OvO (band)
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Origin | Ravenna, Italy |
Genres | Noise rock, sludge metal |
Years active | 2001–present |
Labels | Load, DioDrone, Supernatural Cat, Bar La Muerte |
Mitglieder | Stefania Pedretti, Bruno Dorella |
Website | ovolive |
OvO is an Italian noise rock duo formed by Stefania Pedretti and Bruno Dorella in 2000 in Ravenna, Italy. The two initially planned for the band to be totally improvisation-based with an open lineup. After encouragement from members of their local music scene to become a band and tour, they decided to do so in order to play with Cock ESP, an extreme noise band from Minneapolis.[1] Since, the pair have released eight full-length albums on a variety of international record labels including Load Records, Dio Drone, Bar La Muerte, and Supernatural Cat, among others.[2][3] The origin of the band's name, OvO, stems from using a piece of the Italian word "nuovo", or new, which creates a palindrome.[4] Decibel Magazine summarizes OvO's 2016 album, Creatura, as "making rhythmic, layered, sludgy noise" and a "David Lynch dance party".[5] The duo has toured extensively across the world, playing over 1000 shows in varied locations including Europe, Asia, North America, and Mexico.[6]
Musical style
[edit]Counting Swans and Diamanda Galás as their biggest influences, Pedretti and Dorella are known for primitive industrial sounds and Pedretti's theatrically dark vocals.[6][7] The band is set up in minimalist fashion, with only two members, one of whom plays a half drum kit. Stereogum's Doug Moore described the band's sound as, "music – rhythmic noise, really – that simmers with a flat-affect malice, owing equal debts to extreme metal, noise rock, industrial music, and dark electronica, "[8] while Christian Eede of The Quietus recalled their music as being "punctuated by slamming, swampy drums, squalls of feedback and punchy guitar riffs, as well as Stefania Pedretti's no-holds-barred vocal."[9] OvO has also been compared to Joe Preston's solo project, Thrones, for its "equally ambitious exploration of heaviness beyond metal's sundry genres".[10] Throughout their seventeen years (and counting) of touring, the band has played with an eclectic array of artists including Thurston Moore, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Zu, Bastard Noise, Jim O'Rourke, The Murder Junkies, Lightning Bolt, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Estradasphere, Ludicra, and KK Null.[11] Gear used is varied, including Stefania's utilization of Death By Audio distortion pedals and Digitech Digital Reverb, while Bruno noted the recent purchase of a Roland SPD-S drum pad as a staple of their evolved sound.[6]
Mitglieder
[edit]- Bruno Dorella – drums, (2000–present)[12]
- Stefania Pedretti – vocals, guitar (2000–present)
Timeline
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Discography
[edit]ALBUMS:
- 2001 – Assassine(CD, Bar La Muerte)[13]
- 2002 – Vae Victis (CD, Bar La Muerte)[14]
- 2004 – Cicatrici (CD, Bar La Muerte/Ebria US Edition Radon/Sunship)[14]
- 2006 – Miastenia (CD/LP, Load)[2]
- 2008 – Crocevia (CD/LP, Load)[2]
- 2011 – Cor Cordium (CD/LP, Supernatural Cat)[11]
- 2013 – Abisso (CD/LP, Supernatural Cat)[11]
- 2016 – Creatura (CD/LP/tape, Dio Drone)[15][16]
- 2020 - Miasma (CD/LP, Artoffact Records)
- 2022 - Ignoto (CD/LP, Artoffact Records)
SINGLES:
- 2003 – OvO / Hermit (split CD, Where Late the Birds Sang)
- 2004 – OvO / KK Null (split CD 3", Bar La Muerte / Sunship)[14]
- 2004 – OvO/Tremor (split 7-inch, Cold Caffeine Addict)
- 2004 – OvO/Sikhara (split Mini CD, Lovers and Lollipops)
- 2005 – OvO/With Love (split 7-inch, Luna Records)
- 2006 – OvO/Cock ESP (split 7-inch, Little Mafia)
- 2006 – OvO/Smut (split 7-inch, Ecstatic Yod)
- 2006 – OvO/Mr. Natural (split 7-inch, GK)
- 2007 – OvO/Der Bekannte Post Industrielle Trompeter (split Mini CD, PREcordings)
- 2007 – OvO/Sinistri (split 10-inch, Wallace Records)
- 2009 – OvO/Claudio Rocchetti (split 7-inch, Wallace Records / Holiday)
- 2014 – Averno/Oblio (12-inch picture, CorpoC)
- 2015 – OvO/Cagna Schiumante (split 7-inch, Bloody Sound)
COLLABORATION ALBUMS:
- 2002 – My First Cowboy (CD Split with Rollerball, Bar La Muerte/TMR)[14]
- 2007 – A Bullet Sounds The Same (In Every Language) split with Inferno and Psychofagist (CD, Donnabavosa/Bar La Muerte / Shove)[17]
- 2008 – OvO Rmxd by Daniele Brusaschetto (Blossoming Noise)
- 2008 – OvO/To/Children Egoism – 3 way split (CD, PMK)[18]
- 2008 – OvO/Children Egoism – split (cd, PMK)[19]
- 2009 – The Life And Death of A Wasp – collaboration with Nadja (CD, Bis Aufs Messer/Adagio830)
LIVE ALBUMS:
- Live at CPA, Firenze
- 2006 – Live in Ljubljana, Radio Student, collaboration with Bill Horist (Friends and Relatives)
- Beer Party, Live in Portland, split with Glamorous Pat (CD, Nillacat)
TAPES:
- 2004 Live in Amerika (Imvated)
- 2015 Abisso / Genesi (No-Fi)[20]
- 2016 Crisalide Fossile collaboration with Raven Chacon (Bronson)
References
[edit]- ^ Wilcox, Kate. "OvO: In-depth Interview". Metal Assault. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "OvO Album Discography". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "LOAD Records >> OvO". LOAD Records. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ Stephens, Fiona (10 January 2017). "OvO Interview". Musicology. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "OvO Creatura 12 Inch". Decibel Magazine (147). January 2017.
- ^ a b c Anderl, Timothy (16 January 2017). "Of Iron and Steel; an Interview with Bruno Dorella of OvO". GhettoBlaster Magazine. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ Reynolds, Curran. "OvO". The Chain. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Moore, Doug. "OvO – "Zombie Stomp"". Stereogum. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Eede, Christian (16 November 2016). "Listen: New OvO Single". The Quietus. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Lange, Shane (5 December 2013). "OvO: Abisso Review + Footage". Cvlt Nation. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "Supernatural Cat_OvO". Supernatural Cat. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "OvO". Facebook. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "OvO Discography at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Bar La Muerte Records". Bar La Muerte dot com. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Stefanini, Giacomo (2 December 2016). "La nuova Creatura degli OvO". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Reveron, Sean (29 November 2016). "Premiere Streaming: OvO "Freakout"". Cvlt Nation. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "A Bullet Sounds the Same (in Every Language)". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Metal-Archives. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "3 Way Split". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "OvO 0 Children Egoism". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ Currin, Grayson. ""Fly Little Demon"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
Further reading
[edit]- Vazzana, Simone (27 February 2015). "Rock, metal ed elettronica Gli OvO alle Lavanderie Ramone". la Repubblica Torino. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
External links
[edit]- "Dusted Labels (Load)". Dusted Magazine. Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- OvO at AllMusic
- OvO discography at Discogs