As Noveller, guitarist Sarah Lipstate employs loops and an intricate web of effects to create textural, expansive instrumental soundscapes. Lipstate's background in filmmaking informed the cinematic elements of her ambient guitar compositions. Noveller's sound progressed from slow-moving drones to filmic science fiction-themed pieces, eventually growing from solo guitar arrangements to incorporate synthesizers and rhythmic elements on 2017's A Pink Sunset for No One.
While attending college in Austin, Texas, between 2003 and 2006, Lipstate played guitar in an experimental du...