Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot)

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Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot)
Studio album by
Released22 May 2020
Recorded2018
StudioMer/Noir
GenreClassical crossover, experimental, art music, contemporary classical music
Length47:00
LabelNahal Recordings
Producer
Christine Ott chronology
Only Silence Remains
(2016)
Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot)
(2020)
Time to Die
(2021)


Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot) is the third solo album of Christine Ott. Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot) was entirely conceived using only Ott's Ondes Martenot.[1] The album was produced by Paul Régimbeau (Mondkopf) and Frederic D Oberland (Oiseaux-Tempête), who arranged the tracks with the composer by manipulating the sounds of the Ondes Martenot via live effect boxes and sonic manipulation.[2] The album opens with the piece "Comma", which has been compared to Olivier Messiaen's work,[3] and the album develops eight pieces from contemporary classical to electronic music and avant-garde music, also compared to Sergei Prokofiev and Daniel Lopatin.[4]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Comma" – 6:12
  2. "Darkstar" – 5:06
  3. "Todeslied" – 8:52
  4. "Mariposas" – 3:38
  5. "Sirius" – 5:51
  6. "Pulsar" – 2:28
  7. "Eclipse" – 8:11
  8. "Burning" – 6:46

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ingalls, Chris (27 May 2020). "Christine Ott Brings the Ondes Martenot to New Heights with the Mesmerizing 'Chimères'". Popmatters.
  2. ^ "Chimères (pour Ondes Martenot) review". The sound not the word. 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ Van Cooten, Peter (19 May 2020). "The album opens with a moving track, Comma, which is as beautiful as Messiaen's seminal Oraison and equally moving". Ambientblog.net.
  4. ^ ""Sirius," that evokes both Sergei Prokofiev and Daniel Lopatin in the way its dual stars rotate, interact and react against each other". Underscore Music Magazine.