Now we know the reason why they were so uncomfortable! The battery in one of the pedals Tosin was using had died, he was supposed to start when the conductor turned and looked at him but he couldn't. As this interview explains ua-cam.com/video/OjMSUyAaaD4/v-deo.html
I was in the front row, right in front of him, he was playing pretty much the same as he always does, the panels cut the noise down alot but I could hear him beating the shit out of the drums as per usual hahahaha!
@@trogdorman121 nah dude look at how he hits the cymbals and compare to any live performance where it's just the three of them. He likes to absolutely whack those cymbals. In this performance he doesn't want to drown the whole orchestra with his massive crashes which is why he's playing, without a shade of a doubt, softer on the cymbals than he would usually do without an orchestra.
every single person standing on this stage DESERVES a grammy, and literally EVERYONE ON THIS STAGE, they earned it with everyone ounce of skill they have welded for the years of practice time they did to bring you this performance
This is amazing. I saw on their ig they were doing this and was praying someone would record it. Thanks for the footage. This is awesome. My favorite band of all time.
I'm sure the band got personal recordings, but they stated that they didn't get an 'official' one because they weren't allowed. Here's my iPhone recording slightly cleaned up and edited down to be the full unabridged suite goo.gl/zwT8EU
@@SeanStephensen The musicians union fees are insane for this sort of thing. It is to protect the players but sometimes the end result is can be really sad on one hand. I've had music performed by orchestras and they always make us sign a waver committing to no public display of the recordings. I'd imagine it was exactly the same for AAL. I was mentioning to Harry and the band that they should do an orchestral album together. I can't imagine the sort of money they'd have to raise for that though. An expensive endeavour to be sure.
A lot better than that Dream Theater dead orchestra. At least, AAL have a more strucutred harmony structure than DT, which is just odd time signatures and trying to copy old prog epics
You're welcome to scour the internet for a properly mixed DVD quality performance of this band playing with the WSO, but something tells me it doesnt exist. I hope you didnt waste your time watching this poor quality video!
That little bit if 630hz feedback at about 5:42 is indicative of how hard the FOH guy was pushing all if those mics on the string section up to match the stage volume of the band, or maybe he thought he had a good band mix and then tried to match that with all of those wide open mics. I speak from experience, and unless there is very deliberate and coordinated effort put into getting the band down to a reasonable level AND having the conductor and/or the orchestra at least attempt to match the RELATIVE volume of the band, then it will be a disaster. For example, if the band is just plain loud on stage, even with the drum shield, the conductor needs to strike the term mezzo piano from the charts. Mezzo forte would be the quietest they could play. Bottom line is that if the band had been up there with their regular cabinets and no drum shield, the band sounds would still be louder going into, say, first violin microphone than the first violin is going into its own microphone. I’ve cued this up in my headphones during soundcheck for any given mic on an orchestra instrument, or even area miking, cue up that microphone and you’ll hear cymbals as much as the clarinet or any woodwind into those mics, cello mics are getting whatever is closer if not everything, and so on. If they are clip on mics, that helps, but still, cue up one and listen to how much Marshall half stack is getting into that violin mic, and you realize you have a daunting uphill battle, because the reality is that as you turn up those orchestra mics, you are effectively turning up the band sounds second hand, even from ten or fifteen feet away. If you can get the band to play at a more reasonable level not so completely out of context with the matter at hand, then you have a fighting chance. I used to mix this end of season/ beginning of summer show with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and a “Motown style” band from Kentucky. All of them top notch musicians. We had so much fun the first time that they requested my mix every time after, but it wasn’t easy. I had to use a ton of judgement to get their wedge mixes down a bit, and the orchestra to play a bit louder, through the conductor of course, with whom I had a trusting relationship. I had a stripped down orchestra, maybe 4 first violins, 4 seconds, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 1 double bass, 1 trap that was mostly for percussion, and singles in the woodwinds and horns section, but alto and tenor sax, and two trumpets, With a regular full band in front of all of that. 6 piece kit, electric bass, guitar, two keyboardists, one with three keyboards, one with two, all symmetrical, and potentially 10 singers at any one time, but rarely. Basically five male, five female, and one “lead” vocal mic, which I suggested they never use as I would have each individual mic tailored to each of the ten singers. One pair of wedges on a mix dsc for whoever was singing lead, a d four flanking that on one mix for all of the backup singers, explaining that making those more than one mix was inviting a volume competition which we didn’t need. Five mixes for the band proper, and a couple of “side fill” wedges on stands offstage flanking the orchestra with just a bit of the whole band, mostly vocals to fill in for the orchestra. We did soundcheck and they were so pumped that it was so quick and so good and a great show was had by all, for about 5 years. Point is, every time you see an orchestra playing with a rock band, that is a challenge for everybody involved, and a little feedback just shows that the FOH guy was pushing to make a good mix, and cheers to him, fir not staying too safe and having the orchestra seem like an afterthought. Nice work. Now, the band. I don’t get it. They’re shredders. So what?! Write some music. I’ve heard what they call songs, but to me it seems like excuses to go off and show off chops. Nice. Still not Jerry Cantrell or Kurt Cobain or Joe Duplantier. Fancy stuff. I also mix the local jazz orchestra. Now that’s real chops, real fancy stuff, Badasses of world class caliber. The band name Animals as Leaders seemed like it might be ultra progressive like Gojira. I was wrong. It’s just calculated shredding, then loose, then repeat, rinse. Is that what they call math metal? I don’t like Meshuggaah either. Carcass is one of the all time greatest though of just music, besides being pioneers of metal, they are masters of harmonic richness, melodic beauty, and brutal rhythmic attacks. Like Queen, only faster and heavier, but similar tongue-in-cheek sense of humor but often deadly fucking serious. “Heffers and steers are all there for you to choose, fiscal sexuality for we are all whores and prostitutes. Life’s a celebration at the cattle market, life’s a cabaret, where your dancing partner is............dead..........is dead. The frigid and recycling death disco”. Nailed it. Our nightlife meat markets are no different than the livestock marketplace, replete with the slaughterhouse blues.
Unfortunately how it sounds in the video is pretty accurate to how it sounded in person. The concert hall it was played in wasnt meant for blaring rock/metal music, it was meant for orchestras and specifically designed for the room to have that natural reverb. Had they decided to record straight from the board and mixed it after, now THAT woulda been killer...
I love both classical music and AAL, but this is just wankery, it sounds like shit. It bastardizes both metal and classical music. Surely the line needs to be drawn somewhere
If Matt's done checking his email I guess we can get started.
it's only two-ish minutes but feels like forever
The drummer is in a GLASS CAGE OF EMOTION
Ron Burgundy, is that you?
I see what you did there garret
They look so out of their comfort zone lmao
Now we know the reason why they were so uncomfortable! The battery in one of the pedals Tosin was using had died, he was supposed to start when the conductor turned and looked at him but he couldn't. As this interview explains ua-cam.com/video/OjMSUyAaaD4/v-deo.html
I was there. It was epic!!
@@NFG004 That's tuff
New Song From Animal As Leaders : Silent 0:00 - 2:27
Finally an AAL song I can finally play.
@@lukeramlet275 LOL
It’s not called that, it’s “4’55”/2”. Two minutes twenty seven seconds.
@@topsecret1837 And it's so goddamn prog.. we don't even need signature changes, or a time signature at all really.
I’ve never seen Matt play that soft before lol! Still, amazing performance
for me it looks like, he is completely in the orchestra "mode", always watching the conductor :D
I was thinking the same thing he's probably hating life doing this
I was in the front row, right in front of him, he was playing pretty much the same as he always does, the panels cut the noise down alot but I could hear him beating the shit out of the drums as per usual hahahaha!
@@trogdorman121 he's clearly playing a lot quieter tho
@@trogdorman121 nah dude look at how he hits the cymbals and compare to any live performance where it's just the three of them. He likes to absolutely whack those cymbals. In this performance he doesn't want to drown the whole orchestra with his massive crashes which is why he's playing, without a shade of a doubt, softer on the cymbals than he would usually do without an orchestra.
Most powerful anime crossover in history
Anime As Leaders is real
Performance begins at 2:27.
The Arithmperial March
The joy of seeing this turning into reality is unexplainable
the first 3 minutes of that was more tense than every episode of Breaking Bad combined
From the comments, some people seem to think this rough recording is actually representative of the venue sound.
Most people don’t understand how audio works unfortunately.
every single person standing on this stage DESERVES a grammy, and literally EVERYONE ON THIS STAGE, they earned it with everyone ounce of skill they have welded for the years of practice time they did to bring you this performance
This is amazing. I saw on their ig they were doing this and was praying someone would record it. Thanks for the footage. This is awesome. My favorite band of all time.
This is so awesome. I just happened to search to see if an orchestra ever covered an AAL song. Never knew they did this! Thanks for sharing!
God that's insane, really hoping they release some sort of official recording.
I'm sure the band got personal recordings, but they stated that they didn't get an 'official' one because they weren't allowed. Here's my iPhone recording slightly cleaned up and edited down to be the full unabridged suite goo.gl/zwT8EU
@@SeanStephensen thx its more good!
@@SeanStephensen The musicians union fees are insane for this sort of thing. It is to protect the players but sometimes the end result is can be really sad on one hand. I've had music performed by orchestras and they always make us sign a waver committing to no public display of the recordings. I'd imagine it was exactly the same for AAL. I was mentioning to Harry and the band that they should do an orchestral album together. I can't imagine the sort of money they'd have to raise for that though. An expensive endeavour to be sure.
@@SeanStephensen thanks for that. Glad it’s still up after 2 years
Goosebumps all the way from 7:39 to 8:06.
That part is the best part
sounds like scrambled defuncts
the woodwinds playing the lead with tosin was pretty fucking epic
Need the brain dance song version of this
Check out my other videos, they did The Brain Dance as well, same night.
The whoe abum for that matter
Difficult to tell if this works or not.would be cool to hear a recorded mix from the f.o.h desk.
This made me happy!!!
Ive never seen matt this gentle...
impressive
I get they were promoting a new album, but CAFO would’ve been perfect for the orchestra
Somebody has actually done just that: ua-cam.com/video/SX-cvFIdXhw/v-deo.html
I could not agree more
There is cafo orchestra cover
this is so interesting honestly. I would have loved to hear it in person
I didn't even knew Matt could play that softly :v
The orchestral arrangement sounds like John Williams, whereas it should sound like Shostakovich or Schoenberg.
yep, was totally thinking the exact same thing. us intellectuals lmao.
Stravinsky is what i was thinking but yeah
i was going for bartok :)
who wants to write a 20th century arrangement of tooth and claw
also Stravinsky and shostakovich invented djent first, you know I'm right
That poor conductor...
Oh, he was quite happy for the challenge.
Bad ass!!
Never seen Matt play those drums so lightly 😂
This is so interesting
7:37 here you can hear the Tigran Hamasyan influence in Tosins writing very clearly especially the end of the phrase
Dang, Matt looking clean
It’s 2019 and we still can’t get better audio
2024 and still hoping
Volume on the guitars should have been lowered by just a little bit, but very very cool.
no
"need to get my metronome started"
lmao
Dudeeee the silence
Super cool concept that I bet they never do again haha
This song is so technical I’m surprised someone arranged it for an orchestra
arranged*
ニュースキャサ sorry
@@funnyperson4027 lol
O M G
Would be so funny if the audience started a mosh pit during this.
What I'd give to see this live...🥵
I wonder what the other musicians must’ve been thinking
Why I felt like Orchestra is not best fit for this song??
I think it's more about, who wrote the score?
Yeah, cool idea bit not quite my thing
Check cafo orchestral version. It's amazing
@@tvnja yes I will. Thanks for recommendation!
This song is more about groove and rhytm
YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! I am SOOO SCARED OF ARITHMETIC!!
IM SCARED!!!!!!!
'As you should be'
Garstka.exe has stopped working
poor matt.... like hes holding the beast out...
Stop playing that video game, Matt!
-Tosin Abasi
The first part sounds like something you'd hear from the OST of Infinity Blade
"When your synths are way too loud in the mix" XD
Matttt 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Why is this not pro recorded?
Matt look like he playin at church lmao!!!
I wish it had AT LEAST soundboard audio. The band's sound quality doesn't do justice
It wasn't pro recorded, so good luck finding better audio
Who set this up? We need to speak.
Bernard Buckholtz 😂😂😂😂😂
Matt is in quarantine i guess
I wonder how this came to be
A lot better than that Dream Theater dead orchestra. At least, AAL have a more strucutred harmony structure than DT, which is just odd time signatures and trying to copy old prog epics
2:28 to hear the song
Matt: this porn ad keeps poping up and it wont go away
I feel sad for matt
This sounds sooo siiick. Would've sounded better live!
doesnt make any sense why they needed the laptop. i thought the point was it is orchestrated
poor matt...
5.25 begining.
5:24 is what you are here for.
What happened with Matt ? 😆
SOFT MATT!!!
Dj'ont
But.... why?
Sounds not really good at least in this recording. Would be great to hear a proper mix of this
Its pretty much how everyone heard it in the venue... Acoustics were not meant for metal lol, wish there was a multi-track out of this as well.
Looks great, but a cell-phone recording is useless.
All those loud instruments need to be properly balanced in the mix.
You're welcome to scour the internet for a properly mixed DVD quality performance of this band playing with the WSO, but something tells me it doesnt exist. I hope you didnt waste your time watching this poor quality video!
Just ditch the laptop and play live!
mission impossibile! big mess
That little bit if 630hz feedback at about 5:42 is indicative of how hard the FOH guy was pushing all if those mics on the string section up to match the stage volume of the band, or maybe he thought he had a good band mix and then tried to match that with all of those wide open mics. I speak from experience, and unless there is very deliberate and coordinated effort put into getting the band down to a reasonable level AND having the conductor and/or the orchestra at least attempt to match the RELATIVE volume of the band, then it will be a disaster. For example, if the band is just plain loud on stage, even with the drum shield, the conductor needs to strike the term mezzo piano from the charts. Mezzo forte would be the quietest they could play. Bottom line is that if the band had been up there with their regular cabinets and no drum shield, the band sounds would still be louder going into, say, first violin microphone than the first violin is going into its own microphone. I’ve cued this up in my headphones during soundcheck for any given mic on an orchestra instrument, or even area miking, cue up that microphone and you’ll hear cymbals as much as the clarinet or any woodwind into those mics, cello mics are getting whatever is closer if not everything, and so on. If they are clip on mics, that helps, but still, cue up one and listen to how much Marshall half stack is getting into that violin mic, and you realize you have a daunting uphill battle, because the reality is that as you turn up those orchestra mics, you are effectively turning up the band sounds second hand, even from ten or fifteen feet away. If you can get the band to play at a more reasonable level not so completely out of context with the matter at hand, then you have a fighting chance. I used to mix this end of season/ beginning of summer show with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and a “Motown style” band from Kentucky. All of them top notch musicians. We had so much fun the first time that they requested my mix every time after, but it wasn’t easy. I had to use a ton of judgement to get their wedge mixes down a bit, and the orchestra to play a bit louder, through the conductor of course, with whom I had a trusting relationship. I had a stripped down orchestra, maybe 4 first violins, 4 seconds, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 1 double bass, 1 trap that was mostly for percussion, and singles in the woodwinds and horns section, but alto and tenor sax, and two trumpets, With a regular full band in front of all of that. 6 piece kit, electric bass, guitar, two keyboardists, one with three keyboards, one with two, all symmetrical, and potentially 10 singers at any one time, but rarely. Basically five male, five female, and one “lead” vocal mic, which I suggested they never use as I would have each individual mic tailored to each of the ten singers. One pair of wedges on a mix dsc for whoever was singing lead, a d four flanking that on one mix for all of the backup singers, explaining that making those more than one mix was inviting a volume competition which we didn’t need. Five mixes for the band proper, and a couple of “side fill” wedges on stands offstage flanking the orchestra with just a bit of the whole band, mostly vocals to fill in for the orchestra. We did soundcheck and they were so pumped that it was so quick and so good and a great show was had by all, for about 5 years. Point is, every time you see an orchestra playing with a rock band, that is a challenge for everybody involved, and a little feedback just shows that the FOH guy was pushing to make a good mix, and cheers to him, fir not staying too safe and having the orchestra seem like an afterthought. Nice work. Now, the band. I don’t get it. They’re shredders. So what?! Write some music. I’ve heard what they call songs, but to me it seems like excuses to go off and show off chops. Nice. Still not Jerry Cantrell or Kurt Cobain or Joe Duplantier. Fancy stuff. I also mix the local jazz orchestra. Now that’s real chops, real fancy stuff, Badasses of world class caliber. The band name Animals as Leaders seemed like it might be ultra progressive like Gojira. I was wrong. It’s just calculated shredding, then loose, then repeat, rinse. Is that what they call math metal? I don’t like Meshuggaah either. Carcass is one of the all time greatest though of just music, besides being pioneers of metal, they are masters of harmonic richness, melodic beauty, and brutal rhythmic attacks. Like Queen, only faster and heavier, but similar tongue-in-cheek sense of humor but often deadly fucking serious. “Heffers and steers are all there for you to choose, fiscal sexuality for we are all whores and prostitutes. Life’s a celebration at the cattle market, life’s a cabaret, where your dancing partner is............dead..........is dead. The frigid and recycling death disco”. Nailed it. Our nightlife meat markets are no different than the livestock marketplace, replete with the slaughterhouse blues.
Ya.. So true
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This didn't quite work...
The sound quality is absolute garbage but I know it sounded amazing in person.
Unfortunately how it sounds in the video is pretty accurate to how it sounded in person. The concert hall it was played in wasnt meant for blaring rock/metal music, it was meant for orchestras and specifically designed for the room to have that natural reverb.
Had they decided to record straight from the board and mixed it after, now THAT woulda been killer...
Definitely can see how awkward it all was with BELLS AND SHIT in the background, i still way prefer the original ver of song
Little too busy.
Yeah… this sound doesn’t work.
Wouldn´t it be awesome if they could play without the click track?
Orchestra can’t keep up or stay with the band time what is this
Wow TERRIBLE, and I love animals, it just sounds like a fucking messsss
Worst.concert.intro.ever.
I love both classical music and AAL, but this is just wankery, it sounds like shit. It bastardizes both metal and classical music. Surely the line needs to be drawn somewhere
Super poor video
As opposed to the professional DVD they released of this one night only concert? Oh wait...