Sans Toi by Être Ensemble
Our second cassette release from Être Ensemble, after 2023’s CLOSE / SPACE. Call it a follow-up, call it a lockdown/grief album; work on Sans Toi (named after the song from Agnès Varda’s 1962 film Cléo de 5 à 7) began after CLOSE and before SPACE, and revolved around recording sessions with close collaborators at the Montreal microcinema/studio La Lumière Collective (alumierecollective.org), including Sarah Pagé, N NAO, Maya Kuroki, Ida Toninato, and Anette Zénith. Also to be found are two Mercury Tracer samples as a nod to and continuation of CLOSE. Here are the results, naked in the heart of winter.
Tracklist
| 1. | Prélude | 3:42 |
| 2. | Thème | 4:22 |
| 3. | Rêves | 4:02 |
| 4. | Spirale | 4:22 |
| 5. | Le Deuil Pt. 1 | 4:10 |
| 6. | Le Deuil Pt. 2 | 2:22 |
| 7. | Les Couleurs | 5:00 |
| 8. | Générique de Fin | 5:02 |
Credits
released January 22, 2025
Produced by Jean Néant / Joni Void
1 - Madeline Johnston / Mercury Tracer on Keyboards
2 - Naomie de Lorimier / N NAO on Vox
3 - Maya Kuroki on Vox + Madeline Johnston on Keys in Outro
4 - Ida Toninato on Baritone Sax & Vox
5 - Sarah Pagé on (Prepared) Harp
6 - Sarah Pagé on Harp
7 - Gabrielle Godbout on Vox & Andrea Mercier on Sax
8 - Jarom Osario on Double-Bass
Recorded at La Lumière Collective, between 2020 & 2021 - Except track no.1
Mastered by Jonah Fortune
In memory of Joni Sadler; & Eric Littman
Produced by Jean Néant / Joni Void
1 - Madeline Johnston / Mercury Tracer on Keyboards
2 - Naomie de Lorimier / N NAO on Vox
3 - Maya Kuroki on Vox + Madeline Johnston on Keys in Outro
4 - Ida Toninato on Baritone Sax & Vox
5 - Sarah Pagé on (Prepared) Harp
6 - Sarah Pagé on Harp
7 - Gabrielle Godbout on Vox & Andrea Mercier on Sax
8 - Jarom Osario on Double-Bass
Recorded at La Lumière Collective, between 2020 & 2021 - Except track no.1
Mastered by Jonah Fortune
In memory of Joni Sadler; & Eric Littman
