Oval is the musical project of German experimentalist Markus Popp. His newest work, O (out September 7 on Thrill Jockey), is an impressive two-disc album that features 70 songs in surprisingly atypical Oval fashion, with Popp rejecting his previous tactics of mere software experimentation and improvisation. The precursor to the record is the Oh EP, which sold out in pre-order sales before it was even available to the public. “Kastell” is off said EP, and the video matches the song’s simple electronic plinking, with the camera screwing around with the focus on a shot of some tall grass blowing in the breeze. It’s pretty trippy, man.
