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His first solo album, ''New History Warfare, Vol. 1'', was released in 2008. His second and third albums, ''[[New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges]] and [[New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light]],'' were released by [[Constellation Records (Canada)|Constellation Records]] in early 2011. On June 16, the album was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the [[2011 Polaris Music Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/2011-polaris-music-prize-long-list-announced/|title=2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced|website=AUX.TV|access-date=2016-04-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002045233/http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/2011-polaris-music-prize-long-list-announced/|archivedate=2015-10-02}}</ref> On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award. Stetson was chosen by [[Jeff Mangum]] of [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] to perform at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] festival that he curated in December 2011 in [[Minehead]], England.<ref>[http://www.atpfestival.com/events/jeffmangum.php ATP curated by Jeff Mangum], atpfestival.com; accessed April 19, 2015.</ref> The final album of the trilogy, ''[[New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light]]'', was released by [[Constellation Records (Canada)|Constellation Records]] in April 2013, and was a longlist nominee for the [[2013 Polaris Music Prize]].<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/News/polaris_music_prize_unveils_2013_long_list "Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618090238/http://exclaim.ca/News/polaris_music_prize_unveils_2013_long_list |date=2013-06-18 }}. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', June 13, 2012.</ref> |
His first solo album, ''New History Warfare, Vol. 1'', was released in 2008. His second and third albums, ''[[New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges]] and [[New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light]],'' were released by [[Constellation Records (Canada)|Constellation Records]] in early 2011. On June 16, the album was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the [[2011 Polaris Music Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/2011-polaris-music-prize-long-list-announced/|title=2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced|website=AUX.TV|access-date=2016-04-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002045233/http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/2011-polaris-music-prize-long-list-announced/|archivedate=2015-10-02}}</ref> On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award. Stetson was chosen by [[Jeff Mangum]] of [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] to perform at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] festival that he curated in December 2011 in [[Minehead]], England.<ref>[http://www.atpfestival.com/events/jeffmangum.php ATP curated by Jeff Mangum], atpfestival.com; accessed April 19, 2015.</ref> The final album of the trilogy, ''[[New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light]]'', was released by [[Constellation Records (Canada)|Constellation Records]] in April 2013, and was a longlist nominee for the [[2013 Polaris Music Prize]].<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/News/polaris_music_prize_unveils_2013_long_list "Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618090238/http://exclaim.ca/News/polaris_music_prize_unveils_2013_long_list |date=2013-06-18 }}. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', June 13, 2012.</ref> |
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April 2015 saw the release of ''[[Never Were the Way She Was]]'', the first recording of Stetson's duo project with long-time collaborator [[Sarah Neufeld]]. |
April 2015 saw the release of ''[[Never Were the Way She Was]]'', the first recording of Stetson's duo project with his wife and long-time collaborator [[Sarah Neufeld]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colin Stetson|url=https://subbacultcha.nl/2016/08/27/colin-stetson/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Subbacultcha|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Stetson's album ''[[All This I Do for Glory]]'' was released on April 28, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524385887/first-listen-colin-stetson-all-this-i-do-for-glory|last=Mejia|first=Paula|date=April 20, 2017|publisher=[[NPR]]|accessdate=May 6, 2017|title=Review: Colin Stetson, 'All This I Do for Glory'}}</ref> |
Stetson's album ''[[All This I Do for Glory]]'' was released on April 28, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524385887/first-listen-colin-stetson-all-this-i-do-for-glory|last=Mejia|first=Paula|date=April 20, 2017|publisher=[[NPR]]|accessdate=May 6, 2017|title=Review: Colin Stetson, 'All This I Do for Glory'}}</ref> |
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Colin Stetson | |
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Background information | |
Born | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | March 3, 1975
Genres | |
Instrument | Bass Saxophone |
Labels | Kartel Music Group (UK) |
Website | www |
Colin Stetson (born March 3, 1975) is a Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer based in Montreal. He is best known as a regular collaborator of the indie rock acts Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Bell Orchestre, and Ex Eye. In addition to saxophone, he plays clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, flute, and cornet.
Stetson has released various solo releases, including his debut and subsequent albums New History Warfare Vol. 1, 2, & 3, a collaborative studio album with violinist Sarah Neufeld entitled Never Were the Way She Was (2015), SORROW: A Reimagining of Henryk Górecki's 3rd Symphony (2016), and All This I Do for Glory (2017).
Background
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and currently based in Montreal, Quebec Stetson started taking lessons at age 15. He attended the University of Michigan School of Music with a full scholarship, where he joined Transmission Trio. He also played with the groups Boostamonte and the People's Bizarre.[1][2]
Stetson has performed and recorded with dozens of artists, including Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Feist, Bon Iver, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Sinéad O'Connor, The National, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, BADBADNOTGOOD, Fink, Animal Collective, LCD Soundsystem, Hamid Drake, David Byrne, Bill Laswell, Evan Parker, Jolie Holland, The Chemical Brothers, Shahzad Ismaily, My Brightest Diamond, Angélique Kidjo, Kevin Devine, David Gilmour, Anthony Braxton, and Beanie Burnett.
His extended saxophone techniques cover advanced circular breathing, multiphonics, altissimo, microtones, (reed) vocalizations, percussive valve-work, clicking keys, and growling.[3] The overall effect led The 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."[4]
Solo career
His first solo album, New History Warfare, Vol. 1, was released in 2008. His second and third albums, New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges and New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light, were released by Constellation Records in early 2011. On June 16, the album was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.[5] On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award. Stetson was chosen by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that he curated in December 2011 in Minehead, England.[6] The final album of the trilogy, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light, was released by Constellation Records in April 2013, and was a longlist nominee for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.[7]
April 2015 saw the release of Never Were the Way She Was, the first recording of Stetson's duo project with his wife and long-time collaborator Sarah Neufeld.[8]
Stetson's album All This I Do for Glory was released on April 28, 2017.[9]
Soundtrack
While his recordings have been featured in numerous films and TV episodes, he has also produced original scores for a wide variety of films, where he has utilized a rich amalgam of his signature sonic characteristics, enhanced by various arrangement and instrumentation, orchestral and otherwise.
- Greyhounds (2007) (Short Film) directed by Kelilyn Mohr McKeever (composition by Colin Stetson)
- Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012) (Documentary) directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern (cast as himself)
- Rust and Bone (2012) directed by Jacques Audiard
- Performer: "All the Days I've Missed You (Ilaij I)" / Writer: "All the Days I've Missed You (Ilaij I)"
- 12 Years a Slave (2013) directed by Steve McQueen
- Performer: "Awake on Foreign Shores" / Writer: "Awake on Foreign Shores"
- A City Is an Island (2014) (Documentary) directed by Timothy George Kelly (cast as himself)
- The Blacklist (2014) (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) directed by Joe Carnahan
- The Alchemist (No. 101) (2014) (performer: " Warm Shadow" - uncredited)
- The Rover (2014) directed by David Michôd
- Performer: "Time is Advancing with Fitful Irregularity", "As a Bird or Branch", "Groundswell", "Awake on Foreign Shores" / Writer: "Time is Advancing with Fitful Irregularity", "As a Bird or Branch", "Groundswell", "Awake on Foreign Shores"
- An American, Portrait of Raymond Luc Levasseur (2015) (Documentary) directed by Pierre Marier
- Composition
- New York Never Sleeps (2015) (Documentary) directed by Alfonso Nogueroles
- Composition
- Scrum (2015) directed by Poppy Stockell
- Original score
- La Peur (2015) directed by Damien Odul
- Original score; winner of the 2015 Cinema of France Prix Jean Vigo award. Official selection in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival[citation needed]
- Vi ska bli rappare (2015) directed by David Danial
- Music: "Stand, Walk" / Performer: "Stand, Walk" / Writer: "Stand, Walk"
- It's About Time (2015) directed by Ivo Briedis
- Composition
- Closet Monster (2015) directed by Stephen Dunn
- Performer: "The Stars In His Head (Dark Lights Remix)" / Writer: "The Stars In His Head (Dark Lights Remix)"
- The Devil's Horn (2016) (Documentary) directed by Larry Weinstein (cast as himself)
- Uncle Howard (2016) (Documentary) directed by Aaron Brookner
- Performer: "In Mirrors") / Writer: "In Mirrors"
- Lavender (2016) directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly
- Original score by Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
- Outlaws and Angels (2016) directed by J. T. Mollner
- Original score
- The War Show (2016) directed by Andreas Møl Dalsgaard & Obaidah Zytoon
- Original score; winner of the Bodil Award for Best Documentary, winner of Best Film in the Venice Days section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival
- Destierros (2017) directed by Hubert Caron-Guay
- Partial score
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (TV series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Human Is (2017); (performer: "The rest of us" - uncredited)
- Hereditary (2018) directed by Ari Aster
- Original score
- The First (2018)
- Original score
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) (Video game)
- Original score
- Color Out of Space (2019) directed by Richard Stanley
- Original score
- Original score
Discography
Solo albums/As leader
- Tiny Beast (2003) with Transmission Trio
- Slow Descent (2003)
- New History Warfare Vol. 1 (2007)
- The Righteous Wrath of an Honorable Man 7" (2010)
- New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (2011)
- Those Who Didn't Run EP (2011)
- New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light (2013)
- SORROW: A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony (2016)
- All This I Do for Glory (2017)
Collaborations with other artists
- Stones (2012) with Mats Gustafsson
- Never Were the Way She Was (2015) with Sarah Neufeld
- Ex Eye (2017) with Ex Eye (Greg Fox, Shahzad Ismaily, Toby Summerfield)
As sideman
With Tom Waits
With Arcade Fire
With TV on the Radio
With Jolie Holland
With Feist
With Esmerine
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With Timber Timbre
With Bon Iver
With David Gilmour
With BADBADNOTGOOD
With Animal Collective
With Sarah Neufeld
With Marcus Hamblett
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References
- ^ "Colin Stetson Makes You Forget Everything You Knew About the Saxophone". Noisey. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Transmission Biography". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ Dennis, Zel (February 6, 2012). "Colin Stetson - The History of Warfare Volume 2 - Judges". modernbarisax.com. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Lane, Anthony (2018-06-08). ""Hereditary" Delivers a New Kind of Horror". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ^ "2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced". AUX.TV. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ^ ATP curated by Jeff Mangum, atpfestival.com; accessed April 19, 2015.
- ^ "Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List" Archived 2013-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, June 13, 2012.
- ^ "Colin Stetson". Subbacultcha. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ Mejia, Paula (April 20, 2017). "Review: Colin Stetson, 'All This I Do for Glory'". NPR. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- ^ "CST080 ESMERINE: La Lechuza | Constellation Records". cstrecords.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
External links
- American expatriates in Canada
- American saxophonists
- American male saxophonists
- Arcade Fire members
- Bon Iver members
- Constellation Records (Canada) artists
- Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year winners
- Living people
- Musicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan
- University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni
- 1975 births
- 21st-century saxophonists
- Grammy Award winners