THE SKINNY (UK) - review
"Ott's compositions are shadowy and minimal, the melodies subtly sketched, and arrangements given space and light. It makes for a set that rewards repeated listens"
POPNEWS (FR) - review
"Il est des musiques instrumentales parfois bien moins muettes qu’elles n’y paraissent. Elles n’en sont pas pour autant des illustrations pour combler les silences ou abolir le vide. Christine Ott, avec son second album, "Only Silence Remains" investit des territoires nouveaux, ceux où planent les spectres d’une musique classique accueillante."
A CLOSER LISTEN (USA) - review
"(...) 'Disaster' can be interpreted in numerous ways, akin to the conclusion of Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art”.(...) The tempest ends, the wind subsides, the melodies tiptoe back into the sound field. Could Ott be writing about love? Could love be the last thing to leave before the final silence, or the first thing to fill its void? The answer lies in the ear of the beholder." (Richard Allen).
ANTHEM REVIEW (AUS) - review
"It’s music for almost every moment and certainly ever mood, and in as many ways as I can think of, it’s fantastic."
POLY (FR) - interview
" E.Dosda : Dernier désastre ?
- C.Ott : La “macdonaldisation” de la société. Dans la musique, il faut que ça soit le plus light possible pour pouvoir passer à autre chose au plus vite. C’est dur de continuer dans ces conditions"
AURAL AGGRAVATION (UK) - review
"Only Silence Remains is certainly of a standard that would sit comfortably on any film soundtrack, but in many ways, it’s above that kind of mass-market reduction of anything that’s vaguely classical in its form to ‘soundtrack’. Only Silence Remains is a magnificently singular work, and is also, in its own right, simply a magnificent work. (...) Ott demonstrates a musical intuition that’s truly exceptional. To describe or define the ways in which the music reaches in and touch the listener’s soul is nigh on impossible: it simply does. "