Oval is a German electronic music project led by Markus Popp, known as a pioneer of glitch aesthetics and experimental uses of damaged digital media.

Associated with the Mille Plateaux scene; pioneers of glitch. Björk sampled a fragment of Oval's "Aero Deck" (from Systemisch) on her album Vespertine.

Reviews highlight Oval as a pioneering glitch project led by Markus Popp. Systemisch and 94 Diskont are discussed as challenging, experimental works that foreground damaged digital sounds. Björk sampled Oval's "Aero Deck" on Vespertine.

For:Listeners of experimental electronic, glitch, IDM and adventurous avant-garde pop.

 Markus Popp and Oval, the pioneers of that glitch revolution which (apparently) no one noticed, are a clear example of how many differences can hide behind the label "electronic music".

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 The music of "Systemisch" was born within a well-structured "system," one dominated by digital equipment, by software and hardware, by the world of media and information: it offers a critical reading and a caustic commentary on that system.

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