Colin Stetson

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/transmission-mn0001923718/biography|title=Transmission Biography|last=Huey|first=Steve|publisher=Rovi Corporation|work=AllMusic|access-date=August 8, 2013}} He also played with the groups Boostamonte and the People's Bizarre.

Stetson has performed and recorded with dozens of artists, including Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Feist, and Bon Iver.{{cite news|first1=Sean|last1=Michaels|access-date=2023-04-27|title=Bon Iver announces details of second album|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/24/bon-iver-second-album|newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 March 2011|issn=0261-3077}}

His extended saxophone techniques cover advanced circular breathing, multiphonics, altissimo, microtones, (reed) vocalizations, percussive valve-work, clicking keys, and growling.{{cite web|url=http://modernbarisax.com/2012/02/colin-stetson-the-history-of-warfare-volume-2-judges/|title=Colin Stetson - The History of Warfare Volume 2 - Judges|first=Zel|date=February 6, 2012|website=modernbarisax.com|last1=Dennis|access-date=September 22, 2014|archive-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512194919/http://modernbarisax.com/2012/02/colin-stetson-the-history-of-warfare-volume-2-judges/|url-status=dead}} 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."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/18/hereditary-delivers-a-new-kind-of-horror|title="Hereditary" Delivers a New Kind of Horror|last=Lane|first=Anthony|date=June 8, 2018|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=June 4, 2018|issn=0028-792X}}

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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 in early 2011. On June 16, the album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize,{{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=April 26, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002045233/http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/2011-polaris-music-prize-long-list-announced/|archive-date=October 2, 2015}} and shortlisted on July 6.

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.{{Cite web |last=Robb |first=John |date=2011-08-30 |title=All Tomorrows Parties December line up announced |url=https://louderthanwar.com/all-tomorrows-parties-december-line-up-announced/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Louder Than War |language=en-GB}} 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.[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=June 18, 2013 }}. Exclaim!, June 13, 2012.

April 2015 saw the release of Never Were the Way She Was, the first recording of Stetson's duo project with his then wife and long-time collaborator Sarah Neufeld.{{Cite web |last=Mondalski |first=Mateusz |date=August 27, 2016 |title=Colin Stetson |url=https://subbacultcha.nl/2016/08/27/colin-stetson/ |access-date=July 16, 2020 |website=Subbacultcha |language=en-US}} Stetson's album All This I Do for Glory was released on April 28, 2017.{{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|access-date=May 6, 2017|title=Review: Colin Stetson, 'All This I Do for Glory'}} In 2022 he released the drone-inspired album Chimæra I.{{Cite web |last=Blackwell |first=Matthew |title=Colin Stetson: Chimæra I |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/colin-stetson-chimaera-i/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} It was followed a year later by the minimalist When We Were That What Wept for the Sea.{{Cite web |last=Quietus |first=The |date=2023-05-11 |title=Colin Stetson — When We Were That What Wept For The Sea |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/colin-stetson-when-we-were-that-what-wept-for-the-sea-review/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}} In September 2024, Stetson released The Love It Took to Leave You.{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Paul |date=2024-09-14 |title=Colin Stetson – The love it took to leave you - Joyzine |url=https://joyzine.org/2024/09/14/colin-stetson-the-love-it-took-to-leave-you/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=joyzine.org |language=en-US}}

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• 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)
• Chimæra I (2022)
• When We Were That What Wept for the Sea (2023)
• The Love It Took to Leave You (2024)

• Blue Caprice (2013)
• La Peur (2015)
• Outlaws and Angels (2016)
• Hereditary (2018){{cite web|access-date=2023-04-27|title=Hereditary review: The singularly most terrifying horror film in years|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/hereditary-film-review-plot-release-date-sundance-london-film-festival-2018-a8374456.html|date=19 June 2018|website=The Independent}}
• The First (2018)
• Color Out of Space (2020)
• Barkskins (2020)
• Deliver Us (2020)
• The War Show (2020)
• Mayday (2021)
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
• Among the Stars (2022)
• The Menu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2022)
• Uzumaki (2024)
• Martha (2024)

• Gringo Blaster (2002) with Michael Kowalski
• Stones (2012) with Mats Gustafsson{{cite news|first1=John|last1=Fordham|access-date=2023-04-27|title=Colin Stetson/Mats Gustafsson: Stones – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/17/colin-stetson-mats-gustafsson-stones-review|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 January 2013|issn=0261-3077}}
• Never Were the Way She Was (2015) with Sarah Neufeld
• Ex Eye (2017) with Ex Eye (Greg Fox, Shahzad Ismaily, Toby Summerfield)
• Radiate (2015) with The Chemical Brothers
• Confessions Pt II (2016) with BadBadNotGood
• The Long Road North (2022) with Cult of Luna
• Void Patrol (2022) with Void Patrol (Elliott Sharp, Billy Martin, Payton MacDonald)
• No Highs (2023) with Tim Hecker{{cite news|first1=Jazz|last1=Monroe|access-date=2023-04-27|title=Tim Hecker: No Highs review – ambient music that reflects our polluted world|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/07/tim-hecker-no-highs-review|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 April 2023|issn=0261-3077}}
• Carry Them with Us (2023) with Brìghde Chaimbeul

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With Tom Waits

• Blood Money (2002)
• Alice (2002)
• Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (2006)

With Arcade Fire

• Neon Bible (2007)
• The Suburbs (2010)
• Reflektor (2013)

With TV on the Radio

• Dear Science (2008)

With Jolie Holland

• The Living and the Dead (2008)

With Feist

• Metals (2011)

With Esmerine

• La Lechuza (2011){{Cite web|url=http://cstrecords.com/cst080/|title=CST080 ESMERINE: La Lechuza {{!}} Constellation Records|website=cstrecords.com|access-date=April 26, 2016}}

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With Timber Timbre

• Creep on Creepin' On (2011)
• Hot Dreams (2014)

With Bon Iver

• Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
• 22, A Million (2016)

With David Gilmour

• Rattle That Lock (2015)

With BadBadNotGood

• IV (2016)

With Animal Collective

• Painting With (2016){{cite news|first1=Kitty|last1=Empire|access-date=2023-04-27|title=Animal Collective: Painting With review – dada pop to pogo to|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/14/animal-collective-painting-with-review-floridada-lying-in-the-grass|newspaper=The Observer|date=14 February 2016|issn=0029-7712}}

With Sarah Neufeld

• The Ridge (2016)

With Marcus Hamblett

• Detritus (2019)

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• [http://www.colinstetson.com Colin Stetson website]
• [http://thequietus.com/articles/21957-colin-stetson-interview-favourite-albums?page=1 Embedded In The Skull: Colin Stetson's Favourite LPs] - The Quietus (March 2017)
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Category:Grammy Award winners