Richard Spaven - The Self feat. Jordan Rakei

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  • Опубликовано: 31 мар 2017
  • First single from Richard Spaven's new album - 'The Self' feat. Jordan Rakei. Single release date 7th April 2017. Album release date 23rd June 2017.
    Bandcamp - bit.ly/2nJVHfW
    Spotify - spoti.fi/2nf9nvg
    Richard Spaven - Drums
    Jordan Rakei - Vocals
    Produced by Richard Spaven
    Fine Line Records 2017
    Filmed 18th February 2017
    Shot & Edited by The Videomatic
    Artwork & Titles by Mitchy Bwoy
    Recorded at Flowriders Studio, Amsterdam
    Originally Premiered by StampTheWax.com
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Комментарии • 166

  • @Ohleysmokes
    @Ohleysmokes 6 лет назад +140

    Has anyone else watched this like a hundred times?

    • @wilgray9885
      @wilgray9885 5 лет назад

      Totally.... On repeat on Spotify...

    • @aulskillzmusic8104
      @aulskillzmusic8104 5 лет назад +2

      Yes me bro. Can't stop Jordan singing and rhythm technique is amazing. And spaven is just blazing on a whole another level on the drums

    • @johnmadison267
      @johnmadison267 5 лет назад +1

      Only 1000 times...

    • @matthiasnicolai8306
      @matthiasnicolai8306 5 лет назад +2

      @@johnmadison267 1001 right now

    • @ShortP1089
      @ShortP1089 4 года назад +1

      i cant get enough of it.

  • @jacobsmith3329
    @jacobsmith3329 Год назад +9

    Any time I hit a rough patch in life, I come back to this song and it always helps. Thank you for this. 🙏

  • @tumimokoena4404
    @tumimokoena4404 Год назад +4

    5th March 2023. My soul led me here again and I just realized this is probably one of my all time top 5 songs.

  • @johnmacward
    @johnmacward 28 дней назад

    IT's got to be the most fascinatingly beautiful piece of music to ever come from humans... the time signature, the profound lyrics, the almost religious harmonisation, the feeling of unease... hauntingly beautiful and stunningly creative.

  • @KwanzaaJuice
    @KwanzaaJuice 7 лет назад +72

    That ghosting effect in the chorus is brilliant. amazing song, awesome video. 10/10

  • @zagadape109
    @zagadape109 Год назад +2

    The more I listen to this piece the less simple it is. The very reason for coming back to it time and time again. Pozdro666

  • @MishaMansoor
    @MishaMansoor 6 лет назад +124

    I love this so much.

    • @daudramaydrums9522
      @daudramaydrums9522 6 лет назад +8

      how about taking P4 down this route? :D

    • @blackheartscars
      @blackheartscars 5 лет назад

      hiya misha! P4 is the bomb!!! big love from singapore come back soon!

  • @markdavenport2613
    @markdavenport2613 4 года назад +20

    4:00 OMG that displacement!!! I've been hearing this on Spotify as I'm just now getting into it. I had to see if there was a video for this cause I was crazy trying to figure out those ghost notes on this groove. Straight fire!

  • @tatumburns2125
    @tatumburns2125 7 лет назад +24

    Thank you Richard and Jordan, for showing us what alignment sounds like.

  • @bryantmcnamara2770
    @bryantmcnamara2770 6 лет назад +75

    I didn't realize how deeply this music only appeals to musicians until I started showing it to all of my friends who don't play music and they kept saying they couldn't feel the beat...
    WHAT?!
    Anyways, musicians unite around being able to spot a simple four! Haha.

    • @vaness7437
      @vaness7437 6 лет назад +6

      Yeah... and to DJs like me who are loved by musicians and hated by mainstream crowds.

    • @HonestSonics
      @HonestSonics 6 лет назад +29

      I also am *very* cool.

    • @noahleegwater464
      @noahleegwater464 6 лет назад +5

      Bryant McNamara I too, am very cool

    • @kawabungadad8945
      @kawabungadad8945 5 лет назад +2

      A lot of people don't 'get' the snare/accent on the 3. I was playing the Purdie Shuffle behind some bluesy stuff and a couple hicks in the crowd decided to be very vocal that they didn't like what I was playing.

    • @xXcoolio1Xx
      @xXcoolio1Xx 5 лет назад +1

      Bryant McNamara “only” is a strong word dontcha think?

  • @Dan070
    @Dan070 6 лет назад +103

    Time Signature is: f(x)=a_0+∑_(n=1)^∞(a_n cos⁡〖nπx/L〗+b_n sin⁡〖nπx/L〗 )

  • @sixsicsix3
    @sixsicsix3 Год назад +5

    I had forgotten how great this song is!

  • @vishnupillai2864
    @vishnupillai2864 6 лет назад +14

    Those ghost notes is what I'm grooving to! Is that normal? I love it!

  • @davidhartvigschousboe8623
    @davidhartvigschousboe8623 2 года назад +4

    Richard Spaven is economy of motion incarnate! Great tune and playing

  • @joshfernanfez07
    @joshfernanfez07 7 лет назад +14

    So tell me why this king of music soulful, real music only gets a few views this industry yalll both of my favorites 😍🔥🙌🏾 & also my inspiration hoping on a all album by both of y'all in the works ?? Just vibing together

  • @3oore
    @3oore 6 лет назад +47

    It's so haunting.... because of all the ghost notes.

  • @_beatslayer_
    @_beatslayer_ 7 лет назад +13

    Holy sht...two of my favorite artists...

  • @SonofSamhein
    @SonofSamhein 4 года назад +4

    DESTROYING the repeat option...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    So...Zero 7 featuring Jacob Collier, meets Snarky Puppy-esque...???
    LOVING it...

  • @zafira976
    @zafira976 5 лет назад +5

    Best tune I've heard in a very long time! Great job Richard Spaven!

  • @vincentboersma9227
    @vincentboersma9227 7 лет назад +17

    both the vocals and the drumming soothing love it!!

  • @3oore
    @3oore 6 лет назад +3

    More people need this in their life

  • @scottlewis5521
    @scottlewis5521 5 лет назад +4

    has a bit of a Zero 7 vibe to it. Love it!!!

  • @tommylight1312
    @tommylight1312 5 лет назад +4

    Just discovered Jose James today, and then I got steered to Richard Spaven. Mind is so blown today. I love everything about this genre. Whatever this is, fusion?

  • @sf5823
    @sf5823 5 лет назад +4

    Addicted, love the combo, it's a beautiful song!

  • @crieverytim
    @crieverytim 2 года назад +1

    Now This hits different

  • @TheSilvertom
    @TheSilvertom 7 лет назад +3

    Goosebumps, every time.

  • @jrvk
    @jrvk 7 лет назад +11

    Mr. Spaven killin it again!

  • @Septuplets
    @Septuplets 6 лет назад +31

    time signature is 4/4 but odd meters and patterns appear over 4

    • @shynepo6
      @shynepo6 5 лет назад +1

      Whoa i was way off, best i could count was 25/16😅

    • @richardpage4905
      @richardpage4905 2 года назад

      I caught that....took awhile

  • @MrMntsrck
    @MrMntsrck 2 года назад +2

    I've always been a drum n bass fan but this is nudrumnbass...never thought about putting break beats like this to music with a singer.

    • @ljt3084
      @ljt3084 2 года назад +1

      Spaven is playing odd meter which is fairly standard in good jazz drumming. It's not breakbeat at all. Breakbeat is derived from funk which leads with the kick drum on the one of every phrase and is 4/4. What Spaven is doing here is far more complex. Varied sub groups odd meter.
      In many of his phrases here he leads with the hat and the kick is after the one. (Like many jazz standards) Spaven is a modern jazz drummer first in style and innovation.
      If you try to count 4 over 4 , you will begin to notice the pattern is off in places by the end of the riff. that's the odd meter.
      Drum and bass is 4/4 (even) each phrase can be divided equally into sub groups.
      He's perfectly in time but his internal meter is varying odd meters against the 4/4 of the other players which throws the listener off at times. Makes it far more interesting to listen to again and again.
      Tony Williams was a master at this in the 1970's. So was ginger, the drummer from Cream who later played with feli kuti. Both considered great Jazz drummers.
      African rhythms are generally this complex and rotate odd meters, feli kuti's albums are good examples.
      (also Listen to Miles Davis 'on the corner' album or 'Rated X for some mind bending Tony Williams complex 70's jazz fusion drumming.
      Producers like Bukem, Adam F, Photek, Goldie, 4 hero were all influenced by Miles Davis fusion records. No doubt Richard was too.
      SPAVEN is a master at pocket playing and odd meter. The reason why many people cannot feel the pulse in this, (I don't mean you) is because 4/4 is the dominant time signature of modern music and we've all been conditioned to its easy flat even pattern, unless you're from south America where 3/4 salsa is also still a major pop time signature or listen u to a lot of jazz.
      but back in the 50's 60's 70's 3/4 5/4 7/4 were just as common as 4/4 and jazz drummers could work them easily.
      Very few pop songs are in odd meter, its not radio friendly or 'catchy' for non muso types.
      Pink Floyd's money is 7/4 but changes to 4/4. That's an easy one to count off because the bass is the strong 7/4 motif.
      Listen to Sting, walking on the moon, notice how Stuart copeland switches from offbeat reggae Drum pattern, to onbeat (kick on the one) to shift the pace of the track, not as easy as it seems. Another great jazz taught drummer who can switch meter, tempo or syncopation easily in his head.
      Adam Neely has done some good videos on explaining complex odd meters recently and his drummer has been experimenting with some odd rhythmic patterns also. Not Drum and bass but worth a listen to expand your listening.

    • @aarnialeksis
      @aarnialeksis 2 года назад

      @@ljt3084 On the corner has al foster and billy hart it think and rated x def has Al laying that fat groove

    • @nonchalantnoah
      @nonchalantnoah Год назад +1

      ​@@ljt3084 Ridiculously pretentious reply to a simple comment that was making an observation.

  • @vincentbwang
    @vincentbwang 7 лет назад +1

    top most anticipated releases of the year

  • @aulskillzmusic8104
    @aulskillzmusic8104 2 года назад +2

    Jordan is one of a kind 💯💯

  • @n.ee.h
    @n.ee.h 7 лет назад

    Absolutely stunning!!

  • @denitza
    @denitza Год назад +1

    започва като ръченица, свършва като хипноза 🌏

  • @crieverytim
    @crieverytim 2 года назад

    Between those epic ghost notes and Jordan's dark vocals, this track is straight haunting 👻 🔥

  • @joshuajackson4357
    @joshuajackson4357 3 года назад +2

    I so wanna learn this groove! omg

  • @bersabersaber
    @bersabersaber 3 года назад +4

    this may not have the millons of views it should have but still I know a lot of people really enjoy this magic. Super original music. As a drummer he is a great influence.for me . Much love from Argentina!

  • @YamahaDrumsEurope
    @YamahaDrumsEurope 7 лет назад +38

  • @billscott7788
    @billscott7788 2 года назад +1

    loving this sound

  • @mfpele
    @mfpele 6 лет назад +11

    give the drummer some!!!

  • @bombattzorzz
    @bombattzorzz 3 года назад

    This song is amazing.

  • @zarzalita
    @zarzalita 3 года назад

    I'm SPEECHLESS...♥

  • @misaelresendiz6854
    @misaelresendiz6854 7 лет назад +1

    yesssssssssssssssssssss the best combination

  • @ottofurst4063
    @ottofurst4063 6 лет назад +1

    my brother told me to listen to this. Thanks brother!!!

  • @nyafroholic
    @nyafroholic 6 лет назад

    beautiful!!!!

  • @wilgray9885
    @wilgray9885 5 лет назад

    Incredible. Took me a tiny bit to get cadence but this is elevation of rhythm. Instant fan!

  • @erickarsenty9295
    @erickarsenty9295 7 лет назад

    Beautiful

  • @wano_ZA
    @wano_ZA Год назад

    Geez, incredible ♥️♥️♥️

  • @SockerConny80
    @SockerConny80 7 лет назад

    This is so good its scary.

  • @kreativtverksted
    @kreativtverksted 5 лет назад +1

    Love it! Would love to hear a remix as well.

  • @tomasviane3844
    @tomasviane3844 Год назад

    Brilliant!!!

  • @mikewolfe1000
    @mikewolfe1000 7 лет назад

    Yes indeed!!

  • @yorkvonsydow3481
    @yorkvonsydow3481 7 лет назад

    imma crave the spave again.
    very cool song

  • @tumimokoena4404
    @tumimokoena4404 4 года назад

    Came back for the umpteenth time!

  • @andreya.veretennikov3366
    @andreya.veretennikov3366 7 лет назад

    amazing!

  • @thePeterpumpkin68
    @thePeterpumpkin68 4 года назад

    Sublime.

  • @udomatthiasdrums5322
    @udomatthiasdrums5322 Год назад

    love it!

  • @LetsGetHighOnMorris
    @LetsGetHighOnMorris 7 лет назад +19

    I can't tell what the timing is man....

    • @brad010100
      @brad010100 7 лет назад +13

      LetsGetHighOnMorris I thought it was 6/8 and it works but after counted like that I noticed it's actually is in 4/4

    • @LetsGetHighOnMorris
      @LetsGetHighOnMorris 7 лет назад +2

      Bradley Rucker I can see it now! Thanks man

    • @antonmuck9379
      @antonmuck9379 5 лет назад +3

      It's 10 4/4. The groove is cut in 2x 3 4/4 and 2x 2 4/4 it sounds weird but it works

    • @wilgray9885
      @wilgray9885 5 лет назад +4

      It's totally 4/4. The structure of bars are what make it sound weird. We are used to even bar chord changes and 8 bar structures. If structured evenly, we should hear a chord change every 2 bars (8 beats). But this song was written with two extra bars. For the first 6 bars of the song there is a chord change every 3 bars (12 beats) instead of every 2 bars, then the structure goes to the 2 bar chord change structure for the last 4 bars before repeating the pattern. (At least for the beginning of the song...LOL. They switch the arrangement a bit mid tune and at the end but the beginning should guide you through the rest...)

    • @thePeterpumpkin68
      @thePeterpumpkin68 4 года назад

      @@wilgray9885 brilliant breakdown.

  • @epicdude126
    @epicdude126 5 лет назад

    so sick!

  • @lostandfoundcollective9575
    @lostandfoundcollective9575 6 лет назад +2

    Shit, that was unbelievably tight. Fucking awesome song.

  • @EM-og6he
    @EM-og6he 7 лет назад

    amazing groove)

  • @nathanoises
    @nathanoises 4 года назад +6

    4:32 endless churros

  • @jcdenton4436
    @jcdenton4436 7 лет назад +3

    Nice, I hope the album has some instrumentals on it as well, though.

  • @rvialm
    @rvialm 6 лет назад

    Richard Spaven is like asmr to me

  • @grumpycroissant8712
    @grumpycroissant8712 5 лет назад +1

    I'm drown in it, hundred percent

  • @calvinwatson7416
    @calvinwatson7416 3 года назад

    TIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @HumbleMaize
    @HumbleMaize 5 лет назад

    Damn...this is bad ass super cool and quite tight 😁👌🇩🇰

  • @bartoszs7175
    @bartoszs7175 6 месяцев назад

  • @ruidesousa1
    @ruidesousa1 6 лет назад

    Gone with the groooooove!!!! Catch me if ya can....

  • @spyrostaspaei1026
    @spyrostaspaei1026 7 лет назад

    dope!!!!

  • @sourtigershideout
    @sourtigershideout 7 лет назад +2

    brain just exploded

  • @michaeleagle2
    @michaeleagle2 2 года назад

    This!!

  • @trismurray
    @trismurray 7 лет назад +1

    Bliss.

  • @Yukiko7611
    @Yukiko7611 7 лет назад +2

    ritmo divino

  • @FaRoss232
    @FaRoss232 6 лет назад

    Keep it up dude lol this is pretty damn good.

  • @SunnyDsouza
    @SunnyDsouza 7 лет назад +2

    Ruling !!

  • @_anyasaltykova_
    @_anyasaltykova_ 5 лет назад

    holy hell..pure honey

  • @marcelosam2941
    @marcelosam2941 2 года назад +1

    The voice is SEAL

  • @DeanMccormick
    @DeanMccormick 4 года назад

    Sicker then sick ;).

  • @succion
    @succion 2 года назад

    Fine

  • @JanosBodabojo
    @JanosBodabojo 5 лет назад

  • @juhapeltola8232
    @juhapeltola8232 Год назад

    Awesome! Anyone else thinking hihats are little too loud in the mix?

  • @serhatpehlivanoglu
    @serhatpehlivanoglu 7 лет назад +9

    anyone got the lyrics?

  • @Steven-kc7wt
    @Steven-kc7wt 7 лет назад +12

    can someone please explain the time signature.. my brain is melting...

    • @FinlayStafford
      @FinlayStafford 7 лет назад +3

      He's singing on the beat from 1:38 if that helps to decode it for you

    • @bryantmcnamara2770
      @bryantmcnamara2770 6 лет назад +5

      Another helpful tip is the snare for the majority of the song lands on 3 (2 & 4 depending on how you count it).

    • @joefish6546
      @joefish6546 5 лет назад +2

      Snare on 3 helps! I think, the bass lands on the sixteenth after the fourth quarter note (4naN) instead of the 1st quarter note, which throws you off because your brain tries to use the bass to start the count of the measure. Then there's the right hand (high-hat) pattern, which is basically every third 16th, starting on the third sixteenth (second 8th) in the first bar. In other words 1n A n2 N an 3 na N 4n A n. In the chorus the snare lands on the 2nd 8th of the 2nd note i.e. 1nan2n A n... and the right hand pattern is a little different. That gives it the syncopation that makes you feel it as you lift your head while your bobbing.

    • @dekalboy8816
      @dekalboy8816 5 лет назад +1

      To explain briefly . It is a binary 4/4 but the key is that most of notes on the hi hat and snare ghost notes are in another feel , a ternary subdivision . It is like a kind of 4 against 6 but since the snare backbeat is always here , we have a feeling of a regular 4/4.

  • @revolutioninfront1001
    @revolutioninfront1001 2 года назад

    Fodaaaaaaa

  • @Delabra87
    @Delabra87 7 лет назад +1

    Anyone know where I can find the lyrics?? Dope song

  • @jimmyjazz95
    @jimmyjazz95 7 лет назад

    fuck yes

  • @claudiaangelicaramirezcint7241
    @claudiaangelicaramirezcint7241 7 лет назад

    That introduction is so fucking Gentle Giant reference

  • @josemariacolonia2686
    @josemariacolonia2686 7 лет назад

    could any body put the lyrics?!!

  • @nikolajkaaekirk1504
    @nikolajkaaekirk1504 7 лет назад +14

    totally about eating mushrooms

  • @colsonrizzuto7973
    @colsonrizzuto7973 6 лет назад +2

    Drummer sounds like Eric Hardland

  • @Battlachaser
    @Battlachaser 5 лет назад

    Is there an isolated drums and vocals version out there.....?

    • @Adiaf8oros
      @Adiaf8oros 2 года назад

      In Spaven's website there is drumless track, but the other way around..... idk

  • @QuickstickD
    @QuickstickD 6 лет назад +1

    What the time signature in this song?

    • @billysbility
      @billysbility 6 лет назад

      4/4

    • @gregkrazanski
      @gregkrazanski 5 лет назад +2

      4/4 with a lot of creativity/subdivisions. snare pretty much stays on beat 3 the whole time, maybe you can try counting it with that in mind

  • @arjunchakraborty2206
    @arjunchakraborty2206 4 года назад

    I guess this is a mixture of dream pop and prog pop.
    What say?

  • @shabado0
    @shabado0 7 лет назад

    perfectly sparse, tap dancing intricately around simple meters. thumbs way up

  • @TheShitpostKing
    @TheShitpostKing 6 лет назад

    bruh

  • @JureJerebic
    @JureJerebic 5 лет назад +3

    It's clever, sure, but why not start simple, give the listener point of reference, and then go from there? It would have been way more satisfying.

    • @ditraprasista
      @ditraprasista 5 лет назад

      Actually before i read the comment i realized it's on 4/4 when it came to chorus.. And i was like holy sh8 all this time lololol so yeah i think he gives 4/4 reference with surprise

    • @whtwht
      @whtwht 4 года назад

      Bahahaha no one cares how clever it is not . Judging by the comments people just enjoy the tune.

  • @7caesar7
    @7caesar7 7 лет назад +4

    Well guys don't count the syncopations. on the start counting 123, 456 and you will see 6/8 syncopated. period!!!

    • @christophersavarino3616
      @christophersavarino3616 7 лет назад +14

      wrong, its 4/4

    • @jasperdunn
      @jasperdunn 7 лет назад +11

      so funny how some people count differently :)
      I'm a drummer, you seriously can count however the fuck you want to count. Truth is though that the pulse is 4/4.

    • @kwelitalbott4822
      @kwelitalbott4822 7 лет назад +4

      Definitely 4/4. If it helps you, make the snare the third beat.

    • @chrissavarino3963
      @chrissavarino3963 7 лет назад +2

      The song is in 4/4!!!! Where do you get syncopated 6/8 from??

    • @Johnlnw
      @Johnlnw 6 лет назад +2

      It's a 3 bar loop (for the verse at least) in 4/4 time. And the grid is clearly sixteenth notes. PERIOD!!!! hahaha

  • @sagat666
    @sagat666 9 месяцев назад

    Naaah* Spaven isn't Yussef Dayes, he doesn't drop it, to its full potential * and Rakei, is better on a soulful/emotional tip* i ain't buying this

  • @grumpycroissant8712
    @grumpycroissant8712 5 лет назад

    I'm drown in it, hundred percent