94 Diskont
Studio album by Oval
Released	1995 October 1996
Genre	Electronica Microsound Glitch Post-Rock
Length	50:56
Label	Thrill Jockey THRILL036 Mille Plateaux MP13
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Piero Scaruffi link
Oval chronology
Systemisch (1994)	94 Diskont (1995)	Dok (1998)

94 Diskont is an album by the experimental electronic music group by 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. A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Oval is an electronic music group founded in Germany in 1991. ... Image File history File links European_flag. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Microsound includes all sounds on the time scale shorter than musical notes, the sound object time scale, and longer than the sample time scale. ... Glitch (also known as Clicks and Cuts from a representative compilation series by the German record label Mille Plateaux) (See Clicks & Cuts Series) is a genre of electronic music that became popular in the late 1990s with the increasing use of digital signal processing, particularly on computers. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Thrill Jockey is an indepedant record label based in Chicago, IL, USA. Home of Tortoise (band). ... Mille Plateaux is a highly respected and influential German electronic music label. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Piero Scaruffi (born in Trivero, Italy, in 1955, but based in California since 1983) is an Italian-American poet, historian and scientist. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Oval is an electronic music group founded in Germany in 1991. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Oval is an electronic music group founded in Germany in 1991. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour as a 33 â…“ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc. ... Mouse on Mars is a duo from Germany (Jan St. ... Robin Rimbaud (born 1964 in Battersea, London, England) is an electronic musician who works under the name Scanner due to his use of cellphone and police scanners. ... ORourke in Stockholm 2005 Jim ORourke (born 1969) is an American musician and producer. ... See also: 1995 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1995 Record labels established in 1995 other events of 1995 list of years in music 1990s in music // January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. ... Mille Plateaux is a highly respected and influential German electronic music label. ... Thrill Jockey is an indepedant record label based in Chicago, IL, USA. Home of Tortoise (band). ...

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] CD re-directs here; see Cd for other meanings of CD. Image of a compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

94diskont was released as a companion piece with their previous album Systemisch. The album centers around "Do While", a 24 minute track origionally composed for their 8 channel, 128 speaker modular sound instillation 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] This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... Look up rave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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 Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, often nicknamed the chinstrokers bible. It was founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray, and concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music. ...

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] The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Glitch (also known as Clicks and Cuts from a representative compilation series by the German record label Mille Plateaux) (See Clicks & Cuts Series) is a genre of electronic music that became popular in the late 1990s with the increasing use of digital signal processing, particularly on computers. ...

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] A Webzine is an ezine hosted on the World Wide Web rather than in print. ... A typical example of Pitchforks main page, as of 12-12-06 Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork and occasionally shortened to P4K or pfork,[1] is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ...

Not all critics praised the album however, as critic Piero Scaruffi gave 94 Diskont a six out of ten star rating.^[7] Piero Scaruffi (born in Trivero, Italy, in 1955, but based in California since 1983) is an Italian-American poet, historian and scientist. ...

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

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External links

• 94 Diskont at Thrill Jockey

Thrill Jockey is an indepedant record label based in Chicago, IL, USA. Home of Tortoise (band). ...

Notes and references