Imogen Heap: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • @nprmusic
    @nprmusic  Рік тому +477

    How do you love rap when rap doesn’t love you back? From Rico Nasty’s harassment from toxic Carti fans, to Saucy Santana's unapologetically femme aesthetics in a queerphobic industry, to the assault case that put Megan Thee Stallion’s entire image on trial, each episode of Louder Than A Riot - the second season of our investigative hip-hop podcast - unpacks the unspoken rules of rap that hold the entire culture back. Tap in to our first episode at n.pr/louder-season-2.

    • @dirkdiggler7727
      @dirkdiggler7727 Рік тому +69

      Who cares

    • @Rare.99
      @Rare.99 Рік тому +15

      that ain't rap as far as I remember it

    • @PereVS23
      @PereVS23 Рік тому +11

      Funny cause all the people you are mentioning they are no rappers

    • @criops
      @criops Рік тому +1

      Hip Hop begins in the 70’s. 50 years & you’re barely mentioning music. You sound young, dumb & totally unexposed to anything that came before the copycat mumble dummies.

    • @hand__banana
      @hand__banana Рік тому +25

      imagine if megan thee stallion farted on you and she let you smell it and perhaps even shoved your face into it this would be simply epic I think...

  • @timy9197
    @timy9197 2 роки тому +5895

    Using futuristic gloves to harmonize with yourself is a new level of ingenuity. This is probably the most creative tiny desk I’ve seen so far.

    • @joeblowgoes
      @joeblowgoes Рік тому +53

      It must feel so good to do instead of fiddling with dials or slides

    • @dillonhach2827
      @dillonhach2827 Рік тому +17

      This and the fred again tiny desk are 2 of the coolest music related videos on youtube

    • @MattMeNotYou
      @MattMeNotYou Рік тому +18

      She's not really using them to do anything particularly creatively though, as she explains whilst putting them on. She could do the same with a foot controller or traditional desktop controller, like many people have been going for decades.
      She's just using a different control mechanism.
      Suppose it's how you define 'creative'.

    • @foka.3kai
      @foka.3kai Рік тому +5

      and yet she is using gloves! 😆😆

    • @christinalewis8778
      @christinalewis8778 Рік тому

      ❤🌹

  • @ImWeirdAndILikeIt
    @ImWeirdAndILikeIt Рік тому +1872

    It’s insane that she’s able to sing so beautifully and live mix her own vocals into multiple tracks all at once. That’s so many moving parts at once, I’m insanely impressed.

    • @krs-fltutorials4487
      @krs-fltutorials4487 Рік тому +11

      I've never heard an artist sing more flat. Not hating, I love some of her work. But she was flat A LOT!

    • @JayD06
      @JayD06 Рік тому +41

      ​@@krs-fltutorials4487that's part of her allure. Shes always performed like that. Kind of lackadaisical. She doesnt try to be something she's not. I don't know if I did a good job explaining that or not haha.

    • @BeatGoat
      @BeatGoat Рік тому +24

      @@krs-fltutorials4487 Plenty of artists get pitchy live. That's the human factor. She's not abysmally off-key in any of these performances.
      Most performers who are always 100% on key tend to employ some form of live pitch correction - there's plenty of hardware (Boss VE-500, TC Helicon Voicetone C1) and software (Autotune Live, Pitcher) that does the job in real time these days.

    • @maddymud
      @maddymud 11 місяців тому +2

      @@BeatGoat- I listen back to some live shows from my hey day and I’m like - Yow! Then I saw David Bryne live a few years ago and was double yow! My odd clunker here and there isn’t too bad. Plus, someone like Billie Eilish, who whisper sings and note flutters - can hide pitchiness better than me who bellows

    • @jamespriest9658
      @jamespriest9658 10 місяців тому +1

      Yes u get it.. she merges.. she merges

  • @NickAdelman
    @NickAdelman 5 років тому +3901

    had the pleasure of seeing her years ago...
    she was supposed to have a gospel chorus back her up on hide and seek
    they didn't make it because of the weather, so she improvised and had the audience be her chorus
    it was an ethereal experience
    a moment you just don't forget

    • @kpacubo.
      @kpacubo. 5 років тому +28

      this is great

    • @JohnAlecci
      @JohnAlecci 5 років тому +53

      Just gotta bring Jacob Collier next time. He's basically an audience choir director.

    • @grumpycheerleader
      @grumpycheerleader 5 років тому +3

      Wow that’s so cool 🤩

    • @TomTom-xp2jb
      @TomTom-xp2jb 5 років тому +1

      Lucky guy Nick!!! She's awesome!!! Like a cool breeze on a hot day!!! Thank you!!!

    • @defstrikem2743
      @defstrikem2743 5 років тому

      “Ethereal” 🙄🙄🙄

  • @sundayandthebee
    @sundayandthebee 11 місяців тому +315

    Her voice gives me chills. Caroline polachek is the only one who has ever come close to Imogen heap. But never replicated. No one could ever match the original nymph fairy voice.

    • @baxoutthebox5682
      @baxoutthebox5682 Місяць тому +11

      Bjork and Kate Bush moreso imo. I like Caroline but she’s just making really good and really accessible hyperpop with dudes who make hyperpop.

    • @julescolon6502
      @julescolon6502 Місяць тому +10

      @@baxoutthebox5682 yeah but she can do those interesting vocal flips like Imogen and Dolores from the cranberries

    • @Goldun-nah
      @Goldun-nah 23 дні тому +1

      Ummm Aurora… I would love if they collabed

  • @ricmmatias
    @ricmmatias 4 роки тому +2027

    As a "musician" for over 30y must confess that Imogen Heap's talent scares the sh*t out of me... not from this world

  • @YashKMusic
    @YashKMusic 5 років тому +3986

    That gloves performance was beyond Imogenation

    • @jrtg1990
      @jrtg1990 5 років тому +8

      👏 👏 👏

    • @scarlettbigam9893
      @scarlettbigam9893 5 років тому +5

      Haaaa nice 😜

    • @ALiteralCrow_
      @ALiteralCrow_ 5 років тому +3

      Thank you for this

    • @anthoni426
      @anthoni426 5 років тому +14

      YEAAAHYYY!!!!! PUNS!!!
      I don't think I could ever stop saying puns. You will never hear me say I'm Frou with them.
      She seems like Heaps of fun.
      You have to hand it to her...I mean, I just gloved that last song.
      I think I Need A Hero nother of her glove performances. (Say it out loud if you don't think it makes sense...)
      Sorry if my puns are bad and sound like Psychobable.

    • @spilledinfinity8652
      @spilledinfinity8652 5 років тому +10

      You are cut off from youtube commenting for a week for that one sir.

  • @jutiajulia
    @jutiajulia 5 років тому +3142

    Imogen Heap is an one in a billion artist. She’s timeless. This was an amazing tiny desk concert.

    • @Arbormurr
      @Arbormurr 5 років тому +10

      *a one in a billion. You don’t use “an” in this situation.

    • @amayajade1266
      @amayajade1266 5 років тому +18

      Ryan Murray thanks Ryan Murray.

    • @ArsenicDrone
      @ArsenicDrone 4 роки тому +7

      If she's one in a billion, and there are seven billion people or so, who are the other six like her?
      Well, it looks like there are five people in the rap rock band Crazy Town, so I guess the question is: who's the seventh?

    • @neo-paine7071
      @neo-paine7071 4 роки тому +1

      1000th like :)

    • @ytuseracct
      @ytuseracct 2 роки тому +3

      @@ArsenicDrone old thread but yeah, well you have Bjork, Kate Bush

  • @csheets40
    @csheets40 5 років тому +1929

    My God, Imogen is so far ahead of our time. What an incredible woman, lyricist, and musician she is.

    • @Andy-th9kj
      @Andy-th9kj 5 років тому +39

      Don't forget inventor!

    • @csheets40
      @csheets40 5 років тому +20

      @@Andy-th9kj My goodness, yes!!! Thank you for adding that. She has a such a brilliant mind!

    • @muhammaddoe249
      @muhammaddoe249 4 роки тому +25

      And a software developer who publish her work "open source" she got it all

  • @AndromedaCripps
    @AndromedaCripps 4 роки тому +830

    I love that she respects that people love her for Hide and Seek, but she uses it as an engine to show off her gloves that’s put so much work into, and ends up creating a product that brings a new song to an old audience. Very cool.

  • @ryandinosaur
    @ryandinosaur 2 роки тому +805

    Imogen Heap is the GOAT. She's not afraid to be herself and she's not afraid to stand up straight and just sing.

    • @14moldyhamsandwich
      @14moldyhamsandwich 2 роки тому +3

      Who else would she be if she is not going to be herself ?

    • @rennyg8627
      @rennyg8627 Рік тому +4

      I'd be confident to sing on command if I had her voice too 🤩 it's so unique

    • @800cherries3
      @800cherries3 Рік тому +8

      @@14moldyhamsandwich it’s way too common for people to be afraid to be themselves that’s all they were saying don’t be a dweeb lol

    • @pacman_pol_pl_polska
      @pacman_pol_pl_polska 6 місяців тому

      @@800cherries3 "don’t be a dweeb" - dweeb

    • @tusk-gl2tx
      @tusk-gl2tx 5 місяців тому

      im in tears

  • @alex0589
    @alex0589 5 років тому +4621

    She speaks how she sings.
    I wish she was my neighbor. dunno why.
    Maybe so i could point at the overgrown garden and go "she's on tour right now"

    • @kelvynification
      @kelvynification 5 років тому +196

      Funny! This comment made me feel nostalgic for a situation/moment I didn’t know I needed to experience😃🙏

    • @kpacubo.
      @kpacubo. 5 років тому +17

      lmao i dunno why but this is funny

    • @jbeffa
      @jbeffa 5 років тому +52

      Greatest comment. Ever.

    • @4humanity223
      @4humanity223 5 років тому +4

      @@kelvynification lmao word, the feels

    • @leftalone9881
      @leftalone9881 5 років тому +9

      You aren’t kidding tho, I’ve never heard her speak until now.

  • @JuliaRoshambo
    @JuliaRoshambo 5 років тому +3901

    i love seeing examples of technology creating a more intimate/human experience instead of the typical "black mirror technology will kill us all" mentality.

    • @sophiehobbs4170
      @sophiehobbs4170 5 років тому +85

      I read this comment a few weeks ago and it has stuck with me so much and really helped me thinking about new things and my own work so thank you very much it is very true.

    • @Y0sHiikus
      @Y0sHiikus 5 років тому +2

      Yessss

    • @hoseoksfannypack6673
      @hoseoksfannypack6673 5 років тому +21

      Björk does this too. I love it.

    • @ispearedbritney
      @ispearedbritney 5 років тому +6

      Black Mirror is "typical"? Hardly anyone watches that besides edgy teens. Most people cannot fathom that technology could be used by their rulers and bosses for evil. The "typical" opinion on technology is that billionaires like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs will "save humanity" with their totally innocent "philanthropy". You're the only one thinking about Black Mirror. Projecting much?

    • @hoseoksfannypack6673
      @hoseoksfannypack6673 5 років тому +52

      @@ispearedbritney idk man.. most of the people in my life over 30 think technology is ending the world.

  • @hoseoksfannypack6673
    @hoseoksfannypack6673 5 років тому +5629

    I feel like if her and Björk collaborated the world would end in the best way imaginable

  • @DM-cu5hp
    @DM-cu5hp 4 роки тому +1737

    She's like some sort of extraterrestrial princess from the future who we captured and is singing herself free.

    • @KeerahBearah
      @KeerahBearah 4 роки тому +11

      Wow, I wanna cry 🥺❤

    • @scotth5237
      @scotth5237 3 роки тому +9

      One of the best comments

    • @1kennylo
      @1kennylo 3 роки тому +1

      Tf 🥺

    • @Regina-bu5fm
      @Regina-bu5fm 2 роки тому +6

      I think we all are something similar to that...beautifully worded comment

    • @sudfac
      @sudfac 9 місяців тому +1

      She looks like teacher here.

  • @taylorswan4311
    @taylorswan4311 2 місяці тому +108

    There’s a difference between musicians who are passionate ab music and passionate ab the creation of music. (Not a bad difference) You can tell imogen loves creating. It’s like putting puzzle pieces in place and it’s so satisfying.

  • @KelbyRoberson
    @KelbyRoberson 5 років тому +2309

    Imagine having so much musical talent that you can play air.

  • @usemoreproduct
    @usemoreproduct 5 років тому +2864

    "this is a song, that if i don't play it, people throw tomatoes at me. "

    • @JujYFru1T
      @JujYFru1T 5 років тому +194

      "in america they throw tomaytoes at me"
      god i adore her. 15 years and counting

    • @goldjoinery
      @goldjoinery 4 роки тому +28

      She doesn’t have to, we’d still adore her all the same.

    • @yahstino
      @yahstino 4 роки тому +35

      I hate that that's probably more or less true. She's so much more than one song.

    • @youcantkeeprunninginandout7240
      @youcantkeeprunninginandout7240 4 роки тому +25

      ngl though it's such an amazing song

    • @mattiasrutter
      @mattiasrutter 4 роки тому +6

      Not saying she doesn't make good music, but that's the life of a one-hit-wonder

  • @danielmartchek3989
    @danielmartchek3989 5 років тому +746

    My girlfriend cried when I got her tickets to see Imogen this year, so I HAD to go. The powerful melding of stage production, audio technology, and airy, charming personality had me speechless. Imogen is truly something else entirely.

    • @Mrnickstr89
      @Mrnickstr89 3 роки тому +22

      Seeing her will hands down be the best concert experience I ever had. This was back in 2010 when Ellipse had just been released. I wish you could have known about her and gone and seen her during this tour cause of her special improv segment. Pretty much every stop or so she would have a time where she asked the audience for a bpm, key, and time signature…. and she would create a song by going around the stage to whatever instrument she felt like playing to create a song. This was recorded and then uploaded to a special link fans could download for a small fee that would go to a local charity. There are a few on youtube. My favorite has to be the first one she did in London called “The shepardess”.

    • @Ghost-lt4sf
      @Ghost-lt4sf 3 роки тому +6

      @@Mrnickstr89 this is amazing 😭✨✨✨ I’m from PR. big dream to see her perform one day. She’s been an icon since Frou Frou imo.

    • @dreamchaser0524
      @dreamchaser0524 Рік тому

      This is my dream ,but she will never come to my country 😭

    • @genesises
      @genesises Рік тому

      you got her tickets but intended not to go?

    • @danielmartchek3989
      @danielmartchek3989 Рік тому +6

      @@genesises I worked for the venue and already intended to go. But her reaction to the tix prompted me to take the night off and actually go as a fan and really experience it

  • @TravisRayLive
    @TravisRayLive Рік тому +69

    Imogen Heap is so underrated for how brilliant she is. Sadly, it'll probably remain that way forever. Since Frou Frou, she's been innovating and showing off insane amounts of talent.

    • @radiostar717
      @radiostar717 Місяць тому +4

      she’s actually making a resurgence on tiktok because of songs like just for now and headlock, which is how i found her! hopefully she’ll get the attention she so deserves

  • @meykel8108
    @meykel8108 Рік тому +47

    The gloves performance is like 7 incarnations after grimes where you've met the spirit and become close. Now your a vessel in tune and resonating.

  • @wpjones805
    @wpjones805 5 років тому +751

    The audio production folks at Tiny Desk have to be some of the best in the business and that's reflected in the compliments you see in the comments. Working with a performer who's equally at home in audio engineering like Imogen Heap had to have been a treat.

  • @alyssababasa6285
    @alyssababasa6285 5 років тому +1402

    SHE’s music bending 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @NatrixHasYou
    @NatrixHasYou 5 років тому +1679

    From Sesame Street to Imogen Heap, Tiny Desk is killing it.

    • @rgbura
      @rgbura 5 років тому +28

      NatrixHasYou and IDLES

    • @sallychairez1936
      @sallychairez1936 5 років тому +4

      That's what I'm saying!!

    • @apullcan
      @apullcan 5 років тому +5

      They've been all over the place these past few days and I love it.

    • @jordanr6639
      @jordanr6639 5 років тому +2

      @@apullcan agreed

    • @Jacob32905
      @Jacob32905 5 років тому +2

      Hahaha no doubt

  • @micahjones7837
    @micahjones7837 2 роки тому +163

    Uh, WOW. I have never seen someone make music like an extension of their body like that. Even on the piano or solo vocals, it's like the music was flowing in her body. What a passionate artist and creator to make such powerful tools for expression. I am amazed

  • @chy0658
    @chy0658 2 роки тому +126

    I remember hearing frou frou /let go when I was 15 and falling in love with her voice and music. Doesent seem like 21 years ago. Still love her music and still listen to her from time to time

    • @andrewgroves6718
      @andrewgroves6718 Рік тому +4

      im still in love with Frou Frou. i dont find i like nearly as many songs from imogen heap. yet i love every single song from frou frou

  • @sieyn0123
    @sieyn0123 5 років тому +1472

    How many singers you need for Hide & Seek?
    Imogen: Yes *extends hand

    • @JeanNascimentoJNX
      @JeanNascimentoJNX 4 роки тому +21

      Imogen: *_moves her hands and creates the whole arrangement in a minute_*

    • @CarylAdams-e5d
      @CarylAdams-e5d 5 місяців тому

      @@JeanNascimentoJNX

  • @mneo212
    @mneo212 5 років тому +485

    I'm so glad Imogen came from the future to enlighten us in the present.

  • @EricAtienza
    @EricAtienza 5 років тому +4357

    Most artists: "We need to come up with a cool stage show. How about some dancers, and lights, and fire. That's cool."
    Imogen Heap: "I'm going to invent a new technology so I can play the air."

    • @RyanGuthrie0
      @RyanGuthrie0 5 років тому +72

      And they are better than most stuff on the marketplace for VR/AR . Like seriously why can't I use those for VR instead of clunky control sticks?

    • @crieverytim
      @crieverytim 5 років тому +351

      theremin: am i joke to you???

    • @Huhwhatdidyousay
      @Huhwhatdidyousay 5 років тому +10

      Most artists:
      NPR tiny desk concerts:^

    • @chrlskrkl
      @chrlskrkl 5 років тому +18

      @@RyanGuthrie0 if you go on wave for oculus rift they have imogen heap music videos where youre in there its amazing

    • @NoelArdeur
      @NoelArdeur 5 років тому +21

      I had the idea to create images that you could see in your mind in the air through emotion at 15. To play music in the air would be a great evolution of one invention. The only reason It didn't happen it because I'm a broke middle class woman. I'm now 30. Shit happens. At least someone created something.

  • @KiLLJOY1056
    @KiLLJOY1056 2 роки тому +93

    It's sooooo nice to hear her sing and not be worried about hitting the right notes on a Piano, she's literally making the music with open hands. You can just feel it, you don't have to concentrate.

  • @jn1346
    @jn1346 2 роки тому +226

    That rendition of hide and seek was insane 😭

  • @maddalenagrignani
    @maddalenagrignani 5 років тому +304

    Pops out after ages and sings one of her masterpieces - that we have all listened to 100times - in a completely new and amazing way. Like you keep replaying it over and over. Respect

  • @avril14thlove
    @avril14thlove 5 років тому +473

    Imogen is hands down one of the most unique artists of this generation. Speak for Yourself completely blew my mind and opened my 15 year old eyes to musical landscapes I never knew existed. Thank you, good lady.

    • @MontannaIrenie
      @MontannaIrenie 5 років тому +2

      avril14thlove PLEASE listen to her whole Goodnight and Go album. It was released many years ago but she does some amazing things with her voice. You can also UA-cam some of her live performances and see how she first started playing with her voice and sounds for Hide and Seek. I think you’re in for a treat!🥰

    • @JaredGritzmaker
      @JaredGritzmaker 5 років тому +5

      @@MontannaIrenie, actually "goodnight and go" was a single on the album Speak for Yourself that avril14thlove is referencing.
      avril that album was a life changer for me too. I never really heard before I took my wife to see her on that tour and my mind was literally blown.

    • @ATLS702
      @ATLS702 5 років тому +9

      HANDS down...get it?

    • @rupertgrech7097
      @rupertgrech7097 5 років тому +1

      Take a listen to Velvet Underground with Nico.

    • @rupertgrech7097
      @rupertgrech7097 5 років тому

      avril14thlove take a listen to the Velvet Underground featuring Nico (1967)

  • @AndyMacster
    @AndyMacster 5 років тому +140

    I love how even after all these years, she continues to reinvent her works. Hide and Seek was always alive and atmospheric and I love how she just builds upon and colours the air with this notion. Gorgeously talented artist.

  • @commentingaccount1383
    @commentingaccount1383 4 роки тому +521

    When she started singing hide and seek without the vocoder, it felt so wrong, but it ended up being so awesome. What an incredible performance

    • @alecgwin1443
      @alecgwin1443 4 роки тому +7

      She never used a vocoder to begin with!

    • @camzjamz5243
      @camzjamz5243 2 роки тому +22

      @@alecgwin1443 she performs is with a vocoder though

    • @GroundationOnly
      @GroundationOnly Рік тому +7

      While I don't hate this version I think the one on the indie radio with Zach braff is much more intimate and better.

    • @zachgreen759
      @zachgreen759 Рік тому +4

      I don't like it.

    • @jenniferzaralee
      @jenniferzaralee Рік тому +2

      I agree I was apprehensive but it deffo paid off

  • @decapitated2368
    @decapitated2368 Рік тому +164

    I just can't get over how magnificent that version of Hide and Seek is. That is by far the best rendition I've ever heard her do! I never use this term to describe anything, but it was a MAGICAL experience... Absolutely! I have watched this Tiny Desk Concert version over a dozen times just for that part. Wonderful!

    • @schojdfjf6495
      @schojdfjf6495 Рік тому +3

      Same! I wish it was on Spotify I love it!

    • @leahmclean1410
      @leahmclean1410 Рік тому +1

      TOTALLY agree. Can't even put it into words.

    • @imsomelicious
      @imsomelicious Рік тому

      It is incredible, keep repeating hide and seek and can’t believe what I’m hearing.

  • @bbuuccchh
    @bbuuccchh 5 років тому +711

    Guitar Song: 0:00
    Speeding Cars 5:40
    Mimu Gloves 9:02
    Hide and Seek 12:59

  • @joojie
    @joojie 5 років тому +526

    those gloves and software are crazy! shes so talented. loved this tiny concert!!

    • @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335
      @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 5 років тому +1

      She didn't came up with it

    • @user-oy7gz5bf2h
      @user-oy7gz5bf2h 5 років тому +9

      @@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 www.engadget.com/2019/04/26/mi-mu-imogen-heap-musical-gloves-price-launch-date/

    • @JM-fo1te
      @JM-fo1te 5 років тому

      *he*

    • @beefyappa
      @beefyappa 5 років тому +6

      @@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 she did too you fucktard

    • @stephenholt6956
      @stephenholt6956 5 років тому +3

      My programming teacher at uni designed them. He's amazing

  • @xinlo
    @xinlo 5 років тому +90

    Imogen Heap is a musician's musician. She truly enjoys playing and experimenting with sound, and uses her findings to put out consistently good stuff over a long period of time. She's the real deal.
    That said, I didn't overly enjoy this version of Hide and Seek. It was artful and emotional, but the original was a quiet, simple vocoder track that sounded like a church organ, and that was what enchanted me about the song in the first place.

    • @lewisjones284
      @lewisjones284 3 роки тому +4

      I think the main thing that makes the original piece is the rests in between her singing. The break feeling of the song makes it have a very different feeling to this.

  • @EugeneTsai
    @EugeneTsai 2 місяці тому +49

    Still to this day the coolest tiny desk I've seen

  • @charlottelukowski1433
    @charlottelukowski1433 20 днів тому +7

    This gloved performance is one of the coolest and most beautiful things I have ever seen and heard.

  • @Rawrmuffin0
    @Rawrmuffin0 5 років тому +3856

    Imogen is like if Sarah Paulson was a singer who lives in the woods and talks to forest spirits

    • @sensualsquelch
      @sensualsquelch 5 років тому +92

      I totally see the resemblence

    • @DrummerGrrrl
      @DrummerGrrrl 5 років тому +98

      You're also describing the incredibly talented Aurora from Norway. She and Imogen should work together. Maybe Björk, too! :-)

    • @klayniltasuwan7984
      @klayniltasuwan7984 5 років тому +49

      and half-sisters with Kristen Wiig

    • @irlseraph
      @irlseraph 5 років тому +2

      Kale 000 gowon serve

    • @plutoryn
      @plutoryn 4 роки тому +3

      EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

  • @nairocamilo
    @nairocamilo 5 років тому +628

    So Imogen Heap is a walking theremin.
    That's amazing!

    • @JuniorSkeptic
      @JuniorSkeptic 5 років тому +18

      Nairo Camilo she’s closer to a walking chaos pad

    • @angelawellborn2281
      @angelawellborn2281 5 років тому +1

      That's what I was thinking!

    • @nairocamilo
      @nairocamilo 5 років тому +7

      @@angelawellborn2281 The gestures reminded me of Carolina Eyck's videos

    • @Stopinthenameofskating
      @Stopinthenameofskating 5 років тому

      Stfu trending

    • @Octambulism
      @Octambulism 5 років тому +11

      Better than a theremin because it can be mapped to any parametrer as I understand it. Hell, you could DJ just with those damn things! Super cool.

  • @SkySplitterInk
    @SkySplitterInk 5 років тому +346

    This is incredible, especially the looping, glove, voice ish! I would love to hear Imogen make music with Sufjan Stevens.

    • @j_chua
      @j_chua 5 років тому +10

      SkySplitterInk yes!! That would be amazing!!

    • @rooseveltbrentwood9654
      @rooseveltbrentwood9654 5 років тому +6

      SkySplitterInk If I could only have one album for the rest of my life i might go with Come on and Feel the Illinois!. Although Sci-Fi Crimes by Chevelle might work too....

    • @kristiejohnson7396
      @kristiejohnson7396 4 роки тому +2

      Omg yes this comment. Or Bon Iver. Hide and seek reminds me of Woods

    • @jmpsthrufyre
      @jmpsthrufyre 4 роки тому

      Check out her live improvs
      I think there is one coming soon
      As of 6/17/20

    • @karimecolettadominguez
      @karimecolettadominguez 4 роки тому

      okay okay get this: Imogen Heap, Radiohead, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Björk, and Aurora(?).

  • @cleobarillas8339
    @cleobarillas8339 22 дні тому +5

    0:45 I’m in love with the guitarist. You can tell he loved playing this song. Honestly one of her most beautiful stripped down tracks.

  • @leiayck
    @leiayck Місяць тому +51

    Funny how this has been making rotations on tiktok 5 years lateer

  • @drewcroft
    @drewcroft 5 років тому +126

    I love how she can make an older song sound completely refreshing. Love her.

  • @rd4660
    @rd4660 5 років тому +105

    Holy cow! That’s some cutting edge stuff. Very ethereal. There’s a lot of art and technology going on in Ms. Heap’s mind. Excellent.

    • @kpacubo.
      @kpacubo. 5 років тому +3

      ikr! imogen is really on the cutting edge with this one. honestly wish more people knew about this

  • @9UaYXxB
    @9UaYXxB 5 років тому +91

    Thank God Imogen is still making her art, I think she kind of stepped back for a bit, I was dismayed that she might have retired. This is a superb performance, and as others so frequently compliment the audio engineers at NPR are fantastic.

  • @cymonelachelle
    @cymonelachelle 4 роки тому +139

    She’s the iron man of music!!!! This was everything I didn’t know I needed

  • @azurite4296
    @azurite4296 3 роки тому +32

    18:15 brings to tears every time. Her voice is so angelic. Such a icon. Love you Imogen!

  • @williamohman5469
    @williamohman5469 5 років тому +850

    So talented. Would love a collab between her and Bon Iver. Would be insane

    • @UniMagik
      @UniMagik 5 років тому +9

      YAAAS

    • @oggy06
      @oggy06 5 років тому +9

      Literally what i’ve been wishing for the last 10yrs

    • @VTUL92
      @VTUL92 5 років тому

      Yaaaaaaas

    • @047Kenny
      @047Kenny 5 років тому

      William Öhman didn’t she help out on mbdtf?

    • @finchcarvingadiamond
      @finchcarvingadiamond 5 років тому +2

      Woodwind-like falsettos and awesome creative synth and beat work omg

  • @SantyNewLee
    @SantyNewLee 5 років тому +154

    Frou Frou... wow, takes me straight back to high school when I was getting into trip-hop and developing my musical taste. I'm late to this party (looking at the date, ironically this was on my birthday!) but I'm glad to have found Imogen again. Thanks, NPR! :)

    • @ckpizzle
      @ckpizzle 4 роки тому +1

      cheers me too!

  • @deelot1
    @deelot1 5 років тому +1599

    It’s funny how the music from the futuristic sound technology resemble ancient chants.

    • @muiawat
      @muiawat 5 років тому +30

      deelot1 omg ! So true! Probably why I love her ! Thanks for the observation!

    • @bellaimeek
      @bellaimeek 5 років тому +4

      deelot1 omg

    • @unnq
      @unnq 5 років тому +56

      almost as if the machinations of the mind originate from some long-lost technology

    • @JM-fo1te
      @JM-fo1te 5 років тому +8

      Cultural appropriation

    • @star0shadows
      @star0shadows 5 років тому +5

      Truth, check out Frontier by Holly Herndon. Also check out everything else she's done. A true creative gem.

  • @bushyman477
    @bushyman477 3 роки тому +202

    It's so mesmerising, not because she's dancing to the music, but because the music's dancing to her

    • @gillyfranklin1550
      @gillyfranklin1550 3 роки тому +5

      I don't know if there's something in the water but that comment almost made me cry! What a lovely thought.

    • @bowdinkle
      @bowdinkle 8 місяців тому

      🤯

    • @enriqueMalaOnda
      @enriqueMalaOnda 25 днів тому

      This is dumbest thing i've ever read

  • @goated6146
    @goated6146 8 місяців тому +12

    This version of hide and seek makes me weep and I can’t even control it. It’s angelic. She was touched by god or the universe or whatever you believe in.

  • @kafufleladdd
    @kafufleladdd 5 років тому +940

    Hide and seek is legitimately one of the songs of the century
    Very interesting take in this performance

    • @dr_redbanRL
      @dr_redbanRL 5 років тому +17

      I think it could have been done better. Still magic though

    • @Peeze16
      @Peeze16 5 років тому +93

      @@dr_redbanRL I think she's performed it so much over the last decade it must get tiring to do it the same way every time.

    • @UnleashTheBlob
      @UnleashTheBlob 5 років тому +2

      Nah

    • @deanroddey2881
      @deanroddey2881 5 років тому +34

      The studio version is epic. There are people who use technology because they don't have much to bring to the table themselves. Then there are people who use technology to enhance their talent, and she falls into the later category.

    • @baseguitarist1
      @baseguitarist1 5 років тому +40

      I personally think an artist changing an old tune is exactly what should be done. This way they can still express themselves in their current state rather than banging an old drum. To quote Jay Z, "[People] want my old shit, buy my old albums."

  • @olivianicoloff2998
    @olivianicoloff2998 5 років тому +46

    This was filmed on my 25th birthday...she sings those cluster notes in hide and seek and suddenly i’m 13 again. Ultimate respect and reverence for this queen couldn’t imagine growing up without her sound

  • @nathanhollow0
    @nathanhollow0 5 років тому +693

    Makes you think how much time she practiced with those gloves for it to be muscle memory.

    • @Nomin130
      @Nomin130 4 роки тому +79

      She has had them for over a decade, so a lot!

    • @NaturallySelected
      @NaturallySelected 4 роки тому +38

      I mean.. like any instrument?

    • @thomasr1051
      @thomasr1051 4 роки тому +68

      your right the muscle memory must be crazy. at the same time i feel like it speaks to the intuitiveness of the gloves.

    • @StrawberryFeildsforNever
      @StrawberryFeildsforNever 3 роки тому +6

      @@NaturallySelected yeah, but her instrument isn’t really there. It’s all in her hands.

    • @aw-g
      @aw-g 3 роки тому +5

      In the future when the gloves will be available for public she will probably be a sound teacher and it will replace many instruments

  • @LisaHickman19th
    @LisaHickman19th 4 роки тому +23

    Beautiful! I have the sweetest memory of attending your concert. My daughter, was in high school and got tickets for the two us to go. It was so stirring. You called on her to pick the key to start a sing a long. We got foggy eyes. It felt spiritual. Now Abbey is a music producer at Walker in New York. Life is beautiful! Love is powerful and your music lifts and inspires every time. Keep doing what you’re doing!!

  • @ImSofaKingGood
    @ImSofaKingGood Місяць тому +14

    That is so freaking cool. Imogen is ahead of her time in artistry and innovation.

  • @bindakawhoon4848
    @bindakawhoon4848 5 років тому +668

    Oh my word, the last performance. The entire show is awesome, thanks NPR. Can't wait for the aliens to see this.

    • @dakotagripp5815
      @dakotagripp5815 5 років тому +15

      binda kawhoon I love you , the aliens are vibing heavy to this.

    • @bindakawhoon4848
      @bindakawhoon4848 5 років тому +5

      @@dakotagripp5815 I love you too

    • @xanbell7723
      @xanbell7723 5 років тому +19

      That's so kind, no one usually considers the aliens.

    • @Neuroneos
      @Neuroneos 5 років тому +1

      Aliens be like: "Our kin has already set foot on this desolate planet! Look!"

  • @spenserak
    @spenserak 5 років тому +1068

    This glovetrance version of hide & seek cured my depression.

    • @chilicoffee9342
      @chilicoffee9342 5 років тому +4

      Spenser cured my depression is the new "dae listen to this in 2005"

    • @GottiGolfwang
      @GottiGolfwang 5 років тому +3

      Spenser dude me too that’s crazy

    • @SteveBrant55
      @SteveBrant55 5 років тому +4

      Congratulations! I had an out of body experience while listening to it myself!

    • @alex0589
      @alex0589 5 років тому +9

      G L O V E T R A N C E

    • @georgerussell2947
      @georgerussell2947 5 років тому +2

      Have you heard Jacob colliers version?

  • @carmeleche56
    @carmeleche56 5 років тому +483

    Hide & Seek is the reason why many people are still alive.
    Hide & Seek is ambient art therapy.
    Hide & Seek still moves me into the depths of my soul and brings me to tears every time.
    Thank you @imogenheap for sharing your gifts with the world.
    For the darkness is vanquished with sounds from light workers like you.

    • @rooseveltbrentwood9654
      @rooseveltbrentwood9654 5 років тому +7

      C.L Flores Hide & Seek makes me sad, but kind of in a good way.

    • @carmeleche56
      @carmeleche56 5 років тому +5

      @@rooseveltbrentwood9654 150%, reminds me of the human experience I am honored to live. Full spectrum of emotions.

    • @Goglby
      @Goglby 5 років тому +1

      Oh shut up if you're suicidally depressed a song will not save you. You're kind of dissatisfied with your life and self-pity to the point of thinking you're suicidal.

    • @SonOfAdam94
      @SonOfAdam94 5 років тому +3

      @@carmeleche56 I just commented the following above which it seems you might relate to part of it, "Ok that last song caught me WAY off guard! I felt suddenly frozen... suddenly weeping... suddenly back in the womb. Thank you. I'm happily married, but it would really make me happy to give her a rose."

    • @biancacassell157
      @biancacassell157 5 років тому +1

      Truly! It's one of the unknown masterpieces

  • @fuhue
    @fuhue 2 місяці тому +8

    Hide and seek was so beautiful. I nearly cried when she started singing. Imogen Heap inspires me so deeply.

  • @jakkudemoff3043
    @jakkudemoff3043 4 роки тому +23

    This version of Hide and Seek had it me in tears - it's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard from her and the union of art and technology makes me weep with joy. Absolutely amazing..

  • @aidancanoli
    @aidancanoli 5 років тому +181

    Speeding Cars 5:36
    Hide and Seek 12:57

    • @nowhereman4865
      @nowhereman4865 5 років тому +4

      Thank you man

    • @xartxhxcdamage
      @xartxhxcdamage 5 років тому +10

      Guitar song is also beautiful. No one should skip that

    • @Neuroneos
      @Neuroneos 5 років тому

      Guitar Song is this year's best song by far

  • @megdel8
    @megdel8 5 років тому +88

    I love how humble she is and how she explained the mimu gloves. It’s very cool!

  • @TobiasRobertson
    @TobiasRobertson 5 років тому +263

    Not gunna lie, when she started that drone for Hide and Seek I was a bit disappointed because I love how the harmony moves in the original but then as the song carried on and built I just started feeling really emotional and I just felt connected to the words even more than before and she expressed such profound feeling that I felt silly for ever doubting. A new love for this song and definitely a new favourite Tiny Desk.

    • @rochaoctavio
      @rochaoctavio 5 років тому +7

      That's definetly it.

    • @pazansun9678
      @pazansun9678 5 років тому +5

      True words, felt pretty similar

    • @cdigdawg
      @cdigdawg 5 років тому

      I was surprised at the amount and power of the emotions that swept over me during Hide and Seek. Eerie.

    • @CatLittlepage
      @CatLittlepage 3 роки тому

  • @Tyleulenspiegel
    @Tyleulenspiegel Рік тому +10

    Good god, that Hide and Seek though! She was like a musical sorceress and she summoned tears from my very eyes. She tapped into something deep inside me and I felt that. BRILLIANT!

  • @DarkSchuller
    @DarkSchuller 5 років тому +25

    Had completely forgotten about Imogen Heap with the absolute tsunami of music these days, then i saw her today in the pre oscar thing where she gave Finneas an oscar. god i miss her music. seen her live in Copenhagen, best concert of my life hands down!

  • @anemoemu3083
    @anemoemu3083 4 роки тому +135

    I just know she grows her own mushrooms

  • @muhahill3566
    @muhahill3566 Рік тому +21

    she feels like she'd be a great teacher I'm getting heavy fun teacher vibes

  • @blm2295
    @blm2295 2 роки тому +35

    I'm telling you know as she starts to play hide and seek after that demonstration of the tech she's using I feel like I'm about to have a religious experience and I'm fine with it. I love when technology and music come together to form someone amazing like this.

  • @JonManness
    @JonManness Рік тому +51

    Absolutely LOVED that live "glove" arrangement of "Hide and Seek." Imogen Heap's influence on my music runs deeper than I ever realized, and it's so awesome to see her continue to innovate.

  • @Poirottoholmes
    @Poirottoholmes 2 дні тому +1

    Its my pleasure to discover Imogen Heap. I never had the opportunity to come across her music, but this year i did and it seems i missed out on a lot . Love her ❤,love her music, i am very happy to discover her :)

  • @gpeddino
    @gpeddino 5 років тому +222

    Damn, that performance of Hide & Seek was sublime. The mi.mu gloves are amazing.

  • @jvalle182
    @jvalle182 21 день тому +3

    My first time hearing of her. I am so captivated by this amazingly talented woman.

  • @dandmwg
    @dandmwg Місяць тому +8

    She is an absolute superstar. One of the most talented human beings ever. I'm in awe of her

  • @madisheppard9190
    @madisheppard9190 2 роки тому +10

    This absolute immeasurably genius woman is criminally underrated. She deserves to go down as the worlds greatest artist that ever lived.

  • @chameleonedm
    @chameleonedm Рік тому +16

    Oh wow, I was not expecting overtone singing with the gloves. That sounded amazing

    • @bowdinkle
      @bowdinkle 8 місяців тому +1

      This is the comment I was looking for

  • @leejmalcolm1
    @leejmalcolm1 5 років тому +35

    Absolutely devastating. What an incredible talent.

  • @dariomoran7452
    @dariomoran7452 5 років тому +10

    FROU FROU IS BACK!??!?!
    Imagine being so creative that they have to actually invent something so that you can perform your songs properly. What an amazing bit of kit they've come up with there, and she does an amazing job using it. Mind blowing.

  • @NateCConcerts
    @NateCConcerts 5 років тому +35

    Imogen Heap is actually perfect. It's easy to imagine her conducting a massive orchestra with how she utilizes those gloves. Such a cool use of technology to make an already iconic song timeless

  • @joodysogroovy
    @joodysogroovy Місяць тому +24

    I cried like a baby.

  • @TIUlove
    @TIUlove 3 роки тому +10

    I love that she introduced all the other musicians! Classy. Her voice is just so unique and mellow. Love her!!!!

  • @salty_pearl
    @salty_pearl 5 років тому +88

    Imogen Heap is the futuristic wise woman my 13 yo soul needed back in the day

  • @jtm8298
    @jtm8298 5 років тому +71

    BEST TINY DESK EVER, seriously, she's a genius! "Hide and seek" performance gave me chills!!

  • @UponthePath
    @UponthePath 2 місяці тому +3

    Oh you know, just Guy Sigsworth, one of the greatest producers on the planet (Bjork, Seal, Madonna, Aurora), casually playing keyboards. Awesome.

  • @Svpreme777
    @Svpreme777 Місяць тому +5

    The passion of this woman is inspirational and beautiful

  • @stayoutofthecitys
    @stayoutofthecitys 2 роки тому +25

    Her music saved my life countless times gave me the strength to persue my dreams .

  • @denise8791
    @denise8791 5 років тому +18

    She's insanely brilliant. No one else would come up with new technology just to be able to sing with her hands. Holy crap.

  • @thomas_h4288
    @thomas_h4288 5 років тому +174

    I've always wanted a Death Grips Tiny Desk Concert, and now I want one with them using those gloves. So fucking cool tho

    • @ryanjavierr
      @ryanjavierr 5 років тому +17

      Fantano is that you?

    • @thomas_h4288
      @thomas_h4288 5 років тому +16

      @@ryanjavierr shit you figured me out. thomas is short for anthony

    • @gabes3dvideos
      @gabes3dvideos 5 років тому +5

      Thomas_H428 Death Grips may be the last tiny desk concert...maybe if they decide they are ready to upgrade desks it will be time.

  • @druarft4172
    @druarft4172 5 років тому +47

    So cool to finally see those gloves in action. I remember when they where just an idea

    • @kako12ente
      @kako12ente 4 роки тому +7

      To see them without all those cables hanging was quite impressive

    • @larey9484
      @larey9484 3 роки тому +3

      I love looking back at older videos of her using the wireless versions. They're like a second skin to her, it seems

  • @ghs7750
    @ghs7750 3 роки тому +8

    I remember the first time I listen hide and seek was watching the OC also good night and go was in the soundtrack along with speeding cars, I fell in love of her voice she’s unique

  • @AS34N
    @AS34N 3 місяці тому +6

    What an absolute Rockstar of a woman..

  • @MrRonV
    @MrRonV 5 років тому +49

    It seems I heavily underestimated Imogen Heap until roughly 19:03 minutes ago. That was an amazing display of musical (and technical) talent.

    • @bleumarin1968
      @bleumarin1968 5 років тому +1

      don't know if you've ever seen her in concert, but if you haven't, do yourself a favor and go see her, not only is she extremely talented and amazing on stage but she also has a great sense of humour. It's an fantastic experience.

  • @ultimatev17
    @ultimatev17 5 років тому +141

    ...how has no one mentioned how beautiful her gray hair is??

    • @SonOfAdam94
      @SonOfAdam94 5 років тому +5

      I agree, absolutely beautiful, God be pleased!

    • @RyanStorey1231
      @RyanStorey1231 5 років тому +3

      It reminds me of Rogue! 😊

    • @Balthazar2242
      @Balthazar2242 5 років тому +2

      I can't see any, so that's probably why

    • @candy8391
      @candy8391 5 років тому +6

      I love when people let their hair stay grey/white. I think it's beautiful.
      I'll always remember how gorgeous my aunt was with her silver/white hair

    • @Lilacleaf49065
      @Lilacleaf49065 4 роки тому +3

      The truth is most of women go grey when we are in our 30s or earlier and are forced to dye it because people refer to them as "grannies". Immie is just showing us how true women look and how beautiful they are.

  • @ForevaMaeva
    @ForevaMaeva 27 днів тому +4

    I love this so much. She completely entranced me with the gloves.

  • @lainey_ng
    @lainey_ng 2 роки тому +5

    I love this lady so much, she's just so cool and innovative. Hide and Seek was the first song I heard of hers when I was younger. This version of it reminds me a bit of Celtic music. The atmosphere she created is like a drone or peddle tone, and some of her vocal decisions remind me of a vocal lilt common in Celtic music. At 15:33, my favorite phrasing within this song.