Colin Stetson: There's something singularly beautiful, aggressive and hypnotic about the sound the bass saxophone makes

"I always had an affinity for the lower end of things and I liked the physically intimidating and challenging nature of the instrument. It was mano-a-mano, the physical representation of the object versus your body. It was more symmetrical in terms of the instrument’s stature and weight. I liked the freedom of exploration acoustically it gives you with the deeper, longer and wider tube. It gives you much more of a breadth and depth of frequency to play with" - Colin Stetson says in The Quietus interview about his instrument of choice - the bass saxophone. He is about to release his new single, ‘When We Were That What Wept For The Sea’, celebrating the life of his father.