Sevish - Gleam (22-tone microtonal 5/4 beat)

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  • Опубліковано 15 лис 2017
  • Microtonal electronic music from Sevish's album Harmony Hacker - sevish.bandcamp.com/album/har...
    Gleam has a fast quintuplet groove and uses 22-tone equal temperament as its tuning. I love how a familiar pop or rnb chord progression can become very wonky when played in a tuning like 22edo.
    Thanks to everyone who has played and shared this track over the years since I released it.
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    I write these video descriptions at least a couple weeks before the videos get uploaded. So when folks started responding to my last video with the names of colours I got confused for a minute. Later when I remembered the reason for the colours I just had to smile from ear to ear. Thanks for that, everyone!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 1,6 тис.

  • @Enbyvalent
    @Enbyvalent 3 роки тому +2049

    i have very light chromesthesia and it’s nice to finally hear blorange, grurple and whellow

  • @i_cam
    @i_cam 4 роки тому +1305

    0:55
    Normies: iii biii ii V I
    Intellectuals: iii diii biii dbiii ii V I

    • @CallMeSpinpie
      @CallMeSpinpie 4 роки тому +135

      @Andrei Cucu you guys are speaking some alien language for anyone that isn't familiar with music lmao

    • @i_cam
      @i_cam 4 роки тому +20

      Andrei Cucu is a regular bII or is it a flat and a half dbII ? Wild regardless

    • @i_cam
      @i_cam 4 роки тому +10

      Andrei Cucu I mean yea but to use the same kinda terminology I used in the op, the 2 steps in 22 tet is close to a half step 12tet, and 1 step 22 tet is close to a quarter step in 12 tet. If you think the bII chord feels flat, then it prob resolves down 1 step in 22 tet, so it would be dbII if you wanted to use a similar approximation like from above.

    • @EZDMD
      @EZDMD 4 роки тому +19

      My ear: iii diii biii ii bii v bii(or dbii?) i

    • @stephenweigel
      @stephenweigel 4 роки тому +21

      @@EZDMD Yeah, the chord right before the V is a 22edo degree flat of 'ii,' since the V chord uses its harmonic seventh (held as a common tone from the previous chord), but the previous chord is minor.

  • @kris.6988
    @kris.6988 4 роки тому +1635

    "We have an out of tune player here."

  • @efmusic04
    @efmusic04 4 роки тому +1693

    Me: Damn, what's that song called again?
    Friend: Idk, can you whistle it?
    Me: ...uuhh

    • @ATLS702
      @ATLS702 4 роки тому +130

      Kromium finally songs that bad singers can sing lol

    • @joebiden7064
      @joebiden7064 4 роки тому +13

      Evan Moore Couldn’t be truer

    • @efmusic04
      @efmusic04 4 роки тому +6

      @@ATLS702 yeah fair enough lol

    • @ieatgarbage8771
      @ieatgarbage8771 4 роки тому +39

      Me: Damn, what’s that song called again?
      Friend: Idk, can you whistle it?
      Me: no

    • @federicodevietro1983
      @federicodevietro1983 4 роки тому +17

      just go like " WHEOOKSHEOOOUUU"

  • @durianhead
    @durianhead 6 років тому +1894

    i've never heard such satisfying downward motion lmao

    • @insertname8889
      @insertname8889 4 роки тому +49

      No, wait, I see this as backwards/upwards

    • @modellking
      @modellking 4 роки тому +23

      @@insertname8889 I see it as curves moving inward and fading the color intensity

    • @highgroundproductions8590
      @highgroundproductions8590 4 роки тому +11

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @zambo6453
      @zambo6453 4 роки тому +8

      @@modellking Feels Like A Wheel
      well more like an orb on an axle spinning backwards, and smoothly twisting so it swaps between different orbiting directions around a point. kind of.

    • @chopincj7530
      @chopincj7530 4 роки тому +48

      [[Insert Name]] he’s talking about the song not the video

  • @SCWood
    @SCWood 5 років тому +2577

    There aren't nearly enough fast-paced microtonal tracks in the world. I'd probably say that 19/20 are just ambient flying- through-space tracks, which is nice, but I need some punches.

    • @imanagemydamage
      @imanagemydamage 4 роки тому +156

      Dude, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana album

    • @romaingauthier2653
      @romaingauthier2653 4 роки тому +85

      And they aren't nearly enough 5/4 tracks in the world either!

    • @ffredalot
      @ffredalot 4 роки тому +83

      @@imanagemydamage RATTLESNAKE
      RATTLESNAKE
      RATTLESNAKE
      RATTLES ME

    • @merlijntoby8528
      @merlijntoby8528 4 роки тому +13

      Syzygys - Suicide On A Fine Day

    • @brown9671
      @brown9671 4 роки тому +3

      It’s because it sounds bad

  • @LightsPersonalAcc
    @LightsPersonalAcc 3 роки тому +410

    This here is proof that 12 tone equal temperment isn't the one-and-only universally good sounding scale. I feel like I'm learning colors again. This is amazing

    • @efmusic04
      @efmusic04 8 місяців тому +8

      *temperament, not scale

    • @LightsPersonalAcc
      @LightsPersonalAcc 8 місяців тому +7

      @@efmusic04 yeah I was stupid 2 years ago lmao

    • @efmusic04
      @efmusic04 8 місяців тому +6

      @@LightsPersonalAcc oh shit this is a 2 year old comment lol. I don't think u were stupid, easy mistake to make ;).

    • @BierBart12
      @BierBart12 8 місяців тому +7

      I just wish it didn't sound somewhat *wrong* to me, since I didn't grow up hearing music of any other system. Actually, it kinda reminds me of old game or computer systems' sound chips not quite hitting a note right due to imperfect machining and unreliable voltage, so they accidentally made music like this

    • @montageofchips
      @montageofchips 6 місяців тому +3

      just listen to it a lot. Sure, it can undeniably sound "wonky," especially when compared to 12TET, but eventually your ears should get used to different temperaments if you listen to them enough.@@BierBart12

  • @wickedmonroe
    @wickedmonroe 4 роки тому +5092

    hey man i think your synthesiser is out of tune

    • @harmono8766
      @harmono8766 4 роки тому +290

      Yeah think the G flat is really F sharp.

    • @XENOGOD
      @XENOGOD 4 роки тому +331

      PROTIP: make sure that the synth and vocals are in the same key

    • @ChaBawbe
      @ChaBawbe 4 роки тому +37

      singed360noscopefling really ? I thought it was supposed to be the opposite!

    • @Munggoon
      @Munggoon 4 роки тому +8

      lol

    • @aniruddhasharma5738
      @aniruddhasharma5738 4 роки тому +5

      Harmono it’s the same thing.

  • @freddiegardner4776
    @freddiegardner4776 4 роки тому +923

    This isn't music, it's MUSIC

  • @IgikoPop
    @IgikoPop 4 роки тому +190

    This sounds like music in an adult swim ad

  • @BoomTssPhace
    @BoomTssPhace 4 роки тому +203

    I am just in disbelief about those descending chords

  • @slimbro1494
    @slimbro1494 4 роки тому +38

    -weird time signature
    -weird base scale (microtonal)
    -amazing/weird visuals
    =masterpiece

  • @luy777
    @luy777 4 роки тому +201

    just listened to this.
    i can smell colors now.

    • @eritain
      @eritain 4 роки тому +15

      Dude, I know. And this piece smells *exactly* like the color eight.

    • @dusaprukiyathan1613
      @dusaprukiyathan1613 3 роки тому +5

      @@eritain you frickhecking liar idiot peasant it smells like the color 36e+8πi

    • @rukiddinbro
      @rukiddinbro 3 роки тому

      and I can hear shapes and feel emotions

    • @aqdrobert
      @aqdrobert 2 роки тому +1

      Tastes like a three. Sounds like kiwi.

    • @randommax7481
      @randommax7481 2 роки тому +1

      Mmm… smells like purple.

  • @AARVMUSIC
    @AARVMUSIC 2 роки тому +129

    The song is like the "industry standard" for microtonal music lol

    • @0tf850
      @0tf850 Рік тому +11

      This is my go-to track to get people hooked on Sevish.

    • @Javkillers
      @Javkillers 10 місяців тому +2

      nah its aphex

  • @trevorhall5664
    @trevorhall5664 6 років тому +1722

    It would be really cool if you remade this song limited to only 12TET so that people could do a side by side comparison and realize how genius this is

    • @110110010
      @110110010 5 років тому +76

      Oh god, please, this!

    • @tubular7752
      @tubular7752 5 років тому +34

      Like so he sees

    • @bhoenix3213
      @bhoenix3213 5 років тому +117

      I feel like that would be a little unfair considering that this piece was made for 22TET

    • @bhoenix3213
      @bhoenix3213 5 років тому +37

      @Philip Parker Yeah, I see that now (To show them that the other ones have purpose, too). One thing that I'd find interesting is to see non 12-TET systems put into other non 12-TET systems as well. But also, to slightly modify some of the melodies to make it more suitable for that particular tuning.

    • @bhoenix3213
      @bhoenix3213 5 років тому +54

      @Philip Parker But, I do really not like it when people comment things to make it out like the music is superior completely and utterly purely for it's use of microtones (or, at least, that's what it feels like sometimes, considering the tone of some comments). I consider it in a similar way as we do time signatures. I do like it and would like to see this progress, but it just irks me when people completely disregard all other interesting features.

  • @harpsarp66
    @harpsarp66 4 роки тому +846

    b a d f r e q u e n c i e s

    • @lavaande
      @lavaande 4 роки тому +14

      so youre a gentleman as well

    • @wavyy
      @wavyy 4 роки тому +38

      M I C R O (t o n a l) W Á V E

    • @thomasniehof6333
      @thomasniehof6333 4 роки тому +52

      432H iS bEtTeR, yOu'Re jUsT UsiNg bAd MaTh

    • @paige135
      @paige135 4 роки тому +3

      this has no relation to 432hz and Adam even recommend this channel in one of his videos.
      ua-cam.com/video/H4KIwA8O9LU/v-deo.html
      skip to 10:27

    • @Protegit
      @Protegit 4 роки тому +16

      @@paige135 He was joking, relax

  • @threnody4955
    @threnody4955 4 роки тому +212

    That slide down at 0:56 was heavenly.

    • @galaencarino1874
      @galaencarino1874 4 роки тому +5

      kinda reminds me of something

    • @naluyluka
      @naluyluka 4 роки тому +3

      ikr

    • @TornaitSuperBird
      @TornaitSuperBird 4 роки тому +18

      Mikele Connor It's the kawaii bass descending progression, but in a 22-tone equal temperament.

    • @nenissaK
      @nenissaK 4 роки тому

      Reminds me of Christmas songs

  • @maaszult1168
    @maaszult1168 Рік тому +66

    This is the ultimate blend between "microtonality is not music" (my parents, both music teachers) and "microtonality is the best thing that has ever happened to me" (me). This song can make even the most fossile teachers at least understand that there is another world out there, without having to dismiss them as my parents. Which is a hassle. Please keep on doing whatever it is you're doing, and I'll keep listening to it/buying it

  • @markus3355
    @markus3355 4 роки тому +75

    Wow. 5/4 time AND microtuned? Such a strangely wonderful combination

  • @beziimusic
    @beziimusic 4 роки тому +850

    woah this is sick, it doesn't even sound off because of how well it's written

    • @thoughticality6044
      @thoughticality6044 4 роки тому +40

      bEzii Music Wow, this song is such a trip that I thought you misspelled ‘off’. I still can’t make myself believe that it is vocabulized correctly.

    • @vegetarblessb
      @vegetarblessb 4 роки тому +34

      Tsavorite Prince vocabulize
      to make up a word; to make up a word when you’ve either forgotten or don’t know the real word you’re looking for.
      he told me to be transficient. i think he was just vocabulizing because i’m pretty sure he meant “efficient.”
      “wait, did you just vocabulize that? there’s no such thing as articulant.”
      Although I agree with your comment. Silly wording. Apparently it’s an actual word though

    • @LochyP
      @LochyP 4 роки тому +20

      @@vegetarblessb kind of ironic really lol

    • @beziimusic
      @beziimusic 4 роки тому +12

      wow you guys are reading into my comment way too much... I just didn’t use a specific word that’s all

    • @LochyP
      @LochyP 4 роки тому +3

      @@beziimusic no you twonk we're talking about what thoughticality said

  • @AmblesJambles
    @AmblesJambles 4 роки тому +196

    "Hmm. Human Music. I like it."

    • @mxtantrum
      @mxtantrum 4 роки тому +5

      AmblesJambles i get this reference and I’m glad i do

    • @Nicole-fx3ei
      @Nicole-fx3ei 3 роки тому +2

      jerry doesnt like this reference

  • @I_need_some_air
    @I_need_some_air 10 місяців тому +27

    I can hear colours.
    I can see sounds.
    I can taste movements.
    I can touch nothingness.

  • @joeyhardin5903
    @joeyhardin5903 4 роки тому +326

    finally, microtonal music that is actually listenable and sounds like the composer knew what he was doing

    • @arisumego
      @arisumego 9 місяців тому +9

      uhh you say that like there isn't tons of great microtonal music out there. super mid post

    • @yoffdog2511
      @yoffdog2511 8 місяців тому +10

      @@arisumego There isn't a ton of great microtonal music. Mainly because when most people use microtonal, they use notes that sounds jarring or out of place too frequently. Very unharmonic sounds, while in Sevish's music, there tends to be more notes are are closer to the 12 TET that people are used to, with notes that are closer to half-sharps and half-flats are used more sparingly. In other words, when you hear an extremely microtonal beat in Sevish's music, it just sounds right, while in other music, sometimes microtonal has a chance to be excessive and ruin the music. Sevish and King Gizzard are the only two people I'm familiar with that make good-sounding microtonal, but I'm open to suggestions if you think you know more.

    • @romeolz
      @romeolz 8 місяців тому +1

      @@yoffdog2511 xotla music, benyamind, fast-fast music, dolores catherino, brendan byrnes, tolgahan cogulu just to name a few
      i have a playlist with everything i find very listenable: ua-cam.com/video/l9wINwlgxRU/v-deo.html

    • @montageofchips
      @montageofchips 6 місяців тому +1

      XOTLA! One of my all time favorite musicians, not excluding sevish of course, and make multiple different styles (swing, funk, rock idk) I recommend checking them out!@@yoffdog2511

    • @wellshoot
      @wellshoot 5 місяців тому +1

      Xotla is also a really good composer

  • @easylemon6640
    @easylemon6640 23 дні тому +3

    This alternates between tasting like purple and tasting like eight
    Love it

  • @allovicthor
    @allovicthor 6 років тому +1088

    I got here thanks to Adam Neely! Great stuff!

    • @Sevish
      @Sevish  6 років тому +302

      Thanks Victor. I watch Adam Neely's videos too. It was a big surprise for me when he mentioned my music in his Q&A. My inbox got crazy there for a while! Anyway, welcome to everyone coming here from Adam's vid

    • @mysteriousDSF
      @mysteriousDSF 5 років тому +46

      I got here by myself. But I kinda feel proud because I sure have taste if I find one of Adam Neely's rare finds on my own. :")

    • @zhou_sei
      @zhou_sei 5 років тому +6

      o snap! congrats. i didnt know adam had such good taste.
      sike, yes i did... i mean sungazer.... omg

    • @thugtrippin
      @thugtrippin 5 років тому +12

      me too! I was kinda upset he didnt mention King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard with their album 'The Flying Microtonal Banana". I know the names are silly but their music is on another level that NO other band is on right now.

    • @arcosu2720
      @arcosu2720 5 років тому +3

      @@thugtrippin omg thats the band my music teacher told me about, they're bloody insane

  • @FirstWizardZorander
    @FirstWizardZorander 4 роки тому +261

    I'm actually crying, this is so overwhelming. It's like the amplified emotions you have when you've just woken up from a dream, and then your day goes on as normal and just feels dull in comparison.
    It's like my brain finally got the food it was craving.

    • @silentmurmur390
      @silentmurmur390 4 роки тому +27

      For me it feels like proof that someone out there understands my internal world in ways that are as if invisible to everyone else.

    • @dream.machine
      @dream.machine 3 роки тому +4

      Exactly

    • @Elias-il2qx
      @Elias-il2qx 3 роки тому +12

      someone else who cries at amazing chord progressions>>>>??

    • @EK-bn7jz
      @EK-bn7jz 2 роки тому +3

      THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I JUST HEARD IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IT'S INCREDIBLE

    • @TertiaryQuota
      @TertiaryQuota Рік тому +2

      Omg im so happy that people also feel this too😭😭

  • @Maxflay3r
    @Maxflay3r 5 років тому +59

    we out here in {current year} while this dude is living a century ahead of us

    • @JohnDoe-mj6cc
      @JohnDoe-mj6cc 4 роки тому +4

      Truly an evergreen comment, this will never be dated

  • @microtonalmilio5233
    @microtonalmilio5233 3 роки тому +20

    When I don’t listen to microtonal music for a while and I come back to this song, my head and brain hurts bad trying to find what pitch that opening chord is, and then halfway through the song my brain remembers.

  • @ActuallyConfused
    @ActuallyConfused 4 роки тому +122

    This is some gourmet shit.
    The name sounds weird, looks weird as hell, the taste is always kinda odd, but it's hella unique, and it grows on you.

    • @voices4dayz469
      @voices4dayz469 4 роки тому +4

      You watch your chef mouth with your tricky trap words and your sticky agreeable perfect phrasing! I'll have you know I'm glad to be a basic bitch right now and find your comment highly *R E L A T A B L E*

    • @djpupsik98
      @djpupsik98 2 роки тому +5

      ActuallyConfused, actually confused by this track.
      This is some next level gourmet shit.

  • @dankmemerino1473
    @dankmemerino1473 4 роки тому +371

    as someone with perfect pitch, a harmonically "valid" chord sequence resolving into equal temperament is the coolest fucking thing ever

    • @cactusowo1835
      @cactusowo1835 2 роки тому +7

      Harmlnically valid chord? Do chords even have values?

    • @dankmemerino1473
      @dankmemerino1473 2 роки тому +73

      @@cactusowo1835 what I meant by this is a chord you could put a symbol to, like Vmaj. I'm specifically referring to the III > dIII > bIII > dbIII > II > V > bII > I sequence at 0:55.
      (yeah I know it's in 22TET so there aren't exact quarter tone intervals but it's good enough, also I don't know chord symbols outside of 12TET and 24TET)

    • @SonicHandsK99
      @SonicHandsK99 2 роки тому +48

      pretentious af

    • @gabereyes6975
      @gabereyes6975 2 роки тому +73

      @@SonicHandsK99 it’s just the reality of it. People with true perfect pitch recognize different pitches as distinctly as a lot of us recognize different colors. I’m sure it is a very unique experience, but pretentiousness has nothing to do with it. I blame Charlie Puth.

    • @BeardedDubstep
      @BeardedDubstep 2 роки тому +46

      @@SonicHandsK99 Not pretentious at all considering the material. Displaying an understanding of the material is far from pretentious.

  • @alexray6084
    @alexray6084 3 роки тому +35

    Never in my entire life until today have I ever had my very first thought after listening to a piece of music be "I am so glad I got to hear that before I die."
    Unlike anything I have ever heard, microtuning or otherwise. An emotional and mathematical masterpiece of the highest quality; a song that perfectly serves as a reminder that humans have only scratched the surface of what it means to make music.

  • @ufffd
    @ufffd 4 роки тому +59

    When this gets stuck in my head nothing else can scratch that itch

    • @alpine6692
      @alpine6692 4 роки тому +2

      have you tried jacob collier? ah ofc you have.

    • @ufffd
      @ufffd 4 роки тому +7

      Ty Smith haha, I have! He's insanely talented but I don't find his music really resonates with me. Definitely not like what Sevish does for me.

  • @MnemonicHeadTrip
    @MnemonicHeadTrip 4 роки тому +453

    I know what I’m doing with my next tab of lsd

    • @stickyring9883
      @stickyring9883 4 роки тому +21

      Idkhowtokms oh yeah man. brains gonna be skippin all over those sour beats

    • @demostessque4847
      @demostessque4847 4 роки тому +3

      LMFAO

    • @tonyrigatoni766
      @tonyrigatoni766 4 роки тому +6

      Was just thinking the same thing :)

    • @stefm.w.3640
      @stefm.w.3640 4 роки тому +3

      my thoughts exactly. it's like a new stimulus you have never had before, must be sick af

    • @Sevish
      @Sevish  4 роки тому +98

      Let us all know how it goes!

  • @cloudtaker633
    @cloudtaker633 10 місяців тому +7

    This sounds like a field of crystals in another dimension, untouched by intelligent life wanting to extract them for their beauty and use.

    • @lobstotsbol
      @lobstotsbol 11 днів тому +1

      that's a really fuckin cool metaphor

  • @sivadmg
    @sivadmg 3 роки тому +9

    my first glimpse into how it's possible to go beyond what the Beatles did for 60s pop music.

  • @niko6248
    @niko6248 4 роки тому +86

    I was not sure I could enjoy micro tonal music until I heard Sevish. Most examples I kept hearing were really slow and ambiental like songs that felt like random notes were being played. This on the other hand is super colorful and expressive. I definitely like this stuff.

  • @colevollrath6705
    @colevollrath6705 3 роки тому +9

    never forget the first time hearing this

    • @CaJoel
      @CaJoel 3 роки тому +3

      I remember it autoplaying on one of those automatically generated personalized music playlists and getting genuinely excited when I realized it wasn’t in 12edo

  • @Bladavia
    @Bladavia 4 роки тому +20

    Holy shit this is so fresh and exciting. I want this to be mainstream pop in 50 years

  • @CorpseTongji
    @CorpseTongji 4 роки тому +91

    this is like if aphex twin was unironically happy for 72 hours

    • @JS-tm1gq
      @JS-tm1gq 4 роки тому +10

      Definitely can relate to aphex twin, he never was afraid to turn the detune knob

    • @silentmurmur390
      @silentmurmur390 4 роки тому +1

      it does sound sincerely happy even between notes

    • @soejrd24978
      @soejrd24978 3 роки тому

      ahah that made me laugh my ass off

  • @naranciacake5780
    @naranciacake5780 4 роки тому +10

    this man literally added 10 notes within an octave. i love microtonal music

  • @UltimateTNTGod
    @UltimateTNTGod 2 роки тому +12

    2:10 is one of the greatest moments in all of music. I'll listen to this 60 years from now too

  • @johno378
    @johno378 4 роки тому +31

    I wish more musicians would seriously explore microtonal tuning systems and make creative use of them. 12TET is cool and we are very accustomed to it, but there is so much more.

    • @electric7487
      @electric7487 Рік тому +2

      I go to church a lot and I've shown this song, songs in 31-TET, and songs in 19-TET, and ask them if they sound in tune or not. Minor and major triads in 22-TET sounded completely alien to most of the people I've talked to, and for a good reason. 22-TET tunes the classic minor and major thirds more accurately than 12-TET, but they're both off in the opposite direction.

  • @1995ToyotaCresta
    @1995ToyotaCresta Рік тому +176

    This was a huge hit back in 2095 🔥

  • @r4_in_space
    @r4_in_space Рік тому +11

    This piece stands out, I think, because it really uses and abuses of the microtonal temperament without losing the concept of tension and release. Most microtonal music seems to try to sound as close as possible to 12-tone equal temperament, even though they can't sound like 12-tone equal temperament. In the other hand, if you go too crazy, it'll just be some random noise. This is, in fact, a great representation of the potential of microtonal music. Besides, that 5/4 beat just slaps.

  • @Lkease
    @Lkease 6 років тому +510

    There’s something about the chords that makes them sound more expressive than something you could get with non-microtonal music. There’s far more complexity and somehow more structure. This is probably one of your most fantastic works, by the way

    • @lars1588
      @lars1588 4 роки тому +14

      [The following is a dumb comment that I regret writing a year ago]
      Often, the simplicity of of traditional chords can be extremely expressive. It doesn't always have to be a thick, complex sound. I prefer traditional chords for that reason. Music that is too complicated gives me a feeling of stress or discomfort.

    • @lars1588
      @lars1588 2 роки тому +4

      @Joe Mark Yeah. My comment was dumb. I completely disagree with my past self. Complex and simple chords both have their pros and cons. Microtonal stuff is on a whole other level.

    • @cactusowo1835
      @cactusowo1835 2 роки тому +1

      @@lars1588 Lmao, If listening _"complex"_ music would do me stress, I would've already died from a mental breackdown

    • @lars1588
      @lars1588 2 роки тому +2

      @@cactusowo1835 Same. That comment of mine was entirely untrue. My past self was stupid.

  • @pollobuster
    @pollobuster 2 роки тому +4

    What the fuck is this and why am I hearing it just now, fantastic tune to say the least...

  • @gabrielladias420
    @gabrielladias420 4 роки тому +271

    After a few listens, it really doesn't sound strange/wonky at all, it's even possible to sing along! Very interesting. Hope I can go back to 12-tone though LOL

    • @antman2826
      @antman2826 4 роки тому +3

      Gabriella Haha! Yeah don’t get stuck here. 😆

    • @andrewaronson3364
      @andrewaronson3364 4 роки тому +16

      22 is used because some of it's intervals are closer to just intonation than 12. Used properly it should sound more in tune in some instances. I believe it's fifths are worse

    • @andrewaronson3364
      @andrewaronson3364 4 роки тому +7

      @Alexander Browning tough to play Rhapsody in blue without it tho

    • @andrewaronson3364
      @andrewaronson3364 4 роки тому +3

      @@EllTheBob don't be rude. she could hum

    • @olivecool
      @olivecool 4 роки тому +2

      nah you can’t you’re stuck now you can’t leave

  • @nervetower
    @nervetower 4 роки тому +17

    this is well written in that i can listen to this normally and go "yo this is art"
    and when im high and listen to this i can go "this is an alien message directed towards me"

  • @richardbekking
    @richardbekking 6 років тому +251

    To me this music feels like i'm in a regular boring room with furniture and suddenly a funky colourfull copy of this room (where the texture of the furniture has changed into something hairy) starts shifting into reality, blending with the original room, slightly tilted like its taking a peek into reality and goes back into hiding again.
    That's what this music does to my brain, thanks.

    • @kentaursheppard7572
      @kentaursheppard7572 5 років тому +13

      Ok

    • @Elbowspurs
      @Elbowspurs 4 роки тому +1

      I like the vibe!! Oops 😳 it’s cool!!!

    • @insertname8889
      @insertname8889 4 роки тому +9

      Ever done salvia?

    • @KnightMirkoYo
      @KnightMirkoYo 4 роки тому +6

      Really does feel like a psychedelic trip; this music excites my brain in a very similar fashion

    • @SirUncleCid
      @SirUncleCid 4 роки тому

      Have you tried dmt?

  • @NiyatiTV
    @NiyatiTV 11 місяців тому +3

    i think i just unlocked a new part of my brain
    i have just felt 10 brand new emotions

  • @Phychologik
    @Phychologik 4 роки тому +5

    Brings a whole new meaning to the term acid bass

  • @Thaumas
    @Thaumas 6 років тому +285

    My gosh, Sevish. You probably hear this a lot from this small community of people who are willing to give new tunings a chance, but gosh this is amazing. At first I didn't like your music as much as Dolores', but it's growing on me. Now, I've assembled a small list of favorites. They're so good, aaahhhh! Keep doing what you're doing. I hope someday I can make microtonal music of my own.

    • @Sevish
      @Sevish  6 років тому +68

      Good to hear from you Thaumus! Dolores' music is beautiful and fascinating. She very much has her own unique approach. You could definitely write your own microtonal music if you wanted to.

    • @Thaumas
      @Thaumas 6 років тому +16

      Oh my gosh, you replied! Yeah I'll have to save a bunch of money to get the instruments/software, but I hope I get there.

    • @goncalooliveira3487
      @goncalooliveira3487 6 років тому +14

      You shouldn't need money in the start, you have to search hard for software and try to learn (sevish explains how he does it in his website), but much software like Reaper has a free trial (they even allow for you to keep using it after that, but it is better if you pay after 1 month or two)... I hope you can do it!

    • @Thaumas
      @Thaumas 6 років тому +16

      Thank you! Also I made my own little program on scratch that turns your computer keyboard into a musical keyboard with a given number of notes in an octave: scratch.mit.edu/projects/199067112/

    • @aaronburgueno2750
      @aaronburgueno2750 4 роки тому +6

      Hey, I just can't find "Dolores' " cause that's a fairly common name in my country and UA-cam would show videos related to other stuff. Could you please give me the name of a song/album so I can search for that? I'm really interested into listening to new styles of music

  • @DJ13854
    @DJ13854 4 роки тому +6

    This is what hearing to music for the first time feels like 🥺🥺🥺😭
    I don't know what this emotion is...but I love it

  • @zliziplay8541
    @zliziplay8541 Рік тому +18

    I cried listening to this song for the first time. I don't usually cry but this song was like discovering a completly new world, I love music so much ❤

    • @glasscannon4723
      @glasscannon4723 Рік тому

      Wimp and soft, you parents are ashamed

    • @centy4897
      @centy4897 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@glasscannon4723 Idk man, I think yours must be, given you're the one offending with no reason someone in youtube for doing nothing wrong just because of your internal insecurity 😊

    • @electric7487
      @electric7487 7 місяців тому +1

      @@glasscannon4723 Someone shit in your campfire m8?

  • @Mr_Frequency
    @Mr_Frequency 2 дні тому +1

    This is the best microtonal song I've ever heard.

  • @tyweed736
    @tyweed736 2 роки тому +6

    Everybody gangsta till June lee transcribes this

    • @notwithouttext
      @notwithouttext Рік тому +1

      iiiiiiiin the bleeeeaaaak midwiiiiiiinteeeeer

  • @jenesiamusic
    @jenesiamusic 4 роки тому +59

    This sounds like when the battery is dying in a happy birthday card

  • @SnikkerDerVon
    @SnikkerDerVon 4 роки тому +14

    thanks youtube algorithm for showing me this gem of music. and thank u sevish for creating it in the first place. I definitely will play this in my next Techno
    set!

    • @Sevish
      @Sevish  4 роки тому +5

      Thanks, glad you liked it!

  • @ItsRaitisLV
    @ItsRaitisLV 3 роки тому +3

    My elbows and knees swapped places while listening to this

  • @afrivolouspursuit3147
    @afrivolouspursuit3147 4 роки тому +7

    Got introduced to this while high and I'm still freaking out over it while sober.

  • @andywright8803
    @andywright8803 4 роки тому +282

    I have in the past, had extended periods in hospital, pumped with serious drugs. Everything I "experienced" for weeks was like this. I like it, and I don't at the same time, because of the memories.

    • @yoosh9034
      @yoosh9034 4 роки тому +62

      Everything you experienced was like microtonal electronic music?
      Do you... remember what they gave you? Asking for a friend.

    • @euclidpanarchy1502
      @euclidpanarchy1502 4 роки тому +27

      yoosh ketamine

    • @euclidpanarchy1502
      @euclidpanarchy1502 4 роки тому +19

      yoosh any dissociative drug is much like this music video

    • @andywright8803
      @andywright8803 4 роки тому +44

      @@yoosh9034 it wasn't just the aural hallucinations. It was the visual: kaleidoscope opening and closing of the ceiling panels, being chased round the hospital by the doctors, and the pink dragon that followed people around. I had had multiple organ fsilure, and had a 5% chance of survoval. For all I know, it could have been weedkiller and it's not big or clever to try and replicate the experience

    • @yoosh9034
      @yoosh9034 4 роки тому +9

      @@andywright8803 Yeah dude, I was just joking around

  • @drtij_dzienz
    @drtij_dzienz 4 роки тому +128

    Damn my Com Truise cassette got stretched AF

    • @scottishcheese13
      @scottishcheese13 4 роки тому +3

      Rofl, perfect description

    • @alpine6692
      @alpine6692 4 роки тому

      lmao 12312 time

    • @alanshaw8563
      @alanshaw8563 3 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣 this nearly killed me!

    • @rozt107
      @rozt107 2 роки тому +1

      why com truise sounds similar to this? Does he use something similar in his synth sounds? they are also strange

  • @thefrub
    @thefrub 3 роки тому +4

    I keep having to come back and listen to this because it's stuck in my head

  • @editarnome5280
    @editarnome5280 10 місяців тому +4

    This is uncomfortable and beautiful

  • @fumez111
    @fumez111 4 роки тому +489

    this is audio extracted from someone's thoughts on an LSD trip

    • @cpttrps5376
      @cpttrps5376 4 роки тому +8

      fumez111 my literal exact thought

    • @kalebdye4378
      @kalebdye4378 4 роки тому +7

      The tick sounds around 0:49 i hear all the time on shrooms. Like a going down a drain spiral type of sound.

    • @baesex
      @baesex 4 роки тому +1

      @@kalebdye4378 you might enjoy the intro to Zapped - Space Cat Remix :)

    • @fumez111
      @fumez111 4 роки тому +3

      @@kalebdye4378 seems like you're experiencing a high amount of roedgen to me

    • @kalebdye4378
      @kalebdye4378 4 роки тому +1

      @@fumez111 lol what?

  • @elvancor
    @elvancor 5 років тому +26

    Awesome. I've always cherished how most acoustic instruments are often slightly out of tune, contributing to the color. I think electronic music really needs this dimension, too.

    • @xxTHExxABYSSxx
      @xxTHExxABYSSxx 4 роки тому +3

      That's basically what a supersaw does.
      It's a ton of slightly detuned voices makings it's own chorus.
      Im certain that many of the sounds used in this track were made by using multiple voiced synths/patches.

  • @neilkhatri6438
    @neilkhatri6438 11 місяців тому +5

    bro made music 2

  • @Claboshelo
    @Claboshelo 2 роки тому +3

    Wow I think I’ve just found a gold mine!

  • @josefsstationrc6064
    @josefsstationrc6064 4 роки тому +16

    My simple human brain can’t even process this.

  • @susiehenders
    @susiehenders Рік тому +5

    This song tells me that mainstream music industry could be ready for a microtonal revolution!

  • @CaJoel
    @CaJoel 3 роки тому +6

    It’s like an entirely new realm of music most people don’t even know exist

  • @itsDeej.
    @itsDeej. 4 роки тому +6

    not even microtonal music can escape the anime descending chromatic 7ths

  • @Gargantupimp
    @Gargantupimp 6 років тому +50

    Like the chromaticism. Especially what sounds like a raised scale degree four. In the A section It's amazing how tonal this sounds

    • @nowandxenpodcast
      @nowandxenpodcast 3 роки тому +5

      Yes, the main "tonic chord" is a pseudo-diatonic Lydian scale built on A. He doesn't include scale degree 6, though, to avoid a wolf in the sonority

  • @Nicole-fx3ei
    @Nicole-fx3ei 3 роки тому +3

    woah this genre exists

  • @crieverytim
    @crieverytim Рік тому +3

    My newborn loves this!

  • @eewilson9835
    @eewilson9835 3 місяці тому +2

    When this first came out I was like yaya, now I'm like awe and hell ya.

  • @BirdUpFR
    @BirdUpFR 4 роки тому +29

    Would microtonal vaporwave be microwave?

  • @abramthiessen8749
    @abramthiessen8749 4 роки тому +23

    It is interesting how the stepwise motion sounds almost normal, and some of the chords are recognizable, but then some of the motion sounds very unusual.
    Altogether this was very interesting and informative. I kind of want to see what happens when someone tries other more random tunings, that are not specifically chosen for their harmonic or melodic properties.

  • @HappyBirthdayGleam
    @HappyBirthdayGleam Рік тому +2

    Happy birthday Gleam

    • @HappyBirthdayGleam
      @HappyBirthdayGleam Рік тому +2

      *Yes I am aware, _Harmony_ _Hacker_ was released far earlier in June.

  • @ozseyhan1253
    @ozseyhan1253 4 роки тому +10

    EVERY MUSICIAN IN THE WORLD: STAND UP FOR MORE TONES, THERE ARE MORE POSSIBILIETURESRSDSSSASSSSSS THAN EVER!

  • @mysteriousDSF
    @mysteriousDSF 5 років тому +582

    I love your music because it's actual music beyond the self-indulgent microtonal music made by others. They never get beyond the "yay, I'm a weirdo" part. But no one cares about their quirky stuff when it's not art. Yours is.

    • @cellularautomaton.
      @cellularautomaton. 5 років тому +26

      Yeah, I enjoy that too and would recommend Xotla Music and benyamind to you for more musical microtones.

    • @kattman4605
      @kattman4605 5 років тому +2

      @@cellularautomaton. Xotla 4tw

    • @darchendon7926
      @darchendon7926 4 роки тому

      i will self indulge myself with zurnas tyvm

    • @KnzoVortex
      @KnzoVortex 4 роки тому +13

      Nothing wrong with indulging yourself though.

    • @xuntdmc
      @xuntdmc 4 роки тому +18

      A band called King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard does a great job on their interpretation of Turkish Microtonal techniques/influence. Search The Flying Microtonal Banana and have a gander. Cheers!

  • @gradyking4739
    @gradyking4739 5 років тому +26

    Oh my god, this is what I've been looking for for so long and I couldn't put my finger on what it was, but it was microtonal music! The 5/4 is even better. Incredible.

  • @Relflow
    @Relflow 4 роки тому +14

    Step aside atonal music.
    Microtonal music our generation of music.

  • @jwream
    @jwream 4 роки тому +5

    that downward motion in the chorus really hits so well

  • @hcab14
    @hcab14 2 роки тому +8

    Nos oreilles sont tellement conditionnées à la musique tonale que lorsqu’on entend une 7e de dominante ya une sorte de satisfaction auditive, comme si on retombait bien sur nos pattes

    • @christiancoulomb7770
      @christiancoulomb7770 Рік тому +1

      Non papa, ce n'est pas une dissonance dans un tempérament dodécaphonique, ici le tempérament est icosi diophonique!

  • @VoiceFromBrazil
    @VoiceFromBrazil 3 роки тому +7

    Just starting my study about microtonal music in Brazil and Sevish is my mais source of inspiration and knwoledge. I thank him in my first video because I was lost, as if there was no more to be done in music, then I found Gleam! Thanks Sevish

  • @whenthe277
    @whenthe277 3 роки тому +21

    This was amazing to listen to, even though my ears may hear some tones as “ugly”, I know that we’ve all been raised on tradition western scales, and this is just the next step. Its truly beautiful, it has such well thought out tension that you always miraculously resolve! Great job, you earned this sub :)

    • @Sevish
      @Sevish  3 роки тому +7

      Thank you!

    • @whenthe277
      @whenthe277 3 роки тому +3

      YOU RESPONDED I FEEL HONORED

    • @whenthe277
      @whenthe277 3 роки тому +3

      Keep making music you have a GIFT! :)

    • @ExtremeSquared
      @ExtremeSquared 2 роки тому +5

      The wildest thing is that on the 10th listen, the ugliness has faded, and you can't recall what led you to feel that way on the first listen.

  • @ragdollinballin
    @ragdollinballin Рік тому +9

    this is possibly one of my favorite works of art ever. it opened my eyes to microtonal music (especially those chromatic lines OOHH) on top of that, the visualizer is beautiful and fits the song perfectly.
    ive written a couple of my best songs with the inspiration this gives me, thanks for making this 💖💖

  • @Y2GS.
    @Y2GS. 4 роки тому +8

    Your update of the 12edo edit really shows how much we limit ourselfs in digesting, interpeting and innovating music.
    We take for granite all the adventurous discovery that comes from taking pretexts or contexts; and inveloping them into our own waba sabi fashion that better reflect the prefections of our individual difference in taste. Thanks for making exploratory music, that is engineered; not just blasted together. I really enjoy this piece.

  • @mikorabago
    @mikorabago 2 роки тому +3

    Coming back to this after more than two years of not having heard of any microtonal stuff for ages.
    I am kinda excited of rediscovering stuff that I once discovered thanks to my introduction to jazz music and theory by Adam Neely and so many things in music thanks to all other UA-camrs in the platform, really.
    I remember that this does felt "alien" to me hearing it because at the time my ear was already accustomed to the Western 12-semitone music theory.

  • @owenhoffend1277
    @owenhoffend1277 3 роки тому +5

    Probably one of the best microtonal songs I've heard

  • @Nicole-fx3ei
    @Nicole-fx3ei 3 роки тому +3

    just when i thought im short of good artists, youtube saves

  • @pascaleweber7206
    @pascaleweber7206 11 місяців тому +3

    I was classically trained in music, and autodidactically composing and performing. I discovered all kinds of microtonal music, for a while I liked Yves and Partch. But what Sevish is making absolutely blew my mind! I am now somewhat addicted to a couple of tunes, hearing some kind of mathematical truth, like one can also have with Bach or Glass.

  • @dumbhein6042
    @dumbhein6042 Рік тому +2

    that solo in the middle reminds me of those fake telephone baby toys, but now they actually spit fire.

  • @davidd5682
    @davidd5682 Рік тому +2

    Actually blew my mind

  • @wellshoot
    @wellshoot 2 роки тому +7

    You are a genius, I think this is honestly one of the best pieces of music ever written. It is an amazing introduction to microtonal music, yet it is complicated enough to keep finding things even after I’ve listened to it like 50 times

  • @phoebexxlouise
    @phoebexxlouise 4 роки тому +8

    I love that breakdown with the fast chord changes and I just want to listen to it over and over again

  • @sebastiandewolfe7849
    @sebastiandewolfe7849 3 роки тому +1

    This is the first microtonal song i got stuck in my head like i have got this stuck in my head for a week now

  • @lumo8924
    @lumo8924 2 роки тому +2

    amazing 🥲

  • @shrimpy420
    @shrimpy420 4 роки тому +7

    0:56 makes me feel like I'm in a time loop