Colin Stetson
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Jonathan Durand/Courtesy of the artist
Colin Stetson
Jonathan Durand/Courtesy of the artist
- “The Six”
- “The Righteous Wrath of an Honorable Man”
- “Spindrift”
There could also be no higher option to describe Colin Stetson‘s artwork than as “breathtaking.” The Montreal-based saxophonist, multireedist and composer makes music that’s visceral and shifting. He is ready to inform wealthy tales with no single lyric, however his music can be “breathtaking” in a literal sense.
Whenever you hear Stetson play, it’s a barrage of sound, created completely by him, in actual time, with no overdubs. The sound of the saxophone usually by no means stops because of his mastery of round respiration. There’s the sound of his vocals, screamed by way of his throat right into a microphone whereas he performs.
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Microphones are set as much as file each component of his efficiency: the vocals, the sax, but in addition the keys of the saxophone, which grow to be percussive components.
There’s a likelihood you have seen Stetson earlier than — he is carried out and recorded with dozens of artists, together with Tom Waits, Arcade Hearth, TV on the Radio, Bon Iver and Feist. You will have additionally heard his work scoring films like Hereditary and The Menu.
On this session, Stetson explains how he does what he does, plus he’ll speak about his newest album, The like it took to go away you.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Miguel Perez. Our senior producer is Kimberly Junod and our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.
