Interview with Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly: NPR Music
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Advisory: This video contains profanity.
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;
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Please give Sufjan and Tiny Desk, he deserves it!
@johnmiles5036
7 жыл бұрын
He would have done one by now if he wanted to I'm sure..
@mikeybuckley9226
5 жыл бұрын
U kbow he could get on he prolly just doesnt want to sufjan is very successful
@rubenruiz5809
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but we don’t
@spicyguava9333
2 жыл бұрын
something tells me he declined the offer.
@raymawst5370
9 ай бұрын
Yes!
I never knew how sufjan’s talking voice sounded and I’ve been a listener for how long?? So long
@blahblahblahblahbla2705
6 жыл бұрын
Luna uhhh. Research you must do.
@hely5104
5 жыл бұрын
This was my exact line if thought! It's surreal
Sufjan is my favorite artist.
im so glad sufjan looks so happy making music with them im glad my dude's doing good
omg i'm living for sufjan-thick-glasses-tiny-eyes-stephens
Love how sufjan gets deep when talking about his song writing.
@JonasAnandaKristiansson
6 жыл бұрын
That's what INFJs do in general, especially when it's about a passion, something we burn for! :)
@WHOAM1894
7 ай бұрын
@@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.
@JonasAnandaKristiansson
7 ай бұрын
Yeees exactly!!@@WHOAM1894
i will die for you sufjan
@Toloch
7 жыл бұрын
Judging from this interview, Sufjan would have you live! Live my cold grandpa!
@rithistewartx5908
2 жыл бұрын
@@Toloch 😂
I'm worried, Sufjan only has one hat here
my obssession for Sufjan grows with each passing day 🤓
@bbqsauce9
Жыл бұрын
same. I think I have a crush on him 😩
@beedaffy
8 ай бұрын
Absolutely, and same here. We need a support group.
@beedaffy
8 ай бұрын
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 love you, Sufjan.
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?
@colejames423
4 жыл бұрын
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
@pmambientworks4727
2 жыл бұрын
His singing is very whispery and the chest boom is taken out of the equation.
sufjan is a beautiful twunk man and i love him
@blahblahblahblahbla2705
6 жыл бұрын
cold grandpa lol @ "twunk"
It's so fresh to see the "star" allow others to shine! Sufjan is a generous, angelic soul.
sufjan looks like someones wierd but cool dad
SufDad Stevens
Nico is absolutely fascinating. Loved this whole interview.
I've been checking for an interview with Suf everyday for months :)
I am still waiting for the Sufjan and Bjork collaboration.
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.
@dimetrodonz
Жыл бұрын
Such a thoughtful comment, i completely agree.
abundance !
@shrineheart87
6 жыл бұрын
i going to count how many times he says it >> 1. .2..3....
Sufjan still looks like he's 30
@blahblahblahblahbla2705
6 жыл бұрын
jpghiva jan will always be 30.
@souvikbhattacharyya2480
4 жыл бұрын
He is not?!
@rand0mletters1
4 жыл бұрын
@@souvikbhattacharyya2480 No! He is 44! Looks so good still.
Hope he performs at the Oscars. Really the only part I'm gonna watch
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1:08 "I'm really into trombone porn." Oh, suf :')
Nico looks like he hasn't slept in two decades.
These three are just beautiful people. ☺️
Speechless
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.
@ptrkwen
4 жыл бұрын
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!
@varun2275
Жыл бұрын
@@ptrkwen can you link said pages?
Wish I could hang out and make music with these guys.
i love how sufjans glasses make his eyes so small lol
so weird seeing sufjan talk
ah yes my 3 lovelies
I’m happy suf is having fun with all his gay friends :)
@pmambientworks4727
2 жыл бұрын
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
WTC Sufjan's Slip onssssss
Daddy Stevens
Nico seems very nervous in this interview
There’s another Dessner!! What da heck?!
The awkwardness is palpable
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
why is Nico so sweaty
@tonematrix
7 жыл бұрын
you should see Gonzales play the piano.
@kfctwigs136
6 жыл бұрын
coke
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...
@blahblahblahblahbla2705
6 жыл бұрын
Rafael Graterol maybe he's depressed.
sufthony stevenstano
@ilovebooks49
Жыл бұрын
Why
Shockingly, the dude does not know how to interview musicians.
That guy on the far left is high as a kite
@satuesday
6 жыл бұрын
yeah he seems coked up. the amount he’s talking and touching himself
@k_a_y_l_e_e
6 жыл бұрын
we talkin about the dude with the puffy ass eyes??? because if so, yes to both of you lol.
damn Bryce is aging
@trojanpony
3 жыл бұрын
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