Sunday, May 03, 2015

COLIN STETSON AND SARAH NEUFELD (London Islington Assembly Hall, 17/04/15)


As previously recounted , it is my sincere belief that Colin Stetson is some kind of wizard and we should probably burn him on the stake before it's too late. What he does with just three saxophones and some strategically-placed microphones falls somewhere beyond the laws of nature, coaxing out sounds and timbres that shouldn't be possible. And with the addition of the moderating influence of Sarah Neufeld's warm, complex string arrangements, his compositions are lent an emotional heft to match their technical prowess. Incredible.

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