SELECTED PRESS :
THIERRY MÉRANGER, LES CAHIERS DU CINÉMA « Christine Ott is giving us, with this new album, her first inspiration to the screen - spontaneous and sometimes fragile. There is indeed a secret link which joins together Reri, daughter of the water, to Christine, sister of the Ondes Martenot. In these pure moments when Ott’s piano becomes a waterfall, a river, an ocean. In these heartbreaking moments when the composer, without ever over-playing manages to simply let go, thanks to a very mysterious and fascinating instrument, the tears that the audience may not always dare to have. »
THE WIRE, ADVENTURES IN MODERN MUSIC “Cursed Lagoon” is the standout of Ott’s creations. There is a darkness that creeps just below the surface (...)"
A CLOSER LISTEN "To strive ~ whether romantically or musically ~ is to achieve a certain nobility, no matter what the eventual outcome; here, Ott restores dignity to doomed love."
BEATH SLOTH "Without peer, Christine Ott’s “Tabu” explores the subdued and the sublime."
GONZO "The music - which can be regarded as contemporary classical, but also more than that - appeals to the imagination."
INTERVIEW WITH ATTN:MAG "The movie is the conductor! For the intentions, the energy, but also for the tempi to use, the dynamic. Then I think there are no rules. Each movie gives its own life to the composition." -> www.attnmagazine.co.uk/features/11028
TABU
2017
1. First Chapter - Paradise
2. Reri
3. Consolation
4. Course Vers La Mer
5. Hitu, La Grande Montagne
6. Sorrow / Lover's Dance
7. The Warning
8. Paradise Lost
9. Oriental Dance
10. Mandat d'Arrêt / La Perle
11. Hitu's Appearance
12. Cursed Lagoon
13. Hitu's Shadow
14. Le Sourire de Matahi / Consolation (Var. I)
15. Comptoir Chinois
16. Consolation (Variation II)
17. Rêve & Perle Noire
18. Tempête / The Tabu
All tracks composed & performed by Christine Ott
with Torsten Böttcher on 2, 6 & 9
The live soundtrack "Tabu, a story of the south seas",
created in 2012 on the movie by F.W. Murnau & Robert Flaherty
Christine Ott : Piano, Ondes Martenot, Percussions
Torsten Böttcher : Hang
Recorded and mixed by Nicolas Desvernois
Additionnal mixing by Benoît Burger
Edited by Tim Hay
CD artwork, design and packaging by Richard Knox & Claire Brentnall
