 1995 ( [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/thewire.html link] ).]
Allmusic awarded the album 5 stars and stated "94 Diskont is undoubtedly a standout in the field of electronically advanced, glitch-heavy music." [Ben Tausig , [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ly6ibkg9jakq~T0 "94 Diskont" review] ,Allmusic . Retrieved 23 November 2006.]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." [Mark Richardson, " [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36737/Staff_List_Top_100_Albums_of_the_1990s/page_6 Top 100 Albums of the 1990s] "" list,Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 23 November 2006.]Track listing
# "Do While" – 24:04
# "Store Check" – 3:58
# "Line Extension" – 3:02
# "Cross Selling" – 6:06
# "Commerce Server" – 4:56
# "Shop in Store" – 4:00
# "Do While⌘X" – 4:50External links
* [http://www.thrilljockey.com/catalog/?id=100031 94 Diskont] at
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