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Domi and JD Beck on Rick Beato is all the inspiration (or inadequacy) you want or need or don't
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They’re amazing 😻
Love them 😍
Love those kids. Truly inspirational.
They kept popping up on my instagram feed. I thought it had to be ai but was pleasantly surprised it is all live. It’s like Tony Williams and Chick Correa level skill. Absolutely amazing, looking forward to seeing them September 1st here in Austin.
I wish they would do something with Victor Wooten.
Great video fo sho.
I don't think I knew them before the surreal moment of Thundercat playing Adult Swim with Ariana Grande with him plus them as his band, then finding their Madlib MF Doom cover, then seeing the awesome Zildjian session with Ghostnote, and only later finding the vocal version of that song happened to be "Two Fish" after they released the first album.
I'm kind of half reminded of when Anthony Tidd made the Quite Sane Child of Troubled Times, non-standard chord movements over odd and sometimes polymetric time. It's not your everyday thing. And I'm not sure how many people ever pursued such an approach. Rob Mullarkey/Brotherly? Some very specific fusion examples? Steve Coleman? Certain metal bands? Yet they reference Steve Reich and Stravinsky
I’m going to add a note of dissent here.
Their music seems, to my ears, to be an unbridled display of virtuosity and little else. From what I’ve heard it seems to be an amalgam of the worst traits of prog and fusion. Lots of prowess but very little finesse.
Soulless, I think.
I just don’t get it.
I understand why you say that and respect it. Unbridled is a good word.
For me, they are like a connector between Giant Steps Coltrane band and Two Pages era 4Hero. Pretty much my two favourite references. With a Dilla and Aphex Twin informed cherry on top.
One commenter referred to them as Berkleecore which made me laugh.
To each their own ✌️
It would be cool if you could post a link to what you consider a prime example of the amalgam of the best traits of prog and fusion (if that even makes sense 😆). I would be interested to check that out.
And I admit, maybe I am just over excited by youthful humans still striving to perform live on real instruments and achieving greatness, and the music is really just mediocre or worse. It’s entirely possible.
Still, I don’t think I would call it “soulless” in this age of AI music. Uninspired or even bland would be my choice of words.
Great to see JD and Domi on Beato. I’ve been a fan for years. I particularly enjoy their attitude and sense of humor. Every once in a while a person or band comes along that just wants to take everything and tear it up, and make up their own rules, not follow the established ones.
My feeling about them brings to mind a comment from one of the B-52 members, about their first guitarist, Ricky Wilson, who really wanted break all the rules of rock music and used unusual tunings on his guitar. I love them too.
I thought the drum playing, and her keyboard bass playing were really tight.
Their latest release is imo a big jump forward.
They’re obviously amazing musicians and I’m excited for what they will produce as they mature.
Same actually, I watched their tiny desk concert. They're technically brilliant but the music does very little for me. I don't doubt that it's probably thrilling for them to perform it though. And yes, as others have commented, to each their own!
Not my bag either, I find technical noodling incredibly boring. Respect for the chops, but not enough actual tunes for me.
Agree 100%. I like a good melody.
Wouldn't it be boring if we all liked the same things. Or gardens only had red roses. Interesting how so many people mistake their subjectivity for something else
Gosh what a terrible melody (missing the sarcasm font)
But I don't think anyone here who said they didn't like it is saying that you're wrong to like it. I don't see anyone mistaking their subjectivity for something else, they're just saying 'not my cup of tea'. I totally agree it would be boring if we all liked the same things.
You know, the interesting thing with this new album is that while it might sound like ‘noodling’, in fact almost every single note is composed and orchestrated. As Domi talks about in the interview with Beato, she used to play bass on left hand which limited keys harmony/chording so for this every part was composed before playing a note. Not sure about the final keys layer on top though.
And I guess regardless of how ‘hip’ these two might be, it’s still jazz fusion, so if you’re not into that sound - Weather Report etc. then it might be a bit of a genre jump to appreciate this?
The one thing I’m having to come to terms with on the new album is the heavily saturated super wide final mix production style they’ve gone for (the width might be the mix they reference). It’s right on the edge of comfort for me and I kinda wished they had mixed a couple of tracks super punchy and clean just for contrast.
I’m not sure what that “something else” is when I think I made it clear that this was just my opinion.
I never said, or even implied, that we all should like the same things.
Some people who don’t like the music are using language dismissive of the musicians and their aesthetic rather than saying, “this isn’t my cup of tea”.
When one says or implies that they find work without merit (rather than not to one’s taste), it implies that people that enjoy the work have defective taste.
It is very different to say “I don’t like their music” than ‘Their music is thoughtless’ or any number of things that people say to objectify their preference.
Putting down something someone else expressed enthusiasm for tends to come across as judgmental of that choice. That might not be the intention but that is how it comes across.
+1. Kill me but I don't find anything here. They have amazing chops for sure but the music says nothing to me. I still prefer Gogo Penguin, Portico Quartet or Hidden Orchestra
Hey if you like them good for you. I just prefer other things. We are not robots programmed to like the same things
A totally unfair comment as I’ve not watched the video all the way through or listened to the album fully but I’ve dipped into both, rewound, listened again etc etc and it’s not my cup of tea either.
I’m a big fan of of jazz / rock / fusion , perhaps my favourite genre but there’s something about this that doesn’t quite do it for me. I’m sure they are both excellent musicians, perhaps virtuosic but I’d rather have Billy Cobham on drums and Chick Corea or Hiromi on keyboards.
The album basically sounds the same to me all the way through with the exception of the tracks Epiphanie, Concertino and Epilogue.
This of course is just my personal opinion and is completely subjective 😊
I don't really get it personally. They're very good players though!
This is more my kind of fusion
Technically, these kids are smashing. I can't imagine the amount of hours put into achieving this level of virtuosity. This is like a circus act.
On the other hand, the music is not something I would put on repeat. Personally, I prefer a little imperfection, a little deviation, a little more rebellion, a slower pace and less action.
Still, it's interesting to hear about their process, although I think they're still searching for their identity.
Respect anyway.
That's a heck of a set of a references. (Naima such an everlastingly beautfiful ballad). I remember hearing Two Pages at the time and just being blown away, must have been 98? In that time Gilles Peterson was doing Monday nights at Bar Rumba and he was the guy A&R-ing Two Pages so you'd hear the tracks via him and a couple other DJs before it dropped a few months later.
In the video, its super long, they mention that they used the Neumann head mic to record everything, except for 1 mic on the kick, or something like that, so everything was super wide and spacious. they ended up collapsing the vocals to mono, cause everything was too wide.
Hearing about their process, inspiration, and how they put it all together was very interesting.
The music is good, not necessarily what i listen too, but the video in general was interesting to me.
Can't disagree. Saw the video and it is interesting on how they learned to become producers themselves, the use of sibelius, the composing process and the mixing/mastering process of every track when done. The music on the other hand didn't do it for me
I would have seen you there! From ‘95 I was in London going to all the nights. Goood times.
OK my references were a little grand but I’m naming them as connectors to the sound rather than direct comparisons 🙂