@@agamaz5650 I prefer this over Jojo's playing. This is along the lines of Louis Cole's "Louis Cole Plays Some Drum N' Bass" video, which is another acoustic dnb drumming benchmark.
.."since i first listened" True :) validation aprooved.. ..and just had "thousands" of views. Today almost 1M views..and good "anchoring" chance to become trainset for furure basement "ADDA Musicians".. ..and Your education? Class: Electronic Author and Intepreter..y "Main Samplerist" :)
What I just LOVE about this is that Jungle beats were the result of splicing live recorded drums from other genres (mostly blues and funk, if I recall correctly) and for a long time were thought to be impossible to emulate live due to their complexity. Then guys like KJ Sawka came along and made live drummers (MY FUCKING SELF INCLUDED) envious and upset because SERIOUSLY, KJ, DID YOU SIGN A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL?
Hell yeah! First time I saw KJ play was at a loft party in 2002 with Skerik and Reggie Watts. They played for over 4 hours straight drum n bass jazz improv. Amazing.
..giving Like in 2020 almost a decade after watching this (old)CZcams Performance first, is a Honor to myself.. ..320px resolution prooves how old this performance is.. KjSawka thnx for inspiring Us to mimic playing "Electronic Music Live"..
This is only the beginning of what this guy does on stage. I saw AriSawkadoria a few years back in Seattle and he was playing amazing accoustic drums along with electric pads to provide ambient sounds over top followed by hitting keys on his Apple MacBook pro to give a 3rd layerof sound. Talk about talented and a big time multi-tasker.
When I started out as a DJ mixing Trance, House and Breaks... I never thought in a million years I'd ever develop at taste for DnB. I was so fooking wrong! LOL
This is beyond master skill level achievement for acoustic Jungle style playing. I'm in awe of how dialed in his playing is considering not many others were pursuing this style of playing back then (Johnny Rabb? This is pre-Jojo's Jabon). He truly was a pioneer of adapting Jungle drumming to the acoustic kit. A virtuoso if you will.
man ive had an awesome evening looping this into my line six delay pedal and puting keys on to of it. i can really take any loop from any part of this and have tons of fun with it. i will certainly be spreading youre gospel far and wide. thanks for posting bro
Absolutely class. Real talent! This video needs to be featured in my opinion, needs some publicity! I doubt it'll be long until some idiot claims its's fake though, oh well. Thanks for posting, adding to my favourites - 5* !
Loved every beat!!! Insane Talent. Love the Amen Break. Been spinning those beats since 1998. But to play that is is a different story. MUCH RESPECT....LIGHTA!!!!!!
I love how he introduces himself, then just cranks this out.
I couldn't agree with me more
refuses to elaborate
Frrrrr 💪🔥🎶
This video is the absolute benchmark of acoustic dnb drumming in terms of creativity, flow, and good taste. Best of the sort on CZcams, prove me wrong
jojo mayer
@@agamaz5650 I prefer this over Jojo's playing. This is along the lines of Louis Cole's "Louis Cole Plays Some Drum N' Bass" video, which is another acoustic dnb drumming benchmark.
I'm old, I remember watching this as a new post 😅
Karl fagerstrom and Daniel baquero are good modern guys
I meant his older performances, now he isn't as good since 2014 @@studiocoorlas
It's been 9 years since I first listened to this and I still remember every beat. Haven't heard a better drummer since.
Mate it's been 15 for me!! Fuuuuuck
.."since i first listened" True :) validation aprooved..
..and just had "thousands" of views.
Today almost 1M views..and good "anchoring" chance to become trainset for furure basement "ADDA Musicians"..
..and Your education?
Class: Electronic Author and Intepreter..y
"Main Samplerist" :)
Check out Louis Cole and Richard Spaven for other stuff like this
You should be in jail for tor strange hold on drum breaks
jojo mayer
Why would anyone want to grow up and be an astronaut when they could be this guy
I like the part when he plays the drums
This video is making me rethink every choice I have made in life.
right?
Goin thru my favorites on YT. I almost forgot how much I love this video. I wish KJ did more raw "unplugged" shit like this.
Dave Anderson amen to that
weird, i'm currently doing exactly the same.
Haha, Amen. Give me a break.... an amen break!
Lmao I went through my other account I opened 15 years ago that I don't have the pw to...and was like "oh shit, forgot about this!!"
What I just LOVE about this is that Jungle beats were the result of splicing live recorded drums from other genres (mostly blues and funk, if I recall correctly) and for a long time were thought to be impossible to emulate live due to their complexity. Then guys like KJ Sawka came along and made live drummers (MY FUCKING SELF INCLUDED) envious and upset because SERIOUSLY, KJ, DID YOU SIGN A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL?
The Amen Break is what started it all!
@@VictoryAviationamen to that
Hell yeah! First time I saw KJ play was at a loft party in 2002 with Skerik and Reggie Watts. They played for over 4 hours straight drum n bass jazz improv. Amazing.
link?
Alex Cioak
Seattle Loft Party 2-22-02 if you can find it.
Still one of the best upload's on YT.
Wow 2019 and I’m still in aweeeee
2024 and same...
glad to see these are still on youtube
That snare omg
2021, and this is still amazing😭
2022 and still!!
2023 still listen daily
@@realTokyoFuzz same here!!😈
Holy fuck, he's so laid-back about it too...
i was thinking that too. it comes so naturally to him. its all muscle memory. he could probably do it blindfolded.
Dylan Clements I wouldn't doubt it
DNB never gets old!!!
..giving Like in 2020 almost a decade after watching this (old)CZcams Performance first, is a Honor to myself..
..320px resolution prooves how old this performance is.. KjSawka thnx for inspiring Us to mimic playing "Electronic Music Live"..
I still love this clip and I still love the way that cymbal falls off :-D
This is only the beginning of what this guy does on stage. I saw AriSawkadoria a few years back in Seattle and he was playing amazing accoustic drums along with electric pads to provide ambient sounds over top followed by hitting keys on his Apple MacBook pro to give a 3rd layerof sound. Talk about talented and a big time multi-tasker.
Bruh, this dude goes apeshit
Still one of the best CZcams videos ever. For everyone into dnb, we solute you mate :)
well im impressed i want to adopt him and put in my living room just so i can listen to this drummer's bliss
Holy cow, and here I thought that was almost always simulated. This is amazing.
best drummer i ever eard.
_I used to have this and other videos on my old iPhone 3G_... xD
When I started out as a DJ mixing Trance, House and Breaks... I never thought in a million years I'd ever develop at taste for DnB. I was so fooking wrong! LOL
i can't even describe the sheer amount of awesomeness in this vid.
15年前だったかな初めて見た時の衝撃を改めていま見ても感じる
20年30年経っても見に来るだろうな
やっぱこの人よ、泣けるドラムンベース
You know how many loops I ripped from this performance?
hell yeah ha!
2?
Lol
Which one dawg?!.....theres a rather large body of work to choose from!
Download the kj sawka live drum pack much better quality 2gb of pure live drums
this is the best drum playing i've ever seen.
DUDE those were the best 6mins and 23secs in my life !!!
YOU
ARE
AWESOME !!!!
this is the best D&B ive ever heard in my life
Only D in this case
Excellent. Finally a live drummer who actually sounds like D'n'B...
I didn't know, that humans are able to play this sort of beat...i thought only the computer could play this....that's awesome!
Hey KJ would you mind re-recording all this on excellent sound gear so I can sample all 6:22 worth of your awesome break drum skills?
I showed this to my drummer friend who plays in a hardcore metal band. This blew his mind and he dont even like jungle.
Drum and Bass Live....This guy is Amazing...
impresionante
The best drum and bass and jungle i have ever heard on a drum set! You are on point the entire time! God job maan!
That is some of the most impressive ish I've ever seen.
Nice man, love the switches, and the custom set...that's all you need!
insane!!
prob one of my favorite drummers
That little camera malfunction just adds to the perfect chaos of this beat
Damn. I've been playing drums for many years, and have watched many videos, and yours just shot near the top of my favorites. Very cool stuff.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
i refuse to beleive that it can get any better than this. perfection.
This is 2013 ffs how come it is still the best live jungle beat video on youtube.
I can't watch him enough. He amazes me everytime I watch this. Sick.
Hell yea! very good stuff.
whooooaaaaa!!!!!!
he's amazing
drum'n'bass for life
best drumming i ever ever seen, heard, will ever see. end.
skill!!!! anyone here heard of it?I have and this man has it.RESPECT
Man you're sick! Nice hand technique and great snare sound!
This is so ridiculously cool. I'm impressed man, keep it up!
This is the most sickest jungle dnb drumming thing I've ever seen! RESPECT!
Meanest jungle/breakbeat on u tube by far.
I love jungle & drum & bass, to see it done live? Thats awesome...
Thats gotta be one of the coolest things ive ever seen
Kevin is a true inspiration.
He works. It works. We work.
At least for me.
Thanks Kevin, keep it up.
One,
B
This is beyond master skill level achievement for acoustic Jungle style playing. I'm in awe of how dialed in his playing is considering not many others were pursuing this style of playing back then (Johnny Rabb? This is pre-Jojo's Jabon). He truly was a pioneer of adapting Jungle drumming to the acoustic kit. A virtuoso if you will.
man ive had an awesome evening looping this into my line six delay pedal and puting keys on to of it. i can really take any loop from any part of this and have tons of fun with it. i will certainly be spreading youre gospel far and wide. thanks for posting bro
i like this more than new kj sawka style lol
So super sweet, I have a cavity! Thanks for sharing!
First video I saw of you, had to repost before even having watched the whole thing. I totally love it! Also, subscribed.
i didnt type that my m8 did for a laugh, i agree he is one of the best drummers ive ever heard. :)
Love the Sawka. So glad he lives here in Sea-town baby!!!
love it when he out the amen at 1:26. Top drummer and a nice selection of drum tones.
Feck man you're amazing. I wouldn't have believed this would be possible until I saw you!
I NEVER GET BORED OF WATCHIN THIS!!
Kevin, you are my effin' hero. That shit was as tight as hell. Keep it up, bro! Your beats make my neck hurt!
Wow. This video and the video of the drummer from F.U.K.T in the studio are 2 of the best things I've ever seen on youtube.
Love the cymbal on the snare! Great stuff, keep it up!
Awesome!hi hat action is just mindblowing!
5 stars!
reminds me of those commercial breaks on cartoon network back in the day! Sick man!
I don't even like jungle/d'n'b but I'll watch this shit all day long.
I wished god gave me your skillz TOTALLY MIND BLOWING!!!
Absolutely class. Real talent! This video needs to be featured in my opinion, needs some publicity! I doubt it'll be long until some idiot claims its's fake though, oh well. Thanks for posting, adding to my favourites - 5* !
Professional drumming at its finest.
best thing ive seen in a long time.
seriously....kjsawka has some mad skills..really clean at that speed too
Wow! This is how I like to think I sound every time I play jungle, sadly i'm nowhere as clean sounding as this guy. Such impeccable technique.
Amazing. Unique kit, unique sound, incredible skill and control
This was before he wa even in pendulum.....wow. I miss pendulum!
this is in my opinion the best drumming video on youtube
brilliant, just brilliant.
Thank you for blessing us brother! We al needmuch more of this!
top class man. crisp all the way. love the experimenting
makes me want to set up my kit again....
This guy is amazing.
THIS. IS. AWESOME.
This is ridiculously wicked sick
Loved every beat!!! Insane Talent. Love the Amen Break. Been spinning those beats since 1998. But to play that is is a different story. MUCH RESPECT....LIGHTA!!!!!!
RIDICULOUSLY GOOD
Это просто что-то невообразимое! очень круто!ОЧЕНЬ!
absolutely magic!!!!!
I saw KJ live in Billings. The guy's sick. I wish I had his chops....
this dude iz ill to the max!!!
i need to get me sum of dem skillz!!!
this guy is an inspiration
10 out of 10!!! Incredible skill and accuracy. From one Junglist to another!! Big up!!
Fuckin' good on ya mate. The world needs more DnB drummers.
WHOA! this guy is off the hook! thats freakin awesome O.O
omg. 5 stars. saved to favorites.
big ups!!!!!! this guy is so awesome.
Thanks man, I'll definitely look into it once I get the chance.
I saw him live in Montana. KJ's a badass.