Video: Colin Stetson | A Take Away Show | Part 02

Colin Stetson | Red Horse (Judge II) & In love and in Justice

Montreal-based artist Colin Stetson is the focus of the third instalment of my Polaris Music Prize preview/interview. On his nominated LP - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (his second) - Stetson demonstrates his horn prowess. Armed with his massive bass saxophone, he produces a most natural and spontaneous blend of layered compositions; all songs on Judges were recorded in one take. It's all bare notes, a visceral music that penetrates and lives on its own accord. Below, read Polaris nominee Colin Stetson's answers to my set of [...]

New History Warfare Vol 2, Colin Stetson. Confesso que não sei por onde começar para descrever o segundo disco a solo do saxofonista Colin Steson. Para quem não conhece, e deve ser a maioria, Stetson, para além de um disco a solo, já colaborou como meio mundo que tem bom gosto musical. Destacam-se as colaborações com Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson (que participa neste disco), Beirute e Arcade Fire, entre outros. Agora gravou um disco para a Constellation com a colaboração de Ismaily Shahzad e de Efrim Menuck. Mas o que se pode escrever sobre Stetson. Dizer que toca saxofone é [...]

It looks like our friends over at La Blogotheque got to spend an intimate afternoon with Colin Stetson, everyones favorite free-jazz bass sax virtuoso turned indie sensation. Fresh off of collaborations with Laurie Anderson and Tom Waits, Colin Stetson has been making waves with his lauded release New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (Constellation Records). Check him out in the clip below as he practices deep mantra inducing tones and allows us all, for once, to be thankful for whoever Stetson's PR agent is, for turning the indie-blog world onto avant-guarde squealy jazz musings. [...]