Envision signs Sarah Pagé and Patrick Graham for Littoral States
NEW SINGLE + ALBUM OUT JANUARY 24, 2025
‘Tempest’ is the lead single from Littoral States, a new collaborative album between exploratory harpist Sarah Pagé and outer-national percussionist Patrick Graham. The expansive, shifting composition weaves together several earthen modes, each invitingly organic and warm, yet somehow uncanny. Visual artist Tamar Kasparian, who worked closely with the duo in developing the themes and artwork for the album, describes the opening track as ‘listening to the sounds of a storm, unsure whether it’s coming or going’. Like the other pieces that make up Littoral States, ‘Tempest’ succeeds in recreating the inimitable feeling of listening to a broader world.
Littoral States is a shifting, reciprocal project that explores affinities beyond time, place, tradition and medium. Montreal musicians Sarah Pagé and Patrick Graham employ a unique array of instruments (including harp, bass koto, sarangi, waterphone, hamon, Nano Garden and electronics) to evoke abstracted textures from deep within the anthropocene. Working in close collaboration with Brussels-based visual artist Tamar Kasparian, the album hangs together as six interwoven sonic compositions accompanied by beautifully integrated artwork. The wordless music carries the listener through a series of heady atmospheres, balancing a sense of urgency with an open-ended reflexivity. Littoral States is rooted in a profound sense of affinity, awe and anguish for the natural world.
Littoral States comes out Friday, January 24, 2025 release via Envision Records.
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