The album's second half offers a deeper and metaphysical turn. This evocation of the four elements continues with ‘Land of Waves’, music for the great outdoors, on which Mathieu Gabry simultaneously plays piano and analog synthesizer. To let each impression and each germ of feeling come to completion wholly in itself, in the dark, in the inexpressible, the unconscious, beyond the reach of one's own intelligence, and await with deep humility and patience the birth-hour of a new clarity »įirst single ‘Firebirds’ unfolds like a fiery dance for piano, strings and ondes Martenot, on which Ott lets her inimitable technique speak in a series of lyrical glissandos from the lowest to the highest register. The opening of the album ‘Retour à la terre’ could, explain Snowdrops, borrow these few verses from Rainer Maria Rilke: « Everything is gestation and bringing forth. This new chapter in the natural history of Snowdrops is lent an earthier texture by the hand-pumped organ, performed by Christine Ott. «Missing Island is the sequel to the highly acclaimed Volutes (2020), and again sees multi-instrumentalists Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry joined by violist Anne-Irène Kempf on most tracks. Injazero Records INJA018 - Releases November 25, 2022

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