Björk - 'Venus As A Boy' Deconstruction in Ableton Live 10.1
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- čas přidán 11. 12. 2019
- In this deconstruction, Ski Oakenfull unveils the magic behind Björk's track 'Venus as a Boy' breaking down each of the track’s elements and carefully mapping them together alongside alumni, Glaiza de Castro who lends her phenomenal voice to this cover.
Ski Oakenfull - / ski_oakenfull
Glaiza de Castro - / glaizaredux
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Can't believe I saw this for free
Nothing is free.
The perfect comment, that is exactly how I feel.
Exactly!! :)
Yea, our views is the price.
this should be free knowledge should be shared
Mind Blowing Bjork is up there with Prince when it comes to musical creativity on any level
She's still down here.
@@RedPee2000thats not what they meant
and she did that in 1993 ... this is amazing
Yeah, imagine that. In 993, when electricity was scarce, and a horse pulled wooden wheels chariots were a mean of transportation.
she didnt produce it..
@@adamdavison95 she's the artist performing in it. She's the artist that was interested in seeing this relatively experimental (at the time) way of apply EDM elements to a song that can bomb.
I'm not denying the importance of the producer but don't shit on the artist's will to create, specifically, in the early 90's. It was much different.
Also, calm down, Mary. Let a fan be a fan.
@@diethylamid actually in 993 electricity wasn't yet invented. it was popularized in the 1880's.
Also in 1993, electronic music wasn't as popular, experimenting and releasing a track with so many layers attached to your name is a ballsy move.
Also, calm down, Sharon.
Let people enjoy things.
@@DustSeeker163 bjork is no doubt a visionary but its a shame producers are so overlooked. a voice is but one instrument whilst the a producer is tasked with combining many elements to form the basis of the track and to be honest as someone who has been listening to her for a while now whilst assuming she ALSO produced all of her songs, I can't help but feel a little disappointed
Björk truly is one of the greatest artists to ever live. She is a genuis. Love her ♥︎
ok.So where would then Bach ,Debussy or Stravinsky be?To name a few.Miles Davies ,Prince and Bowie?Etc.Bjork is nothing.Just a shadow for a generation that is clueless about music.And can only consume maximum 3-4 minutes simple structures.That would be the contemporary primitivism.No big deal.What goes up will eventually go down.Culture included.This is a low moment.Deconstructive .
X-Japan is the best.
@@adrianfundescu5407 In their day, Bach, Debussy, and Stravinsky were equivalent to today's Brittney Spears and Taylor Swift. Classical music was just pop back then. Bjork is definitely up there with the greats of this era along with Miles Davis, Prince, Bowie, etc.
@@SyncrisisVideos Absolutely wrong. Don't you dare to compare reputed COMPOSERS with contemporary pop artists. The level of complexity in their compositions, the hability to evoke feelings through melodies and harmonies without the assistance of any technology (comparing to autotune, quantization, and other digital softwares that makes music sound less natural) is way ahead of even todays musicians minds. And most importantly, most of them composed all their repertory alone, without the help of anyone. That's right. Bach, Debussy, Mozart, Tchaikovski and many others had extreme knowledge about every freaking instrument from the orchestra, and not forget to mention their fluency in advanced music theory.
Also, back in 18th century, only important and rich people could appreciate to a concert, so orchestra wasn't popular for the masses. Folk and Cabaret music was.
But still, Bjork is a great pop and experimental artists in this era. I love her voice.
@@adrianfundescu5407 Fuck off hahahahahaha
Wow this really makes you appreciate how well constructed the song is and also what a fantastic vocalist Bjork is.
Is this the first breakdown you've ever seen? Maybe you should watch something more suited toward your tastes like Rebecca Black Friday Deconstructed
@@gsweater5544 you ok?
@@gsweater5544 ma’am who hurt you
"fantastic vocalist" really? She may be very brave in using what she's got, but most members of an average church choir have got more potential.
@@uweinhamburg stay mad
Hunter would be beautiful when deconstructed, too
the strings and beats in that song are incredible. i'm still listening to homogenic regularly after over 20 years
All of her songs basically.
It would be like a thousand times harder
I’d click on that video so fast
@@dayglowjoe me too. top on my spotify list
This mans knowledge of music history and attention to detail is incredible
please deconstruct running up that hill, the classical kate bush song
José Victor Oliveira second that!
Third that.
Fourth that, or Breathe if you fancy something a bit more interesting
Good song
Yes yes yes!!!
Seen björk. Instant click
me as well.
@@sungjinlee4579 Yess
"saw". And YES!🇨🇦
You haven't. Instant lies.
It would be cool if you did a deconstruct of 'Hidden Place'. The way that song builds in its use of production is magical.
OMG YESSS
Wow yes
yes
It's such a masterpiece! It amazes me every time I listen to it.
can i hide there too??
i read in an interview of bjork that she received the sample of the song from a friend who brought it from Bollywood.
I can't imagine how anyone can come up with mixing all of these different instruments and tunes together into a song.
Actually the "Music for sho and harp (1986)" is composed by Cort Lippe, is dedicated to Noriko Kazama and performed by Mayumi Miyata on sho and Masumi Nagasawa on harp. Also, Lippe was my electronic composition advisor when I was studying in Japan.
Hi Tanapon - Thanks so much for the information. I will investigate the work of Cort Lippe now!
Ski Oakenfull You're welcome! I'm appreciated on your teaching are handful and hope to see another reconstruction and your music. Cheers!
Thanks for letting us all know!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaackshulllllllyyyyy
Would love to see a deconstruction of Sade's sound during the 90's and 00's. Can't seem to find anything on it and it would suit this channel so good.
Agape? Assuming that's a reference to your dooker.
Right on!
YES!!
As a fan of Björk, and an admirer of music production, I enjoyed every minute of this video! Chapeau!
Sounds #argento …
best way to put it
What an amazing vocal recreation - props to the singer... Goosebumps
She is a famous actress in Philippines. I'm actually shocked when I saw her in this vid.
Nice enough, but not even close.
Props to the severe autotune being used.
@@hutch5799 What? She is really talented and defientely knows how to sing, and you know almost every artist edits and fixes their voices, even a little bit.
@@santiagozaratea.9756 Mate, no disrespect to the singer (she has a really really nice tone), but that vocal is autotuned to oblivion. It's a production decision, nothing to do with the singer. She actually does some lovely glottal stops that sound natural...my guess is they tried to make them ALL absolutely perfect. Which is a huge mistake in my humble opinion.
This makes me appreciate Bjork so much more. What an amazing being
Constructing the song from scratch was amazing, and hearing how close the final track was to the original even moreso.
But the most amazing part is realizing how Bjork's "little-extra-something" elevates it further than you could possibly reach even with all that work.
this has got to be the best Deconstruction ever on the channel!
Could we get a FKA Twigs breakdown?!
plisssss
Seconded!
In Time!
PLEASE
Up
One of my favorite Bjork songs. I have heard it about a thousand times. But 19:55 when those solo vocals. Goose bumps. Beautiful. Thank you.
*Birds sing outside*
Ski Oakenfull : "Quantize that."
Not detracting from anyone, the vocals are just amazing. I would drown to sirens in a desert. I didn't realise this had so many sounds, very unique sound too.
24:16 I always loved Bjork's gibberish in Venus As A Boy, it seems naked without it.
I believe that’s Icelandic not gibberish.
@@antenna7851 nope it gibberish
@@dhir5560 what's gibberish?
@@mihaelamogildea7690 all the non-English lyrics in this one I think
Hæ hæ I'm icelandic and I'm 99% sure it's gibberish. that other 1% is in case it's just REALLY BADLY pronounced and nonsensical.
Just a friendly FYI
Request! Can you do Bjork's "It's Not Up to You"? I think that song shows how much a master she was at melding intricate electric beats with really great orchestral arrangements.
That's one of my favourite Bjork songs. It's absolutely divine.
Her producers made those beats. And pretty much most of the rest. She worked (and works) with the hip beatmakers, producers, songwriters, musicians and sound-designers of that time. Nelle Hooper (Massive Attack/Soul II soul), Howie B, Tricky, 808 State, Bomb The Bass, Mark Bell (LFO) , Matthew Herbert (Herbert) The list is endless. Never asked yourself why some tracks sound like a a Massive Attack-song with Bjork-vocals on top?
@@dosanddonts2919 you're undervaluing the work she did herself when producing Vespertine. She had collaborators adding their touches to the album and assisting with orchestral arrangements (like many artists do). But she made much of the beats herself, sketched out much of the orchestration in this album. Even Matmos had to correct the record when many people assumed they did all of the production for Bjork.
Dosanddonts you keep posting this same comment multiple times on this video and it’s a bit concerning that you are taking this much time in your day to dismiss bjorks musical prowess. there’s a great interview from a few years ago where she addresses exactly what you are accusing her in terms to her beat making in vespertine. she created the bones and foundation of all those tracks and had collaborators add their touches later. people like you are reasons why female artists can’t be taken seriously or feel compelled to defend their abilities constantly. don’t get it twisted, all those intricate micro beats on vespertine were entirely composed by bjork.
F**k off, we can exactly hear those guys signatures all over those tracks. Why have the guys writing credits, if it was all the genius of Bjork? People who merely add their touches dont get writing-credit, it doesnt work that way. You dont know shit about those guys signature-sounds and you dont know anything about music in general .
Glaiza De Castro is also an actress in the Philippines!
The string and vocals on their own sound amazing. I would love a full track of that.
the singing really ate that
How can I learn to make music like that? I came here because I'm a Bjork fan but I'm mesmerized by all the tools this guy uses. It's like playing with toys! it looks so fun!
You have no idea how much this song stirs my memory and emotions, and YOU nailed it perfectly with precision of a deconstuction... like an iconic fashion designer, stitch by stich, Bravo!
One of the best basslines of the 90's, well done!
Ski, you are ''The Master Of Deconstruction''
Glaiza De Castro ❤️❤️❤️
You can so obviously hear Tricky and Talvin Singh in the production, and then Bjørks vocal, tieing it all together. This track is so obviously brilliant. And a great reconstruction, as always!
Morten Agnor you think Tricky had a hand in this?
What ? I'm shocked that you have Glaiza on vocals. Not a big fan of her but I knew her from the television. I'm happy that she's there leading her voice to sing a song from one of my favourite artists of all time. 💝💝💝
Fascinating breakdown and really well explained. Great job with the production, and the performances from the vocalist and players were all very impressive. I got a lot from this tutorial, both information and enjoyment - thanks!
That's a truly amazing deconstruction. The final result sounds extraordinarily good! The real strings and the magnificent singer add a lot to it.
This is pure gem. Thank you for this amazing deconstruction.
got recommended this video because i watch music production videos and surprised to see Glaiza de Castro out of nowhere singing a bjork song
Ski, Glaiza, Mark, Clare & strings and Ravine&Tony all smashed it!
Thanks. With this kind of video everybody can understand how much work there's behind a song. The singer is very good, covering Bjork is really difficult.
This is insane. That you even deconstructed it let alone did a whole video with incredible explanations and history to credit everyone involved.. and then showed everything in the DAW I use. Wow. Fantastic work.
Great vocalist. Wow!!!! I miss this kind of music. Pure genius.
I was just listening to this track for the first time a few days ago and now you upload this, amazing timing for an amazing song
Always liked Bjork but wow, this is amazing stuff...., You've given us a wonderful peek behind the wizards curtain. Got to appreciate the years of knowledge & skill, the genius & love, hardwork and creativity you musicians conjure up and distill, just to birth new and inspired music. Like Ambrosia from the gods. Thank you.
one of the best things i've seen on youtube in ages, thank you! so impressive how impeccably you recreated it
What a voice... I think I'm having multiple something caught in both eyes.
Herpes?
I'm really happy you guys broke this one down. Seriously it's one of the most beautiful tracks ever.
Wow. Glaiza de castro. 😍
AMAZING!!! One of the best videos I have seen on this platform. The way it all came together at the end gave me goosebumps. Thank you so much
Im so in love with this video, thank you so much for the magic deconstruction work you did here
The vocal at the end is amazing !!
This is a masterclass. Thank you for your ingenious work and thank you for sharing it with us! This song was my debut in Björk's work back in 1993. I'm absolutely flabbergasted and delighted.
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing the whole process in such detail! Truly a masterpiece!
This really touched me... I'm a super fan and this deconstruction was so informative and beautiful.. Amazing job and so grateful you shared it for us...
Hermoso trabajo, Epico. Cada vez mejor tus entregas de Deconstruction. LOVE
Awesome! And I see 👀 the very talented Glaiza 😍
This is amazing. So much talent in one video. Thank you so much for posting!!
what a great work, it's so refreshing to watch some really amazingly done video, thank you for this!! it's very inspiring
This song is amazing. I always wanted to appreciate the different parts of it. My favorites are the sample and the bass. Great job. Thank you so much
I can't believe I saw this just now. This is amazing!! :) You make us proud, Glaiza! :)
One of the best music tutorials ever, amazing job. really love this song
What a great guy. It's such a pleasure seeing people being able to enjoy what they do and transmit their knowledge with such depth and generosity. Thanks!
What’s the bass sound that you used in this please?
Is it an Ableton sound?
Cheers!
Just wonderful, makes you enjoy the original song even more. This height of musicality is heartfelt❣️
Thank you for uploading this! It really made me appreciate the song even more :)
That was a actual amazing job congrats you and your staff are so talented.
You are AMAZING! I’m a huge fan of Björk and it’s amazing how I still can find something new to learn about her work! Love you thanks!
This is predomantly Nellee Hoopers work (also known for Massive Attack and Soul II Soul and many other great music)
It’s really great idea those reconstructions. This one was excellent! I always learn a lot, the music theory includes. Amazing as you took all those students in, cooperation. Big thumbs up.
this is incredible, I learned so much. You broke it down with so much detail without it being overwhelming or winding. Thank you so much for this content! Also pleasantly surprised to see miss Glaiza on vocals.
Superb composition, such artistry from Björk. I’ve always loved her originality. Great deconstruction too - thanks!
I'm shocked that you found all the samples used, that's so awesome
Makes me love Bjork music even more.
That's my favourite of all the deconstructions I've watched on your channel. Really interesting and a beautiful result.
Awesome, awesome, awesome work! Thank you, it was really inspiring!!
Very nice video and great performances! Glaiza's vocals are amazing. I got this album for christmas around the time it was released, but since I'm a heavy metal guy I only listened to it a couple of times. I remember thinking Björk was pretty cool, and that her voice was unique, but the music was just a bit too weird for me back then. I still have the cd in my collection and now, 25 years later, I believe I might be ready to give it another listen. :)
That was one of her most "pop" albums. . just got weirder after that until now. I loved all her 90's albums.
Half-hour breakdown of one of my fave Björk songs? Sold
What an amazing performance by these students. I have a warm spot for anything Bjork does and this reproduction is spot on. Quite a task to pull off the vocals, but she does an amazing job. Definitely worth the watch.
Wow, exciting, thank you Ski and all for another amazing deconstruction. Love the song, and you did a fantastic job. It always looks so easy, when it isn't, actually....
Yesss, this is one of my favourite songs of all time!!
Glaiza!! ✨✨✨
I hope she releases a new album
Love it!! So beautiful this new version
Hello.
It was very fantastic.
You really resurrected this memorable song from deepest parts of music history.
All this attention to the smallest detail is admirable.
When I've listened to this, I've got the feeling that the strings of the violin directly touched my heart.
also, Glaiza de Castro had done her best efforts.
I will raise my hat for you all.
Wow. Proud of you, Glaiza! 👏👏👏
My favorite Bjork track, I was overjoyed to find this.
Thank you Ski.. That was beautiful
Yes, we've enjoyed it very much. Deeply appreciated as well.
I had not listened to it since...well a long time. At that time I had not started using DAW's yet. And now, listening to it again after having gained some knowledge about composition, It has blown my mind. What a piece of art! Each instrument, each note is so powerfully emotional, harmonies, timing and placement are perfect. And all in such original and creative manner.
Few modern compositions come close to it. There's a lot of very good compositions, But here it's a whole different level. It is as relevant and modern sounding as it was upon release.
And your rendering of it is spot on! Thank you so much and congratulations. Amazing job.
And none of that tiring effects and gimmick to be found on all youtube channels. So, double thank you for that.
really enjoyed this. thanks
See how he pushes the buttons with that hand gesture every time, like a magician? well, that's how he wipes his ass, how he turns off the lights, how he pays the taxi driver, etc So majestic! lol
Wtf hahahha
Hahahahahahahaha
I hope he washes those magical hands before turning the lights off and paying the taxi driver.
13:52
My favorite artist of all time! I transcribed this song along with others for my senior recital for orchestra with rhythm section and voice. No music available at the time… You brought back some nice memories. Thank you for this amazing video! ☺️♥️🎵🙏
😍 this was so cool, the violins gets me everytime ❤️
this is so amazing and i thank you for this video!!!!!! i had a music production project where i had to recreate this song. it was so difficult to try and find the exact japanese bells and the different samples that björk used! i commend you for this
Her producers used.
I've loved Bjork's stuff for years...all time favourite is Bachelorette.
❤️❤️
I forgot how great this song is. Also, you make this look SO easy! Great work!
I'm sat here smiling as you record all of this down, thinking about the day this classic was written.
Thanks for the upload.
Thanks. Really enjoyed that. Her vocals remind me of The Sundays. Always wanted to hear what this song would sound like as a 90s house track.
Love this song! Was in college when this album released and got into a lot of electronic music then. I loved that Blörk embraced it and it. Wish I could see how they put it together without the DAW.
The deconstruction itself is a work of art.
Great recreation of this timeless, true masterpiece. Björk is out of this world gorgeous in her early/mid 90s videos.
What a Christmas treat a new deconstruction, can we have Moments in Love or Lullaby next please?
Moments in love is a great idea.