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Jim Ottaway Music
Life is Music!
1. Apocalyptic Signs (29:41)
2. Beautiful Desolation [Angels & Demons] (29:52)
3. Bonus Track: Apocalyptic Signs [Radio Edit] (6:01)
4. Bonus Track: Beautiful Desolation [Angels & Demons] [Radio Edit] (6:05)
Total playing time: 59:33
Total playing time (including Bonus Tracks): 71:39
**Limited Release**
Purchase a download of the album or individual tracks:
Media: CD-R (plastic sleeve) / Download
Catalogue Number: RTI-1
CD release date: 21 November 2019
Category: Ambient
Original album notes:
Both tracks are real-time improvised dark ambient soundscapes recorded live in my home studio on the Gold Coast, Australia on 9 November 2019. These tracks were recorded while reflecting on a challenging and life-changing event that occurred exactly one year earlier.
Cover photography courtesy of Bern and Paul Skelly. Additional graphics by Jim Ottaway.
Additional notes: 'Beautiful Desolation' debuted at #74 on the Zone Music Reporter Top 100 Chart for November 2019 and jumped to #32 on the December 2019 chart. On the January 2020 chart it dropped to #35, to #37 on the February 2020 chart and then to #47 on the March 2020 chart. 'Beautiful Desolation' received a nomination for Best Ambient Album in the 7th Annual One World Music Radio Awards for 2019. 'Beautiful Desolation' received a nomination for Best Ambient Album in the 17th Annual Zone Music Report Annual Music Awards for 2020. 'Beautiful Desolation' debuted on the Galactic Travels (radio show) WDIY Top 20 Albums Chart (non-ranked) in December 2024.
Reviews: "...raw, beautiful and full of deep expression"... "...dark and infinitely intriguing without a doubt"... "perhaps Ottaway at his finest.". Janet Mawdesley, Blue Wolf Reviews (Perth, Australia). Click here for the full review and reviews of my albums.