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This is the Soundcloud of Stian Westerhus. Here you can find samples from albums, radio interviews and performances, live recordings and more.

Through the shadows and down the hill, where the Wolven Cub Sorcerer dwells, remnants of powerful beasts adore the altars, Red & Yellow smoke rises up from his spells, 

Seek first the lodestone for the weight you bear will bring you down. Find next the hearts desire for the ruby glow will bring you home. 

Stay the path, go not astray
For in that silent black there lurks the elder smoke, winding its way for a lusty reprise.
In the center of the cavern, the cervices opens to the sky and there beams down the light of the full moon. The Wolven Cub Sorcerer sits on a throne of bone, staring down upon the path beyond, waiting to begin again. 

Read the words and light the candle.

Izzuss is currently a one-man project. All instruments are played by me, with a few guest appearances from some close and extremely talented friends. All songs were recorded and mixed by me at my (yet nameless) home studio in Colorado. Nothing has been mastered because I am poor :(

Many of the songs I work on are covers, but my focus has been increasingly on original compositions. The majority of original work that ends up here is more electronic and predominantly instrumental in nature. There is another side to Izzuss, but I tend to be much more perfectionistic with my more acoustic and lyrical songs, so most of them never end up here. Hopefully someday soon a few of them that have been around a while will show up. 

In March of 2010, I began work on a cover project dedicated to the singer of the band Sparklehorse entitled Ghosts I've Known: A Tribute To Mark Linkous. Sparklehorse was one of the first bands I ever saw in concert and has remained a top ten in my all-time list of musicians ever since. If you don't know the music, you should. Mark's death had a profound effect on me - quite unexpectedly - and ideas immediately began flowing about this way in which I wanted to pay tribute to him. I have learned a lot from the project, and have become even more  - how do you say - CLOSE, I guess, to the music of Sparklehorse and all of Linkous's projects. Hopefully others will enjoy what has come of it as well.

Please let me know what you think. Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

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