“Haze,” a New Song from Angelo De Augustine
July 26th, 2017 , by Asthmatic Kitty
CLASH has debuted a lovely new music video of Angelo’s “Haze.” Watch the video above or over at CLASH here.
Angelo illustrated the video and Matt Czap brought Angelo’s vision to animated life.
Robin Murray at CLASH interviewed Angelo about his songwriting:
‘Swim Inside The Moon’ could be the first many fans have heard of you, do you feel it’s reflective of your wider work? How close to Angelo does this record go?
We are constantly evolving beings, and as a result can never achieve an exact reflection of anything. Who is this Angelo? My intention is always to follow my instincts and listen to what the voice inside tells me, because it holds more truth than any external presence.
Swim Inside the Moon is out in just a few weeks. Preorder the first-run bone-color LP over at our store here.
Angelo is heading out on tour in November; tourdates:
Watch Angelo Play “Crazy, Stoned, and Gone” Live
June 22nd, 2017 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Jessica Nicole Collins filmed this beautiful single-camera shoot of Angelo De Augustine playing “Crazy, Stoned, and Gone” live at Meditation Mount in the hills ofOjai, California.
Stereogum debuted the video, saying “De Augustine is a master of the spare, trembling guitar ballad.”
Angelo’s new record, Swim Inside the Moon, comes out in late August, and you can preorder it here.
Planetarium Out Now
June 10th, 2017 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Planetarium, the concept album by Sufjan, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, and James McAlister, is out now via our friends over at 4AD.
Find it at your local record store, the 4AD store here, or your favorite digital purchase or streaming site. We also have some copies over at the AKR store here. Use the code “WEIGHTLESS” to get 20% off (good until June 17th).
Sufjan, Nico, Bryce, and James are touring Planetarium. See below for dates.
SHOWS
July 10 2017 / Philharmonie de Paris / Paris, FR /Tickets
July 18 2017 Celebrate Brooklyn! Prospect Park Bandshell / Brooklyn, NY / Tickets
July 20 2017 / Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles, CA / Tickets
July 21 2017 / Fox Theater / Oakland, CA /Tickets
Announcing Swim Inside the Moon, from Angelo De Augustine
May 22nd, 2017 , by Asthmatic Kitty
We’re proud to announce that on August 25 we’ll be releasing Swim Inside the Moon, the second full length from Angelo De Augustine. We’re pressing the first run in limited edition bone-color vinyl to match the cover art, which includes illustrations from Angelo.
You can preorder the record here. Read more about how Angelo recorded Swim Inside the Moon here.
Sufjan animated the stop-motion video for “Crazy, Stoned, and Gone.” You can watch it above, or at YouTube.
Watch Sufjan’s Carrie & Lowell Live Now
April 28th, 2017 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Asthmatic Kitty Records is pleased to announce Carrie & Lowell Live, an audio and visual document of Sufjan’s November 9, 2015 performance at North Charleston Performing Arts Center in South Carolina. The show is available on YouTube and Vimeo and as an audio download (and streaming) on most digital platforms starting April 28, 2017. Carrie & Lowell Live is available on Vimeo here, or your favorite streaming/purchasing platform here.
We are also releasing a translucent blue 12″ split with “Blue Bucket of Gold” (and its outro) on Side A, and “Hotline Bling” featuring Gallant on Side B.
The 12″ ships September 22, 2017. You can preorder it here.
We’re also happy to announce that later in the year we’ll be releasing The Greatest Gift Mixtape – Outtakes, Remixes & Demos from Carrie & Lowell.
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Track listing
side A
Wallowa Lake Monster (Carrie & Lowell Outtake)
Drawn To The Blood (Sufjan Stevens Remix)
Death With Dignity (Helado Negro Remix)
John My Beloved (iPhone Demo)
Drawn To The Blood (Fingerpicking Version)
The Greatest Gift (Carrie & Lowell Outtake)
side B
Exploding Whale (Doveman Remix)
All Of Me Wants All Of You (Helado Negro Remix)
Fourth Of July (900X Remix)
The Hidden River Of My Life (Carrie & Lowell Outtake)
City of Roses (Carrie & Lowell Outtake)
Introducing Angelo De Augustine
April 26th, 2017 , by Asthmatic Kitty
We’re proud to announce the signing of Angelo De Augustine to Asthmatic Kitty Records. Watch the video above to hear “Truly Gone,” the first music from Angelo released on AKR.
We’re also releasing a limited edition 7″ vinyl. It includes “Truly Gone,” which will appear on a forthcoming record, and “Magical,” a song exclusive to this release. There are only 100 of these available.
THE DECALOGUE: A Ballet by Justin Peck with Music by Sufjan Stevens
April 14th, 2017 , by Asthmatic Kitty
On May 12th, the New York Ballet will premiere choreographer Justin Peck’s The Decalogue, with music from Sufjan. Additional shows will follow on May 14, 18, and 20. Buy tickets here.
This is the third time Justin has incorporated Sufjan’s music. In 2012, Justin choreographed Year of the Rabbit to orchestrations based on Enjoy Your Rabbit. In 2014 Sufjan composed music for Justin’s Everywhere We Go.
See above or here for a video directed by Rebekka Björnsdóttir and Yoonha Park. Sufjan did motion graphics for the video.
Happy Birthday Lowell!
March 31st, 2017 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Today, March 31, is a very special day: the birthday of our own Lowell Brams, co-founder of Asthmatic Kitty Records and Sufjan’s step-dad. As a gift to Lowell (and the rest of the world) Sufjan has decided to release Carrie & Lowell Live, an audio and visual document of his November 9, 2015 performance at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center in South Carolina. Release date is set for April 28, 2017.
Today is also the two-year anniversary of Sufjan’s seventh album, Carrie & Lowell, an album based, in part, on Sufjan’s childhood summers spent in Eugene, Oregon, when Carrie and Lowell were married.
The live show was shot and produced by We Are Films and the Art Counsel, edited by Keith Bradshaw, and mixed by Casey Foubert. The video will be available on YouTube and Vimeo, and the audio will be available for purchase and/or streaming on all platforms (iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, and Bandcamp, etc.).
As you may recall, Sufjan released one song from this show back in February 2016. We are excited to share the rest of it with you!
Stay tuned for more information. Happy birthday, Lowell!
This is the setlist:
Redford (For Yia-Yia and Pappou)
Death With Dignity
Should Have Known Better
All of Me Wants All Of You
John My Beloved
The Only Thing
Fourth of July
No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross
Carrie & Lowell
Drawn to the Blood
Eugene
Vesuvius
Futile Devices
Blue Bucket of Gold
Blue Bucket Outro
encore:
Hotline Bling* (featuring Gallant)
*audio streaming and download only
Planetarium Available on June 9th
March 27th, 2017 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Planetarium will be out June 9th on 4AD. You can preorder the record here.
“Saturn” is the first single and video from the record. Watch it above, or stream or buy it here.
Originally a commission for Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, the piece has transitioned and evolved into a full length album co-composed by Bryce Dessner, James McAlister, Nico Muhly, and Sufjan. Flanked by a string quartet and a consort of seven trombones, the ensemble has assembled an expansive song cycle that explores the Sun, the Moon, the planets and other celestial bodies of our solar system (and beyond) through soundscape, song, science and myth.
Out now: Private Energy, from Helado Negro
December 9th, 2016 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Private Energy is out now.
Here’s what NPR had to say about the album:
The music on Private Energy is a singular vision that mixes esoteric observations on life with heavy keyboard pastiche, over grooves that range from soft rock to lilting cumbias. “Mi Mano” is a gloriously layered sound collage of computer-generated beats that seem to collide with a wall of synths under cryptic lyrics that could be about anything as if they are waiting for you to assign a narrative from your own life. The album is yet another collection of music with the power to draw you in from a distance, toward a view of the world created by a singular character. Would it sound the same if Roberto Lange was making music under his own name? For now, I’m happy to have him walking around with a mask on, pulling James Brown moves on the dance floor as Helado Negro.
You can buy it on tape in the AKR store right here.
Helado Negro is also touring in the fall:
Tour:
October 9, 2016 – III Points Festival – Miami, FL
October 11, 2016 – The Vera Project – Seattle, WA
October 12, 2016 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
October 13, 2016 – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
October 15, 2016 – Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
October 20, 2016 – Hideout – Chicago, IL
October 21, 2016 – The Frequency – Madison, WI
October 22, 2016 – Des Moines Social Club – Des Moines, IA
October 23, 2016 – The Record Bar – Kansas City, MO
October 24, 2016 – Urban Artifact – Cincinnati, OH
October 25, 2016 – The Hi-Fi – Indianapolis, IN
October 26, 2016 – Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts – Louisville, KY
October 27, 2016 – 21c Museum Hotel – Lexington, KY
October 28, 2016 – Majestic Cafe – Detroit, MI
October 29, 2016 – The Drake – Toronto, ON
October 30, 2016 – L’Escogriffe – Montreal, QC
October 31, 2016 – Light Club Lamp Shop – Burlington, VT
November 1, 2016 – Wonder Bar – Allston, MA (With Buscabulla)
November 2, 2016 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY (With Buscabulla)
November 3, 2016 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA (With Buscabulla)
November 4, 2016 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD (With Buscabulla)
November 5, 2016 – Duke Coffeehouse – Durham, NC
November 6, 2016 – Masquerade (Purgatory Stage) – Atlanta, GA
November 7, 2016 – Strange Matter – Richmond, VA
