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  Colin Stetson, 'New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light' (Constellation)

  April 29, 2013 – Patented in 1846, the bass saxophone was the first of Adolphe Sax's most famous inventions, and the one closest in appearance to a steampunk fetish object. It looks archaic, oversized, even a little ludicrous, and sounds outright intimidating. …
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  Watch Colin Stetson's Eerie 'Among the Sef' Video

  April 25, 2013 – SPIN noted recently that Bon Iver bandmember and solo saxophonist Colin Stetson tends to repeat the following story while performing live: "There's this whale that lives in the Atlantic," he says. …
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  See Colin Stetson and Justin Vernon's 'And in Truth' Echo Over a Frozen Wilderness

  April 5, 2013 – Bon Iver sax man Colin Stetson is a master of focus and mood — a baritone brass-wielding genius who can create entire emotional arcs and detail-laden compositions using only a single instrument. It's no wonder that, as he recently told SPIN, the man maintains a rigorous mind/body fitness regimen that includes yoga, morning breathing exercises, and meditation. His album New History Warfare Vol. …
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  Justin Vernon and Colin Stetson Use Their Sax-y Falsetto Powers for U.K. Bard Fink

  March 22, 2013 – Saxophone guru Colin Stetson collaborates four times with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon on New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light, due out on April 30 via Constellation (read Stetson's In the Studio interview with SPIN). Earlier this month, though, another joint venture between the two arrived on iTunes, on a single by U.K. singer-songwriter Fink via the Ninja Tune label. …
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  Hear Justin Vernon Gently Coo on Two Tracks From Colin Stetson's Solo Sax Odyssey

  March 11, 2013 – In his recent In the Studio interview with SPIN, Bon Iver band member and solo saxophone genius Colin Stetson explained that he's working toward paring his music down to a single sentiment: "How do I musically get to a place where I'm [communicating] this idea of utter aloneness?" Certainly, his haunting and hectic "High Above a Grey Green Sea" approached such a space, but Stetson's April 30 LP New History Warfare Vol. …
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  Hear Bon Iver Saxophonist Colin Stetson's Haunting 'High Above a Grey Green Sea'

  January 29, 2013 – Colin Stetson has another History lesson ready to go. As he told SPIN during his In the Studio interview, the acclaimed saxophonist and Bon Iver member will release New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light, the follow-up to 2011's Vol. 2: Judges, on April 30 via Constellation Records. …
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  Hear Superhuman Happiness' Cults-Enriched, Juan MacLean-Remixed, Rave-Ready Caetano Veloso Cover

  January 28, 2013 – They bring together members of Antibalas, the Phenomenal Handclap Band, and TV on the Radio; their music joins buoyant call-and-response harmonies, rippling highlife-inspired guitar leads, !!!'s muscular funk-punk, and the spirited pulses of Steve Reich's Clapping Music. …
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  Colin Stetson Talks 'New History Warfare' Album Featuring Justin Vernon

  January 22, 2013 – Colin Stetson's maximalist, lung-wrenching meditations on bass saxophone often incorporate imagery of powerful animals. And at recent live shows, he has taken to sharing a story about a real life creature: "There's this whale that lives in the Atlantic," Stetson says. …
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