The career of saxophonist and composer Colin Stetson has spanned years of solo recordings, soundtracks – including his unforgettable score for Hereditary (2018) – and collaborations, with artists such as Tim Hecker, The Chemical Brothers, and Brìghde Chaimbeul. At Rewire 2025, Stetson performs his new album The Love It Took to Leave You (2024) – playing live in the Netherlands for the first time in six years. It may be difficult to believe upon listening, but this latest album features tracks recorded in one take with no additional overdubs, highlighting Stetson’s extraordinary abilities. His awe-inspiring technique of circular breathing is married with a compositional approach that doesn’t shy away from the darkness that lurks beneath the surface. The melancholia of his droney, spectral songs never sinks into travesty, as all of the urgent, human desperation in his songs is made buoyant through an impossible sense of hope and rebirth – summoned into being by the melody and rhythm of his horns and his breath. During his impressive live performances, his mastery and creativity is on full display.