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Sufjan Stevens sends Happy Holiday wishes 30 November 2009 in Sufjan Stevens
Since tomorrow is the first day of advent, you can now play a christmas themed game courtesy of Sufjan Stevens and all the people at his Asthmatic Kitty label:
Sufjan Stevens - The BQE - Out Now 19 October 2009 in Sufjan Stevens
Listen to the album:
Download a free track from The BQE called “Movement VI—Isorhythmic Night Dance with Interchanges” (right click and select ‘save as’)
This week sees Sufjan Stevens release his 9th album, an instrumental multimedia experience called The BQE, an exploration of The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The project originally manifested in the form of a live show, performed Nov. 1-3, 2007. The show consisted of an original film, directed and written by Stevens, accompanied by an orchestra performing a live soundtrack.
‘A typically idiosyncratic endeavour from America’s...
Exclusive Sufjan Stevens package of The BQE 13 October 2009 in Sufjan Stevens
We’ve partnered up with Rough Trade Shops and Firebox.com to produce this super-limited edition of The BQE.
The package includes an original View-Master, CD/DVD, which includes the original 16mm / 8mm film (in widescreen ‘triptych’ display), the original motion picture soundtrack, a 40-page booklet (with extensive liner notes and photographs), and the stereoscopic View-Master image reel.
‘a brave and hugely ambitious score’ Q Magazine
Here is an image of the package (without the View-Master):
Biography
Sufjan Stevens. This boy makes us so proud it brings a collective tear to our eye. We like our artists ambitious and so when Sufjan arrived claiming he was going to make 50 albums (one for every state of America) we fell in love. With 2 down, 48 to go and progress slow, we’re beginning to realise that no insurance company on earth would have touched this project. But luckily, we’re in the right business as we’re happy with the two highly accomplished epics that fill us with awe for the wonderful states of Michigan and Illinoise. Personally, we’re most looking forward to Hawaii. We’ve also been privileged enough to release some gems from Sufjan’s ever so slightly prolific back catalogue of 29 volumes. One of these is a Christmas box set that contained the best of Sufjans annual yuletide albums along with all the trimmings, such as lyric sheet and chord chart for all the family to sing along to ‘Come on! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!’ with! So what does it all sound like? Well, it’s a lot like taking an engrossing road trip through ghost towns, grain mills, hospital rooms featuring guests such as a poet, a president, a serial murderer, UFOs, Superman, and Decatur’s famous Chicken Mobil all accompanied by a soundtrack weaved out of funk, pop, folk, jazz and Rodgers and Hammerstein-like flourishes played out upon the textures of 25 instruments, female choruses and Stephen’s emerging falsetto. We told you we like them ambitious.
Sufjan Stevens’ Website
