Third Coast Percussion: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- May 29, 2018 | Tom Huizenga -- Back at the beginning of time, the human voice was the very first instrument. Probably close in second place were folks banging on stuff - in other words, percussionists. The quartet of gentlemen who form the Chicago-based Third Coast Percussion takes primordial pounding into a completely distinctive new league. To be sure, in this Tiny Desk performance, they'll play their sophisticated, modern marimbas and vibraphones, but be on the lookout for the subtleties of tuned cowbells and 3/4" galvanized steel pipes, like those found at the local hardware store. Add to that a glockenspiel, a MIDI synth, a melodica, a drum kit, children's deskbells, crotales, a Thai gong and a singing bowl, and you've got significant noise-making potential behind Bob Boilen's desk.
The mesmerizing opening number, "Niagara," written by the group, is from the band's latest album, the aqua-centric Paddle to the Sea. This water is fast-moving, with pulsing, repeating patterns in the vibraphone, punctuated by drum beats and a bed of low synth. The Third Coasters follow with another from the album, their own arrangement of a slowly rippling ode to the Amazon River by Philip Glass. Beginning with droplets on the glockenspiel and evocative bowing of both vibraphone and crotales (small bronze discs), the music flows softly, taking its time to fan out in all its quiet beauty.
Torched and Wrecked is, as David Skidmore mentions, something that once happened to his band mate Sean Connors' automobile. It's also a butt-kicking ride that includes those steel conduit pipes, which the band cuts to specific lengths to get the desired pitches. Skidmore wrote the piece, but it's Connors who appears to achieve a kind of cathartic glee pounding on the metal tubes.
In these performances the musicians prove that there's far more to a top-notch percussion ensemble than pounding on stuff. The precision and the subtlety of their soft tapping, bowing and conjuring of otherworldly sounds raises this ancient art to the highest level.
SET LIST
"Niagara"
"Amazon River" (Phillip Glass)
"Torched and Wrecked"
MUSICIANS
David Skidmore, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Sean Connors.
CREDITS
Producers: Tom Huizenga, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Nick Michael, CJ Riculan; Production Assistant: Stefanie Fernández; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR. - Hudba
I used to play in percussion ensemble in college. My wife, when we were moving in together: "Why do you own so many black hand towels?"
Please educate me... what were the towels for?
@@Gichanasa When you use music stands as tables to store stuff(mallets and sticks and triangles etc.) during a performance, the towel makes less noise when you retrieve stuff. They could be any color, but black looks nice and discreet.
ErlendOA Thank you for the kind reply - very helpful!
I actually laughed out loud. 😂
My freshman year in high school I was so confused to why there was a supply of black hand towels in the percussion section. I’m a percussionist but like ig I was new to that level of ensemble
Being a percussionist is so much more difficult than people give credit for, these guys are so talented
Every musician knows that percussion is every bit as skillful as any other instrument. It's only the general public who don't get it, until they see performances like this.
Its the hundreds of thousands of beats all perfectly in time and unison, that's a serious talent without even considering the musical brilliance of the compositions and you can literally see the zone these guys get into. Deeply moving and thoroughly inspirational. A true demonstration of musical genius.
They look like four dads who had difficulties calming their babies down so they came together as a band and this is the result! Quite original and melodic, dads!
Groups like these fine young men are the reason I love and teach music. Thank you for making such high quality music!
SO COOL. I can't wait to form a percussion group like this one day!!
I played this for my 7 week old baby. It calmed her down and I could tell that she was listening!! Thanks NPR!
Holy RSI Batman! The speed, the precision, and the intensity of those folks... fantastic. I mean, they got me to enjoy Philip Glass, that’s never happened before. Great stuff.
Hahaha, the shade being thrown at Philip Glass here. They do bring an impressively musical and dynamic feel to his mathematical and kinda sterile music, don't they?
@@wychwoodmusic Eh, no real shade. Musical enjoyment is subjective. I could hate Glass and you could love him, for the very same features of his music even, and we'd both be right.
SO GLAD CZcams recommended your music to me. And your interpretations of Philip Glass are superb. I have followed Philip Glass since 1972 and I am so pleased with the new musicians playing his music. Bravo.
With respect- this is not "folks banging on stuff". This is shimmering artistry. I still find myself emotionally overcome by their music...
I love music that I can't help but imagine what sort of cinematic imagery would go perfectly with it. Motes of dust in a beam of sunlight or a lush display of ocean life. The way you could play with the rhythm of the editing. It just makes me feel alive and creative and wonderful.
Music is great but their passion for It is on another level. Watching musicians love their jobs gets me in the feels.
They enjoy playing music so much.
Awesome.
I got some wicked goosebumps. What an incredible performance and way to start my Tuesday. Thank you Third Coast Percussion and NPR!
I'm waiting in anticipation for David Attenborough's voice to describe the spawning ritual of Costa Rican moths....
Really cool how smoothly the vibes and bass marimba switch between the different permutations and patterns of 3 and 4 notes so smoothly maintaining the consistent 16th notes in torched and wrecked.
Amazing concert, I loved seeing all the different instruments being played so masterfully. Thank you very much!
i absolutely love the versatility of these guys, all switching between the three four mallet grips depending on the application, truly good shit and also so great so see them enjoy music so much! also wearing earplugs is really important with high frequency percussion and if you aren’t already you should be wearing them!!!! i have real bad tinnitus because i thought playing a glock all day every day in high school without earplugs was a good idea
I was born in the middle of the Amazon, literally. My first years were by the riverside. I am overwhelmed with feelings and memories. What is more wierd is how the music also reflects a bigger picture of the forest.
Love it! And they really seem to be enjoying themselves which is great.
Just saw these guys in Big Sur, CA. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Would see again!
I like how their bows were a little dorky at the end, that was so cool
Love these guys! Thanks for gettin them on here!
damn they just came up with like 170 new ringtones
Torched and wrecked is effervescent!!
Thanks for this opportunity to listen these beautiful songs!
Third Coast Percussion and Gojira collaboration... Somebody get on that already!!!
Oh man, I didn't even know I wanted that till you said so!
Ha ha absolutely..!
Or Meshuggah. Would happily listen to both!
That would be epic!
@@bluejeans5456 David Skidmore, that main dude in Third Coast actually wrote a piece that he said is inspired by Meshuggah! it's called "Trying" you should give it a listen
Seriously God bless you guys, thanks for always bringing great artists!
Wow. I don't even know what to say about this one. Truly amazing. Thanks NPR.
Beautiful like an another band from Chicago that i love so much, Tortoise. Thanks for this !
That second song had me gripped the whole time, the atmosphere they set was absolutely breathtaking.
Dynamics on the P. Glass piece really beautiful.
This is absolutely beautiful!
Some of the most beautiful off world music I have heard.
Mmmm, this is very comforting. Thank you.
NPR, you never disappoint! ❤️
That was fantastic !!
Seeing them in July! Super excited.
goosebumps. no matter how small the art or instrument they put their whole body into it. my enesemble instructor told us to do the same thing in highschool
4:20 What a composition! Simply got me emocional, with my back tingling, as it took me to other places I don't even know, but already love. Congratulations for the work and thank you.
So magical ! 😃
Thanks NPR! Sublime
Lovely, and I need those bells😂
Love it. Just love it.
I can now finally see the joy in the faces of those who make this kind of whatever!
wow que hermoso!!! sutil, excelente tony desk
6tuplets are my favorite drumbeat
These guys performed at my high school! Haha
I remember everyone giggling at the way they look at each other
Lol kids can be pretty immature, eh? :P
Love it! Reminds me a bit of Steve Reich.
this is so relaxing!
Just Fantastic.
god bless them for playing acoustic instruments...
Relax & Very comforting ❤❤❤
This is badass, i miss playing the vibraphone/xylophone
Same!
This can take you to higher levels👍🏾
This is great!Thank You!
Hypnotized...
Incredible
11:22 > so deep the music is and then here is a song about shawns car ?! ... lol GOD Bless
Amazing music. Thanks :)
I love watching human beings do something that they’re so in love with!
wow. great performance! 👏
Mesmerizing
Wow I totally did not expect this at ALL. I really hope this video gets a lot of attention.
Gracias por compartir 👍 maximo respeto y mucha vibra positiva 😎
13:27 this is it, marimba face, this is the mark of a true musician
Great!
To Dan Moore, University of Iowa, a suggestion to have these folks do a concert/masterclass at Iowa.
I saw them for 5$ at Clemson in 2018. Unreal experience
This stuff bends my mind into a pretzel
Torched and Wrecked is mind-blowing
No longer Chicago's best
kept secret.
What a trip
The only glock one should arm themselves with.
best NPR comment i've seen thus far.
More of a Springfield type of gun owner?
Grammar notwithstanding, I appreciate the wit of your comment. However, a percussionist will need to play both almglocken and glockenspiel at some point.
I’m thinking maybe he prefers CZ or Sig.
No guns, they got some really big mallets with dual use self-defense capability. @@danielbutcher5836
I wish I had the closer as a ringtone.
I counted 27 reasons justifying that they must be paid 1M $ each per each hr playing these masterpieces
Ardalan Amiri the first being their great commercial potential, (nah)
i love me some TINY DESK
11:10 Odd way of phrasing that. Was this a subtle hint for Tiny Desk to get the group Square Peg Round Hole behind the desk?
Deus nos abençoe Muito lindo Excelente sofisticado Melodias lindas 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
oh yes, yes, this is it
Ross Geller Band! :D
But seriously, great stuff guys!
soothing
Needs more cowbell.
How they don´t lose the tempo playing the xylophone that fast? just wow. talented guys
Feels like a magical adventure, like in Legend of Zelda
don't marimba if I do
Nice 👍🏾
I'm a sucker for reverb and mallets
I don't know if there's anything more NPR than this!
Lol.
❤❤❤✨
Helloooo 😍😍😍
I'd be surprised if these guys weren't in DCI or some indoor percussion group, they all have the mannerisms of people who've been in pit
Fantastic! Get Deltron 3030 on here, that would be killer!
My baby fall sleep with this sound tku I can finish my home cleaning hahaha tku
I LOVE xylophones 💙💚💛
They're actually called Marimbas! And the Big metal one is a vibraphone. If you like stuff like this I recommend looking up Third Coast's performance of "Fractallia"
Chase Duke thanks👍
wow
ding ding ding
Public Candles ping pong pow
Tuk tup tik
Thanks for saving me 16 minutes of my life man!
LOL!! Thanks mate
Lol you all are so fun
Wow =)
Could we get a list of mallets used? Need to expand my already full stick bag and add to my second stick bag lol
you guys should invite agarrate catalina from uruguay!
If i ever met David in Third Coast, I'd be trying so hard to get him on a date. There's something about him that's beyond attractive.
How do you sync the audio with the video on projects like this where it's not easy to see where the in the song they are playing? Do you just set up multiple video tracks and cut sections out that line up for the project?
Tripplehelix I would love to know myself!!
Well video will probably have sound. So you can just have them match each other and then mute the crappy video sound.
I've edited a tiny bit of video, if anything they layer all of the videos together then just cut what they don't want to put it. There often is a video sync procedure such as a clap or the little snap thing you see on the beginning of outtakes. The percussive nature of the hit should mean that when something hits, there should be a sound. Sync that up to the already mixed audio and you're good to go
Either match up sound with cam sound, or more likely SMPT timcode sync
A visual audio queue! A singular sharp noise created by something visual. An example would be the sound card thing they click before yelling "action!" before recording a movie