An Organ Thing of the Day? Well how about some Christine Ott Improvisation pour Ondes Martenot and Effets? Christine Ott’s music is always worth exploring…
You can read more about Christine and and the Mysteries of the Martenot via a piece on Bandcamp and well, we have covered this album (released in 2020) before, no harm in posting it again though seeing as she shard that foorage on You Tube yesterday. This is only a small flavour of Christine Ott’s world though, do go explore…
Hang on, why did Christine send us an email yestersday?
“Hello everyone, some springtime news: I’m sharing an impromptu session with Vincent Moon, the announcement of new performances of Aran at the Zones Portuaires festival in Saint-Nazaire, some brand-new tracks by Snowdrops for the RIN Bells, and ‘all the beauty in the world’… Enjoy reading, listening and watching! Christine”
“At the end of March, a rather odd travelling bird landed on the studio roof: the marabout videographer Vincent Moon for an impromptu session on the ondes Martenot – like a gentle, intimate trance, an invocation for electronic diodes, a continuous chant that lifts the spirits…” You can watch the film up there
Introduction by Vincent Moon : NEW FILM FROM STRASBOURG. A SHORT PORTRAIT OF ONDES MARTENOT’S GRANDE DAME, CHRISTINE OTT:
“I was passing through Strasbourg for the first time – discovering the “capitale de l’Est” over 48 hours only. It’s only in the train arriving that I remembered there was one special musician from the city I wanted to meet for a while – Christine Ott (…) It took me a few messages to get her number and get in touch – we aimed for a short morning encounter just before my train to Paris had to leave. I went there not knowing if we would find time to record anything on such a surprise first encounter – and after a warm first hour of meeting and sharing stories, we had only 30minutes left to make something. We did three takes – allowing Christine to explore various modes of this fascinating instrument, and especially to reach a deeper trance state with her etheric “Ondes”. The result is this short piece of music, captured in her studio in a quick and beautiful dance. We hope you will enjoy this intimate moment”
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