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Cassette + Digital Album
Super Ferro Normal-bias music grade tape pro duplicated in real time. Pad-printed turquoise shell with screws and yellow leaders. Program repeats on both sides. All cassettes include a unique download code.
Edition of 75
(30 to the label)
(45 to the artist)
All proceeds from digital sales to the artist.
Includes unlimited streaming of The Years in Between
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
The Years in Between is a sound
COLLAGE / OBJECT / EXPERIENCE
composed, recorded, and produced by harpist & vocalist Elisa Thorn.
Flowing through different scenes and spaces, the 26-minute piece is a
MEDITATION / ABSTRACT NARRATIVE / EXPLORATION
of Elisa’s relationship with her child self. She plays with her belief that all the versions of oneself exist within us at any given moment - and that it is possible to travel across time to visit our past and future selves. She seeks to
REPAIR / REFRAME / REIMAGINE / RESHAPE / RECAST
her relationship with her mother by developing a relationship with the mother and child inside herself.
Elisa recorded, edited and produced this project herself with her Camac DHC and Lyon & Healy style 85 harps, a Boss RC-300 looping pedal, and GarageBand. Sometimes you can hear the creak of her chair but remarkably, none of the construction noise from outside her studio space. Endless thanks to Chris Gestrin for his mixing wizardry and final tweaks.
It is meant to be listened to continuously in one sitting. She hopes you
LAY DOWN
CLOSE YOUR EYES
USE HEADPHONES
TURN IT UP
and come with.
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Since graduating from the UBC School of Music in 2011, Elisa Thorn has become a much sought after addition to the Canadian creative music scene, known for her skilled use of extended techniques, electronic effects, and unconventional uses of harp. With the generous support of the British Columbia Arts Council she has studied composition with Dr. Lisa Cay Miller, music technology with Scott Morgan, and attended the International Workshop for Jazz and Creative Music at the Banff Center.
Her music, which combines influences of post-rock, jazz, classical and indie, is propelled by two artistic objectives: firstly, how to create music that is both abstract and accessible; and secondly, how to lead a band with harp in a way does not compromise sensitivity with its boldness, or aesthetic beauty with its curiosity. Interested in the intersection between composed and improvised music, she is involved with many projects including HUE, The Giving Shapes and Gentle Party, who released an album under the Phonometrograph label that was longer-listed for the Polaris Prize in 2017.
Her values in community have led her towards work as a curator and presenter, and much like her artistic musical inquires as a music creator, her inquisitions as a presenter focuses on how to create accessibility of challenging and/or abstract art through intentional methods of presentation. She ran an experimental interdisciplinary concert series called Sound(e)scape from 2013-14, co-curates a bi-annual mixtape called Bitch Tapes that features womxn-identifying artists, and has been running an outdoor house concert series called Woodland Patio Series since 2014.
An avid collaborator, Elisa has works with many diverse artists and has appeared on recordings from Tonye Aganaba, Mother Mother, Loscil, Khari McClelland, Foothills, and David Ward. In 2019 she enjoyed a tour to Japan with electronic artist Lief Hall, and attended a residency in Stockholm in February 2020 to collaborate with the Like The Mind ensemble. She was recently selected for a residency with master artist Vijay Iyer at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in May 2020.
credits
released July 30, 2021
Recorded, edited and produced with Elisa's Camac DHC and Lyon & Healy 85E harps, a Boss RC-300 looping pedal, and GarageBand.
All music by Elisa Thorn
Mixed and mastered by Chris Gestrin
Produced by Dark Matter/Peter Gough
Design & Layout by Dylan Marcus McConnell/Tiny Little Hammers
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