Othon

Digital Angel
(CD - DJ1999)

cover: Digital Angel

Total Running Time: 50:32 minutes

Track listing:

  1. When I Leave You
  2. The Dream-Signal of a Lonely (Half Dead) Planet
  3. The Epitaph of God
  4. The Dreamer Is Still Asleep
  5. Greater Feast Massacre
  6. Tonight
  7. DIGITAL ANGEL: i) The Union
  8. DIGITAL ANGEL: ii) Metalipsis
  9. DIGITAL ANGEL: iii) Brave New World
  10. The Tango Song

Featuring vocal performances by Marc Almond, David Tibet and Ernesto Tomasini and works that defy any pre-existing musical genre, Digital Angel is the manifestation of a challenging, bold and yet sensitive artistic vision. With pieces mainly, though not only, for voice and piano and with the producing cut to a minimum, Othon's album has an intimate and almost live quality. His compositions - a blend of opera, punk, noise and lyrical romanticism - form a proof of a rich and distinctive musical language. His songs, which deal with themes such as desperate love, human bio-chipping, addiction to violence and 2012, can equally form a soundtrack to a passionate love story and a post-apocalyptic nightmare. Digital Angel's original artwork and photography is by Hector de Gregorio.

3 tracks feature Marc Almond on vocals, including a cover of Aleister Crowley's "The Tango Song", the first time this song has ever been released; 1 track features Anok Pe Current 93's David Tibet on vocals, covering Coil's "The Dreamer is still Asleep"; and 4 tracks feature Ernesto Tomasini on vocals.