Richard Spaven - The Self feat. Jordan Rakei

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  • 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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Komentáře • 166

  • @Ohleysmokes
    @Ohleysmokes Před 6 lety +140

    Has anyone else watched this like a hundred times?

    • @wilgray9885
      @wilgray9885 Před 5 lety

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

    • @aulskillzmusic8104
      @aulskillzmusic8104 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +1

      Only 1000 times...

    • @matthiasnicolai8306
      @matthiasnicolai8306 Před 5 lety +2

      @@johnmadison267 1001 right now

    • @ShortP1089
      @ShortP1089 Před 4 lety +1

      i cant get enough of it.

  • @johnmacward
    @johnmacward Před měsícem

    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.

  • @MishaMansoor
    @MishaMansoor Před 6 lety +126

    I love this so much.

    • @daudramaydrums9522
      @daudramaydrums9522 Před 6 lety +8

      how about taking P4 down this route? :D

    • @blackheartscars
      @blackheartscars Před 5 lety

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

  • @jacobsmith3329
    @jacobsmith3329 Před rokem +9

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

  • @KwanzaaJuice
    @KwanzaaJuice Před 7 lety +73

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

  • @tumimokoena4404
    @tumimokoena4404 Před rokem +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.

  • @Dan070
    @Dan070 Před 6 lety +104

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

  • @tatumburns2125
    @tatumburns2125 Před 7 lety +25

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

  • @markdavenport2613
    @markdavenport2613 Před 4 lety +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!

  • @zagadape109
    @zagadape109 Před rokem +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

  • @bryantmcnamara2770
    @bryantmcnamara2770 Před 7 lety +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 Před 6 lety +6

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

    • @HonestSonics
      @HonestSonics Před 6 lety +29

      I also am *very* cool.

    • @noahleegwater464
      @noahleegwater464 Před 6 lety +5

      Bryant McNamara I too, am very cool

    • @kawabungadad8945
      @kawabungadad8945 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @sixsicsix3
    @sixsicsix3 Před rokem +5

    I had forgotten how great this song is!

  • @vishnupillai2864
    @vishnupillai2864 Před 7 lety +14

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

  • @_beatslayer_
    @_beatslayer_ Před 7 lety +14

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

  • @davidhartvigschousboe8623

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

  • @3oore
    @3oore Před 6 lety +47

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

  • @SonofSamhein
    @SonofSamhein Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @vincentboersma9227
    @vincentboersma9227 Před 7 lety +18

    both the vocals and the drumming soothing love it!!

  • @joshfernanfez07
    @joshfernanfez07 Před 7 lety +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

  • @zafira976
    @zafira976 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @tommylight1312
    @tommylight1312 Před 5 lety +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?

  • @3oore
    @3oore Před 6 lety +3

    More people need this in their life

  • @scottlewis5521
    @scottlewis5521 Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @Septuplets
    @Septuplets Před 6 lety +32

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

    • @shynepo6
      @shynepo6 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @richardpage4905
      @richardpage4905 Před 3 lety

      I caught that....took awhile

  • @TheSilvertom
    @TheSilvertom Před 7 lety +3

    Goosebumps, every time.

  • @vincentbwang
    @vincentbwang Před 7 lety +1

    top most anticipated releases of the year

  • @sf5823
    @sf5823 Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @MrMntsrck
    @MrMntsrck Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety

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

    • @nonchalantnoah
      @nonchalantnoah Před rokem +1

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

  • @billscott7788
    @billscott7788 Před 2 lety +1

    loving this sound

  • @n.ee.h
    @n.ee.h Před 7 lety

    Absolutely stunning!!

  • @jrvk
    @jrvk Před 7 lety +11

    Mr. Spaven killin it again!

  • @crieverytim
    @crieverytim Před 2 lety

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

  • @YamahaDrumsEurope
    @YamahaDrumsEurope Před 7 lety +38

  • @wilgray9885
    @wilgray9885 Před 5 lety

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

  • @joshuajackson4357
    @joshuajackson4357 Před 3 lety +2

    I so wanna learn this groove! omg

  • @bombattzorzz
    @bombattzorzz Před 3 lety

    This song is amazing.

  • @aulskillzmusic8104
    @aulskillzmusic8104 Před 2 lety +2

    Jordan is one of a kind 💯💯

  • @crieverytim
    @crieverytim Před 2 lety +1

    Now This hits different

  • @misaelresendiz6854
    @misaelresendiz6854 Před 7 lety +1

    yesssssssssssssssssssss the best combination

  • @denitza
    @denitza Před rokem +1

    започва като ръченица, свършва като хипноза 🌏

  • @bersabersaber
    @bersabersaber Před 3 lety +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!

  • @nyafroholic
    @nyafroholic Před 6 lety

    beautiful!!!!

  • @zarzalita
    @zarzalita Před 4 lety

    I'm SPEECHLESS...♥

  • @ottofurst4063
    @ottofurst4063 Před 6 lety +1

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

  • @mfpele
    @mfpele Před 6 lety +11

    give the drummer some!!!

  • @erickarsenty9295
    @erickarsenty9295 Před 7 lety

    Beautiful

  • @kreativtverksted
    @kreativtverksted Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @mikewolfe1000
    @mikewolfe1000 Před 7 lety

    Yes indeed!!

  • @tomasviane3844
    @tomasviane3844 Před rokem

    Brilliant!!!

  • @wano_ZA
    @wano_ZA Před rokem

    Geez, incredible ♥️♥️♥️

  • @SockerConny80
    @SockerConny80 Před 7 lety

    This is so good its scary.

  • @andreya.veretennikov3366

    amazing!

  • @yorkvonsydow3481
    @yorkvonsydow3481 Před 7 lety

    imma crave the spave again.
    very cool song

  • @thePeterpumpkin68
    @thePeterpumpkin68 Před 4 lety

    Sublime.

  • @LetsGetHighOnMorris
    @LetsGetHighOnMorris Před 7 lety +20

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

    • @brad010100
      @brad010100 Před 7 lety +14

      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 Před 7 lety +2

      Bradley Rucker I can see it now! Thanks man

    • @antonmuck9379
      @antonmuck9379 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 4 lety

      @@wilgray9885 brilliant breakdown.

  • @udomatthiasdrums5322
    @udomatthiasdrums5322 Před rokem

    love it!

  • @tumimokoena4404
    @tumimokoena4404 Před 4 lety

    Came back for the umpteenth time!

  • @epicdude126
    @epicdude126 Před 5 lety

    so sick!

  • @EM-og6he
    @EM-og6he Před 7 lety

    amazing groove)

  • @bartoszs7175
    @bartoszs7175 Před 7 měsíci

  • @HumbleMaize
    @HumbleMaize Před 5 lety

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

  • @grumpycroissant8712
    @grumpycroissant8712 Před 5 lety +1

    I'm drown in it, hundred percent

  • @jcdenton4436
    @jcdenton4436 Před 7 lety +3

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

  • @nathanoises
    @nathanoises Před 5 lety +6

    4:32 endless churros

  • @rvialm
    @rvialm Před 7 lety

    Richard Spaven is like asmr to me

  • @calvinwatson7416
    @calvinwatson7416 Před 3 lety

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

  • @lostandfoundcollective9575

    Shit, that was unbelievably tight. Fucking awesome song.

  • @ruidesousa1
    @ruidesousa1 Před 6 lety

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

  • @spyrostaspaei1026
    @spyrostaspaei1026 Před 7 lety

    dope!!!!

  • @Yukiko7611
    @Yukiko7611 Před 7 lety +3

    ritmo divino

  • @FaRoss232
    @FaRoss232 Před 6 lety

    Keep it up dude lol this is pretty damn good.

  • @michaeleagle2
    @michaeleagle2 Před 2 lety

    This!!

  • @trismurray
    @trismurray Před 7 lety +1

    Bliss.

  • @sourtigershideout
    @sourtigershideout Před 7 lety +2

    brain just exploded

  • @SunnyDsouza
    @SunnyDsouza Před 7 lety +2

    Ruling !!

  • @_anyasaltykova_
    @_anyasaltykova_ Před 5 lety

    holy hell..pure honey

  • @Delabra87
    @Delabra87 Před 7 lety +1

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

  • @DeanMccormick
    @DeanMccormick Před 4 lety

    Sicker then sick ;).

  • @succion
    @succion Před 3 lety

    Fine

  • @serhatpehlivanoglu
    @serhatpehlivanoglu Před 7 lety +9

    anyone got the lyrics?

  • @JanosBodabojo
    @JanosBodabojo Před 5 lety

  • @Steven-kc7wt
    @Steven-kc7wt Před 7 lety +13

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

    • @FinlayStafford
      @FinlayStafford Před 7 lety +3

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

    • @bryantmcnamara2770
      @bryantmcnamara2770 Před 7 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety +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.

  • @juhapeltola8232
    @juhapeltola8232 Před rokem

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

  • @revolutioninfront1001
    @revolutioninfront1001 Před 2 lety

    Fodaaaaaaa

  • @marcelosam2941
    @marcelosam2941 Před 2 lety +1

    The voice is SEAL

  • @josemariacolonia2686
    @josemariacolonia2686 Před 7 lety

    could any body put the lyrics?!!

  • @jimmyjazz95
    @jimmyjazz95 Před 7 lety

    fuck yes

  • @Battlachaser
    @Battlachaser Před 6 lety

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

    • @Adiaf8oros
      @Adiaf8oros Před 2 lety

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

  • @claudiaangelicaramirezcint7241

    That introduction is so fucking Gentle Giant reference

  • @QuickstickD
    @QuickstickD Před 6 lety +1

    What the time signature in this song?

    • @billysbility
      @billysbility Před 6 lety

      4/4

    • @gregkrazanski
      @gregkrazanski Před 5 lety +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

  • @nikolajkaaekirk1504
    @nikolajkaaekirk1504 Před 7 lety +14

    totally about eating mushrooms

  • @arjunchakraborty2206
    @arjunchakraborty2206 Před 4 lety

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

  • @colsonrizzuto7973
    @colsonrizzuto7973 Před 7 lety +2

    Drummer sounds like Eric Hardland

  • @shabado0
    @shabado0 Před 7 lety

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

  • @TheShitpostKing
    @TheShitpostKing Před 6 lety

    bruh

  • @JureJerebic
    @JureJerebic Před 5 lety +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 Před 5 lety

      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 Před 4 lety

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

  • @7caesar7
    @7caesar7 Před 7 lety +4

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

    • @christophersavarino3616
      @christophersavarino3616 Před 7 lety +14

      wrong, its 4/4

    • @jasperdunn
      @jasperdunn Před 7 lety +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 Před 7 lety +4

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

    • @chrissavarino3963
      @chrissavarino3963 Před 7 lety +2

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

    • @Johnlnw
      @Johnlnw Před 6 lety +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 Před 10 měsíci

    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 Před 5 lety

    I'm drown in it, hundred percent