Subterranean soundscapes. Dormant volcanoes coming to life. Scratches, crackles and human sounds put through alchemy of sound. Bass abuse. Church bells conjured out of the sound of breathing. Odd and evo/invocative lyrics. Hauntingly disturbing atmospheres, subconscious landscapes. In short: Ovro.
"There are millions of details and the sound tapestry is so rich you just have to hear it to believe. Definitely not for background music as it's constantly demanding you to concentrate on the intriguing sound and also because it's just too disturbing for that.[..] As a whole unique, quite possibly a masterpiece, but I still need some more digesting to confirm that"
Pekka PT in Hard and Osbcure 2
"This is a twinned double album, with the theme of Serpents not only echoing the disc titles, but dominating the entire package. One of the pieces of artwork has a similarity to the six Chakras, and the Kundalini, which as most of you know is depicted as a Coiled Serpent. " "Ovro prides herself on originality, and the album delivers that." "Freaks, BUY this."
- T300 in Heathen Harvest
"Whoever thought that women only make sweet and non-challenging music should think again. Ovro takes you into the depth of emotional disaster and makes it sound like the soundtrack of a bleak hell. [...] If you like dark ambient, if you look for music that will scare you and make you want to curl up into a ball in the corner, if you sit on your own and in the dark then buy it.. Yes please!"
-keef finnan in JudasKiss
" Gegendurchgangenzeit is nonetheless an impressively monomaniac achievement - throughout, cold digital winds and abrasive fragments of sound scour icily imagined tundras. The surprise is that such a seemingly dour undertaking ends up being so absorbing. Despite its atmospheric statis, Ovro's music never stops flowing forward, opening up a succession of dark, compelling vistas."
- Chris Sharp in The Wire Adventures in Modern Music
"A dark, unworldly journey - maybe a space trip but than one that has an uncertain outcome. Everything is sucked into a black hole. Ambient music with a strong twist for the darker undercurrents in life. Not music that one can easily dream by, but certainly one that reveal some of your darker thoughts."
- FdW in Vital Weekly
"The seven tracks take me into another dimension, this is how Dark(underwater)ambient should sound like. This was my first encounter with Ovro's music and I can only hope that the upcoming CD-EP Mosaick the Serpent will be as beautiful for I need another fix, quick! "
- H. van Leeuwen in vanleeuwen.to
"Ovro has a touch of what could be called a 'close sound' which is hidden somewhere in the room's distance. This distance gets closer & closer and gives a cinematic vibration as time ticks slowly. An ultimate deep listening session for small hours and unexpected juxtapositions of memories.
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- Kenny Strmsholm in Imhotep
"Subtle loops and tonal shifts give off mild variations to the minimalist compositional structures, yet there is amply going on here to be constantly engaging. Particularly when listened to through headphones the album presents a evocative, surreal and abstract experience that is certainly visually stimulating for the subconscious imagination."
- RJS at Aural Pressure
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