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{{Short description|Italian noise rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
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|image = [[File:OvO 04.jpg|thumb|<center>OvO, 2016. <br>From left to right: Bruno Dorella, Stefania Pedretti. Photo by Francesca Morello]]
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| name = OvO
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|origin = [[Ravenna, Italy|Ravenna]], [[Italy]]
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| caption = OvO in 2016. From left to right: Bruno Dorella, Stefania Pedretti.
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|genre = [[Noise rock]], [[experimental rock]]
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| origin = [[Ravenna, Italy|Ravenna]], Italy
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|years_active = 2001-present
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| genre = [[Noise rock]], [[sludge metal]]
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|label = [[Load Records|Load]], [[DioDrone]], [[Supernatural Cat Records|Supernatural Cat]], [[Bar La Muerte]]
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| years_active = 2001–present
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|website = [http://ovolive.blogspot.it/]
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| label = [[Load Records|Load]], DioDrone, Supernatural Cat, Bar La Muerte
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|current_members = Stefania Pedretti, Bruno Dorella
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| website = {{url|http://ovolive.blogspot.it/}}
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| current_members = Stefania Pedretti, Bruno Dorella
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Based in [[Ravenna, Italy]], OvO is an Italian [[noise rock]] duo made up of Stefania Pedretti and Bruno Dorella. Formed in 2000, the two initially planned for the band to be totally improv-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.<ref name="Metal Assault">{{cite news|last1=Wilcox|first1=Kate|title=OvO: In-depth Interview|url=http://www.metalassault.com/Interviews/041611_OvO.php|accessdate=29 March 2017|agency=Metal Assault}}</ref> 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<ref name="Allmusic" /><ref name="Load Records">{{cite web|title=LOAD Records >> OvO|url=http://loadrecords.com/bands/ovo/|website=LOAD Records|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref>. The origin of the band's name, OvO, stems from using a piece of the Italian word ''"nuovo"'', or new, which creates a palindrome.<ref name="Musicology">{{cite news|last1=Stephens|first1=Fiona|title=OvO Interview|url=http://www.musicology.uk.com/ovo-interview/|accessdate=10 April 2017|agency=Musicology|date=10 January 2017}}</ref>
'''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.<ref name="Metal Assault">{{cite news|last1=Wilcox|first1=Kate|title=OvO: In-depth Interview|url=http://www.metalassault.com/Interviews/041611_OvO.php|accessdate=29 March 2017|agency=Metal Assault}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Allmusic" /><ref name="Load Records">{{cite web|title=LOAD Records >> OvO|url=http://loadrecords.com/bands/ovo/|website=LOAD Records|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref> The origin of the band's name, OvO, stems from using a piece of the Italian word ''"nuovo"'', or new, which creates a palindrome.<ref name="Musicology">{{cite news|last1=Stephens|first1=Fiona|title=OvO Interview|url=http://www.musicology.uk.com/ovo-interview/|accessdate=10 April 2017|agency=Musicology|date=10 January 2017}}</ref>
[[Decibel Magazine]] summarizes OvO's latest album, ''Creatura'', as "making rhythmic, layered, sludgy noise" and a "[[David Lynch]] dance party".<ref name="Decibel Magazine">{{cite journal|title=OvO Creatura 12 Inch|journal=Decibel Magazine|date=January 2017|issue=147|url=https://store.decibelmagazine.com/products/january-2017-147}}</ref> The duo has toured extensively across the world, playing over 1000 shows in varied locations including Europe, Asia, North America, and Mexico.<ref name="Ghettoblaster" />
[[Decibel Magazine]] summarizes OvO's 2016 album, ''Creatura'', as "making rhythmic, layered, sludgy noise" and a "[[David Lynch]] dance party".<ref name="Decibel Magazine">{{cite journal|title=OvO Creatura 12 Inch|journal=Decibel Magazine|date=January 2017|issue=147|url=https://store.decibelmagazine.com/products/january-2017-147}}</ref> The duo has toured extensively across the world, playing over 1000 shows in varied locations including Europe, Asia, North America, and Mexico.<ref name="Ghettoblaster" />


==Musical Style==
==Musical style==
Counting [[Swans (band)|Swans]] and [[Diamanda Galas]] as their biggest influences, Pedretti and Dorella are known for primitive industrial sounds and Pedretti's theatrically dark vocals.<ref name="Ghettoblaster">{{cite news|last1=Anderl|first1=Timothy|title=Of Iron and Steel; an Interview with Bruno Dorella of OvO|url=http://ghettoblastermagazine.com/2017/iron-steel-interview-bruno-dorella-ovo/|accessdate=10 April 2017|agency=GhettoBlaster Magazine|date=16 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="The Chain">{{cite web|last1=Reynolds|first1=Curran|title=OvO|url=http://curranreynolds.blogspot.com/search/label/OvO|website=The Chain|accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref> The band is set up in minimalist fashion, comprised of only two members, one of which 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]], "<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Doug|title=OvO - "Zombie Stomp"|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1910191/ovo-zombie-stomp/premiere/|website=Stereogum|accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref> 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."<ref name="The Quietus">{{cite news|last1=Eede|first1=Christian|title=Listen: New OvO Single|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/21338-listen-new-ovo-single|accessdate=28 March 2017|agency=The Quietus|date=16 November 2016}}</ref> OvO has also been compared to [[Joe Preston (bassist)|Joe Preston]]'s solo project, [[Thrones (band)|Thrones]], for its "equally ambitious exploration of heaviness beyond metal's sundry genres".<ref name="Cvlt Nation Abisso">{{cite news|last1=Lange|first1=Shane|title=OvO: Abisso Review + Footage|url=http://www.cvltnation.com/ovo-abisso-album-review/|accessdate=29 March 2017|publisher=Cvlt Nation|date=5 December 2013}}</ref> 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 (band)|Zu]], [[Bastard Noise]], [[Jim O'Rourke (musician) |Jim O'Rourke]], [[The Murder Junkies]], [[Lightning Bolt (band)|Lightning Bolt]], [[Sleepytime Gorilla Museum]], [[Estradasphere]], [[Ludicra]], and [[KK Null]].<ref name="Supernatural Cat Records">{{cite web|title=Supernatural Cat_OvO|url=http://www.supernaturalcat.com/pages/OvO.html|website=Supernatural Cat|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>
Counting [[Swans (band)|Swans]] and [[Diamanda Galás]] as their biggest influences, Pedretti and Dorella are known for primitive industrial sounds and Pedretti's theatrically dark vocals.<ref name="Ghettoblaster">{{cite news|last1=Anderl|first1=Timothy|title=Of Iron and Steel; an Interview with Bruno Dorella of OvO|url=http://ghettoblastermagazine.com/2017/iron-steel-interview-bruno-dorella-ovo/|accessdate=10 April 2017|agency=GhettoBlaster Magazine|date=16 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="The Chain">{{cite web|last1=Reynolds|first1=Curran|title=OvO|url=http://curranreynolds.blogspot.com/search/label/OvO|website=The Chain|accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref> 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]], "<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Doug|title=OvO – "Zombie Stomp"|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1910191/ovo-zombie-stomp/premiere/|website=Stereogum|accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref> 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."<ref name="The Quietus">{{cite news|last1=Eede|first1=Christian|title=Listen: New OvO Single|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/21338-listen-new-ovo-single|accessdate=28 March 2017|agency=The Quietus|date=16 November 2016}}</ref> OvO has also been compared to [[Joe Preston (bassist)|Joe Preston]]'s solo project, [[Thrones (band)|Thrones]], for its "equally ambitious exploration of heaviness beyond metal's sundry genres".<ref name="Cvlt Nation Abisso">{{cite news|last1=Lange|first1=Shane|title=OvO: Abisso Review + Footage|url=http://www.cvltnation.com/ovo-abisso-album-review/|accessdate=29 March 2017|publisher=Cvlt Nation|date=5 December 2013}}</ref> 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 (band)|Zu]], [[Bastard Noise]], [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]], [[The Murder Junkies]], [[Lightning Bolt (band)|Lightning Bolt]], [[Sleepytime Gorilla Museum]], [[Estradasphere]], [[Ludicra]], and [[KK Null]].<ref name="Supernatural Cat Records">{{cite web|title=Supernatural Cat_OvO|url=http://www.supernaturalcat.com/pages/OvO.html|website=Supernatural Cat|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>
Gear used is varied, including Stefania's utilization of [[Death by Stereo]] 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.<ref name="Ghettoblaster" />
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 Corporation|Roland]] SPD-S drum pad as a staple of their evolved sound.<ref name="Ghettoblaster" />


==Members==
==Members==
:*Bruno Dorella - drums, <small>(2000-present)</small><ref name="Facebook">{{cite web|title=OvO|url=https://www.facebook.com/OvO666/|website=Facebook|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>
:*Bruno Dorella – drums, <small>(2000–present)</small><ref name="Facebook">{{cite web|title=OvO|url=https://www.facebook.com/OvO666/|website=Facebook|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>
:*Stefania Pedretti - vocals, guitar <small>(2000-present)</small>
:*Stefania Pedretti – vocals, guitar <small>(2000–present)</small>


=== Timeline ===
=== Timeline ===
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ALBUMS:
ALBUMS:
* [[2001]] - ''Assassine''(CD, Bar La Muerte)<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web|title=OvO Discography at Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/367099-OVO-3|website=Discogs|accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref>
* 2001 – ''Assassine''(CD, Bar La Muerte)<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web|title=OvO Discography at Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/367099-OVO-3|website=Discogs|accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[2002]] - ''Vae Victis'' (CD, Bar La Muerte)<ref name="Bar La Muerte Records">{{cite web|title=Bar La Muerte Records|url=http://www.barlamuerte.com/|website=Bar La Muerte dot com|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>
* 2002 – ''Vae Victis'' (CD, Bar La Muerte)<ref name="Bar La Muerte Records">{{cite web|title=Bar La Muerte Records|url=http://www.barlamuerte.com/|website=Bar La Muerte dot com|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[2004]] - ''Cicatrici'' (CD, Bar La Muerte/[[Ebria]] US Edition Radon/Sunship)<ref name="Bar La Muerte Records" />
* 2004 – ''Cicatrici'' (CD, Bar La Muerte/[[Ebria]] US Edition Radon/Sunship)<ref name="Bar La Muerte Records" />
* [[2006]] - ''Miastenia'' (CD/LP, [[Load Records|Load]])<ref name="Allmusic" />
* 2006 – ''Miastenia'' (CD/LP, [[Load Records|Load]])<ref name="Allmusic" />
* [[2008]] - ''Crocevia'' (CD/LP, [[Load Records|Load]])<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|title=OvO Album Discography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ovo-mn0000487751|website=Allmusic|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>
* 2008 – ''Crocevia'' (CD/LP, [[Load Records|Load]])<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|title=OvO Album Discography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ovo-mn0000487751|website=Allmusic|accessdate=28 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[2011]] - ''Cor Cordium'' (CD/LP, Supernatural Cat)<ref name="Supernatural Cat Records" />
* 2011 – ''Cor Cordium'' (CD/LP, Supernatural Cat)<ref name="Supernatural Cat Records" />
* [[2013]] - ''Abisso'' (CD/LP, Supernatural Cat)<ref name="Supernatural Cat Records" />
* 2013 – ''Abisso'' (CD/LP, Supernatural Cat)<ref name="Supernatural Cat Records" />
* [[2016]] - ''Creatura'' (CD/LP/tape, Dio Drone)<ref name="Noisey">{{cite news|last1=Stefanini|first1=Giacomo|title=La nuova Creatura degli OvO|url=https://noisey.vice.com/it/article/la-nuova-creatura-degli-ovo|accessdate=28 March 2017|agency=Vice|publisher=Noisey|date=2 December 2016}}</ref>
* 2016 – ''Creatura'' (CD/LP/tape, Dio Drone)<ref name="Noisey">{{cite news|last1=Stefanini|first1=Giacomo|title=La nuova Creatura degli OvO|url=https://noisey.vice.com/it/article/la-nuova-creatura-degli-ovo|accessdate=28 March 2017|agency=Vice|publisher=Noisey|date=2 December 2016}}</ref><ref name='Cvlt Nation "Freakout"'>{{cite news|last1=Reveron|first1=Sean|title=Premiere Streaming: OvO "Freakout"|url=http://www.cvltnation.com/premiere-streaming-ovo-freakout/|accessdate=29 March 2017|agency=Cvlt Nation|date=29 November 2016}}</ref>
* 2020 - ''Miasma'' (CD/LP, Artoffact Records)
<ref name='Cvlt Nation "Freakout"'>{{cite news|last1=Reveron|first1=Sean|title=Premiere Streaming: OvO "Freakout"|url=http://www.cvltnation.com/premiere-streaming-ovo-freakout/|accessdate=29 March 2017|agency=Cvlt Nation|date=29 November 2016}}</ref>
* 2022 - ''Ignoto'' (CD/LP, Artoffact Records)
SINGLES:
SINGLES:
* [[2003]] - OvO / Hermit (split CD, Where Late the Birds Sang)
* 2003 – OvO / Hermit (split CD, Where Late the Birds Sang)
* [[2004]] - OvO / [[KK Null]] (split CD 3”, Bar La Muerte / Sunship)<ref name="Bar La Muerte Records" />
* 2004 – OvO / [[KK Null]] (split CD 3", Bar La Muerte / Sunship)<ref name="Bar La Muerte Records" />
* [[2004]] - OvO/[[Tremor]] (split 7”, Cold Caffeine Addict)
* 2004 – OvO/[[Tremor]] (split 7-inch, Cold Caffeine Addict)
* [[2004]] - OvO/[[Sikhara]] (split CD 3”, [[Lovers and Lollipops]])
* 2004 – OvO/[[Sikhara]] (split Mini CD, [[Lovers and Lollipops]])
* [[2005]] - OvO/[[With Love]] (split 7", [[Luna Records]])
* 2005 – OvO/[[With Love (band)|With Love]] (split 7-inch, Luna Records)
* [[2006]] - OvO/[[Cock ESP]] (split 7”, Little Mafia)
* 2006 – OvO/[[Cock ESP]] (split 7-inch, Little Mafia)
* [[2006]] - OvO/Smut (split 7”, [[Ecstatic Yod]])
* 2006 – OvO/Smut (split 7-inch, [[Ecstatic Yod]])
* [[2006]] - OvO/[[Mr. Natural]] (split 7”, [[GK]])
* 2006 – OvO/[[Mr. Natural (band)|Mr. Natural]] (split 7-inch, [[GK (record label)|GK]])
* [[2007]] - OvO/Der Bekannte Post Industrielle Trompeter (split cd 3”, PREcordings)
* 2007 – OvO/Der Bekannte Post Industrielle Trompeter (split Mini CD, PREcordings)
* [[2007]] - OvO/[[Sinistri]] (split 10”, Wallace Records)
* 2007 – OvO/[[Sinistri]] (split 10-inch, Wallace Records)
* [[2009]] - OvO/Claudio Rocchetti (split 7”, Wallace Records / Holiday)
* 2009 – OvO/Claudio Rocchetti (split 7-inch, Wallace Records / Holiday)
* [[2014]] - ''Averno/Oblio'' (12” picture, CorpoC)
* 2014 – ''Averno/Oblio'' (12-inch picture, CorpoC)
* [[2015]] - OvO/Cagna Schiumante (split 7”, Bloody Sound)
* 2015 – OvO/Cagna Schiumante (split 7-inch, Bloody Sound)
COLLABORATION ALBUMS:
COLLABORATION ALBUMS:
* [[2002]] - ''My First Cowboy'' (CD Split with [[Rollerball (band)|Rollerball]], Bar La Muerte/[[TMR]])<ref name="Bar La Muerte Records" />
* 2002 – ''My First Cowboy'' (CD Split with [[Rollerball (band)|Rollerball]], Bar La Muerte/[[TMR (record label)|TMR]])<ref name="Bar La Muerte Records" />
* [[2007]] - ''A Bullet Sounds The Same (In Every Language)'' split with [[Inferno Sci-Fi Grind'N'Roll|Inferno]] and [[Psychofagist]] (CD, Donnabavosa/Bar La Muerte / [[Shove]])<ref name="Encyclopaedia Metallum">{{cite web|title=A Bullet Sounds the Same (in Every Language)|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Psychofagist/A_Bullet_Sounds_the_Same_%28In_Every_Language%29/261796|website=Encyclopaedia Metallum|publisher=Metal-Archives|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref>
* 2007 – ''A Bullet Sounds The Same (In Every Language)'' split with [[Inferno Sci-Fi Grind'N'Roll|Inferno]] and [[Psychofagist]] (CD, Donnabavosa/Bar La Muerte / [[Shove]])<ref name="Encyclopaedia Metallum">{{cite web|title=A Bullet Sounds the Same (in Every Language)|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Psychofagist/A_Bullet_Sounds_the_Same_%28In_Every_Language%29/261796|website=Encyclopaedia Metallum|publisher=Metal-Archives|accessdate=29 March 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118183811/http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Psychofagist/A_Bullet_Sounds_the_Same_%28In_Every_Language%29/261796|archivedate=18 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[2008]] - OvO Rmxd by [[Daniele Brusaschetto]] (Blossoming Noise)
* 2008 – OvO Rmxd by [[Daniele Brusaschetto]] (Blossoming Noise)
* [[2008]] - OvO/To/Children Egoism - 3 way split (cd, [[PMK]])<ref name="Discogs 3 Way Split">{{cite web|title=3 Way Split|url=https://www.discogs.com/TO-4-Children-Egoism-OVO-3-Way-Split/release/1732677|website=Discogs|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref>
* 2008 – OvO/To/Children Egoism – 3 way split (CD, [[PMK (record label)|PMK]])<ref name="Discogs 3 Way Split">{{cite web|title=3 Way Split|url=https://www.discogs.com/TO-4-Children-Egoism-OVO-3-Way-Split/release/1732677|website=Discogs|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[2008]] - OvO/Children Egoism - split (cd, [[PMK]])<ref name="Spirit of Metal">{{cite web|title=OvO 0 Children Egoism|url=http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/parole-groupe-OvO-nom_album-OvO_*_Children_Egoism-l-en.html|website=Spirit of Metal|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref>
* 2008 – OvO/Children Egoism – split (cd, PMK)<ref name="Spirit of Metal">{{cite web|title=OvO 0 Children Egoism|url=http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/parole-groupe-OvO-nom_album-OvO_*_Children_Egoism-l-en.html|website=Spirit of Metal|accessdate=29 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[2009]] - ''The Life And Death of A Wasp'' - collaboration with [[Nadja (band)|Nadja]] (CD, Bis Aufs Messer/Adagio830)
* 2009 – ''The Life And Death of A Wasp'' – collaboration with [[Nadja (band)|Nadja]] (CD, Bis Aufs Messer/Adagio830)
LIVE ALBUMS:
LIVE ALBUMS:
* Live at CPA, Firenze
* Live at CPA, Firenze
* [[2006]] - ''Live in Ljubljana'', Radio Student, collaboration with Bill Horist (Friends and Relatives)
* 2006 – ''Live in Ljubljana'', Radio Student, collaboration with Bill Horist (Friends and Relatives)
* ''Beer Party'', Live in Portland, split with [[Glamorous Pat]] (CD, Nillacat)
* ''Beer Party'', Live in Portland, split with [[Glamorous Pat]] (CD, Nillacat)
TAPES:
TAPES:
* [[2004]] ''Live in Amerika'' (Imvated)
* 2004 ''Live in Amerika'' (Imvated)
* [[2015]] ''Abisso / Genesi'' ([[No-Fi]])<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last1=Currin|first1=Grayson|title="Fly Little Demon"|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16311-ovo-fly-little-demon/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=29 April 2017}}</ref>
* 2015 ''Abisso / Genesi'' ([[No-Fi]])<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last1=Currin|first1=Grayson|title="Fly Little Demon"|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16311-ovo-fly-little-demon/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=29 April 2017}}</ref>
* [[2016]] ''Crisalide Fossile'' collaboration with [[Raven Chacon]] ([[Bronson]]) <br>
* 2016 ''Crisalide Fossile'' collaboration with [[Raven Chacon]] ([[Bronson (record label)|Bronson]])


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{cite news|last1=Vazzana|first1=Simone|title=Rock, metal ed elettronica Gli OvO alle Lavanderie Ramone|url=http://torino.repubblica.it/young-turin/2015/02/27/news/rock_metal_ed_elettronica_gli_ovo_alle_lavanderie_ramone-108303813/?refresh_ce|accessdate=28 March 2017|agency=la Repubblica Torino|date=27 February 2015}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite web|title=Dusted Labels (Load)|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/labels/235|website=Dusted Magazine|publisher=Dusted Magazine|accessdate=29 March 2017}}
* {{cite web|title=Dusted Labels (Load)|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/labels/235|website=Dusted Magazine|publisher=Dusted Magazine|accessdate=29 March 2017}}
* {{allMusic|artist/ovo-mn000048775}}
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Latest revision as of 03:54, 20 December 2022

OvO
OriginRavenna, Italy
GenresNoise rock, sludge metal
Years active2001–present
LabelsLoad, DioDrone, Supernatural Cat, Bar La Muerte
MembersStefania Pedretti, Bruno Dorella
Websiteovolive.blogspot.it

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

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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]

Members

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  • Bruno Dorella – drums, (2000–present)[12]
  • Stefania Pedretti – vocals, guitar (2000–present)

Timeline

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Discography

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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:

References

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  1. ^ Wilcox, Kate. "OvO: In-depth Interview". Metal Assault. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "OvO Album Discography". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  3. ^ "LOAD Records >> OvO". LOAD Records. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. ^ Stephens, Fiona (10 January 2017). "OvO Interview". Musicology. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ^ "OvO Creatura 12 Inch". Decibel Magazine (147). January 2017.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Reynolds, Curran. "OvO". The Chain. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  8. ^ Moore, Doug. "OvO – "Zombie Stomp"". Stereogum. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  9. ^ Eede, Christian (16 November 2016). "Listen: New OvO Single". The Quietus. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  10. ^ Lange, Shane (5 December 2013). "OvO: Abisso Review + Footage". Cvlt Nation. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  11. ^ a b c "Supernatural Cat_OvO". Supernatural Cat. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  12. ^ "OvO". Facebook. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  13. ^ "OvO Discography at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d "Bar La Muerte Records". Bar La Muerte dot com. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  15. ^ Stefanini, Giacomo (2 December 2016). "La nuova Creatura degli OvO". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  16. ^ Reveron, Sean (29 November 2016). "Premiere Streaming: OvO "Freakout"". Cvlt Nation. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  17. ^ "A Bullet Sounds the Same (in Every Language)". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Metal-Archives. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  18. ^ "3 Way Split". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  19. ^ "OvO 0 Children Egoism". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  20. ^ Currin, Grayson. ""Fly Little Demon"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

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