Sufjan Stevens
The B.Q.E.

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Sound clips for The B.Q.E. by Sufjan Stevens: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Rough Trade, RTRADCD550, £17.99.

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· Sufjan Stevens presents ‘The BQE’, a film and musical suite
exploring New York City’s infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway,
at The Brooklyn Academy Of Music’s Next Wave Festival in
November 2007. The critically applauded performance featured 36
performers including a band, a wind and brass ensemble, string
players, a horn section, projected film footage of the expressway
and five hula hoopers.
· ‘The BQE’ is available as a double-disc format (CD/DVD),
which includes the original 16mm/8mm film (in widescreen
‘triptych’ display), the original motion picture soundtrack, a
40-page booklet (with extensive liner notes and
photographs), and a stereoscopic image reel (playable in all
Viewmaster viewers).
· The limited edition vinyl (1000 copies) is available as a
double gatefold and includes the soundtrack on 180-gram
vinyl, a large-scale 32-page booklet with liner notes and
photographs, and a black and white version of the 40-page
‘Hooper Heroes’ comic book.

Prelude On The Esplanade * Introductory Fanfare For The Hooper Heroes *
Movement I - In The Countenance Of Kings * Movement II - Sleeping Invader *
Interlude I - Dream Sequence In Subi Circumnavigation * Movement III - Linear
Tableau With Intersecting Surprise * Movement IV - Traffic Shock * Movement V -
Self-Organizing Emergent Patterns * Interlude II - Subi Power Waltz * Interlude
III - Invisible Accidents * Movement VI - Isorhythmic Night Dance With
Interchanges * Movement VII (Finale) - The Emperor Of Centrifuge * Postlude -
Critical Mass