Sungazer - Threshold (live session)
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2021
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○ Official music video (Ben Levin animation): • Sungazer - THRESHOLD (...
Sungazer is:
Adam Neely - bass, synths
Shawn Crowder - drums
featuring:
Zac Zinger - shakuhachi
Recorded live at The Bunker in Brooklyn, NY.
Engineered by Alex Conroy
Mixed & mastered by Angel Marcloid
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Drums mixed by Shawn Crowder & Angel Marcloid
Video filmed by Simon C.F. Yu
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Pre-save the album here! bit.ly/2XHMUzc
does presaving benefit you guys in some way that saving it after it comes out doesn't? just curious, I haven't heard of this
It helps our 1st week numbers, which may influence algorithms (in theory). But otherwise, any stream, any time helps!
Shawn, I did not know your music before I saw you live at the Blue Note, now I’m hooked, really interesting melodies and instrumentals.
The wonderful ‘and more’ Brass band was truly epic. I recognize the Shakuhashi player !
You guys are gonna run out of subdivisions sooner or later.
I don't know... there's infinitely many numbers to choose from...
but they will someday reach the threshold
Actually they already explained they've just ran out lol, in this video
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@@notenc1387 lol i like what ya did there
@@notenc1387 that's kind of the point of this song! this is one of the subdivision thresholds
The fact that you guys can achieve sounds that sound like they could only be emulated through computers so effectively live like this is so amazing to me. You guys are genuinely awesome. Cannot wait to hear more
I mean, it's not like there are no computers involved here haha
@@LavaAndDiamond I know, but the fact that a lot of it is done by hand is extremely impressive to me. Just the fact that they can seamlessly match the computers that are involved lol
@@LavaAndDiamond Well yeah, they're not getting those sample sounds by rubbing twigs together, but what my man obviously meant was that they are able to actually perform these advanced tunes without getting distracted by the complicated rhythms or the fantastic layering and blending of otherworldly sounds together. Most people couldn't compose this through a DAW, while these guys are playing it live like it's no big deal. Pretty impressive.
@@taylorhirschmusic You can see they're running a single backing track on Adam's laptop using ableton live. It's likely the tune was composed electronically, which would allow them to dial in complex polyrhythms, and later just learn the parts, record them using live instruments, and then drop these specific tracks out for performances to play on top of the backing track. It's a cool tune in its own rite, but IMO such a reliance on a single backing track defining the character of the performance flies in the face of the virtuosity clearly prized by these musicians.
@@xtan150 Yeah I caught the Ableton track as well, the only thing is that we don't actually know which sounds are and aren't curated specifically into that track vs samples that are generated using effects gear, or pads the drummer hits that then carry out their own pre-programmed roles, or anything else that would require temporal awareness to use live. Sprinkle that in with the skillful lines and layered polyrhythms and it can become difficult to keep track of everything as you're playing.
I think Adam might have released a video a while ago on the debate between using programmed material vs au natural. You might enjoy that, it seems like it might be right up your alley!
Zappa would love this
I hope Dweezil sees this!
Yeah exactly what i was thinking
Also Dave Brubeck
@@iankrasnow5383 OH YEAH! I hear that now!
I am so hyped for this new Album
"Threshold" is the most gloriously strange song I have ever heard. My brain literally doesn't know what to do with it. How to groove. Yet why do I find myself rocking in 6/8? WEIRD.
Me too!!! I just like naturally account for that last sliver of a beat somehow and it’s not strange. It’s so cool that weird time signatures like this can groove - like it doesn’t have to be some weird only theoretical thing cuz IT WORKS
In many cultures, music is not subdivided in equally spaced beats, but the beats are "flexible" and follow some pattern like "long-long-short".
In this case, the 19-tuplets are subdivided as 6-6-7, so it feels like some kind of "short-short-long" pattern. And it's only natural for us to groove on it 🙂
@@iau absolutely, I groove to it in short-short-long and try not to think too much about it, it just comes naturally.
Its such a beatiful tune, reminds me of deafheaven in such a weird way. It's very post rocky, I would love to see him disect this song
I can either feel it in very slow 4/4 or oddly enough in 9/8 🤨
The juxtposition of organic to "digital" sounds just has me feeling goooood
Never heard 19-tuplets sound so musical... in fact, I don't think I've ever heard 19s! If this continues on from Drunk's 9s, are 29-tuplets next? :P
it could also be 2n+1 => 39
@@MrTheSmoon Oh, very good! That's much more like it!
Wait wuuuuuut these are 19-tups? I thought they were just quintuplets... How did you even count that listening to the video?
Holy shit you're right, in the bass fills bit at around 2:00 you can hear adam playing 6+6+7 groupings. Very cool
@@voidboi95 I wonder whether they wrote that melody first then used it as the click track; hearing 19 clicks per beat (whether 6+6+7 or whatever) would drive me insane!
Also, konnakol (South India's rhythmic counting system, I don't know what you know about it) helps me a lot with this kind of music!
fuuuuuuuuck bro this music is so incredible. the way you guys can groove so hard in these intricate beats with so many different, intriguing sounds is beyond words. thank you for your music!!!
(had the pleasure of seeing you guys in Cleveland on Adam's birthday! you guys were by far the coolest live performance I've ever seen)
Unbelievable !!! This is THE BEST NEW MUSIC I've heard in years! It's prog without being metal, kinda like Animals As Leaders with no guitars (if you can imagine that!) AWESOME!
these guys are taking prog rock and jazz fusion to a whole new level
Zac Zinger in the line up is a sure winner! The shakuhachi blends perfectly in the piece!
Edit: typo
Agreed! Such a wonderful timbre
It's Zac Zinger*
@@TuTosRARE OMG /u\ thanks for the heads up! corrected
That cable management though...
can't wait for the album!!
HAHA! I had to watch the video again and see for myself...YIKES! Adds texture, though.
When you're paying for studio time, you want to spend the least amount of time possible on not recording. Cable management can do one if you haven't hired it out for multiple days lol
The contrast between the fast, almost chaotic lines of the bass and the slow, melodic lines of the shakuhachi is really cool. Love this sound.
This kind of shit is the reason why I wake up everyday and love music more and more, thank you for your artistry!!
I already know this album will be my favourite Sungazer release.
Big difference between this and the animation version. Listen to the sound of the cymbals. This is a very raw mix.
but in a good way, imo
i love the raw cymbal sounds! they sound so sandy and dry but somehow still somehow smooooth
Ok, having watched both versions a few times now, I have to say I dig watching the performances in this video a tad better than the animated version! Ben's animation is incredible, and the highly mastered version of the song is superb, but the energy of this does it for me!
I can even start to describe how good this two guys are. Excellence at its best.
This new album's gonna be crazy!
This is so far beyond what humans should be capable of and i am HERE FOR IT!
Awesome! Reminds me of the FEZ soundtrack, which is also really cool :D
Most primo musicians I have ever heard. Everytime I listen to y'all. I just can't understand how you make such beautiful organized noise.
how this song creates space at the beginning reminds me of sweater from black midi
Future of metal
This is one of the most under-watched videos on UA-cam
This live version is such a vibe..
This is like seeing a new color for the first time
This is the deffinition on pushing on music and progress
Still can't belive this song is on 4/4 you guys are amazing!
Beautiful!
Sungazer has quickly become one of my favorite bands.I'm so glad you and Adam put a full-length album out.This is a fantastic song to start it off with.Your drumming is incredible.
Love the maj79- and minor7911-sounds! And that distorted 808-Kick sounds so cool in that context!
this tune feels so familiar, as if it were plucked from the mana pools of the collective unconscious
saw this live in indianapolis. never have experienced anything like it.
On Repeat!
Love it, the Chippy synth sounds are perfectly integrated. Could be an awesome exploration theme in a video game or something
Beautiful
This style of music is relatively new to me, and this music is just so exciting! Stay safe everyone! :) :)
Wow!!! One Punch Knockout here! Loved it at first sight...and that's so unusual!
This song is so beautiful. I was so mesmerized by the 33BPM video - using this track in the video completely caught my attention and gave me chills! Keep going!
Le niveau de ces musiciens ! What a piece of art !
Shakuhachi for life!
Awesome job guys!
Goddamn it, Ya'll inspire me so much.
Makes me wanna get a Shakuhachiiiiiiii
I'm already in love with this track 😍
These carpets are excellent
this is so sick
Beautiful!!
Perfect
Cool that y’all were able to incorporate the shakuhachi
This has gotta be a new favorite. Everything was excellent. I've never heard anything like it, and this has me super pumped for perihelion. Nice work guys!
Still never gets old. So good. What a great odd groove...feels pleasantly disorienting like going home.
The Shakuhachi would sound awesome with some slapback or ping-pong delay & drowning in a hall reverb!
Sweet!🎼🎵🎶
I keep coming back to this. I just can’t get over how good it is.
man I love this song, can't wait for the album
The excitement continues to build!!!!
Awesome!
I love this. you guys are legend.
So cool!
I love the improv at the end!
beautiful!
Man I love your music so much
this is just beautiful
HERE FOR IT !!
Literally just heard the album and am BLOWN AWAY!!! Had to buy tickets! Can’t wait to see you guys in Seattle!!!
I just found you guys this week and I'm absolutely blown away. This album has been on repeat. Incredible drumming, man! Can't wait to see you guys with Plini and Zytecki next year!
Love it! Great job!
This is amazing!
this is fantastic !
This was so good live 😭😭😭
Beautiful work
Awesome
2:08
Adam: pretends that he just practices a scale
Out of this world
gorgeous
Ever wondered what a jazz saxophonist sounds like on a shakuhachi? 3:43 - 3:46
(Really love this track tho as well!! That shaku-intro is beautiful, the chorus honestly really gets to me.)
Man the drumming, the drumming is so good 👍👍
I can't count to 19 =(
Crazy
Yeah, it's like triplets+soul. Mindblowing
Thank You!
The real deal
I love it
Nothing this obviously dorky is allowed to be this awesome! Stop breaking reality you fantastic beautiful people!
Fresh AF
Absolutely insane gentleman
I already know Perihelion is gonna be great
Great!!!!!!!!!!!
This is fkn phenomenal. Music is well. The future is coming.
This should be the mainstream though.
Best music made in 2021 by far!
Yes guys, just yes
Sick!! Saw you guys in Seattle last night. Great show! Sound was not so good though, this captures the subtlety of your arrangements and playing much better. The energy was great though and you guys rocked it!!! So glad you came to our town, please do again!! Many fans here!
You guys have to listen to Nik Bärtsch's Ronin. He's such a great Artist and not known nearly half as well as he deserves
can’t agree more and I think sungazers fans should enjoy them very much
I suspect they know about Nik Bärtsch, if only because I learned about him from Ben Levin, and their being friends.
The lighting gives off heavy shroom vibes.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
5 5 6 5 5 7
This shit is downright gorgeous bro
BASS!
F yeah!
1:35 kids, THIS is how you overuse the 808.
Phat phat phat phat phat phat LARGE phat
Damn, Marc Rebiilet plays shakuhachi too!
Cette musique c'est au seuil du paradis
Is it called Threshold because it is in 33 bpm?
Ooooh I like this theory
Hmm what's the meaning behind 33 if I may be so curious?
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@@KaiderKiller Looks like you were right all along!
You absolutely nailed this one!
Man Neely really likes the soap opera look