Miasma out TODAY

OVO “MIASMA” (Artoffact Records) 

"MIASMA" IS OUT, spreading around the world from today. CD, purple vinyl and digital on Artoffact Records
Order here https://ovomusic.bandcamp.com/album/miasma
Premiere and Interview by Marika Zorzi on New Noise Magazine
https://newnoisemagazine.com/album-premiere-interview-italian-radicals-ovo-on-the-new-apocalyptic-album-miasma/

STATEMENT: a contagious miasma coming from the most remote swamps is surrounding cities and villages. It can be an alien disease, like in a sci-fi movie, or it can be some deeper fear caused by whoever wants to control us, like in real life. Freaks, queers and outsiders will be the first ones to realize and fight it. But still: expect mutations. OvO, on their 10th album, are trying to reprezent how close science fiction and reality are nowadays, and how close to us the miasma really is. They made a step back into their punk/hardcore roots, kept their typical organic and noisy electronics as well as the contamination between tribalism and futurism, and added a significative amount of chaos, in the alchemic representation of the three phases of miasma (Psora, Lue and Sicosi, according to Hahnemann's essay in 1828). And they achieved one of their sickest albums.

Miasma its music as: "Our personal ode to positive rage... a challenge against the inflexibility of the society... a united fight for everybody’s freedom."

MAKING OF: as the two previous ones (“Abisso” and “Creatura”) it all started with some loops and patterns that drummer Bruno Dorella proposed to singer and guitar player Stefania Pedretti. He used his very minimal drum set (a floor tom, a snare, a hi hat and a ride) and some samples that were created for the purpose by himself and some friends and masters such as Eraldo Bernocchi (Sigillum S, Blackwoods, Black Engine, Obake and many more), a034, Ripit, Paolo Bandera (Sigillum S, Sshe Retina Stimulants), Matteo Vallicelli (Soft Moon) and Giovanni Lami. 

Stefania picked the ones she liked, changed some of the structures to adapt them, and then played and singed on them. We left some space for some friends that we wanted to contribute to the album, and so we have the great norwegian band Arabrot on “L'Eremita”, the trapper Gnucci on “Testing My Poise”, and Gabriele Lepera (of the italian synthpunk saboteurs Holiday Inn) on “Burn De Haus”.

ARTWORK: the graphical display of the miasma virus has been drawned by London-based tattoo artist Michele Servadio.

TOUR: OvO are known for their long tours and intense live activity, with more than 1000 shows. In 2020 they will celebrate their 20^th anniversary, and they will definitely bring “Miasma” on another endless tour, starting next week:

OvO MIASMA TOUR 2020 by Swamp Booking
13.02 Bologna (I) Freakout Club
14.02 Pescara (I) Scumm
15.02 Roma (I) Klang Roma
22.02 Busto Arsizio (I) Circolo Gagarin
06.03 Torino (I) BLAH BLAH
07.03 Marseille (FR) EMBOBINEUSE THEATRE DE FORTUNE
08.03 Toulouse (FR) Les Pavillons Sauvages
09.03 Rennes (FR) Le Terminus
10.03 Nantes (FR) La Scène Michelet
11.03 Bruxelles (B) Magasin 4
12/03 Besançon (FR) Les Passagers Du Zinc
13.03 Freiburg (DE) Slow Club Freiburg
14.03 Leipzig (DE) Zoro
16.03 Berlin (DE) Schokoladen
17.03 Gdansk (PL) Dizzy Grizzly
18.03 Warszawa (PL) Chmury
19.03 Prague (CZ) Underdogs'
20.03 Linz (A) KAPU

21.03 Ljublijana (SLO) Klub Gromka
22.03 Zagreb (HR) Klub Močvara
03.04 Ravenna (I) Bronson
and more are coming...

Photos: Erica Schneider