oOoOO
{{short description|American witch house project}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = oOoOO
| image = OOoOO.png
| caption = oOoOO 2012
| origin = San Francisco, California
| genre = {{hlist|Witch house|chillwave}}
| years_active = 2008–present
| label = {{hlist|Disaro|Emotion|Tri Angle|Nihjgt Feelings|Bella Union|Silly Music LLC}}
| associated_acts = Drab City, Islamiq Grrrls, White Ring, Butterclock s
| website = https://drooooone.bandcamp.com/album/mmxxii-2
| current_members = Christopher Dexter Greenspan
}}
oOoOO (pronounced "oh"){{cite web|last=Kelly |first=Zach |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14674-ooooo-ep/ |title=oOoOO: oOoOO EP | Album Reviews |publisher=Pitchfork |date=October 5, 2010 |access-date=November 10, 2011}} is an American witch house/chillwave{{cite news|author=Paul Lester |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/29/new-band-ooooo |title=New band of the day – No 877: oOoOO|work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=November 10, 2011 |date=September 29, 2010}}{{cite web|author=Eavvon O'Neal |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2010/09/22/the-salem-witch-house-trials/ |title=The Salem 'Witch House' Trials|publisher=Village Voice |date=September 22, 2010 |access-date=October 6, 2022}} project led by Christopher Dexter Greenspan. The project was founded in 2008. Along with White Ring and Salem, oOoOO is often recognized as a pioneer of the witch house sound.{{cite web|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/8742/1/ooooo-darkness-falls |title=oOoOO: Darkness Falls |date=October 15, 2010 |publisher=Dazed |access-date=November 10, 2011}}
Career
oOoOO's debut release was on Houston-based Disaro Records in January 2010, where he released a six-track CD-Rk. In 2010, the tracks "No Shore" and "Cold" were included on the 4-artist compilation cassette for Bathetic Records.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101123041749/http://www.batheticrecords.com/dark_as_night/ ]}}
oOoOO's second EP Our Loving Is Hurting Us was released on April 10, 2012 via Tri Angle.Jenn Pelly (January 31, 2012) "[http://pitchfork.com/news/45282-ooooo-announces-new-ep/ oOoOO Announces New EP]". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 1, 2012 oOoOO's debut LP, Without Your Love, was released on June 24, 2013 via Nihjgt Feelings – a new label based in Turkey, co-founded by Dexter himself.{{cite web|last=Fitzmaurice | first=Larry |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15249-ooooo-stay-here-ft-ml/ |title=oOoOO: "Stay Here" [ft.M.L.] |work=Pitchfork |date=April 8, 2013 |access-date=June 10, 2013}} oOoOO's second LP, Faminine Mystique, was released in 2018 in collaboration with Bosnian-German singer/producer Asia a/k/a Islamiq Grrrls. In 2020, Dexter and Islamiq Grrrls released their first LP under the name Drab City, Good Songs for Bad People.
Chris Dexter has listed Jana Hunter and Matteah Baim as influences.{{cite news|last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/arts/music/07witch.html?pagewanted=all |title=DJ Screw's Legacy – Seeping Out of Houston, Slowly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230033003/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/arts/music/07witch.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=2011-12-30|work=The New York Times |date=November 4, 2010 |access-date=November 10, 2011}}
Discography
=EPs=
- Untitled CD-R (CD-R, 2010, Disaro)
- oOoOO (EP, 2010, Tri Angle)
- Our Loving Is Hurting Us (EP, 2012, Tri Angle)Zach Kelly,"[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16462-ooooo-our-love-is-hurting-us-ep/ ]". pitchfork.com, 9 April 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2021
=LPs=
- Without Your Love (LP, 2013, Nihjgt Feelings)
- Faminine Mystique (LP, 2018, Nihjgt Feelings) with Islamiq Grrrls
=Singles=
- Roses / Seaww (Split 7" with White Ring, 2010, Emotion)
- Working For The Men (with Drab City, 2020, Bella Union)
- Gone Fishin’, 2022
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Category:Musical groups established in 2008
Category:Musical groups from San Francisco
Category:Electronic music groups from California
Category:American experimental musical groups