I rarely read YouTube comments, but the comments on this video caught my attention as I was re-watching it again, and IMO a bunch of them are actually pretty funny and even surprisingly...
I rarely read YouTube comments, but the comments on this video caught my attention as I was re-watching it again, and IMO a bunch of them are actually pretty funny and even surprisingly insightful. E.g.
This is the kind of stuff that makes a sober person think they’re high and a high person think they’re sober.
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”
Oh, I know these guys. I drew them when I was 5 years old
Wow! Who would have thought I'd reunite with my childhood nightmares 20 years later and they'd become a band! Good for them, they sound fantastic!
The final boss of "I listen to every genre of music"
I didn't realize Les Claypool and Buckethead had a love child.
This needs to be the Super Bowl 2027 half time show
Yeah I say we keep up the "piss off and confuse the boomers" train
This is music ferrets would listen to
It feels like the songs are crawling over me like bugs but I don't want it to stop
I hadn’t heard of these cats before their KEXP performance, and I was instantly hooked. One thing that isn’t called out in the tags or comments so far is that their guitarist leans into...
I hadn’t heard of these cats before their KEXP performance, and I was instantly hooked. One thing that isn’t called out in the tags or comments so far is that their guitarist leans into microtonality a good amount, which (combined with the odd meters and general energy level) contributes to their super fun chaotic sound. Pinging one of Tildes’s resident microtonality musicians - @eyechoirs would love your take on this act!
Ha! I'm surprised anybody remembered my affinity for microtonal music. Angine de Poitrine is awesome! I've been into them since their album came out back in 2024, but it seems like they've been...
Ha! I'm surprised anybody remembered my affinity for microtonal music.
Angine de Poitrine is awesome! I've been into them since their album came out back in 2024, but it seems like they've been getting a lot more attention recently, which is great. I hope this means they'll be releasing some new material soon.
They use quarter-tone tuning, meaning the smallest intervals (semitones) that we're used to hearing in Western music are divided exactly in half, giving you 24 notes per octave instead of 12. This is actually a pretty common tuning in Arabic folk music (among other culturally-related folk music styles), but AdP take a very different approach to how they use all these notes.
The scales of Arabic folk music (called 'maqam') tend to use the microtonal intervals more sparingly, and are almost never 'chromatic' (meaning using several notes in a row which are all right next to each other). AdP on the other hand is full of chromatic figures, which due to the naturally closer spacing of quarter tones, creates a particularly gradual (to the point of uneasiness) sense of motion - any closer together, and it would sound like the note was just sliding upward, as on a fretless instrument! Normally, in my own microtonal music, I try to avoid heavy chromaticism, but I think it works well for their somewhat more aggressive and intentionally alien aesthetic.
Neat. Thanks for sharing the insight! And I suppose it also might explain why a bunch of their other tracks, e.g. Sherpa, have a distinctly Arabic sound to them, even if they might not have...
Neat. Thanks for sharing the insight! And I suppose it also might explain why a bunch of their other tracks, e.g. Sherpa, have a distinctly Arabic sound to them, even if they might not have intended that.
Lyrics/vocals have nothing to do with what makes a track math rock or not. And, AFAIK, most math rock bands are entirely instrumental. E.g. one of the currently most popular math rock bands,...
Lyrics/vocals have nothing to do with what makes a track math rock or not. And, AFAIK, most math rock bands are entirely instrumental. E.g. one of the currently most popular math rock bands, Polyphia, is also just instrumental.
Math rock is a Rock subgenre which explores complex, unconventional rhythmic patterns through unusual syncopation, stop-start structures, polyrhythms and complex time signatures, angular melodies, and technical, mechanically-precise instrumental performances. The sound of math rock has evolved significantly over decades, but is unified by its lineage and "mathematical" sound. It is typically performed in a stripped-down band format, often as small as two or three members, and is commonly entirely instrumental given its close relationship with Post-Rock, though some groups incorporate vocals and Alternative Rock songwriting.
Huh, always thought Math Rock was the genre of nerd rock that literally sings about math. TIL what math rock is and that I am, unknowingly, a longtime fan of math rock. Thanks!
Huh, always thought Math Rock was the genre of nerd rock that literally sings about math. TIL what math rock is and that I am, unknowingly, a longtime fan of math rock. Thanks!
LOL, were you picturing something like They Might Be Giants' Here Come the 123s album? I don't think it would be a genre with many songs that qualify, if actually singing about math was a...
LOL, were you picturing something like They Might Be Giants' Here Come the 123s album? I don't think it would be a genre with many songs that qualify, if actually singing about math was a requirement. :P
The Rick Beato video today just finally pushed me to watch AdP, and I'm kicking myself for not checking it out earlier. This is amazing and I want more forever.
The Rick Beato video today just finally pushed me to watch AdP, and I'm kicking myself for not checking it out earlier. This is amazing and I want more forever.
I rarely read YouTube comments, but the comments on this video caught my attention as I was re-watching it again, and IMO a bunch of them are actually pretty funny and even surprisingly insightful. E.g.
I hadn’t heard of these cats before their KEXP performance, and I was instantly hooked. One thing that isn’t called out in the tags or comments so far is that their guitarist leans into microtonality a good amount, which (combined with the odd meters and general energy level) contributes to their super fun chaotic sound. Pinging one of Tildes’s resident microtonality musicians - @eyechoirs would love your take on this act!
Ha! I'm surprised anybody remembered my affinity for microtonal music.
Angine de Poitrine is awesome! I've been into them since their album came out back in 2024, but it seems like they've been getting a lot more attention recently, which is great. I hope this means they'll be releasing some new material soon.
They use quarter-tone tuning, meaning the smallest intervals (semitones) that we're used to hearing in Western music are divided exactly in half, giving you 24 notes per octave instead of 12. This is actually a pretty common tuning in Arabic folk music (among other culturally-related folk music styles), but AdP take a very different approach to how they use all these notes.
The scales of Arabic folk music (called 'maqam') tend to use the microtonal intervals more sparingly, and are almost never 'chromatic' (meaning using several notes in a row which are all right next to each other). AdP on the other hand is full of chromatic figures, which due to the naturally closer spacing of quarter tones, creates a particularly gradual (to the point of uneasiness) sense of motion - any closer together, and it would sound like the note was just sliding upward, as on a fretless instrument! Normally, in my own microtonal music, I try to avoid heavy chromaticism, but I think it works well for their somewhat more aggressive and intentionally alien aesthetic.
Neat. Thanks for sharing the insight! And I suppose it also might explain why a bunch of their other tracks, e.g. Sherpa, have a distinctly Arabic sound to them, even if they might not have intended that.
With no lyrics, what makes this math rock?
Lyrics/vocals have nothing to do with what makes a track math rock or not. And, AFAIK, most math rock bands are entirely instrumental. E.g. one of the currently most popular math rock bands, Polyphia, is also just instrumental.
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/math-rock/
Huh, always thought Math Rock was the genre of nerd rock that literally sings about math. TIL what math rock is and that I am, unknowingly, a longtime fan of math rock. Thanks!
LOL, were you picturing something like They Might Be Giants' Here Come the 123s album? I don't think it would be a genre with many songs that qualify, if actually singing about math was a requirement. :P
The Rick Beato video today just finally pushed me to watch AdP, and I'm kicking myself for not checking it out earlier. This is amazing and I want more forever.
LFTL: Please STOP Sending Me This
Absolutely fun microtonal stuff! Love it