Thursday, February 28, 2019

Who Is Colin Stetson?


The only logical thing to post after posting Bendik Giske is Colin Stetson.  

Stetson's saxophone technique covers advanced circular breathing, multiphonics, altissimo, microtones, reed vocalizations, percussive valve-work, clicking keys, and growling. Stetson has performed and recorded with dozens of artists, and if you've ever seen a band decide to experiment with horns (St. Vincent and David Byrne), chances are excellent Stetson was in the line up. Stetson has also played with Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Feist, Bon Iver, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Sinéad O'Connor, The National, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Animal Collective, LCD Soundsystem, My Brightest Diamond, Angélique Kidjo, Kevin Devine, Bill Laswell, Evan Parker, Mats Gustafsson, and Anthony Braxton. The Music Desk is sure we're leaving out lots more.  

His recordings have also been featured in numerous films and TV episodes, and he has also produced original scores for a wide variety of films, where his signature sound has been enhanced by various arrangements and instrumentations. The overall effect led New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane to describe Stetson's score to the film Hereditary as having been seemingly "scored for violins, percussion, a humpback whale, and bats."

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