Planetarium

by Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner & James McAlister

Type: Album
Released: 9 June 2017
Label: 4AD
Country: United States
Length: 1:16:06
Community rating: 3.22/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originating as a live commission for a Dutch concert hall, this sprawling collaborative effort formally unites four prominent figures in modern classical and indie rock. The album is an ambitious, 75-minute exploration of the solar system, pairing sweeping orchestral arrangements and glitching electronics with Stevens's heavily auto-tuned reflections on Roman mythology and cosmic insignificance.

Genres

Descriptors: space, conceptual, atmospheric, melodic, mythology

Tracklist

Neptune (3:04)
Jupiter (7:10)
Halley's Comet (0:30)
Venus (4:42)
Uranus (6:51)
Mars (7:08)
Black Energy (5:25)
Sun (3:59)
Tides (0:58)
Moon (3:42)
Pluto (4:23)
Kuiper Belt (2:04)
Black Hole (0:33)
Saturn (3:51)
In The Beginning (1:17)
Earth (15:10)
Mercury (5:12)

Credits

Sufjan Stevens - primary artist, composed by, vocals, synthesizer [prophet 6], synthesizer [prophet 08], synthesizer [juno 60], keyboards [nord electro], drum machine [tempest], piano, mellotron, recorder, voice [practice chanter], programmed by
Nico Muhly - primary artist, composed by, piano, celesta, bass [sub bass], organ [twitchy organ]
Bryce Dessner - primary artist, composed by, guitar
James McAlister - primary artist, composed by, drums, percussion, programmed by, synthesizer [moog], synthesizer [juno 60], synthesizer [jupiter 6], organ [acetone organ]
Nathlie Provosty - artwork [back image by], artwork [jupiter by]
Cecily Brown - artwork [earth by]
Jim Hodges - artwork [inner gatefold image by], artwork [neptune by]
Stephen Halker - artwork [mars by]
Mehreen Murtaza - artwork [mercury by]
Marcel Dzama - artwork [moon by]
Ragnar Kjartansson - artwork [pluto by]
Matthew Ritchie - artwork [saturn by]
Karl Jensen - artwork [sun by]
David Huffman - artwork [uranus by]
Saya Woolfalk - artwork [venus by]
Claire Bryant - cello
Jessica Dessner - cover [cover image by]
Deborah Johnson - design [production and projection design - live production credits]
Josh Higgason - directed by [technical director - live production credits]
Brandon Reid - engineer [sound engineer - live production credits]
Lex van Coeverden - lacquer cut by
Eliav Kadosh - lighting [lasers - live production credits]
Ben Stanton - lighting [lighting designer - live production credits]
Thomas Bartlett - piano, mellotron
Ben Lanz - trombone
George Flynn - trombone
Ryan Keberle - trombone
Tim Albright - trombone
William Lang - trombone
Dan Levine - trombone, bass trombone
Joe Barati - trombone, bass trombone
Nadia Sirota - viola
Ben Russell - violin
Rob Moose - violin