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Colin Stetson was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI and earned a degree in music from his hometown school, the University of Michigan, in 1997. Six years in San Francisco followed, then another four in Brooklyn, NY. Over this time, he developed his unique solo voice on saxophones and clarinets, culminating in the release of the album New History Warfare Vol. 1″ on Agoo Records in 2008.

Stetson now resides in Montreal, QC, and performs regularly on assorted saxohones, clarinets, cornet, french horn and flute.

His latest solo record New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges” will be released Feb. 22, 2011 on Constellation.

Aside from his work as a soloist, Stetson has brought his talents to the stage and studio with dozens of artists over the past decade, including Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Feist, Bon Iver, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, David Byrne, Jolie Holland, Sinead O’Connor, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Angelique Kidjo, and Anthony Braxton.

Colin is a regular member of the bands Sway Machinery and Bell Orchestre and will be a touring member of Bon Iver in support of their new record in 2011, on which he also appears.

Constellation Artist Page: www.cstrecords.com/colin-stetson
Billions Artist Page: www.billions.com/colinstetson
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  • mvjstrikes

    just got back from seeing this guy in ann arbor. incredible show! he's a great guy. i shook his hand and bought judges right from him when he was working the merch desk for a couple minutes which was really cool!

    18 May 5:26am Reply

  • Rock-A-Rolla

    Colin Stetson interviewed in the latest issue of Rock-A-Rolla! Details here: http://rock-a-rolla.com/main/?p=4292

    17 May 2:58pm Reply

  • jmanzo2009

    @henri-Q after a handful of listens, I completely agree with you. Vol. 2 had better vocals, was more cohesive and had such a good flow. You can't start that album without finishing it and listening to a song out of context feels wrong, it's why it was my AOTY. With that in mind, I still think To See More Light is the best song he's ever recorded.

    15 May 8:18pm Reply

  • MasterFoy

    Check out my review http://www.manhattandigest.com/2013/05/13/album-review-colin-stetson-new-history-warfare-volume-iii/

    13 May 11:50pm Reply

  • jazzthieve

    Spotify playlist Jazz: Bebop, Cool, Swing, Vocal, Fusion, Modal, Stride, Dixieland, Third Stream, Big Band, Hard Bop

    11 May 2:16pm Reply

  • henri-Q

    I love Vol. 3, but Vol. 2 is still my favorite. nothing on To See More Light moved me as much as "A Dream of Water", for example. I also believe the previous one works better as an album, as you listen you feel like you're following a path. it's so perfect as a whole piece. the new one I guess is more song oriented.

    10 May 4:52pm Reply

  • henri-Q

    I was wondering whose voice it was on "Brute" and to my surprise it's also Justin Vernon's. that's so cool, the opposite of his usual way of singing.

    10 May 4:47pm Reply

  • patman2769

    I kinda hate Bonnie Bear's vocals in this aside from "Brute," which is pretty cool. Gah.

    8 May 4:21am Reply

  • Dalar

    I honestly can't believe how good Vol 3 is. It might even be better than Vol 2 and that was my AOTY for 2011. [2] It's actually quite phenomenal. I'm so happy that I've seen him on stage and got his autograph. This man seriously needs more hype.

    7 May 8:59pm Reply

  • elcruusto

    Pretty impossible to categorise Stetson as there is bugger all out there similar to it. But I do find it interesting to look at which genres/areas of music he seems to take influence from. There are fucking loads of them.

    7 May 4:06pm Reply

  • iliveinthewoods

    Vol 3. is killing me it's so good.

    6 May 2:28pm Reply

  • Adrian347

    Album of the year at this point, for me anyway

    5 May 10:27pm Reply

  • fromsoultosoul

    Сексуальная музыка.

    5 May 3:04pm Reply

  • InASafePlace

    OMG when I thought it was impossible to surpass the excellence of Volume 2, this new one makes Volume 2 appear like a 14 years old going at it. Stellar. The bar is now VERY HIGH.

    30 Apr 2:31am Reply

  • Kyonil

    Это просто сверх как хорошо. Потрясающе.

    27 Apr 12:56pm Reply

  • Ali-Red

    new album is heavy

    26 Apr 9:20am Reply

  • optimistic_tour

    Some nice thoughtful comments on the genre topic! I said, "as much as anything else" because I feel like it really needs no characterization, just a listen. Hell, someone could argue for Vol 3 having a black metal feel.. in addition to the drone, minimalism, blues and other flavors I hear!

    25 Apr 9:26pm Reply

  • Walenta

    Heavypop Review: http://www.heavypop.at/colin-stetson-new-history-warfare-vol-3-to-see-more-light/

    25 Apr 2:08pm Reply

  • IHoldVertigo

    I heard in an interview Colin did at Studio Q that he just steers clear from labeling his music altogether. His reasoning was that when you label something you're giving your audience an impression of what the music is before hearing it. I feel that especially with music that borders on so many different elements as his does, it's important to have that ambiguity. You can enjoy the music for what it is without historical context.

    24 Apr 9:04am Reply

  • brun-o

    I'll just digress here. when wynton marsallis started making success with his pre-70's jazz revival, miles davis and many others dissed him for his traditionalism. I know miles pushed the boundaries of jazz as far as he lived, but I wonder if he ever imagined "jazz fusion" would become sort of old fashioned as well. I think (serious) musicians -- and critics -- nowadays are less worried about following, creating and theorizing on genres and sub-genres, which actually could have mattered back then, whether for giving it more visibility or to legitimize it. if stetson said one day "hey guys, I named my style 'drone jazz'" or something like that, I guess I'd have no qualms about it, however, I feel I wouldn't experience his music as open as I was when it wasn't pigeonholed at all.

    24 Apr 4:48am Reply
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