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That bass comment is how I feel about FtM in certain spots.

This isn't a stem, it's just AI extracting the drums. Still very cool though.

Glad you're enjoying! More to come!

It's a shame the drums got mixed so low, and I believe it was done intentionally by Omar so as to deliberately put less focus on the drums in contrast to the first two records. Not the best move in my opinion, maybe we'll get an official remix/remaster one of these days.

Also yes

I really appreciate the kinds words! Plenty of more uploads to come in the very near future! 🤘ps. working on getting comments enabled for that video

Pridgen is an absolute monster on the kit.

​@@fvrmusicgrActually, this album was performed and recorded by Jon Theodore not very long before his departure from the band Amazing work btw, i love this drum enhanced versions of TMV songs. Thank you very much!

Glad you're enjoying it! I've been testing out several different AI Stem separators for these types of projects. I use one of those to turn down everything beside the drums 1.5-2dB, then apply some Mid-Side EQ to the drums as well as some parallel compression, transient shaping, and finally a subtle realistic room IR blended in for some added "3D" feeling movement.

Awesome!!! Thanks for the quick reply. Any chance of uploading the drums only stems please? Would love to hear the nitty gritty as to what Jon’s doing to learn the parts as closely as possible. Cheers!

​ @esellwan ​Will definitely get to uploading the solo drums! Working through some other tracks at the moment, but you won't have to wait long ✌️

Happy New Year!

Thank you! I just released a mix of Meccamputechture with a similar and higher-quality treatment. Enjoy!

I was thinking the same thing! Luckily this album is out next week on Friday the 17th. 🤘

Absolutely, I’ve never seen anyone, not even Pridgen, come close to getting this down. What a bloody legend!

It's a tragedy that we didn't get to see JT shred more of the Amputechture songs live

it's the fucking writing of the drum parts man he's such a beast in this track. one of the most unique drum parts ever and we never got to saw it live with him so what the fuck. pridgen could've never written a track this good or as in any of the tracks in previous TMV up to this point really, though he's killer and shit don't get me wrong and his style fits Bedlam perfectly but Jon has such a way of enhancing the song dynamics with perfect hits whether it's on the cymbals or anywhere really. He really killed it with the track writing even if Omar might've written a lil bit of that too idk. Plus Pridgen played the tracks from the previous records brilliantly in his own way but they don't compare nor i think they're as good as Jon's playing. Too fucking chaotic at most moments, felt more like random wankery tbh but he slapped in certain parts and he's really fucking good at drumming anyway so good, TMV slaps.

@@f4lc0n15Theodore never wrote the drum parts for the Mars Volta.

@@fugamantew Haha, you believe that? Thomas Pridgen gave a pretty enlightening interview about how much of a hand he had in writing drum parts (almost entirely written by him) that Omar then claimed to have written after the fact. Interviews with Jon Theodore and Cedric also make it pretty clear that Jon had a large input into the songwriting of the first three albums. Make of it what you will, somebody is telling porkies and I don't think it's the three people who I've mentioned.

Late to responding, but I really appreciate it! Hoping to get around to some more from Amputechture in the future!

No one plays quite like Jon Theodore!

RIP

aNd ShE sAyS mY mAp Is HoMe AgAiN bUt ToRn FaCe DoWnNn

Good artists copy, Great artists steal 😉 in truth though, Kenny's range is absolutely insane and this one minute clip doesn't even begin to give a good sampling. Would highly recommend checking out the Chaos Magick records to get a full perspective on Kenny's expertise.

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Ches Smith and Kenny Wollesen! Incredible new lineup for this group!