Littoral States

Renowned instrumentalists from Montreal, harpist Sarah Pagé, and percussionist Patrick Graham share news of their collaborative album Littoral States, out January 24th, 2025 via Envision Records. Littoral States is a shifting, reciprocal project that explores affinities beyond time, place, tradition and medium. Working in collaboration between Montréal, Morin-Heights and Brussels, musicians Sarah Pagé and Patrick Graham, along with visual artist Tamar Kasparian, chart pathways at once elusive and overlapping. Referencing a variety of natural elements and artistic traditions, Littoral States endeavors to dissolve boundaries and foreground the incorporeal. Intimacy is defined not by presence/absence, but in knowing and unknowing: as matter etched in air.

Special Limited Edition Deluxe Artwork Vinyl

The special edition of Littoral States features a unique, handmade collection of prints by Belgian-based artist Tamar Kasparian. Working in close collaboration with musicians Sarah Pagé & Patrick Graham from the inception of the project, Tamar created numerous original works using her mixed media approach. The artworks have been printed on 250 gram paper. The limited edition of 70 copies was crafted by Tamar, book-binder Tatsuya Inuikawa (La Rivière Sèche) and graphic designer Mona Habibizadeh. Each copy was given an individual pencil/ ink personalization and is signed by the artist.

"Drawing while listening to music is both object and process. Like a dance of the hands, each dynamic, each gesture has its importance. This process is a form of creation that does not place the eye at the center but the hand. There is in this procedure uncontrollability, chance, undisciplined flaws… an eventuality that leaves room for creation."  - Tamar Kasparian

For the limited edition of Littoral States, each drawing corresponds to one of the pieces of the album and opens a door to another universe linked to the previous one. The form of the booklet, created in collaboration with Tatsuya Inuikawa's La Rivière Sèche bookbinding workshop, reflects this link between each piece by offering multiple combinations of drawings between them.

TRACKLISTING
1. Tempest
2. Crossing Over
3. Pushing Upwards
4. Aethers
5. Beyond The Vale
6. Burning