Sufjan Steven has been busy lately. Not so much with his 50 albums for 50 states project, but with two new projects.
The first of which is The BQE: A mixed-medium artistic 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. The CD/DVD will be released on October 20, 2009. It will consist of a CD of the show's soundtrack, a DVD of Brooklyn-Queen Expressway footage that accompanied the original performance (not a film of the performance itself), a 40-page booklet with liner notes and photos, and a stereoscopic 3D View-Master reel.
The second project is RUN RABBIT RUN. It is a re-working of his 2001 instrumental album Enjoy Your Rabbit. The songs, originally performed with electronic instruments, have been re-arranged by New York composers Michael Atkinson, Olivier Manchon, Maxim Moston, Nico Muhly, and Gabriel Kahane and are performed by the Osso String Quartet. All of the original sounds—glitches, white noise, etc.—will be reproduced by these string instruments. That album is out this week.
What I'm waiting for (besides an album about Rhode Island, we're a small state but our illustrious/shady history could fill a box set) is a return to the delicate sounds of 2005's Illinoise. Here's a session from that era.
Sufjan Stevens
The Triple Door
Seattle, Washington
July 23rd, 2005
As broadcast on KEXP
01 Casimir Pulaski Day
02 The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders
03 Prairie Fire That Wanders About
04 Jacksonville
05 The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
06 Chicago
07 The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
08 John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
The first of which is The BQE: A mixed-medium artistic 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. The CD/DVD will be released on October 20, 2009. It will consist of a CD of the show's soundtrack, a DVD of Brooklyn-Queen Expressway footage that accompanied the original performance (not a film of the performance itself), a 40-page booklet with liner notes and photos, and a stereoscopic 3D View-Master reel.
The second project is RUN RABBIT RUN. It is a re-working of his 2001 instrumental album Enjoy Your Rabbit. The songs, originally performed with electronic instruments, have been re-arranged by New York composers Michael Atkinson, Olivier Manchon, Maxim Moston, Nico Muhly, and Gabriel Kahane and are performed by the Osso String Quartet. All of the original sounds—glitches, white noise, etc.—will be reproduced by these string instruments. That album is out this week.
What I'm waiting for (besides an album about Rhode Island, we're a small state but our illustrious/shady history could fill a box set) is a return to the delicate sounds of 2005's Illinoise. Here's a session from that era.
Sufjan Stevens
The Triple Door
Seattle, Washington
July 23rd, 2005
As broadcast on KEXP
01 Casimir Pulaski Day
02 The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders
03 Prairie Fire That Wanders About
04 Jacksonville
05 The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
06 Chicago
07 The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
08 John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
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