Last year filmmaker Todd Verow asked Colin Owens to write a film score to run 84 minutes concurrent with an experimental film made from 10 second clips of mobile phone video. The result of this work is Hooks to the Left, Colin’s most emotional, complex, and provocative music to date.
In this new collection you will find themes that range from deep bass electronic and afro-jazz, to experimental and break beat. The new album is now available from CDBaby, iTunes or tradebit. The instrumentation on the album includes work by Colin’s father John Owens, flutist Frank Wharton, Violist Nathan Felde, drummer Mike Feld (no relation) and a full-on sampled chorus of Colin’s voice and lots of Fender Rhodes. If you like his new album, you should also check out his earlier works like Spaghetti Western, The Daydream (my favorite), and 20 Minutes Into the Future. Colin recently composed the soundtrack for my new documentary, Smile Boston Project, and I’m very pleased with the work he did on the film, I think he’s an amazing talent who’s been in the shadows for too long.