Colin Stetson - New History Warfare, Vol. 1

Colin Stetson was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI, where he began to carve out his singular musical voice that channels John Coltrane's sheets of sounds, as well as the post-modern beauty and angst of Sonic Youth and the Pixies. Using assorted saxophones, clarinet, flute and French horn, Stetson has played and recorded with some of today's hottest and most revered musicians and bands, like Arcade Fire, Tom Waits, TV on the Radio, Antibalas, Anthony Braxton, Medeski, Martin and Wood and Burning Spear.

Approaching songs as narratives, a trick he learned from Waits, adds an emotional dynamic to Stetson's playing that exceeds listeners' expectations as to what sounds can issue forth from any of the instruments Stetson puts to his lips. No better is this virtuosic ability heard than on New History Warfare, Volume 1, Stetson's first full-length solo recording from Aagoo Records. On this album, the vast musical experiences that Stetson has accumulated over a short period of time have been crafted into 12 songs that defy genres, establishing a sound that is Colin Stetson in full bloom. - discover further at Fanatic.

Nu-jazz version of Thurston Moore grinding his guitar crafting thousands of effects and noise, turning it to something you would never expect it to be - a pure good sound of rhythm. Colin Stetson is one of the few musicians who experiments on various types of woodwind instruments.

Sample the noise:- Letter To HST, Groundswell