Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams - AporiaAporia is a New Age album from Sufjan Stevens and his step father and record label co owner, Lowell Brams. In the spirit of the New Age composers who sanded off the edges of their synths sawtooth waves, Aporia approximates a rich soundtrack from an imagined sci fi epic brimming with moody, hooky, gauzy synthesizer soundscapes. The album may suggest the progeny of a John Carpenter, Wendy Carlos, and Mike Oldfield marriage, but it stands apart from

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