Which is also one of the things I think defines this strain of music.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:29 (three years ago) link
music for people who thought Whiplash was a great film about jazz, rather than an okay film about competitive sports
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
yeah i saw that video with herbie, and he clearly has a supernaturally advanced understanding of harmony and can break down complex concepts into semi-plain english. makes me think his true destiny is to become the 21st century version of leonard bernstein–w/r/t his music appreciation tv specials, even if he doesn't make music worth hearing lol
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:35 (three years ago) link
xp idk pretty much every person i know who actually went to music school and saw whiplash couldn't suspend disbelief
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
jacob collier might be the single most hateful musician in the world
― imago, Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
That's a pretty low blow.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link
Maybe it was a mistake to wrap Collier into this, since his version of "fun" sounds a great deal more constrained than other examples.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
adam neely is like the one of these who uses his power for good
― imago, Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
Search: Louis Cole, Clown Core, JD Beck & Domi, some Mononeon, about half of Vulfpeck (although I almost never listen to this stuff sans video)
Destroy: Jacob Collier, Scary Pockets, Andrew Huang, Jacob Collier, Marc Rebillet, Jacob Collier, the rest of Vulfpeck, Jacob Collier
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
Honorable mention to my two favorite youtube channels that are strictly comedy + drumming (+ life lessons), not vehicles for music videos:-Rational Funk w/Dave King-Zackgrooves
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
I get it. Collier is the Pomplamoose of this genre.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
And Scary Pockets is actually the Pomplamoose guy
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
collier has managed to invent music that's entirely chops, even if those chops are just showing off crazy harmonies for the sake of it or whatever. real shame he can't manage to put that talent to any good use at all
louis cole rules though and it feels kinda ridiculous to put him in the same sentence as collier, like his music is actually fun!
― ufo, Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
Louis Cole has a genuine point of view and his own sound, I think he has yet to make his best record but he's incredible.
See also: KNOWER: funky, quirky electro duo with jazz chops Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link
lmao jordan xps
― imago, Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link
Does Bill Wurtz fall into this category or is he a little too weird and internety?
― MarkoP, Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
having sat through his whole r&b album from last year, collier also just isn't very good at actually writing memorable melodies
― ufo, Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
oh man the pomplamoose guy has a funk band now? that sounds terrifying
― ufo, Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
Also a lot of this stuff falls into the category of "Stuff the guy from crying seems to be really into".
― MarkoP, Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFgaLmDQKHU
pomplamoose guy's funk band's entire channel is just "why"
― ufo, Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
Many days, "Things" feels like that record to me. But yes, he's still got a bunch of hooks up his sleeve I feel.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
Fun fact -- I learned from this podcast that the Pomplamoose guy was instrumental in motivating Louis Cole to start making videos and do his thing:http://www.third-story.com/listen/louiscole
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link
(mostly I wish the production & mixing was a bit better...when you're watching a video and seeing him play, it goes a long way toward tricking your ear & smoothing that over imo)
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:13 (three years ago) link
― MarkoP, Thursday, 25 March 2021 14:58 (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
he is too pure for this earth/thread <3
― imago, Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
xp I have to think on some level he wants that sound? with Kamasi and Thundercat and others all in his corner, he has every available resource at his disposal
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
Idk about that, sure he can get whoever he wants to play on it, but seems pretty committed to recording himself at home and mixing himself. I'm sure he'll keep getting better & better at that part.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
These three artists all seem like Thundercat wannabes to me. I didn't make it more than 1:05 into any of the videos, though. Collier clearly the worst of the three — I could basically sum his shit up as "if 80s Herbie Hancock was Frank Zappa" — but it's all Not For Me.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link
Like, why would you listen to any of this when you could just listen to Slave or George Duke? (Or Chromeo, if Jacob Collier is the one doing the most for you?)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
unperson -- is this for youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gha9xrM10w
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 25 March 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
Not especially, no, but I bet Brad and Whiney would love it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 March 2021 16:09 (three years ago) link
Add Crackazat to this group imo, albeit in housiest form...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IjMKPXDDA8
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Friday, 14 January 2022 20:15 (two years ago) link
Maybe this is a better thread to talk about JD Beck and DOMI than the jazz thread. I love this interview, it makes me like the album even more knowing that they recorded and mixed it themselves on cheap gear (just an overhead and a kick mic for the drums, which is one more mic than Louis Cole sometimes uses).
https://www.musicradar.com/news/domi-jd-beck-interview
Apparently some people don't like it, but I'll take the dry, super saturated & compressed "treat it like a sample" approach over the boring close mic'ed and stereo separated sound any day.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 19 January 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link
whole article in pitchfork about this stuff, including domi & jd beck, louis cole, sam gendel, etc.
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-new-weird-virtuosos-making-jazz-for-the-post-internet-age/
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
That's a good piece. Gendel has an album coming out in February or March that's all covers of 90s R&B songs.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 19:59 (one year ago) link
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 20:38 (one year ago) link
I've been listening to the Tom Misch/Yussef Dayes record lately and it's definitely not in the jazz school dorks playing speed fusion category at all. More at the crossroads of trip hop/smooth jazz/neo soul. Good beats, good sounding album, slightly corny vocals.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 1 May 2023 00:38 (one year ago) link
OTOH, more in the vein of this thread, I get instantly irritated every time anything with Scary Pockets pops up in my feed, and I'm never pleasantly surprised.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 1 May 2023 00:40 (one year ago) link
I don't know where else to put this, but I get annoyed by all the Rick Beato videos that youtube is trying to get me to watch. I liked his Keith Jarrett video and a couple others, but it seems like he's cornered the market for rockist content.
(agreed on both counts btw)
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Monday, 1 May 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link
his breakdowns of classic songs are great, every time he shares his opinion on anything = dud
he actively refuses to understand the genre conventions of rap, electronic, reggaeton, etc
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Monday, 1 May 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
I make fun of his "quick lesson" videos a lot. To myself, mentally, I guess. Because he's like "Quick lesson: I like to use the e phrygian against a c# minor chord second inversion when it's the dominant to create a sense of space" and then it's the same lame synth pad he has in every video and it sounds exactly like every other video.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
This is the Misch/Dayes track that's sticking with me most so far:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXZgKnKs48M
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 19:13 (one year ago) link
That's the one I liked best too upon listening to it yesterday
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, May 2, 2023 2:12 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
ha yes. he insulted the new (mediocre) drake single during a recent video, then made a video about how he'd remix the song and made it much much worse
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
11 outtakes from Louis Cole: https://open.spotify.com/album/3iQxpOZA8xPyLuTzYK6auN?si=dYvRqXXMSoG0_A8TYXealw
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 12 May 2023 18:52 (one year ago) link