Battles - Futura | A Take Away Show
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La Blogotheque presents Battles | Futura | A Take Away Show
"Nous étions tous épuisés, le groupe en particulier : ils avaient perdu de leur rigueur, ils se laissaient plus aller, John le premier qui face à sa batterie, montrait qu'il luttait avec son instrument malgré la fatigue. Jouer « Futura » ce soir là, pour eux, c'était lutter contre la bête. Leur bête."
"We were all exhausted, but the band was dead tired. They were less rigorous, drifting, especially John, struggling with his drumkit despite the fatigue. Playing Futura, that night, was like fighting the beast. Their beast.."
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i come back to this performance every now and then, still blew me away, like most take away shows does . holy fuck they're good.
Yeah but Holy Fuck are very good, too
Christ.what a fucking performance.the perfect band.
probably one of the coolest songs about a font ever.
John Staniers' drumming is how drummers wish theirs to be...without most of them knowing it ;-)
+dashwig It's how I wish most drummers would be, too. Too many kids trying to play lead like they're Neil Peart.
mason s. more drumming should be like neil / there's a lot of man-bun flip flop wearing lame-os playing floor toms with a spatula saying they're drummers - drumming needs more fills and more flash / stanier does it correctly, though - he's right on / his drum sound and beats are awesome
@@mediumstudio No idea what the hell man buns have to with drumming. You made your own point irrelevant, ya grumpy old fuck.
I don't know why but this song kinda reminds me of like Mordor and the husel and busel of orcs building weapons and you can hear a big fire dragon in the background starting to stir in the depths😮 I f!@#$% love this song!
jesus the snare sounds fucking amazing
I think it's the size of the room. If I was going to sample a snare to use, this would be it.
watched for the umpteenth time.
MIND IS STILL BLOWN
this is absolutely sick. crazy instrumental shit.
Weird. Probably why I love it!
Años sin Battles y el mismo resultado. Son geniales.
Loved these guys when they played in Lincoln.
Battles... You have one more fan. Humbly yours
@her0indragon I just met John at Asbury Park on October 1st, my brother and I talked to him for literally a half hour. He is an awesome chill guy, brilliant musician... told me a new Tomahawk CD is in the works!!!!!
CANNOT WAIT for their next album
I LOVE THIS FUCKING SONG
this song is some bad ass intro music
What can I say? How nicer a way can I say expand your musical horizons? It's good to see some bands attempt to play instrumental music, which does require musicianship. Bands today don't start for the music, but for the girls/guys and the money. It's practice on your instrument, not rehearsal that makes a good musician. One guy took a survey of great musicians and found it took a minimum of 10,000 hours of practice to attain a high level of musicianship. At 5 hours a day do the math.
seeing them tonight in Brighton! fuck yeaaa
@themu5ic I think they choose do it that way though, like as a jam rather than lay out the song as it was done in the studio -- I dunno, I'm just guessing. I've seen performances where they get right into the song as it is on the album, and then others where it takes like 10 minutes to get into an otherwise 5 minute song. I really love them for it, but respect that you don't like them. You're totally entitled to it.
I wonder if they'll be keeping their new album every four years streak going. 🤔😉
Yes, but 2023 album will be just Stanier.
@@totaltotalmonkey is that a joke or are you for real?
good good good!!!!!!!!
This just makes me wanna make some music.
dat reverb
Damn that was SICK!!!!!!!
It's like listening to sounds from the lost world of Awesome
@danlikesmusicalot You're right, and I hope your love of music remains a lifelong passion. Life is long, and taste evolves. Not trying to change any opinion, just expressing mine. Nice to talk to an adult who disagrees.
@locomocioncapilar You mean Aarvo Part? In that case I should have said to me. Aarvo for me is generally more traditionally classical. Again, some say Glass's minimalism cold; I say cold like electric fire. Part's minimalizm seems more lyrical, and in THAT way accessible.
Love it ! ! !
there is a video (don't know where now) where Stanier verifies Gunther's claim in a press interview, although tbh, its hard to tell if he is trolling the interviewer or is being serious haha. Considering Stanier's insane awesomeness in Helmet, I wouldn't surprised if he injured himself premaritally before EP C, when he started raising the crash. Maybe just statement in change of style, new band...
that's a high hat if i've ever seen one!
@Thejampacker I don't really know.
Then how could this explain Tomahawk where the cymbals are at normal height?
Oh sweet an Old Republic trailer.
@crazybeff In the contex of guys like Aarvo Part, at least accesible.
@OhNoItsGojira I thought their sequel Helvetica Neue was pretty weak though
@shellyboy9 - I don't even know that i'm sure what "masses" you're talking about. LOL. This isn't a movie and we don't need an opinion from someone who isn't even interested in the first place. Thanks tho!
When you first get into playing with loop pedals.
comeback
Never heard of these guys...
Not bad though.
@her0indragon he may be, you never know
at the moment you cross the music borders you find this.
Last!
@Fliko Did you just imply that Justin Bieber was a better musician than the Battles band members? o_O
Sounds like a carnival going down hill
🙀
It's very Blur.
+tonyttt31 How so?
+ClumsySandbocks The guitar work is stunted and clipped like Graham Coxon's style. Like the intro to Beetlebum or Go Out. Then the off key keyboards at 2:29 is very Blur also. This sort of quirky instrumental is something they would put on an album - like Lot 105 on Parklife.
Huh, that's cool. I didn't pick up on that. I'm a fan of Coxon
@shellyboy9 Exercise.
@frankenmule only 4 people, i can let that slide
@lostfanvanjellies22 I never said anything about Bieber being a better musician then the Battles.
@camille33025 soooooo...
i wish my band sounded this good live. regardless give them a listen whirld.bandcamp.com
I really enjoyed mirrored but this comes off as really uninspired.
Please tell me why the rest of the world cannot recognize BRILLIANCE like this performance.
Yes!
Alrighty!
If I could share this particular band 1 million time I would!!! I want you guys to find out about them also!
*watch?v=js6TBze6vNA*
Like these people!
Be sure you youtube that video
We do just not enough of us lol.
@Jet Plane Noise? Maybe to your baby ears
john stanier is a MUTANT. timing? no, john stanier.
He's a robot
That snare sound!!!!
The entire band is amazing. As a "drummer" I find so many things in John Stanier's drumming. Really terrific musician.
damn the way the loop chugs back in at 4:25 is so nice. what a good band man
Ian Williams has been doing the only interesting things with a guitar since 1998
I forgot I had this song in my favorites playlist on Spotify. When it started playing I didn't know what it was (phone in pocket, headphones on), but let it continue. As soon as 0:53 came around I legit made the stanky face and head bobbing hard from how taken back I was. Still sounds amazing as it did the first time.
Sounds like a good time
john stanier ladies and gentlemen
I am so amazed. I need to invent new words to express what this song makes in my guts.
But straying from the original isn't cheating. It's just HARD. Hard to do so in a creative manner without losing the organic, visceral thread of the music and its concepts, while sustaining the audience. Jazz musicians have been doing it for years. Composers have realized that music and math are kissing cousins for centuries (just listen to Mozart and his pre and post masters).
This is by far the best Take Away Show. I love this guys,...
These guys are all really talented musicians,This track is groovy as hell
1:15 the lights turn into a evil little robot.
awesome video
That's because sometimes you need cymbals dude. He HAS a cymbal, he just does not want to overuse it.
Body movin, body movin
with the a-1 sound sound so soothing.
you don't get in man, battles are just so... you know... you have to know them to... just so... you got think about it as variables man...they're not a band...they're a metaphor...its not music...its relative.
these guys should do some church and cathedral room shows
outstanding, fresh and interesting...
They are our generations Can IMO
Can is awesome!
is it just me or does anyone else get the urge to thrust their hips forwards and backwards to the intro of this song?
Woa, what is this place called?
and in the end
when they started packing their stuff
i kept staring the screen with a look like
someone totally raped my mind.
amazing//
aaaaaactually there's a video where he gets interviewed and says that it started as a joke and he just kept it like that cos he thought it was funny
@Fliko @Fliko I'm not a musician on any level & would love to hear your opinion about something.. My mom dated the guitarist of a well known blues/boogie-rock band when i was a kid. He loved telling me how rare "true musical geniuses" are, with Prince & Sting being the two he mentioned the most. He said a "true musical genius" is someone who plays 10 or more major instruments at a Master's level without professional training. Is there any truth to that story or was he just making it up?
@shellyboy9 As much as I hate to admit it, Justin Bieber does communicate with the niche that he fills, and he does have his own place in the world as a musician. Perhaps we will have to agree to disagree on this, but I do still strongly feel that the biggest part of being a great musician is communicating your ideas/emotions, and is even more important then playing your instrument like a machine. Awesome to see some really smart comments on this youtube video though.
@Fliko Well, again, Justin Beiber's instrument is his voice and seemingly he does an excellent job communicating his ideas to the world. By your definition he is a good musician. So does Katy Perry and so did Tiny Tim. I think you're confusing great communicators/personalities with being a great musician. The ability to connect with people on a mass scale with your instrument be it your voice, your body, or your mind is a separate although rare talent. To this I cannot disagree.
@shellyboy9 I agree that being able to play your instrument well is synonymous to being a good musician, but I disagree that being a master of your instrument and being a good musician are synonymous. I believe a good musician is someone who can communicate their idea to the world on an instrument, and while being a master makes this a much easier process, it is definitely not a process limited to people who are masters of their instruments. A great musician is someone who is flexible.
@Immoregangsterthan Your reply seems a bit ambiguous, but you do make a point; each have been in other bands and have played other musics. I just find them, taking in the plethora of fine musicians out there, to be marginal. Think williamheltor's jazz teacher couldn't play this stuff? Think his teacher is Lang Lang or Cecil Taylor? Again, I'm just glad (and I think williamheltor is too) that instrumental music is being played. Remember, because you've just heard it doesn't make it new.
@Immoregangsterthan I never said, nor did I mean to imply that these guys were in it for girls graft and glory. Nevertheless, for the overwhelming majority of rock/pop bands, these are the reasons. And yes, as williamheltor says, mastering your instrument and being a good musician are synonymous. I never called these guys fakers. Again however, because these guys abilities are far above the average pop musicians doesn't make them good, as being a master doen't make you great.
@Immoregangsterthan Honestly, I don't think one song encapsules a persons music, although each song is representative. I listened to a few (Ice Cream, The Line, Atlas, Tonto and one other which I've forgotten). For me, other fusionists have done this stuff much better. Again, I don't dislike these guys, they just sound mediocre to me. After some thought though, I'm glad some people are still passionate about music, fans and Battles included. So, try Weather Report and Philip Glass.
@shellyboy9 i like to think i respect everyone's opinion, even if i disagree.
Your opinion doesn't in any way change my feelings towards Battles (battles just aren't to your taste as far as i can see)
though if i'm honest if i disliked a song so much i wouldn't bother writing a whole paragraph about why i don't like the artist, it seems really troll like to me, just sayin.
let's just all learn to respect each other's opinion and get on with our lives :)
@danlikesmusicalot At least you're sensible. It seems because I said I didn't adore these guys and thought they're music derivative and poorly played was sufficient grounds for me to be personally attacked. I've seen a LOT of bands in my life (literally hundreds before and more after age twenty). Played a LOT of music with some very special musicians (again hundreds). Hopefully you and everyone else will have the opportunity, like I have, to do the same. Then give me your opinion on music.
david82881, you think anyone who plays an instrument plays well? If that's true then anyone banging on a garbage can, or a monkey at a piano is an artist. Think Justin Beiber's songs are well sung? It's always been my opinion that a musicians style is more a depiction of their limitations than anything else. I never mentioned laziness or errors. This is purely about capability. Know anyone who says what I like is good and I'm indifferent to all else? People have opinions about good or bad
citizencream, I said I didn't dislike them. This may not be a ringing endorsement, but there it is. Like what you like, but don't be mislead into thinking this stuff is particularly original, nor well played. That my friend is putting your head in the sand. I enjoy a lot of stuff that is highly derivative. I'm just not foolish enough to believe this is the musical future like underself. By the way citizencream, none of the people I mentioned are dead physically or musically.
Let's be straight about this kind of music and this band in general. I don't dislike either, but truth to tell, this music is fusion (rock/jazz) and it was done far better under the extraordinary musicianship of Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, and John McLaughlin in the 70's and and early 80's. Frankly, Battles music is neither new nor particularly well played. If you want excitement, listen to McLaughlin's Inner Mounting Flame. For musical development, listen to Phillip Glass' Music In Four Parts
@Illumirage Mirrored is MOSTLY instrumentals, but there is a few tracks with vocals but the vocals are used as more of an instrument because the lyrics are indistinguishable and the vocals drenched in effects. Its not like there is a verse chorus verse and a hook, the vocals on mirrored are used to and some new textures to the sound. they kicked out the vocalist member for there new album....haha
@mikemoss629 if a person's music has touched anybody, even a single person, then i would say that they have some genius in them. but that's just my opinion, and i'm weighing in on something that did not involve me whatsoever haha. just thought i'd put in my two cents, i always want to encourage people to be open minded about music, because all music is is perspective, really.
@byronhilton i'd say that being anybody has the potential to be a musical genius in them. it's a blend of personality, inborn talent and hard work. the scales can be tipped in favor of any, or all, of those factors, and it is the job of the person to realize his strengths and weaknesses and exploit both through practice. besides, musical genius is a relative thing.
@crazybeff For me, not really, although his Music In 4 Parts has been considered by some to be so (classical, jazz, rock). His The Photographer was a turning point for him stylistically. At times he defies descrpition, although his music has always been sparse (some would say cold).
@tthheepparrttee Sorry, you're mistaking me for my talented twin. Never said they were in it for chuckles, cash, and chicks. Did say it was good to see some bands attempt to play instrumental music which does require a level of musicianship. Thanx for almost being cynical.
Hey 7endertelecaster, all music is metaphor. Hey blizzaire08, if you want eye opening drumming, listen to Billy Cobham on Mahavishnu's Inner Mounting Flame. That's excitement. Hey underself, this music is the past, and Battles are pedestrians who watched the end of a parade of giants trickle by.
That was by far the best performance of this I've seen. Best quality video as well.
@NUKLEUSBENZ maybe your internet is not working properly, let it load. Can't really seem to notice any out of sync here, but then again Im not in the editing business. What timeframe are we talking about?
@shellyboy9 OMG, you aren't THE shellyboy9 are you? I've loved your very good music forever, and you're right, these guys are TOTALLY in it for the chicks and the cash -- chicks go mad for avante-garde math rock, right? Right?
It is nearly impossible to MASTER any instrument without training. Let alone 10. There is also more to music than being an instrumentalist. It doesn't quite sound like he knows what he is talking about.
@Ichvyenichalster Weird, where'd you see that? I don't ever believe I've seen a "STANIER IS GOD" post before.
I wasn't putting them down, they're great too, I just don't think I want them to be my dad...
Why did I expect Battles to play acoustic on their Tale Away Show? Well, despite the electric choice, this is still outstanding
John Stanier i think something along the lines of to be discouraged from hitting it.
Battles is all about the mechanics and breaking everything down to the bare bones to build up a wall of sound in my opinion, so nothing too over the top, just little intricacies that you will keep finding again and again. On record, i don't think stanier plays the same beat twice on futura, it's quite incredible.
All you need is some hi-hat, snare and kick really.