This is OQO's first EP recorded in Halifax Nova Scotia in the winter and spring of 2014.

Colours In Spring

Drone Intro

Apocalypse Waltz

Mothers Lament

Fulford Waltz

A remix of a live recording we made in Margaree Cape Breton.

Glass Step

Recorded in Ymir BC engeneered by Shawn Stevenson
Written by Ian Griffiths
Accordion Ian Griffiths
Bass Keith Roger
Violin Vocals Jacques Mindreau

Cambodian Song

Written by Jacques Mindreau
Accordion: Ian Griffiths
Bass: Keith Rodger
Violin and Vocals: Jacques Mindreau

Recorded in Ymir BC and Engineered by Shawn Stevenson

Los Buenos

Valhalla

OQO means balance. This coastal Canadian trio sounds like a ménage-a-six between Yann Tiersen, Sigur Rós, Beirut, Gogol Bordello, Cinematic Orchestra and Phillip Glass. The band writes original, cinematic, operatic folklore for Accordion, Violin, Voice, Contrabass and the occasional Synthesizer.

Ian Griffiths on Accordion and synth, Keith Rodger on Upright Bass and Jacques Mindreau on Violin and Voice have been enchanting audiences across Canada with performances at Arts Wells Festival, Tiny Lights Festival, South Country Fair, Deep Roots Music Fest, Market Fest, Market Collective and dozens of others.

OQO is set to release their second album “OQO Pt. 2” June 1st 2016. The band will be touring the record across Canada from June through August 2016. Find tour dates at www.oqomusic.com.

OQO is made up of members from two prominent Canadian folk bands, The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra and Krasnogorsk. Originally a duo, OQO began as a collaboration between Accordionist, Songwriter Ian Griffiths and Violinist, Composer, Vocal Virtuoso Jacques Mindreau. The pair were joined in 2014 by Mount Royal University Jazz Performance graduate Keith Rodger on Upright Bass.

OQO toured the Kingdom of Cambodia in January and February of 2015 a trip that would take them on a 500km motorcycle adventure through the South East Asian country side and to the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat where the band performed and shot a music video. The group’s first Asian Tour the opened their eyes to extreme disparity and but also the resilience of the human spirit and the ability for art to empower. They performed at orphanages, schools in poor neighbourhoods and taught music to disadvantaged youth at Music Arts School in the nations capital Phnom Penh.

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