Oval 'Ah!' (Thrill Jockey, 2010) (mp3)

Intriguing circular glitchy stuff from Oval, mixing a clipped oriental-sounding motif with some nice post-rocky drums and some wonderful breakdowns.

It builds from overlapping loops and add in a variety of chirrups, klangs and krongs. The live drum breaks give a motorik but varied momentum and create what, to me, sounds like the theme music to a Japanese detective show where the hero solves crimes whilst only speaking in Haiku.

Or something like that.

Download Oval 'Ah!' (mp3) (XLR8R)

There's a rather nifty video too.