SUFJAN STEVENS / BRYCE DESSNER / NICO MUHLY / JAMES MCALISTER Planetarium (2017 UK/EU limited edition 17-track double vinyl LP featuring the collaborative release from Bryce Dessner [The National], drummer James McAlister, contemporary classical music composer & arranger Nico Muhly and singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. Originally commissioned by Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Barbican and the Vivid Live Festival at Sydney Opera House and with additional performances held at Disney Concert Hall and La Salle Pleyel, the album consists of songs inspired by the Solar System as well as black holes, Halley's Comet, the Kuiper belt, the Moon and the Sun, with one critic referring to it as an "immersive, celestial space opera". The two vinyl discs look barely played housed in the gatefold picture sleeve which comes with picture inners and six double-sided artwork inserts and download slip! Both sleeve and vinyl reveal minimal signs of wear or play 4AD0009LP)