Performance Spotlight: Jojo Mayer & Jack Quartet | Different Zones by Don Li

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Check out Vic Firth Signature Series Artist Jojo Mayer in this specially commissioned performance for himself and the Jack Quartet.
    ABOUT THE PIECE:
    DIFFERENT ZONES by DON LI for JOJO MAYER & JACK QUARTET
    Commissioned by the Lucerne Festival 2019, Don Li’s composition is based
    on a quote made by Jojo Mayer in a RUclips interview: The drummer talks
    about the relationship between repetition and groove and how their effect
    induces a different state of mind (»different zones«). Rhythmical speech
    pattern and melody of his quote form the basic template of the one hour-long
    composition. Instead of exploring extravagant playing techniques for string
    quartet, Don Li focuses on block chords: Dark, perpetual and driven by
    hypnotic odd meters, they open the gateway to the »different zones«. This
    visually striking synopsis of the work offers a glimpse at this extraordinary
    collaboration.
    Composition, Concept, Stage Design: Don Li
    Drums, Voice: Jojo Mayer
    _____________________________
    STICKS:
    #vfSJM - SIGNATURE SERIES - JOJO MAYER
    vicfirth.zildj...
    _____________________________
    JACK Quartet
    Christopher Otto - Violin
    Austin Wulliman - Violin
    John Pickford Richard - Viola
    Jay Campbell - Cello
    Sound: Roli Mosimann
    Technical Assistant: Moritz Tobler
    Cinematography: Emanuel Demenga, Maximilian Hochstrasser
    Recorded at Lucerne Festival August 31, 2019
    _____________________________
    CONNECT WITH THE ARTISTS:
    www.orbitalgard...​
    www.jojomayer.com​
    jackquartet.com

Комментарии • 324

  • @iangarioch
    @iangarioch Год назад +24

    Repetition is very important. Well that explains why I keep coming back to this video.

  • @LuisDiazDrums
    @LuisDiazDrums 3 года назад +77

    what tha heck, i love when an incredible tune shows up, it blows your mind and then end and you hear the clapping hands and go like.....
    BRO, THAT WAS LIVE?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!?

    • @obijuan8466
      @obijuan8466 3 года назад +2

      In the good old days, we called that a recording session.

    • @skinkpaj
      @skinkpaj 3 года назад +2

      Exactly my thought!! Fkn amazing...

    • @MM-vs2et
      @MM-vs2et 3 года назад +7

      @@obijuan8466 Ok boomer, there's still incredibly talented musicians nowadays. In fact there is way more

  • @dougie2150
    @dougie2150 3 года назад +7

    I love Jojo, because he is not only virtuoso. he is also an artist. And that video if the proof.

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Precision: Fredrik Thordendal and Morgan Agren - Sol niger Within ruclips.net/video/AgwJEvasJlM/видео.html

  • @catkeys6911
    @catkeys6911 9 месяцев назад +7

    Time signature changing on the fly, and going from odd to even to odd- MAN! But it's all planned out, and, all though you don't always hear it, there's a steady 1,2,1,2...click, click, click, click.... count going on the whole time so everyone is in synch, despite having the down beat on the up beat, then back on the down beat... this can only work with a dead-steady drummer, i.e., Jojo, who's like a machine. This is fascinating, and so inventive! I've only listened to it once, so now I'll have to listen to it a few times, because it's fascinating/strange- I LOVE it! This is MUSIC creation - you have to always look for a new and unique thing that nevertheless somehow makes sense. This one is like walking up a flight of stairs that have short rises, then a group of taller rises, then even taller rises, then back to short rises, then maybe really tall rises, next... - etc. SO cool!

    • @displaychicken
      @displaychicken 2 месяца назад

      Absolutely. This song is a masterpiece of time signature

  • @WillyNegev
    @WillyNegev 3 года назад +53

    That was like if a Gaspar Noe film was an 8 minute composition. My days

    • @MIDIPipe
      @MIDIPipe 3 года назад

      Totally agree, Maestro.

    • @rossmclellan8875
      @rossmclellan8875 3 года назад

      The perfect comment.....bravo on your wording friend....

  • @barisjohn77
    @barisjohn77 3 года назад +29

    This is one of the greatest things I've ever watched in my life

  • @RichardChildsPhotog
    @RichardChildsPhotog 3 года назад +9

    Genius. This made me cry.

    • @OBEYxINSANITY
      @OBEYxINSANITY 3 года назад

      Theres a video that has the same effect on myself. Check it out? Carolina crowns hornline "drops the hammer video"

    • @awoodcoc
      @awoodcoc 3 года назад

      @@OBEYxINSANITY HAHA, DCI has entered the chat.

    • @KimLeisenort
      @KimLeisenort 2 месяца назад

      @RichardChildsPhotog Then maybe you should check out Don Li's (with Jojo Mayer) latest work? Cosmotonics7x7!

  • @ChrisAllisonDrums
    @ChrisAllisonDrums 3 года назад +63

    Everything about this performance video is unbelievably sick!

  • @russellfranco3720
    @russellfranco3720 10 месяцев назад +2

    This is the most beautiful thing I found in the internet.

  • @scotthjohnson1558
    @scotthjohnson1558 Месяц назад

    Love this... wonderful collaboration!

  • @clementdenys
    @clementdenys 3 года назад +61

    Always impressed by Jojo musicality, he is the best

    • @krioni86sa
      @krioni86sa 3 года назад +2

      More musical than Vinnie Colaiuta or Virgil Donati? Better than Mark Guilliana or Tony Williams?

    • @clementdenys
      @clementdenys 3 года назад +5

      @@krioni86sa Not saying that, his technique is limitless, and he keeps straight to the point and highly musical.

    • @ericwilhelm2941
      @ericwilhelm2941 3 года назад +8

      @@krioni86sa let us not compare let us enjoy the creativity and yes it goes traces back to Tony
      But Vinnie , Virgil and Mark would probably tell you that Jojo is in his own Class and is unique

    • @krioni86sa
      @krioni86sa 3 года назад +1

      @@ericwilhelm2941 He didn't tell me though. Willie Revillame will eat all of them.

  • @markoveljic626
    @markoveljic626 2 года назад +2

    Music from future!! Jojo is live legend

  • @osore1990
    @osore1990 3 года назад +20

    I didn’t even watch it yet but I already know I will like it.

  • @alonzovillarreal4666
    @alonzovillarreal4666 2 месяца назад

    Speechless at how awesome that was, my brain was on fire

  • @Kidcool42
    @Kidcool42 9 месяцев назад +1

    A few centuries ago u would be 🔥 alive for such a beautiful peace of art.

  • @EmreNacre
    @EmreNacre 3 года назад +36

    Loved every second of it! Pure art!

    • @kevinlee427
      @kevinlee427 3 года назад +2

      avant-garde for sure

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад +1

      Reminds me of Meshuggah

  • @BopaKingCarre
    @BopaKingCarre 2 года назад +14

    What a presentation?!!! This piece rules!! A nod to Steve Reich's Different Trains?! I'd say so. This is easily my favorite thing on RUclips. Almost none of my friends seem to like it which I always take as an sound endorsement for the real shit. I've been watching this repeatedly since it was first released. I would have loved to have been in attendance for this epic. Jojo Mayer is always so masterful and that Jack Quartet, totally crush it. Bravo!!!

  • @ElBoyoElectronico
    @ElBoyoElectronico 3 года назад +15

    This is such a beautiful piece of art 🙏

  • @powerofalto
    @powerofalto 3 года назад +15

    What a fantastic piece! It sounds wildly difficult on multiple levels. The combination of recorded voice discussing getting into a groove with the drummer and string quartet moving through different beat patterns and/or tempi (I couldn’t tell if it was metric modulation or actual changes in tempo) is really provocative and fun. The drummer is the embodiment of physical ease and cool. Very impressive! I loved the staging with the circular light configuration. It’s so smart of the person who filmed the performance to shoot from above as well as from the audience’s perspective!

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Reminds me of Meshuggah

  • @depthgauge4356
    @depthgauge4356 Год назад +1

    Damn. J. Mayer & Jack Quartet what a perfect duo. 🤘

  • @emakmpos
    @emakmpos 3 года назад +5

    Bravo-Bravísimo-Bravisísimo!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much Jojo for all your magic!!!! ✨🙏🏼✨

  • @martrinshyde
    @martrinshyde 3 года назад +12

    Fantastic performance.... One of the grooviest things I've ever heard. Astounding drumming!

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Reminds me of Meshuggah

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Reminds me of Meshuggah

  • @ren9456
    @ren9456 3 года назад +6

    This rules. I used to play to Don Li on drums to clear my head. You have to lock in to the oddness of his arrangments and when you do it makes you feel wonderful.

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Reminds me of Meshuggah

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Precision: Fredrik Thordendal and Morgan Agren - Sol niger Within ruclips.net/video/AgwJEvasJlM/видео.html

  • @alifeinyellow
    @alifeinyellow 3 года назад +6

    Absolutely magnificent

  • @MIDIPipe
    @MIDIPipe 3 года назад +11

    This is the music we do really need on this 2021.

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Reminds me of Meshuggah

  • @klausneumaier2236
    @klausneumaier2236 3 года назад +6

    Awesome. Pure art. Unbelieveable. Impressive.

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад +1

      Precision: Fredrik Thordendal and Morgan Agren - Sol niger Within ruclips.net/video/AgwJEvasJlM/видео.html

    • @klausneumaier2236
      @klausneumaier2236 2 года назад

      @@dsvet We are definitely unworthy. Hail to these 2 gods

  • @doublestrokeroll
    @doublestrokeroll 2 месяца назад

    geez...that ending melody would make a fantastic song in and of itself.

  • @rnm723
    @rnm723 3 года назад +18

    Yo this is striking on some next
    level type shit.
    Thanks for letting us be a part of it.
    Fantastic !

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Reminds me of Meshuggah

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Reminds me of Meshuggah

  • @AlexanderSeleznov
    @AlexanderSeleznov 4 месяца назад

    Piece of art ❤️‍🔥

  • @kevinlee427
    @kevinlee427 3 года назад +5

    Jojo Mayer and Flying Lotus collab please!!!🔥🔥

  • @erikjanpaulmoeller9393
    @erikjanpaulmoeller9393 2 года назад +1

    the more I listen to this the better it gets.

  • @masonschofield5901
    @masonschofield5901 3 года назад +3

    This is in every way, perfect.

  • @alfierussell8210
    @alfierussell8210 3 года назад +2

    That must have taken so much rehersals they are insanely tight. incredible and mesmerising

  • @crazy8sdrums
    @crazy8sdrums 3 года назад +4

    I'd say this was 'simply amazing!' but there was nothing simple about it. Definitely amazing!

  • @DrBackBeat
    @DrBackBeat 3 года назад +253

    So, the musicians on classical string instruments are all reading off iPads, and the reverse-engineering electronical music mastermind reads off paper. Nice plot twist :-D

    • @applejuice5635
      @applejuice5635 3 года назад +4

      Damn, didn't even think about it like that.

    • @starbeardiesyoung
      @starbeardiesyoung 3 года назад +4

      Obviously, he put the iPad on a Xerox to get the copy ;-)

    • @vetlerradio
      @vetlerradio 3 года назад +3

      @@starbeardiesyoung Easier to add notes and corrections/modifications on paper :P

    • @emptyrice
      @emptyrice 3 года назад +3

      They’re likely using iPads to avoid page turns too. 👍🏼

    • @AndreasArianto
      @AndreasArianto 3 года назад

      yea, really conceptual aha, and i think it's also very practical since the string quartet musicians probably have more music written in the pages than he does

  • @futuristiccavemanofficial
    @futuristiccavemanofficial 2 года назад +1

    Love the overhead shot of the spinning stage

  • @DiabladeDrums
    @DiabladeDrums 2 года назад +2

    Stunning... JoJo is and always will be pushing into places yet unknown. Cheers!

  • @gregjacksun
    @gregjacksun 3 месяца назад

    This is art.

  • @ralphartiza
    @ralphartiza 3 года назад +2

    Man, from the vocal intro to the instrumentals. Chills! ❤️

  • @johnalvarado2924
    @johnalvarado2924 3 месяца назад

    Dios mío demasiado conocimiento en un solo vídeo

  • @shootsbraw
    @shootsbraw 3 года назад +7

    Phenomenal!

  • @paulmonkcom
    @paulmonkcom Год назад +3

    Well, I wasn't expecting that. Genius in all aspects. The overhead camera view is great for seeing how it's being played all at once, love it. 8~)

  • @deniskarlash
    @deniskarlash 3 года назад +2

    WOW! WOW! WOW! Beautiful!!!

  • @Ernzz7
    @Ernzz7 2 года назад +3

    Jojo is like the genius scientist physicist mathematician of drumming! He's out of this solar system

  • @barzinkompany8119
    @barzinkompany8119 3 года назад +2

    New level reached!

  • @cobra1995xx
    @cobra1995xx 3 года назад +3

    trippy as hells

  • @lorenzopoluzzi1429
    @lorenzopoluzzi1429 3 года назад +1

    Definetly my cup of tea!

  • @jim5461
    @jim5461 3 года назад +1

    Mind Blown.

  • @jaysonfate8422
    @jaysonfate8422 3 месяца назад

    Art

  • @user-ht2bm4tg1o
    @user-ht2bm4tg1o 6 месяцев назад

    never seen anything like this before. spectacular!!!!!

  • @Mezig34976
    @Mezig34976 Год назад +1

    Wow!!

  • @jorgelopez9620
    @jorgelopez9620 3 года назад +1

    Beaut. Great to see some new jo jo

  • @jeroenvermunt862
    @jeroenvermunt862 3 года назад +2

    Hypnotizing

  • @clifflindsay9751
    @clifflindsay9751 3 года назад +1

    I love this AND it makes my skin crawl...

  • @TheGhostRhythms
    @TheGhostRhythms 3 года назад +1

    Wow, now that's something.

  • @roccoharris
    @roccoharris 3 года назад +4

    loving this piece. bravo, team!!

  • @Adam-Bomber
    @Adam-Bomber 3 года назад +2

    This is Insane!🤯

  • @DAPRINCEOFJERZZ
    @DAPRINCEOFJERZZ Год назад +1

    Wow😮this by far is next level geniusnessniss lol love jojo Meyer smh dope!!!!!

  • @virginiestephane4955
    @virginiestephane4955 3 года назад +1

    Vraiment très bon j'adore ces changements de rythme et de toute façon j'adore Jojo

  • @pablobian1709
    @pablobian1709 3 года назад +1

    Different Trains by Steve Reich but modern, amazing

  • @joetrollson
    @joetrollson 3 года назад +3

    That seriously fried this noodle. Beautiful. Thank you.

  • @scottpitner4298
    @scottpitner4298 3 года назад +2

    This is very creative. Unique and cool

  • @deebo5494
    @deebo5494 3 года назад +4

    The goat

  • @angelflorido
    @angelflorido 3 года назад +2

    Interesting! JACK quartet are a fantastic ensemble . The combination of drums with string quartet is amazing!

  • @OndrausCissell
    @OndrausCissell 3 года назад +2

    This is BEAUTIFUL !!!!

  • @Better-ri3xj
    @Better-ri3xj 2 года назад

    wow

  • @csa4alt
    @csa4alt 3 года назад +1

    Wow. That was mind blowing.

  • @lionelarthur
    @lionelarthur 3 года назад +1

    Génialissime ! 👍🎶🥁🙂

  • @baloothedrummer
    @baloothedrummer 3 года назад +2

    This was truly life changing

  • @mjm5081
    @mjm5081 8 месяцев назад

  • @NotTheBot
    @NotTheBot 5 месяцев назад

    King Crimson esque. This is beautiful. The vocal placement is WOW. Finally some music moving forward again. Keep on

  • @jacquescarrier9713
    @jacquescarrier9713 3 года назад +4

    Merci, from Québec, canada, wow, a Steve Reich upgrade-more rock-prog...

  • @claytoncurtis6769
    @claytoncurtis6769 11 месяцев назад

    I know everyone loves Jojo, but let’s hear it for that amazing bass. The middle section is mind blowing.

  • @sanityinaseaofmadness7353
    @sanityinaseaofmadness7353 3 года назад +2

    This is frikkin brilliant!

  • @francescochebat
    @francescochebat 2 года назад

    Wow

  • @MacMic333
    @MacMic333 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant.Most ‘classically trained percussion is not as funkified as this, excellent .

  • @lichttages2509
    @lichttages2509 3 года назад

    정말 존경합니다.
    I respect him.
    한없이 작은 세계로 여행을 떠나는 아름다운 꿈을 꾼 것 같았습니다.
    It was like dream, such a beautiful journey to endless tiny world.

  • @alfierussell8210
    @alfierussell8210 3 года назад +1

    Adam Neely will love this

  • @Anton_Nikolaus_Mangweth
    @Anton_Nikolaus_Mangweth 3 года назад

    Jojo forever!!!!!!

  • @Simonewhitesim-1music
    @Simonewhitesim-1music 3 года назад

    Yes. So cool!!!!!!!

  • @mcomesan
    @mcomesan 2 года назад +1

    wonderful!!

  • @clifflindsay9751
    @clifflindsay9751 3 года назад +5

    Put this on all day "Loop" and Repeat it yourself...

  • @nicorellius
    @nicorellius 3 года назад +1

    Sooooo good. Jojo has a way with groovy beats, that's for sure. And the syncopation of/with the strings... Superb.

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Precision: Fredrik Thordendal and Morgan Agren - Sol niger Within ruclips.net/video/AgwJEvasJlM/видео.html

  • @davidrosen9711
    @davidrosen9711 2 года назад

    Just so hip

  • @udomatthiasdrums5322
    @udomatthiasdrums5322 3 года назад +2

    love it!!

  • @glade_maker
    @glade_maker 3 года назад +1

    Amazing!!!

  • @3MFDS
    @3MFDS 3 года назад +4

    Wow this is so different and interesting. Really dig this, Bravo on JOJO! pushing the limits new territory.

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Reminds me of Meshuggah

  • @dippytoot
    @dippytoot 11 месяцев назад

    Repetition! I have this on repeat on my playlist

  • @cfyves
    @cfyves 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant!

  • @jonhattanrai
    @jonhattanrai 3 года назад +2

    Damn! This is too good

  • @ursusaltered
    @ursusaltered 3 года назад +1

    This is amazing!!! Holy Toledo

  • @babyshambler
    @babyshambler 10 месяцев назад

    Unnerving. The syncopation makes me uneasy. Amazing performance.

  • @kristapspucens
    @kristapspucens 3 года назад +1

    Cool... Really cool!

  • @yonickyg9719
    @yonickyg9719 3 года назад

    yes please

  • @ulisesdrums9531
    @ulisesdrums9531 3 года назад +1

    Wooooooow this is amazing!!!!

  • @sylwestersosniak220
    @sylwestersosniak220 3 года назад

    Super !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @sandearcubus9299
    @sandearcubus9299 3 года назад

    Love the warping time signatures in the second half.

    • @dsvet
      @dsvet 2 года назад

      Precision: Fredrik Thordendal and Morgan Agren - Sol niger Within ruclips.net/video/AgwJEvasJlM/видео.html

  • @paulbudd3661
    @paulbudd3661 3 года назад

    Holy shit that blew my mind. Was not expecting that gong either!!!,

  • @peterd5843
    @peterd5843 3 года назад +2

    Damn this is so good

  • @smittyj8054
    @smittyj8054 3 года назад

    Beautifully Inspiring!!! WOW!!!