• Source: The BQE (soundtrack)

The BQE is a mixed-medium artistic exploration of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway by Sufjan Stevens. The project originally manifested in the form of a live show, performed on November 1–3, 2007. The show consisted of an original film, directed and written by Stevens, accompanied by an orchestra performing a live soundtrack.
The album recording was made after the rehearsals for the show. It was recorded live during a one-day session in Legacy Studios' A509 orchestral suite (since closed and demolished) with most of the group in the same large room together.
A multimedia package of The BQE was released on October 20, 2009. The set consists of a CD of the show's soundtrack, a DVD of Brooklyn-Queen Expressway footage that accompanied the original performance (not a film of the performance itself), a 40-page booklet with liner notes and photos, and a stereoscopic 3D View-Master reel. There is also a limited edition version that features the soundtrack on 180-gram vinyl and a 40-page BQE-themed comic book starring the show's hula-hooping wonder women, The Hooper Heroes.
Regarding The BQE, Stevens said:

I intended to create a non-personal, non-narrative piece. I tried to reduce my own personal investment as much as possible, and I refused to incorporate one of my strengths, which is the song. I was relinquishing my greatest weapon.




Ballet


Justin Peck's ballet In the Countenance of Kings, made for the San Francisco Ballet, is set to music from The BQE.




Track listing






Personnel


Production

Alejandro Venguer, assisted by Jeff Kirby and Tyler Van Dalen – recording, legacy studios, New York City
Casey Foubert, James McAlister, and Sufjan Stevens – additional recording, Sufjan's office in Brooklyn
Sufjan Stevens – mixing
Lisa Moran – production management
Michael Atkinson – music editing, copyist
Performing artists

"Hooper Heroes" Comic Book/Stereoscopic Reel

Sufjan Stevens – story, writing
Stephen Halker – story, penciling, inking, lettering, coloring
Heidi Cho – coloring
David Min – coloring
Matt Loux – cover watercolour
Christian Ackler – cover masthead




Charts






References






External links


Asthmatic Kitty Records' page for The BQE

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