Othon
Impermanence
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Othon’s much-anticipated second album is finally here! Othon Mataragas is a genre-bending songwriter, a non-conformist composer and an eccentric pianist. He has collaborated on the soundtrack to the Bruce LaBruce film "Otto; or Up With Dead People and a new live accompaniment to the Derek Jarman film "The Angelic Conversation" together with the father of industrial music Peter Christopherson (Throbbing Gristle, Coil). His music has been featured in comedy shows by David Hoyle, art exhibitions like 'Gay Icons' at the National Portrait Gallery and he has worked with musicians like Marc Almond, Current 93 and Laura Moody.

For "Impermanence”, his new highly ambitious music venture, Othon’s ongoing collaborator Ernesto Tomasini demonstrates his huge 4 octave range across many of its tracks: 'At Night', 'The Fall' '59' 'A Little Dream' and ‘Impermanence’. Marc Almond, who also guests in the album, lends his voice to the darkest and most torturous moment on the record with his interpretation of the title track and his dramatic rendition of 'Last Night I Paid To Close My Eyes’. Camille O’Sullivan contributes with her passionate storytelling voice to ‘A Trip to Paradise’ and the songwriter himself sings on ‘All Is Too Soon’ a song dedicated to a childhood friend who recently died of a heroin overdose. Other guests include guitarist Justin Jones (And Also the Trees), vocalist Beverly Crome (The Cesarians) and the Elysian Quartet. Othon has done the album’s lush arrangements and Troy Banarzi has produced the title track.

Impermanence is an important landmark in Othon's artistic evolution. Inspired by a series of Tibetan Tantric meditations, it explores, in his words, "how our small world and everything that surrounds it may eventually be destroyed but, also, how Love can play a transformative role by giving birth to a young and naughty phoenix from the ashes of our old-world emotions”.

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Stylistically, Impermanence is virtually indefinable - with 50s pop, death baroque, post-minimalist and sleazy folk references, Othon has given his album the genre of 'PAN muzik'; 'a new off-limits musical genre that includes all genres! An all-embracing and holistic style of music neither exclusively experimental nor pop, neither strictly progressive nor banal.

The digital single 'Last Night I Paid To Close My Eyes' featuring Marc Almond and Ernesto Tomasini is available to download from iTunes by clicking here??

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To celebrate the launch of Impermanence, Othon is playing at the wonderful Chelsea Theatre, with Ernesto Tomasini. Special guests for the night include none other than Marc Almond, along Justin Jones from ‘And Also The Trees’ and fabulous new talent Laura Moody. Do not miss this opportunity to witness Othon’s and Ernesto’s magnificent talent live.

Monday November 28
Impermanence @Sacred Festival
Othon & Tomasini and special guests
Chelsea Theatre
London, UK