Arvio

This Ovro record contains two ep:s on a single disc, with four (almost) empty tracks separating them from one another. Also included are separate, stylish and visually appropriate covers for both. The two works are clearly different from one another in style and mood, and they play out as individual, complete works. Mosaick opens with Primogenitural Echoes, a quiet and slow song, that near its end gains great strength from Mockingwyrd's (who plays bass on a couple of other tracks as well) voice. Second Momentum is more noisy, but still slow, and dominated by a speech on demons/daemons intoned in Ovro's own child-woman voice. Equation Impossible (of which some may have heard a version called Dream on the brilliant Serpent Rite live album) in turn uses Niko Skorpio to state its "She never went to Paris…" text. Behind the vocals there are sporadically breaking crunch, bubbling and clangs. In all its minimalism, it is a very effective song.

Differentiation Irrevocable again returns to using the diversity of Ovro's own voice as the top layer. It feels nicely disturbed, as its lyrics about hanging are carried out in words that at times sound mean, at others child-like. Delusions of Grandeur is a short, pulsating instrumental work, almost as if hinting towards the second section through its use of noise and squeals. Mosaick ends with its finest track, a weirdly lyrical description of oblivion called Statement of Inexistance.

Vipera Aurea is clearly heavier, noisier and more booming than Mosaick. Glossolalia works on railway-station hall like speech noise (made by Ovro and Dave Bumford), and does it rather well. It functions as a nice lead towards the rest of the material. The charmingly unabashed Scarlet Calls, featuring the voice of Massimo (Black Sun Productions) in addition to Ovro's own, repeats the phrase "Relax baby. It will only hurt a little." as well as classical Ovro words. Behind the vocals whirls a great, clinical wall of sound. Vorpal Angel is like massy nursery rhymes on top of cracks, Mortal Strangers noise bursts and vocals modified beyond understandability. Vipera's best track, Summoned I Summon , is a ritual-like, slowly amplifying work, in which an annoying squeal creates a very powerful mood. The last song, Freed Beast, is a weird re-mixing of Original Dixieland Jazz Band's Tiger Rag. It is strange, yes, but does not fit well together with the rest of the material on the ep, especially because there is so much of the original structure left in it.

Despite the fact that both parts of the main disc are remarkably good Ovro-stuff (though not as great as Sepent Rite), the real gem of the pack is the Estraier-ep which was included in the pre-order version. It contains material from places ranging from Russia to Turku, recorded in the spring of 2006. It opens with the amazingly gorgeous, restrainedly beautiful ambient track Sideral. Conpulsions is a short piece made of cracks´, noises and clangs, Iconoduliclasm a floating soundscape with vocals like seagulls'. Repositions is rustling, backward sounds and clanging, but with neither walls of sound nor soundscape-feel, playing as hollow but hypnotic. Marqaha is a return to the ambient mood at the beginning, but in a somewhat more clinical style. Finally Altarai transforms the feel to warmth. It too is a more soundscape-like work, yet far softer than the preceding tracks. It is a very fine finish to the very fine disc.

This is a highly impressive whole - Estraier, especially, but the rest as well. So if Ovro's way of manipulating sounds into collages at all works for you, this is a mandatory purchase.

Jiituomas

Ovro - Mosaick the Serpent / Vipera Aurea + Estraier

Tämä Ovron julkaisu sisältää kaksi ep:tä sijoitettuna yhdelle cd:lle, niin että niiden välissä on neljä (melkein) tyhjää raitaa. Mukana on myös molemmille omat, erittäin tyylikkäät ja aiheeseen soveltuvat kannet. Osuudet ovat hyvin erilaisia tyyliltään ja kumpikin soi omana, yhtenäisenä kokonaisuutenaan. Mosaickin avaava Primogenitural Echoes on hidas ja vaimea teos, jonka loppupäähän Mockingwyrdin (joka soittaa kahdella muulla ep:n raidalla bassoa) puhe tuo upeaa tehoa. Second Momentum on kohisevampi, yhä hidas, ja sitä hallitsee Ovron omalla lapsinaisäänellä lausuttu demoni/daemoni -puhe. Equation Impossible (josta osa on kuullut version nimellä Dream jo erinomaisella Serpent Rite -livellä) käyttää apuna Niko Skorpiota lausumassa "She never went to Paris…" -tekstiä. Taustoiltaan raita on välillä taukoavaa rutinaa, pulputusta ja kolinaa. Se on myös varsin tehokas kaikessa minimalismissaan. Differentiation Irrevocable hyödyntää pinnalla jälleen Ovron vokaalien monimuotoisuutta. Kappaleessa on hienon häiriintynyt tunnelma, vokaalien käsitellessä hirttäytymistä vuoroin ilkeään, vuoroin lapselliseen sävyyn. Delusions of Grandeur on lyhyt instrumentaalinen, sykkivä teos, ja kohinoillaan ja ulvonnalla jo ennakoi levyn jälkipuoliskon sävyjä. Mosaickin päättää lopulta sen ehdoton helmi, oudon runollinen olemattomuuden kuvaus Statement of Inexistance. Vipera Aurea on Mosaickia selvästi pauhaavampi, kohisevampi ja raskaampi. *Glossolalia* toimii asemahallia muistuttavan puhehälyn (tekemässä Ovro ja Dave Bumford) varassa, ja pelaakin oikein hyvänä johdantona loppuosaan. Massimon (Black Sun Productions) puheella varustettu Scarlet Calls on ihanan hävytön, kierrättäen niin "Relax, baby. It will only hurt a little." -tekstiä kuin vanhaa Ovro-klassikkosanastoakin. Taustalla kieppuu hieno kliininen äänivalli. Vorpal Angel on kuin sotkuista lastenlaulua säröjen päällä, Mortal Strangers puolestaan lyhyitä hälyryöppyjä ja epäselviksi muokattuja vokaaleita. Puoliskon paras raita, Summoned I Summon, on rituaalinoloinen, hitaasti nouseva teos jossa ärsyttävä vinkuna luo hyvin voimakkaan tunnelman. Viimeisenä soiva Freed Beast on outo uudelleenmuokkaus Original Dixieland Jazz Bandin Tiger Rag -kappaleesta. Se on kyllä outo, mutta ei aivan asetu samaan kokonaisuuteen muiden kanssa, varsinkaan kun alkuperäistä rakennetta on vielä hyvin paljon jäljellä.	Artisti: Ovro Formaatti: CD Levy-yhtiö: Some Place Else Julkaisuvuosi: 2006 Kokonaiskesto: 48:16 Kappaleita: 6+6 Artisti: Ovro Formaatti: CD-R Levy-yhtiö: Some Place Else Julkaisuvuosi: 2006 Painos: 25 kpl Kokonaiskesto: 36:50 Kappaleita: 6
Vaikka varsinaisen levyn molemmat puolet ovatkin huomattavan hyvää Ovro-tasoa (häviävät tosin Serpent Ritelle), on ennakkotilatun version mukana tullut Estraier -ep paketin todellinen helmi. Se sisältää otoksia tämän vuoden keväältä niin Venäjältä kuin Turustakin. Sen aloittaa tolkuttoman upea, hillityllä tavalla kaunis ambient-raita Sidéral. Conpulsions on lyhyt palanen rapsunaa, hälinä-ääniä ja kolinaa, Iconoduliclasm kelluva äänimaisema jossa on kirkuvien lokkien kaltaisia vokaaleja. Repositions on kahinaa, takaperoisia ääniä ja kolinaa ilman kokonaisia valleja tai maisemallisuutta, kilisten onttona mutta hypnoottisena. Marqaha on jälleen paluu alun ambientin suuntaan, tosin ehkä hiukan aiempaa kliinisempään sävyyn. Lopuksi Altarai muuttaa maiseman jälleen lämpimämmäksi. Myös se on maisemallista tavaraa, mutta selvästi pehmeämpää kuin aiemmat raidat. Se tuo erittäin hienon lopun oikein hyvälle levylle. Erittäin vaikuttava kokonaisuus - varsinkin Estraier, mutta myös kaksi muuta. Jos Ovron tapa manipuloida ääntä kokonaisuuksiksi yhtään kolahtaa, tämä kannattaa ehdottomasti hankkia. Jiituomas

Takaisin - Kokoelmat - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Demot

This Ovro record contains two ep:s on a single disc, with four (almost) empty tracks separating them from one another. Also included are separate, stylish and visually appropriate covers for both. The two works are clearly different from one another in style and mood, and they play out as individual, complete works. Mosaick opens with Primogenitural Echoes, a quiet and slow song, that near its end gains great strength from Mockingwyrd's (who plays bass on a couple of other tracks as well) voice. Second Momentum is more noisy, but still slow, and dominated by a speech on demons/daemons intoned in Ovro's own child-woman voice. Equation Impossible (of which some may have heard a version called Dream on the brilliant Serpent Rite live album) in turn uses Niko Skorpio to state its "She never went to Paris…" text. Behind the vocals there are sporadically breaking crunch, bubbling and clangs. In all its minimalism, it is a very effective song. Differentiation Irrevocable again returns to using the diversity of Ovro's own voice as the top layer. It feels nicely disturbed, as its lyrics about hanging are carried out in words that at times sound mean, at others child-like. Delusions of Grandeur is a short, pulsating instrumental work, almost as if hinting towards the second section through its use of noise and squeals. Mosaick ends with its finest track, a weirdly lyrical description of oblivion called Statement of Inexistance. Vipera Aurea is clearly heavier, noisier and more booming than Mosaick. Glossolalia works on railway-station hall like speech noise (made by Ovro and Dave Bumford), and does it rather well. It functions as a nice lead towards the rest of the material. The charmingly unabashed Scarlet Calls, featuring the voice of Massimo (Black Sun Productions) in addition to Ovro's own, repeats the phrase "Relax baby. It will only hurt a little." as well as classical Ovro words. Behind the vocals whirls a great, clinical wall of sound. Vorpal Angel is like massy nursery rhymes on top of cracks, Mortal Strangers noise bursts and vocals modified beyond understandability. Vipera's best track, Summoned I Summon , is a ritual-like, slowly amplifying work, in which an annoying squeal creates a very powerful mood. The last song, Freed Beast, is a weird re-mixing of Original Dixieland Jazz Band's Tiger Rag. It is strange, yes, but does not fit well together with the rest of the material on the ep, especially because there is so much of the original structure left in it. Despite the fact that both parts of the main disc are remarkably good Ovro-stuff (though not as great as Sepent Rite), the real gem of the pack is the Estraier-ep which was included in the pre-order version. It contains material from places ranging from Russia to Turku, recorded in the spring of 2006. It opens with the amazingly gorgeous, restrainedly beautiful ambient track Sideral. Conpulsions is a short piece made of cracks´, noises and clangs, Iconoduliclasm a floating soundscape with vocals like seagulls'. Repositions is rustling, backward sounds and clanging, but with neither walls of sound nor soundscape-feel, playing as hollow but hypnotic. Marqaha is a return to the ambient mood at the beginning, but in a somewhat more clinical style. Finally Altarai transforms the feel to warmth. It too is a more soundscape-like work, yet far softer than the preceding tracks. It is a very fine finish to the very fine disc. This is a highly impressive whole - Estraier, especially, but the rest as well. So if Ovro's way of manipulating sounds into collages at all works for you, this is a mandatory purchase. Jiituomas