« DISASTER »
Rain, Snow and Storm
You just open your eyes
To solitude and desolation
Loneliness and devastation.
The wind was blowing
As never heard before,
The storm was terrifying,
Destroying trees on your way
Like in a nightmare
A sad dream,
After the breaking of Earth,
Only silence remains.
No birds, no leaves,
No signs of life
No human beings
Only silence of death
Rain, Snow and Storm
Consequences of our
Science and violence,
Bombs and nuclear power
Turning the beauty of Nature,
Animals and forests
Into silence and desperate solitude
With no possible return
You were running away,
Through a desert of life,
Sadness and darkness.
When I looked into your eyes
I could see the light
I could see the sky
Full of Stars
You just open your eyes
SELECTED PRESS :
LES INROCKUPTIBLES "Entre caresses irréelles, maelströms grondants, souffles cosmiques et danses astrales, on sort de ce voyage musical ému et ébloui." TOP ALBUMS 2016
A CLOSER LISTEN “One of the most hopeful albums of the year" TOP10 MODERN COMPOSITION 2016
ANTHEM REVIEW "It’s music for almost every moment and certainly ever mood, and in as many ways as I can think of, it’s fantastic." 9/10
POPNEWS "Il est des musiques instrumentales parfois bien moins muettes qu’elles n’y paraissent. (...) Christine Ott, avec son second album, Only Silence Remains investit des territoires nouveaux, ceux où planent les spectres d’une musique classique accueillante."
AURAL AGGRAVATION "Ott demonstrates a musical intuition that’s truly exceptional. To describe or define the ways in which the music reaches in and touch the listener’s soul is nigh on impossible: it simply does. "
SOUNDBLAB "A mood-enhancing and enchanting album that Erased Tapes would love to showcase and could be filed alongside Rachel Grimes or John Carpenter"
L'OMBRE SUR LA MESURE "une oeuvre mystérieuse, transmettant des sensations ambivalentes mais pérennes. Un disque ouvert, qui a le mérite de véritablement expérimenter sans se perdre. Un disque où règne la divagation mais où rien n’est laissé au hasard."
ONLY SILENCE REMAINS
2016
1. A mes étoiles
2. Szczecin
3. Sexy moon
4. Raintrain
5. No memories
6. Danse avec la neige
7. Tempête
8. Disaster
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Vinyle, CD, Digital - Gizeh Records
All tracks composed & performed by Christine Ott
Christine Ott: Piano, Ondes Martenot, harmonic tubes, harmonium, percussion, vocals, Jupiter8, timpani, tubular bells. Disaster lyrics by Christine Ott
Recorded by Benoit Burger & Christine Ott except Szczecin live by Fabrice Tison and Raintrain introduction by Frederic Apffel. Mixed by Yann Arnaud / Mastered by Antoine Chabert.
Photographs & design by Jean-Pierre Rosenkranz, Mathieu Gabry & Richard Knox
Additional musicians:
Justine Charlet - Harpsichord (1) / Jerome Fohrer - Double bass (1,4) / Anil Eraslan - Cello (2,7) / Olivier Maurel - Vibraphone (2) / Francesco Rees - Drums (4) /Servovalve - Soundscapes (8) / Casey Brown - Spoken voice (8)
