catalogue

STEVENS, SUFJAN & BRAMS, LOWELL

APORIA (LTD. YELLOW VINYL) (ASTHMATIC KITTY)

STEVENS, SUFJAN & BRAMS, LOWELL - APORIA (LTD. YELLOW VINYL) 139454
format:
1 LP
release:
27.03.2020
label:
ASTHMATIC KITTY
item ID:
139454
barcode:
0729920164189
"Aporia" is a New Age album from Sufjan Stevens and his step-father and record label co-owner, Lowell Brams.

In the spirit of the New Age composers who sanded off the edges of their synths' sawtooth waves, "Aporia" approximates a rich soundtrack from an imagined sci-fi epic brimming with moody, hooky, gauzy synthesizer soundscapes.

The album may suggest the progeny of a John Carpenter, Wendy Carlos, and Mike Oldfield marriage, but it stands apart from these touchstones and generates a meditative universe all its own.

This is no mere curio in the Sufjan Stevens catalog - but a fully realized collaborative musical piece.

Stevens and Brams recorded "Aporia" over the course of the last several years during Brams' visits to Stevens' home in New York with the help of several frequent Asthmatic Kitty collaborators, including Thomas Bartlett (Doveman), D.M.

Stith, Nick Berry (Dots Will Echo), John Ringhofer (Half-handed Cloud) drummer and longtime collaborator James McAlister, keyboardist and trombonist Steve Moore (Sunn O)))), guitarist Yuuki Matthews (The Shins) and vocalist Cat Martino.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. OUSIA
  • 1.2. WHAT IT TAKES
  • 1.3. DISINHERITANCE
  • 1.4. AGATHON
  • 1.5. DETERMINED OUTCOME
  • 1.6. MISOLOGY
  • 1.7. AFTERWORLD ALLIANCE
  • 1.8. PALINODES
  • 1.9. BACKHANDED CLOUD
  • 1.10. GLORIOUS YOU
  • 1.11. FOR RAYMOND SCOTT
  • 1.12. MATRONYMIC
  • 1.13. THE RED DESERT
  • 1.14. CONCILIATION
  • 1.15. ATARAXIA
  • 1.16. THE UNLIMITED
  • 1.17. THE RUNAROUND
  • 1.18. CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN
  • 1.19. CAPTAIN PRAXIS
  • 1.20. EUDAIMONIA
  • 1.21. THE LYDIAN RING