On October 21 and 22, 2006, three-quarters of OVO gathered in the West Virginia hills to rehearse and lay down tracks for our first release, Supplicant, which we hope to complete by sometime in the spring.

A whole array of instruments has already been brought into play: six-string, twelve-string, and classical guitars; fretted and fretless bass; octave mandolin; strumstick; pennywhistle; recorders; violin; djembe; bells and rattles; synthesizers and effects. There will surely be more.

Supplicant will be a collection of pieces on the themes of petition and submission, to forces divine and eldritch, occult and sublime, sacred and unseelie - a fitting first offering of our work to the world (or Worlds). We'll post more news of it as things continue to happen.

dlk