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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
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The trio talk about the grand mysteries of the universe that helped inspire their celestial collaboration, Planetarium.
By Bob Boilen
There's a stunning project by a handful of music's current big-thinkers: composer Nico Muhly, songwriter and singer Sufjan Stevens and guitarist-composer Bryce Dessner of The National. The trio, along with percussionist James McAlister, have created Planetarium, an existential song cycle that confronts both the heavens and the human condition in a marriage of hypnotic sound and song.
The NPR Music team met Muhly, Dessner and Stevens at Reservoir Studios in Manhattan to capture a video of the trio performing the song "Mercury" with violist Nadia Sirota, which you can watch here.
We also got a chance to to talk with them about the work's complex creation. There's have a brief video interview here and a more extensive conversation in the All Songs Considered podcast.
Credits:
Producers: Bob Boilen, Ben Naddaff-Hafrey; Director: Mito Habe-Evans; Editor: Nickolai Hammar; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Annabel Edwards, Mito Habe-Evans, Nickolai Hammar; Special Thanks: St. Rose Music, Mark and Rachel Dibner of the Argus Fund; Series Producer: Mito Habe-Evans; Executive Producers: Anya Grundmann, Keith Jenkins;
Please give Sufjan and Tiny Desk, he deserves it!
He would have done one by now if he wanted to I'm sure..
U kbow he could get on he prolly just doesnt want to sufjan is very successful
Yeah but we don’t
something tells me he declined the offer.
Yes!
I never knew how sufjan’s talking voice sounded and I’ve been a listener for how long?? So long
Luna uhhh. Research you must do.
This was my exact line if thought! It's surreal
im so glad sufjan looks so happy making music with them im glad my dude's doing good
Love how sufjan gets deep when talking about his song writing.
That's what INFJs do in general, especially when it's about a passion, something we burn for! :)
@@JonasAnandaKristianssonThis comment made me think of Sufjan's excellent usage of dominant Ni too. He's really talented at making coherent theories and diving deep into ideas.
Yeees exactly!!@@WHOAM1894
my obssession for Sufjan grows with each passing day 🤓
same. I think I have a crush on him 😩
Absolutely, and same here. We need a support group.
Me also!! He is like no one else- that haunting/mesmerizing, whispering, soaring voice! And he is easy on the eyes as well. ;0)
i will die for you sufjan
Judging from this interview, Sufjan would have you live! Live my cold grandpa!
@@Toloch 😂
omg i'm living for sufjan-thick-glasses-tiny-eyes-stephens
I'm worried, Sufjan only has one hat here
Anyone else think Sufjan's talking voice is significantly deeper than his singing voice? I heard him live, and whenever he talked between songs, there seemed to be a stark contrast... Am I the only one?
you don't have to do much thinking to figure that one out. It's pretty obvious. But yes, his normal speaking voice is deeper than his singing
His singing is very whispery and the chest boom is taken out of the equation.
Sufjan is my favorite artist.
I love you, Sufjan.
It's so fresh to see the "star" allow others to shine! Sufjan is a generous, angelic soul.
sufjan is a beautiful twunk man and i love him
cold grandpa lol @ "twunk"
sufjan looks like someones wierd but cool dad
SufDad Stevens
I am still waiting for the Sufjan and Bjork collaboration.
Nico is absolutely fascinating. Loved this whole interview.
Never mistake Sufjan’s calm demeanour and his dreamy stares, as naïveté. It’s actually a deep and brilliant connection which most simply don’t have. That intuitive stare will make some people think that the person who possesses it, is dim and will cause some to speak down to the possessor of the stare, which, in turn, gives the brilliant intuitive even more informational insight into he; the one who foolishly and arrogantly, judges. When he stares, he’s receiving.
Such a thoughtful comment, i completely agree.
1:08 "I'm really into trombone porn." Oh, suf :')
I've been checking for an interview with Suf everyday for months :)
Hope he performs at the Oscars. Really the only part I'm gonna watch
abundance !
i going to count how many times he says it >> 1. .2..3....
Sufjan still looks like he's 30
jpghiva jan will always be 30.
He is not?!
@@souvikbhattacharyya2480 No! He is 44! Looks so good still.
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Why doesn't Sufjan have his own Facebook page or at least his own Instagram? I've Googled him and his stuff is scattered all over the Internet. His own website is one page about him. It would be nice to have a website on him and him only. His story(s), music, videos, interviews, etc... I didn't know he even existed until the release of the movie, Call Me By Your Name. And even then, I didn't even watch the movie yet and people on Facebook and Twitter were sharing his music. And I instantly became a fan literally thinking he was a new and upcoming artist.
I felt like I had been living under a rock all these years because I never knew anything about him until that point. Now I'm hooked! The guy has an amazing style that is beyond captivating. I just want to study up on him. I love getting back stories, history, family, etc.. about someone I become a fan of. But, it just seems as though, Sufjan is very private and secretive about himself. Which I totally respect if that's his intentions. But, it would be nice to learn more about him. I've seemed to have missed a lot of his career as it is.
I know its about one year late but actually hes been using a tumblr page for a long long time and he did open an instagram account as well!
@@ptrkwen can you link said pages?
Nico looks like he hasn't slept in two decades.
These three are just beautiful people. ☺️
Wish I could hang out and make music with these guys.
i love how sufjans glasses make his eyes so small lol
Speechless
so weird seeing sufjan talk
I’m happy suf is having fun with all his gay friends :)
So uncalled for :'D
They've been all over the Solar System: NPR please let these poor guys have a bath, a shave, and some rest
At about 5:30 when the interviewer attempts to quantify Sufjan's lyrics about a "mess" he let's out a "oooh" like "oh did you really do that? That thing where you think you know what an abstract lyric is about?" LOL
Nico seems very nervous in this interview
Daddy Stevens
ah yes my 3 lovelies
WTC Sufjan's Slip onssssss
There’s another Dessner!! What da heck?!
The awkwardness is palpable
Interesting insight into the minds of these creative geniuses... but nico muhly seems suspiciously enthusiastic in this interview... i mean if he was gonna be on something he could have waited after the interview...
Rafael Graterol maybe he's depressed.
why is Nico so sweaty
you should see Gonzales play the piano.
coke
Shockingly, the dude does not know how to interview musicians.
sufthony stevenstano
Why
That guy on the far left is high as a kite
yeah he seems coked up. the amount he’s talking and touching himself
we talkin about the dude with the puffy ass eyes??? because if so, yes to both of you lol.
damn Bryce is aging
We all are.
would hate to have to sit in a room with that nico guy jesus man chill
this is a mess
dude. calm tf down.
I like his music, but how does Nico Muhly sound so shallow and lofty/pretentious at the same time