This one was my first with them too. It's just stunning, Henrik's extraordinary opening tones, Jonah's crazy sweetness on the keyboard, and then that mind-bending solo by Aron - it's crazy.
I enjoyed your enthusiasm and your understanding of music. I've watched several different UA-camrs react to this video and yours is one of the best, primarily because of your obvious and sincere appreciation for what you were hearing. And you are right to wonder how anyone can be as talented as Jonah, he may be the most musically gifted human being on the planet. It's ridiculous how good he is at both vocals and keyboards... not to mention his compositional abilities which are phenomenal. One of the things that most pleases me when listening to Dirty Loops Is their incredibly complex chord progressions. Their modal modulation it's just so sonically satisfying I cannot get enough... although this masterpiece may be hard to top. I don't know how even they can eclipse this performance, it was magical.
I absolutely love y this comment and thank you so much for seeing these things. Jonah is just so fascinating because of his ability to sing his own counter melodies while playing . That to me should be impossible as my brain doesn’t work that way. But I love seeing it happen 😁
This is my favourite track of theirs, and it keeps amazing me every time, even though I've heard it hundreds of times by now. They are playing to tracks, but they actually create all tracks themselves (Jonah is a producer as well, after all), and only have session musicians for things like horns and percussion on their recordings. When they play live they use some tracks and an extra keyboard player (who also sings some backing vocals). Andreas Ekstedt is the guy who usually records percussion for them, and is also the one doing so on this song, but they never have the session musicians in their videos. When they write music, they write simple pop songs, which they then "loopify", which means they pick it apart and arrange every bar like crazy. They usually write in pairs, in all constellations, but then all three of them are heavily involved in the arranging of each song. The Phoenix EP, that this song is from, is actually written almost completely by Aron and Henrik, as Jonah was busy with his solo stuff at the time. When they record they start out with a rough keyboard sketch by Jonah, and then Aron records the drums. After that Jonah adds the proper keyboard stuff, and Henrik writes and records his bass parts last, to fill in all the gaps. They are purposefully aiming for "more is more", they're not even trying to deny it, and I just love it. :D There's a really good interview with Henrik Linder, in Bass Magazine, where he talks about the writing of the Phoenix EP (just google Henrik Linder songified, and it should pop right up), and this is what he says about Work Shit Out in that one: -------- Q: “Work Shit Out” has a killer fretless, finger-funk bass line and it’s the most musically adventurous track on the EP. A: That’s how we conceived it, as a song that would evolve into a long improvised section with keyboard and drums solos. It started with Aron’s octave-jumping MIDI bass line. I wanted to simplify it a bit and remove one of the beats, but Aron insisted on his version, so I had to figure out how to play it because it’s a little unorthodox on bass. From there, Aron and I wrote the verse and the chorus, coming up with the one-note melody concept for the chorus. Then Jonah and Aron added all the harmonies. For Jonah’s solo, I stick pretty much to the root notes so he stretch and change the harmonies above them. It was a lot of fun to play the song live on a few gigs before the pandemic because it took different directions each time.
Lotta, super comment! Actually I’d written a comment with that bass magazine quote pasted into it ;) but it completely disappeared, although it registered as a a comment…doh 😕 but am glad yours made it :) Yeah it’s a real eye opener, this interview from 2014…
@@fiddlestix3025 Yeah, that auto-removal function youtube has can be a bit annoying. I usually copy my whole comment, before posting it, and refresh the page after 5-10 seconds to see if it's still there. If not, I can paste my comment again, and look through it to see what could possibly have triggered the auto-removal. Not always easy, as a non-native English speaker, to realise what could have another meaning that is so offensive that the whole comment gets removed. One thing I've found almost always being troublesome is links outside of youtube. This article is impossible to link to, without having the comment removed. When I write longer comments, like the one above, I've even taken to writing them in Notepad first, so it's easier to look through and edit, when the auto-removal happens. Oh, and that interview is from 2020, after the realease of Phoenix, not 2014. :)
@@lottawiklund8606 of course it’s 2020, gosh! I just saw Dec 14, and the 14 stuck 😝 Thanks for that tho. And also for the tips re invisible comments. Most of the time I do the copying etc too, it can save you quite a bit of time and nerves ;) Just hadn’t that morning… Putting in links from outside, even sometimes from other YT clips, can get them pulled. So now I mostly post them separately, underneath. Autumn in Sweden now -enjoy 🍂☺️🍁
@@fiddlestix3025 Hahaha, I suspected that was where you got the year. So easy to do (been there, done that). :D Yeah, the leaves start to turn red and yellow now. I love autumn, and I love rain, so this time of the year is my favourite. Now, if I could just get rid of this stupid covid thing I've managed to catch, everything would be even better. :/
Imagine how many musicians that goes "-Why did I not practise more from the start!?" Which opens up for young talents seeing these videos - and sees the what practise, dedication and love of music can do! At 54 years old I envy you, you little bastards... 😂
😂 and yeah, so inspiring for up and coming musicians. Their music has been used in music lectures around the world, and often it was the students who have brought DLoops’ music to the attention of their teachers… 👍
@@fiddlestix3025 Yeah! I also really like to watch music teachers react to them... ☺ BAM! like... Well, all we can do is to enjoy...and enjoy some more! 🙂
Yes yes yes! My introduction to Dirty Loops and my favourite. Weirdly enough I always feel like leaning back and lighting a cigarette after listening to this one. Jokes aside, this is a masterpiece and truly takes you on a journey. Thanks for a great reaction. Cheers!
You're also hearing timbales that aren't shown being played as well. So there's definitely overdubbing going on. Which isn't unusual for people to do. I do love the use of the Brazilian berimbau in this. You don't hear that used often. We got to see them stretch out in a jazz way much more on this track.
This reaction had so much heart and soul man and so many interesting observations! You were really diggin the music and it was a joy to see! Thanks a ton for this 🙏 Dirty Loops -a Super Group? Yeah they ain’t no slouches, that’s for sure, they’ve worked super hard at being these next level musicians. And yes that vid was filmed after they’d pre-recorded all the tracks. Jonah, in an interview with Jeff Castanon (on his YT channel Stratele Studios) talks a bit about them having to relearn all the notes for the vid, to match it up with the recording :) Also, Aron does all the final visual edits on all their videos. And as Lotta was saying in her comment, the ‘hierarchy’ in this band re the songwriting process is different to some other bands, in that all three of them are heavily involved in it. You also nailed it when talking about them as superb session musicians. This is what they were doing in their early music Con years, before being fed up with it and deciding to form DLoops. “Hey Jonah, wanna jam with me and Henrik, the cool looking emo dude?”, Aron said to Jonah, “can you sing?” And although he’d always sung in choirs from the age of one 😉, he’d never sung lead vocals in a band, until then. It’s all crazy and mind boggling stuff… And yeah they still play with other bands and musicians. Check out “U.T.F.F.” with Jack & Owane, feat Henrik on bass. Also, Jonah has brought out a solo album, feat amongst others Jacob Collier, Jordan Rudess fr. Dream Theatre, etc. An absolute killer album. His track “Coffee Break” with Richard Bona on bass is just nasty, as is his cover of “Bad” 🔥🔥 That rich and super beautiful bass sound on this track, so melodious. Somewhere Henrik talks about having spread it over many channels -whatever, I can’t get enough of it! The background percussion includes a berimbau, and adds such a subtle touch to that song, being in there through thick and thin :) You pointed out Jonah’s playing countermelodies on his keys to what he’s singing -thanks for that, I’d really never noticed 👍 also that he kinda extending his singing with his keyboard playing -so interesting! This is an epic piece with some epic build-ups in there, almost symphonic. And one of the genres in DL songs (you’ve mentioned a few) which always sticks out to me is the classical-romantic music which has been quite an influence on Jonah, especially in the piano repertoire. Just know that Henrik years ago said he tries to play counterpoint to the melody happening at the top, but sucks at it and often ‘fakes it’ 🤣😂😅 “Thriller”, another collab with Cory Wong, would be a dope next reaction from you ☺️ link below. Thanks again bro 🙏
ua-cam.com/video/A7M9SAS7ioE/v-deo.html Here, AJ, again the link to a short harmonization vid which Korg put up, featuring Jonah and his demonstration of how he thinks about harmonization (not in this song tho but in “Next to You”.) My bad if you’ve seen it already, I’d posted it elsewhere before. But even tho I’ve been watching this many times before I always enjoy watching it again. It’s just so beautiful~.
I think this is the song that made me appreciate Jonah as a musician. If it weren't for the mayhem in the second verse and his solo, I'd hear nothing he was doing. Otherwise, it's usually all about Henrik and Aron for me (it's always about Henrik for me). I can see how it's a lot of people's favorite. It's my least favorite off this album. I still appreciate it. A bit too busy. But I love your enthusiasm.
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fretless bass 🤯
That's a Mattisson signature 6 string custom made for henrik. It's not fair johna has that singing ability and can play on those keys like that.
Yeah Mike, the whole band is just so unfair! 😅
@@fiddlestix3025 "unfair is good, unfair works, unfair is the spice of life" - Mark Twain 2132
@@miff227 haha too good - I’ll remember this 🤣😂😅
@@fiddlestix3025 "98% of internet quotes are wrongly attributed to Mark Twain" - Mark Twain
@@miff227 haha 🤣😂😅
Watch Henrik with "Jack & Owane UTFF" or sitting in on "Long Time" or sitting in with "GEM"
This one was my first with them too. It's just stunning, Henrik's extraordinary opening tones, Jonah's crazy sweetness on the keyboard, and then that mind-bending solo by Aron - it's crazy.
I enjoyed your enthusiasm and your understanding of music. I've watched several different UA-camrs react to this video and yours is one of the best, primarily because of your obvious and sincere appreciation for what you were hearing.
And you are right to wonder how anyone can be as talented as Jonah, he may be the most musically gifted human being on the planet. It's ridiculous how good he is at both vocals and keyboards... not to mention his compositional abilities which are phenomenal.
One of the things that most pleases me when listening to Dirty Loops Is their incredibly complex chord progressions. Their modal modulation it's just so sonically satisfying I cannot get enough... although this masterpiece may be hard to top. I don't know how even they can eclipse this performance, it was magical.
I absolutely love y this comment and thank you so much for seeing these things. Jonah is just so fascinating because of his ability to sing his own counter melodies while playing . That to me should be impossible as my brain doesn’t work that way. But I love seeing it happen 😁
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Thank you very much. Good luck and I will be back.
This is my favourite track of theirs, and it keeps amazing me every time, even though I've heard it hundreds of times by now.
They are playing to tracks, but they actually create all tracks themselves (Jonah is a producer as well, after all), and only have session musicians for things like horns and percussion on their recordings. When they play live they use some tracks and an extra keyboard player (who also sings some backing vocals). Andreas Ekstedt is the guy who usually records percussion for them, and is also the one doing so on this song, but they never have the session musicians in their videos.
When they write music, they write simple pop songs, which they then "loopify", which means they pick it apart and arrange every bar like crazy. They usually write in pairs, in all constellations, but then all three of them are heavily involved in the arranging of each song. The Phoenix EP, that this song is from, is actually written almost completely by Aron and Henrik, as Jonah was busy with his solo stuff at the time. When they record they start out with a rough keyboard sketch by Jonah, and then Aron records the drums. After that Jonah adds the proper keyboard stuff, and Henrik writes and records his bass parts last, to fill in all the gaps. They are purposefully aiming for "more is more", they're not even trying to deny it, and I just love it. :D
There's a really good interview with Henrik Linder, in Bass Magazine, where he talks about the writing of the Phoenix EP (just google Henrik Linder songified, and it should pop right up), and this is what he says about Work Shit Out in that one:
--------
Q: “Work Shit Out” has a killer fretless, finger-funk bass line and it’s the most musically adventurous track on the EP.
A: That’s how we conceived it, as a song that would evolve into a long improvised section with keyboard and drums solos. It started with Aron’s octave-jumping MIDI bass line. I wanted to simplify it a bit and remove one of the beats, but Aron insisted on his version, so I had to figure out how to play it because it’s a little unorthodox on bass. From there, Aron and I wrote the verse and the chorus, coming up with the one-note melody concept for the chorus. Then Jonah and Aron added all the harmonies. For Jonah’s solo, I stick pretty much to the root notes so he stretch and change the harmonies above them. It was a lot of fun to play the song live on a few gigs before the pandemic because it took different directions each time.
Damn thank you for the information! I am learning so much from fellow fans !!
Lotta, super comment!
Actually I’d written a comment with that bass magazine quote pasted into it ;) but it completely disappeared, although it registered as a a comment…doh 😕 but am glad yours made it :)
Yeah it’s a real eye opener, this interview from 2014…
@@fiddlestix3025 Yeah, that auto-removal function youtube has can be a bit annoying. I usually copy my whole comment, before posting it, and refresh the page after 5-10 seconds to see if it's still there. If not, I can paste my comment again, and look through it to see what could possibly have triggered the auto-removal. Not always easy, as a non-native English speaker, to realise what could have another meaning that is so offensive that the whole comment gets removed. One thing I've found almost always being troublesome is links outside of youtube. This article is impossible to link to, without having the comment removed. When I write longer comments, like the one above, I've even taken to writing them in Notepad first, so it's easier to look through and edit, when the auto-removal happens.
Oh, and that interview is from 2020, after the realease of Phoenix, not 2014. :)
@@lottawiklund8606 of course it’s 2020, gosh! I just saw Dec 14, and the 14 stuck 😝
Thanks for that tho. And also for the tips re invisible comments. Most of the time I do the copying etc too, it can save you quite a bit of time and nerves ;) Just hadn’t that morning…
Putting in links from outside, even sometimes from other YT clips, can get them pulled.
So now I mostly post them separately, underneath.
Autumn in Sweden now -enjoy 🍂☺️🍁
@@fiddlestix3025 Hahaha, I suspected that was where you got the year. So easy to do (been there, done that). :D
Yeah, the leaves start to turn red and yellow now. I love autumn, and I love rain, so this time of the year is my favourite. Now, if I could just get rid of this stupid covid thing I've managed to catch, everything would be even better. :/
Dirty Loops is fire. They are incredible musicians and each song is better than the one before.
Imagine how many musicians that goes "-Why did I not practise more from the start!?" Which opens up for young talents seeing these videos - and sees the what practise, dedication and love of music can do! At 54 years old I envy you, you little bastards... 😂
😂 and yeah, so inspiring for up and coming musicians.
Their music has been used in music lectures around the world, and often it was the students who have brought DLoops’ music to the attention of their teachers… 👍
@@fiddlestix3025 Yeah! I also really like to watch music teachers react to them... ☺ BAM! like... Well, all we can do is to enjoy...and enjoy some more! 🙂
Yes yes yes! My introduction to Dirty Loops and my favourite. Weirdly enough I always feel like leaning back and lighting a cigarette after listening to this one. Jokes aside, this is a masterpiece and truly takes you on a journey.
Thanks for a great reaction.
Cheers!
Omg I thought the same thing ! I was like man I feel satisfied 😂
the cigarette bit - soooo funny, Gitte 🤣
but yeah, it’s THAT good ❤️
"ghost notes in the background are just haunting" - you'd think so.
❤🎉😂 yes you got the joke! I had to try not to stare at the camera 😂
Watch Jonah play the drums on "Coffee Break" and "Bad"
You're also hearing timbales that aren't shown being played as well. So there's definitely overdubbing going on. Which isn't unusual for people to do. I do love the use of the Brazilian berimbau in this. You don't hear that used often. We got to see them stretch out in a jazz way much more on this track.
Holy crap you are right ! That’s what I’m hearing !! Thy you for the information
This reaction had so much heart and soul man and so many interesting observations! You were really diggin the music and it was a joy to see! Thanks a ton for this 🙏
Dirty Loops -a Super Group? Yeah they ain’t no slouches, that’s for sure, they’ve worked super hard at being these next level musicians.
And yes that vid was filmed after they’d pre-recorded all the tracks. Jonah, in an interview with Jeff Castanon (on his YT channel Stratele Studios) talks a bit about them having to relearn all the notes for the vid, to match it up with the recording :)
Also, Aron does all the final visual edits on all their videos.
And as Lotta was saying in her comment, the ‘hierarchy’ in this band re the songwriting process is different to some other bands, in that all three of them are heavily involved in it.
You also nailed it when talking about them as superb session musicians. This is what they were doing in their early music Con years, before being fed up with it and deciding to form DLoops. “Hey Jonah, wanna jam with me and Henrik, the cool looking emo dude?”, Aron said to Jonah, “can you sing?” And although he’d always sung in choirs from the age of one 😉, he’d never sung lead vocals in a band, until then.
It’s all crazy and mind boggling stuff…
And yeah they still play with other bands and musicians. Check out “U.T.F.F.” with Jack & Owane, feat Henrik on bass.
Also, Jonah has brought out a solo album, feat amongst others Jacob Collier, Jordan Rudess fr. Dream Theatre, etc. An absolute killer album. His track “Coffee Break” with Richard Bona on bass is just nasty, as is his cover of “Bad” 🔥🔥
That rich and super beautiful bass sound on this track, so melodious. Somewhere Henrik talks about having spread it over many channels -whatever, I can’t get enough of it! The background percussion includes a berimbau, and adds such a subtle touch to that song, being in there through thick and thin :)
You pointed out Jonah’s playing countermelodies on his keys to what he’s singing -thanks for that, I’d really never noticed 👍 also that he kinda extending his singing with his keyboard playing -so interesting!
This is an epic piece with some epic build-ups in there, almost symphonic. And one of the genres in DL songs (you’ve mentioned a few) which always sticks out to me is the classical-romantic music which has been quite an influence on Jonah, especially in the piano repertoire.
Just know that Henrik years ago said he tries to play counterpoint to the melody happening at the top, but sucks at it and often ‘fakes it’ 🤣😂😅
“Thriller”, another collab with Cory Wong, would be a dope next reaction from you ☺️ link below.
Thanks again bro 🙏
“Thriller”, Dirty Loops and Cory Wong:
ua-cam.com/video/m34byl2BT1o/v-deo.html
Dang I’m learning so much about this group! It’s amazing !!
ua-cam.com/video/A7M9SAS7ioE/v-deo.html
Here, AJ, again the link to a short harmonization vid which Korg put up, featuring Jonah and his demonstration of how he thinks about harmonization (not in this song tho but in “Next to You”.)
My bad if you’ve seen it already, I’d posted it elsewhere before.
But even tho I’ve been watching this many times before I always enjoy watching it again. It’s just so beautiful~.
I think this is the song that made me appreciate Jonah as a musician. If it weren't for the mayhem in the second verse and his solo, I'd hear nothing he was doing. Otherwise, it's usually all about Henrik and Aron for me (it's always about Henrik for me). I can see how it's a lot of people's favorite. It's my least favorite off this album. I still appreciate it. A bit too busy. But I love your enthusiasm.
It’s pretty busy. But it was so good to see how Skilled Jonah is . 🎉😂❤
😉 Henrik is such a star and has sooo much charisma ☺️