Classically-trained harpist and experimental music auteur Sarah Pagé is about to release her very first full-length album, a recording of one unaltered performance Dose Curves. Out on October 11 via Backward Music, the LP is preceded now by its final single “Lithium Taper” and a gorgeous video companion piece shot in Iceland and edited by filmmaker Kyoka Tsukamoto.
Based in Montreal, Pagé has loaned her talent on songs and albums by The Barr Brothers, Esmerine, Joni Void, and others. A “tribute to the many moods and colours of the harp,” her solo music nevertheless transcends what we commonly associate with avant-garde harp composition, frequently employing real-time electronic sound manipulation and noise.
Following more traditional “Stasis” and “Ephemeris Data,” the new single is a testament to Pagé’s experimental ambitions: a vignette of heavily-processed ambient choral music, perfectly complemented by the grainy rolling take of the Icelandic scenery of the video.
Pre-order the album through Pagé’s Bandcamp, and watch the video for “Lithium Tapes” below:
Dose Curves tracklisting:
01. Dose Curves
02. Stasis
03. Lithium Taper
04. Ephemeris Data
05. Pleiades
Sarah Pagé tour dates (w/ Joni Void):
10.05.19 - Montreal, QC - Casa del Popolo
10.06.19 - Ottawa, ON - Cinqhole
10.11.19 - Toronto, ON - Burdock
10.12.19 - Hamilton, ON - Christ Church Cathedral
10.13.19 - Guelph, ON - Silence Sounds
10.25.19 - Montreal, QC - Église St-Édouard
10.26.19 - Quebec, QC - Libraire St Jean-Baptiste
10.27.19 - St. Hyacinthe, QC - Le Zaricot
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