From 'SINGING STONES (vol. 1)' - out on 25.10.2024 
INFOS / PRE-ORDER : https://snowdrops.bandcamp.com
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CROSSING
‪@christine-ott : Ondes Martenot, Glockenspiel
Mathieu Gabry : Piano, Synths
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« 10 years after its creation, Snowdrops returns to Gizeh Records with its 4th album, Singing Stones (volume 1), the first in a series of compositions celebrating slow time and long time, somewhere between post-classical, progressive chamber music and deep listening. In it, the collective founded by Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry develop their alchemy of analogue and acoustic timbres in a style that is at times interior, intense, narrative or dreamy, and sometimes all at once. 
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Singing Stones is built around two long pieces, Crossing and Arctic Passage, which the duo have performed regularly on stage since 2016, notably at the Opéra Underground in Lyon, Silent Green in Berlin and this year at Autres Mesures Festival in Rennes. In Crossing, Snowdrops deploys its full progressive palette; 20 minutes of a veritable journey from ambient jazz to baroque electronics, to a polyrhythmic, repetitive and mystical coda, a contemporary blend of piano and ondes Martenot. By revealing even more textures, Arctic Passage can be seen as a nocturnal crossing among the ice, decomposing icebergs; an active listening to the natural vestiges of our world, and all that could disappear. »
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« Singing Stones » Artwork by ‪Julie Calbert, based on her Hyperion Series - http://www.juliecalbert.be
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Crossing

Excerpts from the original creation for Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage) Cine-concert premiere on February 9, 2025 at the Champs Libres auditorium, Rennes, as part of the Travelling Festival : https://dimanche.rennes.fr/evenement/un-dimanche-travelling-la-charrette-fantome-snowdrops-fr
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The Phantom Carriage by Victor Sjöström (1921 - 108 min) // Original music composed by Snowdrops between December 2024 and January 2025 // Christine Ott : Ondes Martenot, Piano, Harp // Mathieu Gabry : Piano, Keyboards, BAB // Co-production Clair Obscur, Musée de Bretagne, Mimiladoré. In partnership with Les Tombées de la Nuit.

Körkarlen (excerpts)

Snowdrops - Nouvelle vie (extrait)
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LE PASSAGE DES ANGES Soundtrack
Theater play by la Compagnie Hasard,
Written by Bruno Cadillon
With Danièle Marty & Gilbert Epron
Scenography Michel Druez
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Original score by Snowdrops / Christine Ott & Mathieu Gabry
Christine Ott : Ondes Martenot, Piano, Kalimba, Percussions, Dark strings...
Mathieu Gabry : Piano, Keys, Mellotron, Percussions, Soundscapes, Vocals...
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Créa 2015 - Musée Würth / East London Neck / Le Grand Orme
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Nouvelle Vie (extrait)

Soundtrack for Documentary Film directed by Benoit Finck, 
produced by Point du Jour & France 3 Grand Est.
Released September 2019.  
Original Score by Snowdrops & Christine Ott
http://www.christineott.fr/soundtracks.html

Trapezian Bells (Les Danseurs Fous - Documentary Film)

Released March 15th 2019 on Gizeh Records :

"MANTA RAY is the first release of Snowdrops, a French-based keyboard duo composed by Mathieu Gabry and Christine Ott (Yann Tiersen, Tindersticks, Foudre !...) ; this opus is the soundtrack they composed for Phuttiphong Aroonpheng's film of the same name, which has won several awards including Best Film in the Orizzonti section at the Venice Film Festival.

Strangers in a strange land...
Borders, belonging and banishment are the issues in Manta Ray. The Thai film trains a poetic look at the void of humanity through the story of two men, a Thai fisherman with peroxide blonde hair and a nameless stranger stuck in a foreign land and supposed to be a Rohingya of Myanmar, whose continuing persecution is constituting one of the biggest human rights scandals of our time.

The realism of this story melds with magical elements into a complex whole leaving plenty of room for interpretation. Aroonpheng's first feature is a mesmerizing experience, sometimes compared to Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee & Hitchcock's Vertigo.

Snowdrops' soundtrack brings another dimension to Aroonpheng's movie. The duo was especially focused to build their sound here on a frame of keyboards of different generations (Ondes Martenot, Mellotron, MS2000 or Altered keyboards). The color is sometimes dark (‘The Mangrove’, ‘Losing a Friend to Death’), sometimes surrealistic (‘Lights in the Deep), and in the case of ‘Weird Dance’, a suggestion of romance between the two main characters on the rhythm of a dreamy electronic tune. The French duo also re-arranged a composition (‘Hot Springs’) by renowned Thai singer Rasmee, who features as an actor in the movie.

​Always moving in a physical and sensorial approach, Snowdrops were also involved in the sound design of the movie, as the music is often merging with the other auditive elements and with the images themselves as an organic painting; this hypnotic experiment finds its climax at the end of the movie, with Ott's piano running wild and Gabry's soundscapes swirling in between The Harmony of Rohingya's Voices in a breathtaking scene."

http://www.christineott.fr/snowdrops.html

Snowdrops - Manta Ray (original soundtrack, main theme)

Snowdrops - Manta Ray OST (cd / dl) >> https://bit.ly/2ubi28a

"A haunting score by French keyboard-based duo Snowdrops" #screendaily // "An incredible achievement" #fluidradio // "One of the best works in the genre of the past years" #groove_mag // "The music is certainly emotional, with elements of Eno’s ambient works and classical piano pieces." #soundblab // "Manta Ray is especially well served by the subtle soundscapes created by French duo Snowdrops" #variety // "The haunting melodies and sound effects reverberate with an unspeakable pain and displacement in some moments, but also the magic of new connections and simple kindness in others." #CineVue

( excerpt : 'Weird dance' )

Weird Dance

Snowdrops - Manta Ray OST (cd / dl) >> bit.ly/2ubi28a

"A haunting score by French keyboard-based duo Snowdrops" #screendaily // "An incredible achievement" #fluidradio // "One of the best works in the genre of the past years" #groove_mag // "The music is certainly emotional, with elements of Eno’s ambient works and classical piano pieces." #soundblab // "Manta Ray is especially well served by the subtle soundscapes created by French duo Snowdrops" #variety // "The haunting melodies and sound effects reverberate with an unspeakable pain and displacement in some moments, but also the magic of new connections and simple kindness in others." #CineVue

( excerpt : 'Circles' )

Circles

French chamber music collective founded by @christine-ott and Mathieu Gabry. @injazerorecords @gizeh @forwind

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