Oval - Kastell from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.
After an almost decade-long hiatus, Markus Popp, a.k.a. Oval is back in action with the release of the EP Oh (2010, Thrill Jockey). A granular offering from this work, Kastell seems constructed from childlike whimsy and digital shadows of an ancient lute. This potent kernel gives evidence of the subtle epiphanies a supple genius has been depriving us of all these years... and portends those in the offing.
