After two self-produced EPs, Sarah Maison (2018) and Soleils (2021), and the Karma EP (2021) with Anoraak, French singer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer Sarah Maison finally unveils her first album, DIVAD, the fruit of four years of creation. Sarah opens up, addressing personal themes through an exploration of the soul and existential questions. She also delves into more autobiographical subjects such as melancholy, derealization, the search for meaning, and romantic or friendly breakups: often through coded language but always with a touch of humor. DIVAD is a manifesto of artistic independence, fusing French chanson, Egyptian music, 70s disco, synth-pop, and British pop in a bold and uncompromising gesture. Her influences draw from musical history while reinventing it, bringing together Alan Vega and Martin Rev, the 70s Egyptian band Al Massrieen, Iranian psychedelic king Kourosh Yaghmei, and even Brigitte Fontaine and Françoise Hardy. Each track is a cinematic tableau, where the artist's theatrical voice, both imperious and vulnerable, carries an intimate narrative with universal undertones. Co-produced with Steve Surmely (sound engineer) and Timotée Pédron (sound designer), the album blurs boundaries and asserts an artist who defies categorization. Throughout these twelve tracks, we witness a renewal, with Sarah fully embracing her persona as a dark, grandiloquent, and tragicomic diva straight out of a Dario Argento film, a kind of homage to her Italian muses. Filled with tracks that are at once danceable, elegant, and elusive, DIVAD is a flamboyant work that perfectly reflects Sarah Maison: free, radiant, and audacious.
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