Rosie Thomas: Sufjan still uses an 8-track. We recorded most of the songs on his 8-track player.
Pure Music: Ah. A reel-to-reel, or a cassette machine?
PM: Wow. He's got an 8-track cassette machine?
RT: Yeah. That's what he used for most of his records.
PM: Are you kidding me? I had one of those with my brother in Germany; they sound pretty fat.
RT: Yep, it's crazy. And then I believe he then dumps it down to Protools so he can edit it. That's what we recorded on, all those songs we did, I would say a good half of them were with that.
PM: So his master machine is a cassette machine.
RT: I'm telling you, it's his state of mind. He doesn't want to own anything. I think for the first time he owns an instrument. He used to borrow them from people.
RT: He's a minimalist. He does not want to own anything. Like if you went to his apartment, he just doesn't--
PM: What's his religious orientation, or spiritual orientation?
RT: He's Christian. And he has photos. He keeps his photos, he's always taking photos, that's his big thing. But he doesn't really own anything. He's very much a minimalist.
RT: And he doesn't get into material things. So he's got an 8-track, he uses that 8-track still. And it's hilarious. If I'm not mistaken, the Michigan record was made on that 8-track, and then he just dumps it onto Protools. But that's mostly where he got all his sounds from. He has a way of capturing sounds. When we did the record we would sit on his couch, just put the microphone in the middle of the room, press record, and just sing.
RT: I swear to God. Most of it was--it was the laziest, most hilarious recordings I've ever done.
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