Whenever he changes rhythm or starts wailing thought the sax I shake my head because this level of musical talent shouldn't be possible, like this man has to practice on rock lee levels to be able to play like this. I could only guess the countless hours colin stetson has spent in his forge, honing his craft and pushing his creativity beyond the next limit. Like no other!
He said in some interview that each new album/track he would not be capable of doing prior to that moment. He is always at the cutting edge of his own craft and has to keep his body perfectly disciplined to keep up with the rigor of his music. When I saw him play live (one of the best shows I've ever seen), he said toward the end, "This may or may not be my last song. Sometimes this song takes it entirely out of me, sometimes I can do another." That was his last song.
@@alexandergilman3394 that's absolutely incredible. Thanks for sharing that I appreciate it, colin has easily been my favorite solo musician ever since I discovered his music from the adult swim festival last year.
@@alexandergilman3394 it makes sense that the music he makes is only doable for so long, since it literally doesnt seem physically possible for him to do it in the first place.
My son told me to listen to this as I don't like Saxophones. "Sure, I will listen to this shit". It gave me goosebumps, tears and lots of ASMR. Colin is a legend in my books.
@@kwesibruno Yes, it looks absolutely incredible imo. I'd recommend just searching it on TH-cam. It's going to be on Adult Swim, although the director just announced that it's going to take longer before it actually comes out because of COVID. I don't mind waiting though.
@@melt6479 A anime adaptation of a horror manga in the 90s that was made by junji ito. This is gonna be released by adult swim and the music of this anime adaptation is by colin stetson himself.
This is technically so hard, but the technicality is really only a tool for the beauty of his music. He is very under valued. His musicianship and art is exceptional
@@bastion9429 don't forget he's also actively singing while limiting how much the horn produces multiphonics which is probably one of the hardest advanced techniques I can think of
@@Michael-wp2bp The 'raw', almost distorted sound that comes from the sax sometimes is created by going 'brrrrrr' with your vocal chords as you play. It's a really cool effect. Not sure if that's what you were refering to, but it's cool x3
Some of the things he's doing are things I've TRIED experimenting with... And found EXCRUCIATINGLY difficult. Like singing while playing. It's hard to describe the sort of discipline it takes to keep your mouth shape just right to stay in tune while also keeping your voice from wavering out of pitch to resolve inherent dissonance... While ALSO doing circular breathing to make sure there is ALWAYS sound and no pause... While ALSO manipulating the instrument to emphasize overtones... Sometimes independently of the notes you're actually playing on the instrument... It's mastery. There's no other way to put it.
Nice analysis. I've heard a lot of people talking about how difficult it is, but as a non-horn-player, this is the first that's really made me get why.
@@TheCSJones It really is just the sort of thing that looks and sounds ilke magic unless you've studied the techniques or tried them for yourself. I'm glad I could help you appreciate just how deeply incredible what he's doing is
Could you explain this more for me? Is that where the lower/longer/ghostly groans/moans are coming from in the first track? The ones that seem independent of his fingerings? Is he just humming while playing more or less? Now that the album is officially out I've been wondering how he achieves it entirely on his own with no overdubbing, this might be the explanation i was looking for lol
@@maxmalavenda You have it basically right, but generally the higher pitches you hear are his voice in a ghostly falsetto. For the most part, it's easier to sing higher than the instrument because the intervals between resonant pitches is smaller, so it's far easier to adjust while fighting against the dissonance inherent to harmonies. When you do it, you feel a physical "pull" towards certain pitches depending on the note, and it takes a ridiculous amount of practice to be able to exert control over that force compelling you to lock in to the closest consonant pitch. You can tell when those "lock in" pitches are met because there is a LOT less warbling in both the instrument and the singing, and that warbling is the dissonant force. Does that clarify?
It’s amazing how much is going on here. From the circular breathing to the overtones, to the rhythm, to staying in time, to the voicing, to the screamed vocals, I mean it’s really something else. And it sounds amazing! Truly remarkable. It would be cool to see him come up with something with hans zimmer. A producer of his caliber and a musician with colin’s extreme talent (and creativity) would be something else.
Funnily enough, Hans Zimmer did the score for 12 Years a Slave, and instead of writing a piece himself, used Stetson's "Awake on Foreign Shores" for one of the film's most gut-wrenching scenes.
No need for Zimmerian shenanigans with a big corporate studio with heaps of uncredited musicians, Colin Stetson is already an accomplished soundtrack composer and dare I say better than Zimmer. Or at the very least, more boundary pushing in his niche. The Hereditary score was something! Colin can play metal (Ex Eye), Free jazz and avant garde improvisations (with Mats Gustafson at FIMAV or Vancouver Jazz Fest), contemporary classical (Gorecki with his partner Sarah Neufeld), neo-minimalism (like on spindrift) and guest work with the like of BBNG, Tom Waits, and many more. That makes an insane set of genres and techniques to use in soundtrack work.
At 9:51 he literally sounds like a synthesizer lol, Stetson has such an insane amount of skill. I hope someday I'll be as adept at something as he is in governing his body in coordination with his instrument to make such incredible and haunting sounds.
Dude they took a lot down and I was jamming to a lot of those sets. Do you by chance know who the country autotune guy was? He was so good and I cant find him anywhere. I googled the lyrics "I know you want more but it's hard to see what you want it for" I'm pretty sure he performed on the Saturday showing.
Like this set was the first time I heard colin Stetson play and realized what I was hearing was all on instrument. I saw the uzumaki toonami trailer but I didnt know that was all one saxophone. Shits wild. Adult swim hooked me up and then shut me down lol
His work on Hereditary was absolutely flawless. The snippets I've heard from Uzumaki make me so excited because it fits so well. I would love to hear a Lorn collab because it reminds me of Lorn so much in certain ways.
I love how each piece is a brutal physical experience for the artist, with a distinct start and end. There's no room for slack because he needs to maintain the breathing pattern. This makes me appreciate every moment of the performance even more.
Glass is minimalism, this is more of an expressionist thing (tho only heard 10 minutes, so the Glass-reference Smith still cut it for the rest of the vid).
@@ErikWouda the main comparison I'd draw between Stetson and glass would be their fondness for repeating ostinatos. They each seem to pick a phrase and build upon it as it repeats underneath.
He was sent here by creation itself to create his own universe of sound. His coordination, his vocals, his complete control of his craft, I really can not describe how powerful and significative the sound that this man creates is.
Colin Stetson does not deserve to just be known as the horror movie music guy. He has his own unique sound that should be appreciated in it's own right.
I was playing RDR2 the other day on a sneaking mission and the music reminded me of Hereditary, the soundtrack of which I am obsessed with. Then looked it up and was so happy it was also Colin. Definitely gonna keep an eye on his works. Genius.
Oh my god, I'm so glad I'm not alone. I was so sad, especially since my favorite song is the first, which is currently unreleased and doesn't have any other full version of it online. So glad it's back 😭💕
I did a presentation for school on him. Everyone else was taking easy meat. Big name bands that have tons of easily obtainable information. Me: Let's do a guy that has very little info on the net, very few people have heard of, and a genre that's oftentimes ignored, also with very little info. Nailed a 95 on that presentation.
@@sharktamer The amount of information I needed for my presentation wasn't very easily found. And even then, I had to stretch some of the information in order to make my 95 on said presentation. Some of the info I struggled to find was what defines "avant garde" jazz since it's not easy to define entirely, but IS to a degree, and what elements of music correlated him to the genre along side other musicians that fall under the genre. (I had to compare the elements of the genre of his to another musician. (I chose John Coltrane)
What a genius! To get those sounds and timbres out of a saxophone is just magical. Truly an innovator in sound. Even Trent Reznor has yet to make sax sound this cool.
i think few people realize if humans and our music survives another twenty years what he did with these saxophones will shape musicianship and the art form of learning an instrument, finding a new way to exploit it, and raising the bar to an abstract and unreachable; personal level, he elevated it, he is a grain of salt against an entire ocean. on top of that he’s so humble he’d probably deny all of this.
I went to see The Comet is Coming a few years back and I could've sworn Shabaka Hutchings was channeling Stetson in a solo near the end of their set. His circular breathing was nowhere near the level of Stetson, but I reckon Stetson's influence is already felt.
This is the most spiritually enriching thing I've seen in a damn while. Bless him. Those cosmic heavenly hellish sounds. I think he rewrote some of my atoms.
The love it took to leave you is one of the most incredible songs I've ever heard. The title alone, hits so close to home, leaving toxic family members and partners. The love of self to not take that abuse and leave in hopes of a better. The love of them, realizing that continuing to stay with them would only keep them trapped just as myself. All these layers and emotions come flooding back when I heard this song, without even knowing the title.... then I look at the title and lose it. Would love if the song could be released.
The first track had me weeping before I knew what it was about. It painted pictures of a metallic phoenix raising from the ashes of ruin. It's a universal feeling and one that represents the greatest pain in some men's lives. The hurt of a broken heart is unmatched by anything. I'd rather lose an arm than have a badly broken heart. What a perfect song! To me music is the highest expression of the human soul and Colin, you have truly mastered that voice. Music is the voice of god and what binds us as brothers and sisters on this one planet, floating around this one sun. There is only one Colin Stetson and we love you bud!!! PLEASE NEVER STOP!!!!!!
This has to be the sound of the birth of a galaxy or the end of one... so many emotions in these sounds...I've been searching for you ever since I saw hereditary...life changing
The other half is just get yourself some IEMs or good headphones for a good enough budget. $500‐$1K maybe even $2K. Get an amp if you NEED one, not should need one.
@@jamescruz8678 I think I said what I said becaude I'm definitely the "budget appropriately, spend once" because I dislike going through things I'm not gonna use or upgrading. I use the thing till it busts.
That is far, far beyond impressive. I had no idea the saxophone could be anywhere near that expressive and, well, for lack of a better word, haunting. Truly beautiful work.
Colin's music is Zdzisław Beksiński artwork but in sound. They are stylistically the same painting and music. It seems like they would fit each other. I picture Beksiński's paintings when I hear his Colin's music, and I now hear Colin's music when I see a Beksiński painting.
It's hard to express in words what I feel about this. It's so beautiful. It's amazing. It's inspiring. It's psychedelic. It's spiritual. It makes me cry. You make me cry Colin. Thank you for making me cry like this.
I had to write a college paper about a musician I wasn't a fan of and I pick Colin Stenson after I watched Heredity. After listening to all of his works and his compositions I will be a fan of this man for the rest of my life. His skills are unbelievable.
Thank you so much for your practice and dedication, Colin. Thank you. You've inspired me, given me chills, allowed me to feel and to weep. You've inspired me to pick up the saxophone again after quitting while in college 5 years ago because I couldn't take the pain. Thank you for expressing your soul through your instrument, for taking the long, hard, road to mastery. Thank you. Your music means the world to me
Listening to this sober gives me strong DMT vibes. Like if I shut my eyes and listen, it's like I'm there in that place you can't describe. Didn't mean to go full Rogan, it's just the first thought I had and I can't shake it.
I was just thinking the same! Especially the song strike your forge and grin, idk why but it just captures the spiritual intensity of the dmt experience😁
I've seen Stetson 4 times live (5th time coming up on the 25th of this month) - one of those times on LSD (150mics) - life-changing experience. A portal to a new dimension opened up that evening for me.
How can something feel as old as time itself yet have reached into the future.. Hmm perhaps the didgeridoo like elements explain the old... never mind, you, Mr Stetson are a genius 💜
I watched this when it dropped, and I’ve been waiting for years to hear it play during Uzumaki. I am not disappointed. He is a master of his craft. Absolutely hauntingly beautiful.
@@pauulkubasek1815 mmm good point, that sounds really interesting, it makes me think specifically in pink, yellow and turquoise. Now I want to know more about those themes. Thanks!
watching this actually made me figure out how to circular breathe (or at least how it's done as im still not very good at it) because i kept noticing him puffing his cheeks out and put it together
Pass the bong to Stetson and you won't get that shit back for 10 minutes.
Bro I'm wheezing from reading this
Mf gonna take a circular rip
im fucking dying lmaooooooo
Master chief
OMG I can't breath 😂
Two and a half minutes in and he already made a fucking choir come out of a saxophone, this man is definitely a wizard
Unbelievable
I legit thought he was using pre-recorded stuff. Damn, mind blown
They are people humming in the background though right?
@@KorhhNo, he’s making those sounds too.
@@guntergritchin4308 no he’s not at some points there’s singing, but it’s still amazing
I never liked the sound of saxophones growing up. listening to you reminds my why life is ever changing and why its so important to stay open.
Same here. I generally can't stand the sound of saxophone (aside from Sun Ra's sax players...). But, Colin transforms it into something otherwordly.
Try out saxophone quartet if you like any sort of classical music. Saxophone has so many different styles to it
Saxophones are the most versatile of instruments. You simply didn’t enjoy the way in which someone played it. It’s good you stayed open-minded.
@@DefenestrateYourself They are definitely the most versatile instrument, I love the chords they're able to play.
Yes, he plays it more like you might do a Didgeridoo.
I need UZUMAKI now
His haunting music with those visuals.... cannot wait
It’s the perfect match
Is there gonna be a film adaptation of Uzumaki?
recommend me smth like UZUMAKI? Im totally new in mangas
@@RedboRF idk if you read it already but, Berserk.
Would fit into Girl's Last Tour pretty well actually. Or Mushi-shi
Whenever he changes rhythm or starts wailing thought the sax I shake my head because this level of musical talent shouldn't be possible, like this man has to practice on rock lee levels to be able to play like this. I could only guess the countless hours colin stetson has spent in his forge, honing his craft and pushing his creativity beyond the next limit. Like no other!
He said in some interview that each new album/track he would not be capable of doing prior to that moment. He is always at the cutting edge of his own craft and has to keep his body perfectly disciplined to keep up with the rigor of his music. When I saw him play live (one of the best shows I've ever seen), he said toward the end, "This may or may not be my last song. Sometimes this song takes it entirely out of me, sometimes I can do another." That was his last song.
@@alexandergilman3394 that's absolutely incredible. Thanks for sharing that I appreciate it, colin has easily been my favorite solo musician ever since I discovered his music from the adult swim festival last year.
@@alexandergilman3394 it makes sense that the music he makes is only doable for so long, since it literally doesnt seem physically possible for him to do it in the first place.
@@alexandergilman3394 I went o a performance from Duracell / Andre Diamant once. It's almost verbatim what happened.
@@alexandergilman3394 wow
its like watching a strongman dead lift 800lbs
1104 pounds
My son told me to listen to this as I don't like Saxophones. "Sure, I will listen to this shit". It gave me goosebumps, tears and lots of ASMR. Colin is a legend in my books.
Saxophones are annoying indeed. But this guy took the instrument to its total outer limits 😵💫
Your son has excellent taste!
Annoying , Really ?
Tried playing like him, just woke up from a 5 month coma
This is one of the most incredible solo performances I've ever seen. Also, cannot wait for UZUMAKI.
Forgive me for asking; new to Colin's work. What's Uzumaki? I just googled it. Some new version of the horror manga from the 90s?
@@kwesibruno Yes, it looks absolutely incredible imo. I'd recommend just searching it on TH-cam. It's going to be on Adult Swim, although the director just announced that it's going to take longer before it actually comes out because of COVID. I don't mind waiting though.
@@mstoutsenberger Thanks
What is Uzukmaki?
@@melt6479 A anime adaptation of a horror manga in the 90s that was made by junji ito. This is gonna be released by adult swim and the music of this anime adaptation is by colin stetson himself.
This is technically so hard, but the technicality is really only a tool for the beauty of his music. He is very under valued. His musicianship and art is exceptional
Jesus christ, that stamina...
its "circular breathing" if you didnt know, it lets you continually play but its also really really hard to master
@@bastion9429 don't forget he's also actively singing while limiting how much the horn produces multiphonics which is probably one of the hardest advanced techniques I can think of
I think he is a wizard. I was in a trance for like 15 minutes.
How does this not have way more views? This is legitimately one of the best performances of any kind I've ever heard. Really incredible.
Posted today
@@pauulkubasek1815 Still not as many as it should have
@@yeehaw1181 true dat
discovered 2 days ago, still impressed, very different from anything I knew
I was in disbelief that that sound could come out of/from a saxophone. Truly amazing.
That second piece is almost electronic sounding in places, I can't wrap my head around it, just amazing!
Pretty sure he’s using a microphone on his throat to create a second layer of sound, probably running it through some effects.
absolutely!@@KodyXXVll
@@Michael-wp2bp The 'raw', almost distorted sound that comes from the sax sometimes is created by going 'brrrrrr' with your vocal chords as you play. It's a really cool effect.
Not sure if that's what you were refering to, but it's cool x3
Some of the things he's doing are things I've TRIED experimenting with... And found EXCRUCIATINGLY difficult. Like singing while playing. It's hard to describe the sort of discipline it takes to keep your mouth shape just right to stay in tune while also keeping your voice from wavering out of pitch to resolve inherent dissonance... While ALSO doing circular breathing to make sure there is ALWAYS sound and no pause... While ALSO manipulating the instrument to emphasize overtones... Sometimes independently of the notes you're actually playing on the instrument...
It's mastery. There's no other way to put it.
Nice analysis. I've heard a lot of people talking about how difficult it is, but as a non-horn-player, this is the first that's really made me get why.
@@TheCSJones It really is just the sort of thing that looks and sounds ilke magic unless you've studied the techniques or tried them for yourself. I'm glad I could help you appreciate just how deeply incredible what he's doing is
Could you explain this more for me? Is that where the lower/longer/ghostly groans/moans are coming from in the first track? The ones that seem independent of his fingerings? Is he just humming while playing more or less? Now that the album is officially out I've been wondering how he achieves it entirely on his own with no overdubbing, this might be the explanation i was looking for lol
@@maxmalavenda You have it basically right, but generally the higher pitches you hear are his voice in a ghostly falsetto. For the most part, it's easier to sing higher than the instrument because the intervals between resonant pitches is smaller, so it's far easier to adjust while fighting against the dissonance inherent to harmonies. When you do it, you feel a physical "pull" towards certain pitches depending on the note, and it takes a ridiculous amount of practice to be able to exert control over that force compelling you to lock in to the closest consonant pitch. You can tell when those "lock in" pitches are met because there is a LOT less warbling in both the instrument and the singing, and that warbling is the dissonant force. Does that clarify?
It’s amazing how much is going on here. From the circular breathing to the overtones, to the rhythm, to staying in time, to the voicing, to the screamed vocals, I mean it’s really something else. And it sounds amazing! Truly remarkable. It would be cool to see him come up with something with hans zimmer. A producer of his caliber and a musician with colin’s extreme talent (and creativity) would be something else.
Funnily enough, Hans Zimmer did the score for 12 Years a Slave, and instead of writing a piece himself, used Stetson's "Awake on Foreign Shores" for one of the film's most gut-wrenching scenes.
Check out the new Tim Hecker album, amazing producer / sound designer / composer, and features Colin Stetson
No need for Zimmerian shenanigans with a big corporate studio with heaps of uncredited musicians, Colin Stetson is already an accomplished soundtrack composer and dare I say better than Zimmer. Or at the very least, more boundary pushing in his niche. The Hereditary score was something!
Colin can play metal (Ex Eye), Free jazz and avant garde improvisations (with Mats Gustafson at FIMAV or Vancouver Jazz Fest), contemporary classical (Gorecki with his partner Sarah Neufeld), neo-minimalism (like on spindrift) and guest work with the like of BBNG, Tom Waits, and many more. That makes an insane set of genres and techniques to use in soundtrack work.
@@pizzarsvideo real af
At 9:51 he literally sounds like a synthesizer lol, Stetson has such an insane amount of skill. I hope someday I'll be as adept at something as he is in governing his body in coordination with his instrument to make such incredible and haunting sounds.
When Adult Swim took this down my heart stopped, I'm so glad you posted it on your channel!
Why did they take it down?
Dude they took a lot down and I was jamming to a lot of those sets. Do you by chance know who the country autotune guy was? He was so good and I cant find him anywhere. I googled the lyrics "I know you want more but it's hard to see what you want it for" I'm pretty sure he performed on the Saturday showing.
Like this set was the first time I heard colin Stetson play and realized what I was hearing was all on instrument. I saw the uzumaki toonami trailer but I didnt know that was all one saxophone. Shits wild. Adult swim hooked me up and then shut me down lol
@@BEERBOMB113, He is also singing.
@@Xavia_Dimoff through the sax tho! insane
His work on Hereditary was absolutely flawless. The snippets I've heard from Uzumaki make me so excited because it fits so well. I would love to hear a Lorn collab because it reminds me of Lorn so much in certain ways.
uzumaki? did that ever get released????
@@andreitarkovsky3214 Not yet unfortunately 😭 I hope it isn’t cancelled
@@chickendogg not cancelled! Just getting perfected, thankfully, I hope he becomes much more famous from that show!
1. The love it took to leave you 00:00
2. Between water and wind 07:54
3. Strike your forge and grin 15:13
4. A dream of water 33:05
Thank you
There are still heroes among us.
@@Fullbatteri Among Us in real life, sus, sus.
Thanks
@@Fullbatteri sus
3:25 i realized i was spacing out and forgot i was watching a solo sax performance and not a fully produced record wtf
This is the throat singing version of sax. I remember hearing him performance judges, the sound is unmistakable.
I love how each piece is a brutal physical experience for the artist, with a distinct start and end. There's no room for slack because he needs to maintain the breathing pattern. This makes me appreciate every moment of the performance even more.
This makes my room feel so big
max richter/phillip glass vibes on the alto sax. crazy interesting sound!
I thought of Glass too.
Glass is minimalism, this is more of an expressionist thing (tho only heard 10 minutes, so the Glass-reference Smith still cut it for the rest of the vid).
Apt comparison. Agreed
@@ErikWouda the main comparison I'd draw between Stetson and glass would be their fondness for repeating ostinatos. They each seem to pick a phrase and build upon it as it repeats underneath.
Glass and Stetson made the best music ive ever heard, would love some more recomendations if anyone know something similair
The first track already hit me with every possible shiver.
He was sent here by creation itself to create his own universe of sound.
His coordination, his vocals, his complete control of his craft, I really can not describe how powerful and significative the sound that this man creates is.
Colin Stetson does not deserve to just be known as the horror movie music guy. He has his own unique sound that should be appreciated in it's own right.
I was playing RDR2 the other day on a sneaking mission and the music reminded me of Hereditary, the soundtrack of which I am obsessed with. Then looked it up and was so happy it was also Colin. Definitely gonna keep an eye on his works. Genius.
That last song on that movie is truly epic. What a great choice to have brought him aboard.
I have listened to this guy play the saxophone for so long I forgot what a normal saxophonist sounds like
Listening to Colin makes me shiver and feel floaty. What has this man created? This is beyond beautiful, his emotions can be felt in volumes.
Definitely a feeling unique to itself. This is truly groundbreaking and literally breathtaking in multiple ways.
Whenever you can say "I don't understand it. I don't understand any of this", that's a sign that something incredible is happening.
There were those who didn't run,
There were those who couldn't take it,
There were those who stayed in the city,
Where was it? where did it go?
What war was this?
What town could this be?
Behold the greatest sax player on the planet
That intro is the most melancholy thing I've ever heard
I need those unreleased songs to be released already. I can hear this man’s soul through his instruments.
I'm so glad this is back on TH-cam. I was having withdrawals lol
It was taken off?
Yeah, it was removed from the Adult Swim channel (I think by Adult Swim)...
Oh my god, I'm so glad I'm not alone. I was so sad, especially since my favorite song is the first, which is currently unreleased and doesn't have any other full version of it online. So glad it's back 😭💕
no kidding!
Oh my god, I thought I would t hear it again LOL
As a musician for 30+yrs ….simply amazing…that’s all.
this is his energy being transformed into a wave of sound that will forever travel until the end of time...
There's no going back after hearing this.
Imagine Colin and Akira Yamaoka(composer of the Silent Hill series) working together!
Hes literally turned a wind instrument into percussion & is creating almost electronic tones 😮 #bjork needs to get him on an album ASAP!
I did a presentation for school on him.
Everyone else was taking easy meat. Big name bands that have tons of easily obtainable information.
Me: Let's do a guy that has very little info on the net, very few people have heard of, and a genre that's oftentimes ignored, also with very little info.
Nailed a 95 on that presentation.
I had a similar experience in college with the band Melt Banana. A great strategy, that will serve you well later in life.
@@pranakhan Melt banana is sick
what do you mean "very little info on the net"?
@@sharktamer The amount of information I needed for my presentation wasn't very easily found. And even then, I had to stretch some of the information in order to make my 95 on said presentation.
Some of the info I struggled to find was what defines "avant garde" jazz since it's not easy to define entirely, but IS to a degree, and what elements of music correlated him to the genre along side other musicians that fall under the genre. (I had to compare the elements of the genre of his to another musician. (I chose John Coltrane)
doesn't sound like you worked very hard on it
Hm, have a strong urge to build a city now..
He had me at the first note. Goes to play a saxophone and sounds like he accidentally sings into a synth. Insane talent.
how the fuck is this even possible? damn mad talent
What a genius! To get those sounds and timbres out of a saxophone is just magical. Truly an innovator in sound. Even Trent Reznor has yet to make sax sound this cool.
The further his hairline recedes the more powerful he becomes
Less hair = more power
Saitama?
who needs hair when you have circular breathing on a saxophone
By that metric, I should be fucking AMAZING by now.
Reverse Super Saiyan rules, basically.
listening to this in the background and then 9:51 happened. I didn't know a saxophone could produce such sounds until that point.
Pretty sure he’s using a throat mic to make a second layer of sound over the sax, most likely running it through some reverb effect, etc.
He can probably do it on a sax but the second piece is played on a metal contrabass clarinet.
i think few people realize if humans and our music survives another twenty years what he did with these saxophones will shape musicianship and the art form of learning an instrument, finding a new way to exploit it, and raising the bar to an abstract and unreachable; personal level, he elevated it, he is a grain of salt against an entire ocean. on top of that he’s so humble he’d probably deny all of this.
I went to see The Comet is Coming a few years back and I could've sworn Shabaka Hutchings was channeling Stetson in a solo near the end of their set. His circular breathing was nowhere near the level of Stetson, but I reckon Stetson's influence is already felt.
i wish perople understood this mastery of an instrument
i mean literal mastery
It’s truly amazing
This is the most spiritually enriching thing I've seen in a damn while. Bless him. Those cosmic heavenly hellish sounds. I think he rewrote some of my atoms.
See him live if you can, folks. Otherworldly stuff. Seeing him for the 3rd time live next week.
"How good are you at saxophone, bro?"
"...I play a little."
The love it took to leave you is one of the most incredible songs I've ever heard.
The title alone, hits so close to home, leaving toxic family members and partners. The love of self to not take that abuse and leave in hopes of a better. The love of them, realizing that continuing to stay with them would only keep them trapped just as myself. All these layers and emotions come flooding back when I heard this song, without even knowing the title.... then I look at the title and lose it.
Would love if the song could be released.
really surprised me at 9:52 onwards. 10:00 + just blew me away. masterful use of the percussion of the buttons.
It's one of the coolest sounds I've ever fucking heard.
Not even the saxophone knew it could be played like that
That feeling when kneeling surgery is tomorrow
The first track had me weeping before I knew what it was about. It painted pictures of a metallic phoenix raising from the ashes of ruin. It's a universal feeling and one that represents the greatest pain in some men's lives. The hurt of a broken heart is unmatched by anything. I'd rather lose an arm than have a badly broken heart. What a perfect song! To me music is the highest expression of the human soul and Colin, you have truly mastered that voice. Music is the voice of god and what binds us as brothers and sisters on this one planet, floating around this one sun. There is only one Colin Stetson and we love you bud!!! PLEASE NEVER STOP!!!!!!
Aw yes I can see it all
I'd rather lose 2 kidneys than escape the tingling sensation this song produces in my balls
"Reborn" from the Hereditary soundtrack now has even more meaning to me.
This has to be the sound of the birth of a galaxy or the end of one... so many emotions in these sounds...I've been searching for you ever since I saw hereditary...life changing
Circular breathing... IM-P-P-OSSIBLE
This is not music anymore! This is beyond and after!
the power of the sound is incredible! I can't believe that you can handle those notes with your breath
It's music like this that makes me wish I could listen to it without any compression artifacts and through decent headphones
You can buy uncompressed WAV files of his albums on his Bandcamp page. So there's access to half of your equation.
The other half is just get yourself some IEMs or good headphones for a good enough budget. $500‐$1K maybe even $2K. Get an amp if you NEED one, not should need one.
@@kaylonsYou don't even need to spend that much, especially on IEMs now. Even back then there were killer options for like $20.
@@jamescruz8678 I think I said what I said becaude I'm definitely the "budget appropriately, spend once" because I dislike going through things I'm not gonna use or upgrading.
I use the thing till it busts.
That is far, far beyond impressive. I had no idea the saxophone could be anywhere near that expressive and, well, for lack of a better word, haunting. Truly beautiful work.
unbelievable. You've entirely changed my perception of the sax. Amazing.
1:33 That feeling when knee surgery is tomorrow:
this is the most beautiful music i have ever heard in my half of a century life. you are a gift, sir.
Wow he is one of the best musicians I've ever heard... This music really takes me somewhere else
COLIN STETSON, I WANT TO ACHIEVE THIS POWER
Between water and wind hits so hard
Wow. I just heard him on the radio for the first time. This is AMAZING. What an absolute genius.
Colin's music is Zdzisław Beksiński artwork but in sound. They are stylistically the same painting and music. It seems like they would fit each other. I picture Beksiński's paintings when I hear his Colin's music, and I now hear Colin's music when I see a Beksiński painting.
totally agree
YESSSS.
god that is such a perfect comparison
I was listening to this performance while looking at paintings by this guy John Brosio ,also a great artist- they seemed to complement each other
I never thought that, but damn, I see it too.
This is amazing. I've never heard anything like this before. Its hypnotic
It's hard to express in words what I feel about this.
It's so beautiful. It's amazing. It's inspiring. It's psychedelic. It's spiritual. It makes me cry.
You make me cry Colin. Thank you for making me cry like this.
Incredible !
How tf does he do that im a sax player and never ever have i heard anything even remotely close to that! Fantastic just WOW
His circular breathing is top tier
I had to write a college paper about a musician I wasn't a fan of and I pick Colin Stenson after I watched Heredity. After listening to all of his works and his compositions I will be a fan of this man for the rest of my life. His skills are unbelievable.
This man single handily makes music for the gods I’m happy he shares it with me 😁
This is one of the greatest live performances i've ever heard, i'm going to seek this guy out and fly my ass to listen to this live, like holy shit...
Thank you so much for your practice and dedication, Colin. Thank you. You've inspired me, given me chills, allowed me to feel and to weep. You've inspired me to pick up the saxophone again after quitting while in college 5 years ago because I couldn't take the pain. Thank you for expressing your soul through your instrument, for taking the long, hard, road to mastery. Thank you. Your music means the world to me
Listening to this sober gives me strong DMT vibes. Like if I shut my eyes and listen, it's like I'm there in that place you can't describe.
Didn't mean to go full Rogan, it's just the first thought I had and I can't shake it.
You're not wrong.
Sometimes it ain't bad to go full Rogan...
@@-Retired- ehh
I was just thinking the same! Especially the song strike your forge and grin, idk why but it just captures the spiritual intensity of the dmt experience😁
I've seen Stetson 4 times live (5th time coming up on the 25th of this month) - one of those times on LSD (150mics) - life-changing experience. A portal to a new dimension opened up that evening for me.
Once that 1st song goes on vinyl I'll definitely get this. Never has a song evoked a feeling this strong.
Colin Stetson it was f***g perfect! я в шокє
Number 3 (Strike Your Forge And Grin) sounds so amazing - can't wait for it to be released.
How can something feel as old as time itself yet have reached into the future.. Hmm perhaps the didgeridoo like elements explain the old... never mind, you, Mr Stetson are a genius 💜
I watched this when it dropped, and I’ve been waiting for years to hear it play during Uzumaki. I am not disappointed. He is a master of his craft. Absolutely hauntingly beautiful.
When this guy is 20 years older, he will be able to find a way to connect with the rest of the universe. Using a saxophone.
The first song (The Love it took to leave you), instead of making me feel an emotion, like all his songs, it makes me think about pastel colors.
Someone has a theory or knows the reason? First time a song makes me feel that
Maybe you’re taking subconscious visual cues? There is a lot of muted pastel tones in the background (wallpaper, piano, etc)
@@pauulkubasek1815 mmm good point, that sounds really interesting, it makes me think specifically in pink, yellow and turquoise. Now I want to know more about those themes.
Thanks!
@@neyrhu oh of course
@@tonymiranda5675 Maybe you have some sort of (mild?) synesthesia?
watching this actually made me figure out how to circular breathe (or at least how it's done as im still not very good at it) because i kept noticing him puffing his cheeks out and put it together
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
You gotta train/practice like an athlete to have endurance like this!!!
This man possesses an infinite amount of talent. He's a literal superhuman!
this is utterly incredible i hope the algorithm treats it better.
Deeply hypnotic
Knowing he’s scoring the new Ito anime it’s kind of a match made in Heaven. Kind of amazing to see a production being taken so seriously!
Sounds like I'm about to see the orthopedic surgeon
THAT FEELING WHEN WRIST SURGERY IS NEXT MONTH
Спасибо, Колин, из-за вас полюбил саксофон. Это одно из лучшего, что слышал. Талант, запредельное мастерство.