Sufjan Stevens, Silver & Gold

Various Christmas Songs, be that cover versions of classics, completely new or winter/snow/holiday themed songs found on Soundcloud. None of them are my work and belong to their respective authors.

Merry Christmas btw :)

Christmas Songs Compilation

December 2012

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Sufjan Stevens

grace

MMW03

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Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (MartyParty Remake)

"Truth" Feat. The RZA

Download available at http://alexanderebert.com/truth

Purchase Alexander's debut album on iTunes
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Community Music Sampler

Truth Feat. The RZA

"Zebra" from the 2010 Beach House album Teen Dream 

Teen Dream

Zebra

Beach House - Zebra

WHITEOUT CHRISTMAS

Original track taken from the 2010 album The Age of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)
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Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices (Shigeto Remix)

For the first track on the collaborative split 7", Hit & Run Vol. 1, Rosie Thomas and Sufjan Stevens team up for this entirely re-imagined version of Thomas' Where Was I from her new full length WITH LOVE.  
The split single is b/w Stevens' brand new answer-back-track Here I Am!
The pair perform on both songs, and both were recorded and mixed by Surfjam.
Mastered by TW Walsh

Where Were You?

Taken from rivers and homes: 
https://open.spotify.com/album/7JBqCcOjmlqxG4UZwNCFlK?si=YDaJbrYtRVKvEzv0edhqRg

Spotify

Salty Air (ft Noa Lembersky)

Grouper, side a from her limited edition tour single for Room40

AU tour dates:

7/10 - Brisbane Powerhouse - w/ Nadja, Lawrence English

UK tour dates:

4/11 - Islington Mills, Manchester - w/ Rafael Anton Irisarri
5/11 - Cafe OTO, London - w/ Lawrence English, Rafael Anton Irisarri
6/11 - Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol - w/ Lawrence English, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Andrea Belfi
8/11 - Venue TBC, Glasgow - w/ Lawrence English, Rafael Anton Irisarri






Grouper - Hold

SomeComp

This is sort of a study of childhood and time - I remember very well going to mass as a child, especially Christmas Eve mass, and it was always nearly tortuous for me. Time would elongate into what seemed like millennia; I would somehow never make it out of church, alive, still a child. I would leave as an adult because I'd be there forever. The ceilings were impossibly high - dizzying, even. The origins of sound and the reverberations they made were bewildering to me. I couldn't believe how huge this place was, and how long this ceremony was. I would drift into a sort of liminal, hypnagogic state as time slowed, and the cantor or singers would sing, the reverb drawing out slowly, forever...

Gabriel's Message

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From Silver & Gold, Songs for Christmas Vol. 10: Christmas Unicorn.
Available November 14th on 5xCD boxset and digital, and later in LP boxset.
Preorder here:
http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/silver-gold

I’m a Christmas unicorn
In a uniform made of gold
With a billy goat beard
And a sorceror’s shield
And mistletoe on my nose

Oh I’m a Christian holiday
I’m a symbol of original sin
I’ve a pagan tree and magical wreath 
And a bowtie on my chin

Oh I’m a pagan heresy
I’m a tragic-al Catholic shrine
I’m a little bit shy with a lazy eye 
And a penchant for sublime

Oh I’m a mystical apostasy
I’m a horse with a fantasy twist
Though I play all night with my magical kite 
People say I don’t exist

For I make no full apology
For the category I reside
I’m a mythical mess with a treasury chest 
I’m a construct of your mind

Oh I’m hysterically American
I’ve a credit card on my wrist
And I have no home nor field to roam 
I will curse you with my kiss

Oh I’m a criminal pathology
With a history of medical care
I’m frantic shopper and a brave pill popper 
And they say my kind are rare

But I’ve seen others in the uniform
Of a unicorn just like me
We are legions wide and we chose no sides
We are masters of mystique

For you’re a Christmas unicorn 
I have seen you on the beat
You may dress in the human uniform, child
But I know you’re just like me 
I’m a Christmas Unicorn! (Find the Christmas Unicorn!) 
You’re a Christmas Unicorn too!
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It’s all right. I love you.

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Sufjan Stevens, "Christmas Unicorn"

Ray Charles Mother

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A Capella & Chime Version:
http://sufjan.com/post/33340161065

From Silver & Gold, Songs for Christmas Vol. 7: I Am Santa's Helper. 

Available November 14th on 5xCD boxset and digital, and later in LP boxset. 
Preorder here: 
http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/silver-gold

Ding-a-ling-a-ling Ding-a-ling-a-ding-a-ling-a-ring-a-ling
Baby Jesus is the king
Jesus is the king-a-king-a-ling-a-ling
Lift your voice and sing
Lift your voice and sing-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling ‘Cause we wear the diamond ring
we wear the diamond ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling

Jesus is the king---
Baby Jesus is the king--

Even though he’s the baby Jesus

He’s the King-a-ling-a-ling King-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling King-a-ling-a-ling etc

Ring-a-ling-a-ling Ring-a-ling-a-ding-a-ling-a-ding-a-ling etc. [repeat ad nauseum]

Sufjan Stevens, "Ding-a-ling-a-ring-a-ling"

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Video by Lee Hardcastle here:
http://youtu.be/fDDAybCe1uI

From Silver & Gold, Songs for Christmas Vol. 7: I Am Santa's Helper.
Available November 13th on 5xCD boxset and digital, and later in LP boxset.
Preorder here:
http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/silver-gold

It’s time to tango with the frisky frosty Frosty Man
He’s got a temperature of negative degrees again
He likes ice cream and Yo La Tango with the jammin’ pants 
You got to cool it with the hipster costly Frosty Man
He’s chillin’, illin’, thrillin’ with the Mr. Saucy Pants
He likes to keep it real; he likes to talk a little sense
He’s got a friend called Coolio, Vanilla Ice, and Ice-Cube Banana split and frozen pie and Mr. Frosty Pants

Mr. --- Frosty ---- Man
Frosty! Frosty! Frosty! Frosty! Etc. --- Frosty Man

Don’t get his goat he just might melt and then he gets all mean
When summer comes he sits beside the air conditioning But Mr. Frosty, don’t be bossy: winter’s coming soon And when it snows again--Frosty!

words & music by Sufjan Stevens (instant classic!) 
(©2012 Public Domain)

Sufjan Stevens, "Mr. Frosty Man"

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From Silver & Gold, Songs for Christmas Vol. 8: Christmas Infinity Voyage. 

Available November 13th on 5xCD boxset and digital, and later in LP boxset. 
Preorder here: 
http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/silver-gold

Sufjan Stevens, "Particle Physics"

Clean Version
Available everywhere November 20th.

Dragonette - Merry Xmas (Says Your Text Message)

From The Ones Who Wait Part 2
http://asthmatickitty.com/merch/the-ones-who-wait-part-2-ep/

Denison Witmer - Vocals
Devin Greenwood - Fender Rhodes
Caithlin De Marrais - Vocals
Chris Dingman - Vibes
J. Walter Hawkes - Trombone
Douglas Wieselman - Bass Clarinet

Produced by Devin Greenwood and Denison Witmer
Additional pre-production by Jim Smith
Engineered by Jim Smith @ Saltlands Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Mixed by Devin Greenwood @ The Honey Jar, Brooklyn, NY

Denison Witmer, "Abraham"

Sufjan Stevens, "Justice Delivers Its Death"

Written and Performed by Marc Scibilia and Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer

Deeper Than You Know - With Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer

Words and melody: Damien Jurado
Music by: Kyle Zantos
Strings by: Sam Anderson
Produced/recorded/mixed by: Kyle Zantos

Damien Jurado - "Kalla Hus" (Official Audio)

A Weather - I'll Be Home For Christmas

from the album 'the man who died in his boat' available 2/4

grouper 'vital'

Out Now: http://www.beatport.com/release/every-night/1287276

Booking World: kane@codaagency.com
Booking NA/SA: jake@bondmusicgroup.com

Every Night

Every Night (Original Mix)

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Matt Morris - My First Snow

Release info: http://ghostly.com/releases/the-ways-we-separate

Beacon - Bring You Back

Christmas Tree

Sufjan stevens

Asthmatic Kitty Records is an independent record label that was co-founded by Lowell Brams and his stepson, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, in 1999. Since its founding, AKR has released albums by a variety of artists, including Lily & Madeleine, My Brightest Diamond and Helado Negro, and is currently home to Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine, Denison Witmer and The Welcome Wagon. 

Asthmatic Kitty was named after Sara, an orange and white tabby who wandered out of the woods pregnant and starving near Holland, Michigan in 1994. For fourteen years she brought joy as a beloved friend to Lowell, enjoying a happy life despite her initial hardships. Her asthma improved after moving west to New Mexico and Wyoming, where she lived out her days as an asthmatic kitty in name only.