Sarah Lipstate
{{Short description|American musician (born 1984)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2021}}
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| name = Sarah Lipstate
| image = Sarah Lipstate Noveller House of Blues 2014 15.jpg
| caption = Lipstate in 2014
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1984}}
| birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
| occupation = Musician
| alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin
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| alias = Noveller
| instrument = Guitar
| genre = {{hlist|Ambient| Drone}}
| years_active = 2007–present
| label = Ba Da Bing!, Divorce, Fire, Important, No Fun, Saffron, Shelter Press
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| associated_acts = Glenn Branca, Iggy Pop, Lee Ranaldo, St. Vincent
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Sarah Lipstate (born Birmingham, Alabama, March 16, 1984) is an American guitarist and composer who records under the name Noveller.
Her style typically involves creating layered soundscapes on the guitar, making extensive use of effects pedals and e-bows. Her music has been described as "icy drones and beautifully spare sounds" by the Allmusic reviewer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/noveller-mn0002111227|title=Noveller: Overview|website=Allmusic.com}}
In 2019, she collaborated with Iggy Pop on his album Free.{{Cite web|url=https://guitar.com/features/interviews/sarah-lipstate-aka-noveller/|title = Sarah Lipstate aka Noveller brings her moody soundscapes to Iggy Pop's new album|website=Guitar.com|date = 29 August 2019}}
Biography
Lipstate was born in 1984 in Birmingham.{{Cite web|url=https://tomtommag.com/2009/07/interview-with-sarah-lipstate/|title=Interview with Sarah Lipstate! | Tom Tom Magazine}} At age 2, she moved with her family to Lafayette, Louisiana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/01/28/articulating-the-instrumental-an-interview-with-drone-trailblazer-noveller/|title = An interview with drone trailblazer Noveller|website=Factmag.com|date = 28 January 2015}}
As a child, she played piano for nearly a decade and played trombone in her high school marching band.{{cite web |last1=Hansen-Girod |first1=Britlynn |title=The Pedalboard Sorcery of Sarah Lipstate of Noveller |url=https://reverb.com/news/interview-the-pedalboard-sorcery-of-sarah-lipstate-of-noveller |website=Reverb |access-date=24 October 2022}}
She began playing the guitar at 17 after buying the cheapest electric guitar she could afford.{{cite web |last1=Chiu |first1=David |title=Noveller’s Sarah Lipstate On Making The Cinematic Soundscapes For Her New LP ‘Arrow,’ And Working With Iggy Pop |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidchiu/2020/06/18/novellers-sarah-lipstate-on-making-the-cinematic-soundscapes-for-her-new-lp-arrow-and-working-with-iggy-pop/ |website=Forbes.com |access-date=24 October 2022}}
She attended the University of Texas and studied in the school's radio-television-film program. Many in her family are UT alums.{{cite web |title=Under the "Noveller" Moniker, a UT Alum Conjures Anxious and Hopeful Guitar Symphonies |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/noveller-musician-ut-austin/ |website=Texas Monthly |access-date=24 October 2022}}
In 2007, Lipstate moved to Brooklyn. A few months later, a mutual friend from Austin introduced her to the members of Parts & Labor who were looking for a guitarist.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150103064930/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/07/noveller_sarah_lipstate_interview.php Interview with Sarah Lipstate], Village Voice, July 2011. Mirror hosted by the Internet Archive
Discography
;As Noveller
- Paint On The Shadows (No Fun Productions, 2009)
- Red Rainbows (No Fun Productions, 2009)
- Desert Fires (Saffron Recordings, 2010)
- Glacial Glow (Saffron Recordings, 2011)
- Artifact (Saffron Recordings, 2012)
- No Dreams (Important Records, 2013)
- Fantastic Planet (Fire Records, 2015)
- A Pink Sunset For No One (Fire Records, 2017)
- Arrow (Ba Da Bing Records, 2020)
- Aphantasia (Self-released, 2021)
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Category:American rock guitarists