Drum Teacher Reaction: MORGAN ÅGREN | Thordendal & Agren ''Sol Niger Within'' 2001 | (2021 Reaction)
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Hey👋thanks! 20 years ago almost exactly
Och fortfarande lika bra! Ingen video man tröttnar på i första taget!
Klassiker 🙂
Wow. I never got alerted to this comment!
Thanks for stopping by to comment Morgan. New fan here :)
Wow, jag kan lova att detta gamla program är en av orsakerna till att vi har så många bra band från Sverige. 👏👏👏
This clip is from Morgan Ågren's old drum show called "Trum" which aired on national Swedish television around 1999-2000 or something like that. On each show (think it was 10 in total) he invited different guests on that he'd worked with and did a song or medley with them. For this one he did a medley of riffs from Fredrik Thordendal's solo album "Sol Niger Within", which Morgan recorded the drums for.
He was hosting a drum tv show!? Wow!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Yes indeed. Here's all 10 episodes (all in Swedish though): czcams.com/video/i5SpdgWwPiw/video.html
Yeah, I remember this so well.. The good old days of UtbildningsRadion! ("Educational Radio", a production company within the realm of Swedish public service). It was lovely for us drummers of course, but at the same time some of the weirdest shit ever produced for television. I really would like to know what the SVT producers were thinking the first time it aired. I mean, it wasn't as if the songs in the other episodes were more accessible than this prime example. Also, his so called "lessons" were... how shall I put it ...not exactly begginer friendly.
@@AndrewRooneyDrums the channel is a part of Swedish public television and makes all sorts of informative programing, some better than others. It's something when I was a kid that our teacher would once in a while wheel in a thick TV and pop in a tape she had ordered from UR (Utbildningsradion - educational radio funny enough). Many of the guys and girls who worked sound where all musicians themselves and on top of their game.
Enhandsvirveln :)
Keep in mind
1. Fredrik was part of inventing a new genre of metal (djent?) with Meshuggah
2. Morgan played with / for Frank Zapppa as a teenager
3. It looks like they're just having fun. But for us normal people, this would not be fun at all to play. But it's so much fun to listen to!
These guys are not playing around. Can you even begin to understand the counting and polyrythms going on to play this SO TIGHT! My brain has no way to understand what's going on, but I love it, and I have since the first time I saw this clip. AMAZING!!
@MORGANAGRENmusic I'd love to hear how much work went into this clip, how many takes, is it REALLY as improvised as it feels, or did you spend 2 weeks nailing this one take. I bet you guys were just playing around, and this is one of the first takes. AMAZING talent on both of you!!!
I've watched this video so many times since stumbling across it years ago.
Great! 🥁🙌
As did I and I'm still confused lmao I'm not a meshugga fan but this is top shelf
The cool thing is that it was played on a Swedish tv channel and Morgan had drumming lessons. The lessons was in a skill level that was insane lol
@@nmac3718 so it's the vocals that turn you off about the Mesh?
What is great about this isn't just that it was on Swedish television, the show (which is govt. funded) is called UR (the logo you see in the corner of the screen). UR stands for Utbildnings Radion, which means Education/Educational Radio (started as a radio show). So it's government funded educational show about how to play prog metal drums 10 years ahead of its time. Thanks, government.
Only in Sweden 😂🥁💯👌
It was a long time ago that UR showed anything of value to Swedish speaking people
@@Barbro247 Oh, shush
@@omgnuub It's true what the guy said about no value in public TV.
FAST FoRWARD To 2023 AND IT'S ALL LEFTiST PRoPAGANDA THANKS To MoRoNiC PARTiES AND ''FoLLoWALoNGPEoPLE'' ACCEPTiNG ANYTHiNG To BE PoLiTiCALLY CoRRECT...
Someone really should make a version of the guy looking at girl in red dress meme with Fredrik, Morgan and Tomas Haake.
Yesssss 😂
You should check out his band "Mats and Morgan band" for your own enjoyment. They sound extremely tasty and original. Their live recording of "en schizofrens dagbok" is epic
Excellent choice homie
Sounds good!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums morgan agren's neyveli performance from december is pretty good, if you want to do a reaction for that one in the future.
I would like to see a reaction to this song very much, cause thats insane and great
I love “Thanks For Flying With Us” title track, is got a Soo Niger vibe rythm guitar part!
This Trum video is still amazing after watching it probably over 100 times in the passed 15 years.
Wow. Those that know... know!
Morgan is an absolutely outstanding drummer. I have watched/listen to this clip a million times.
Aah, a classic! This one blows my mind every time! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Love it! 🥁👌
With any Meshuggah related stuff I’m always front row! Love that band, Morgan as well. Like them, he is not from this planet. 😅
That album is still on my Playlist after 20 years
Wow. Awesome Derek!
this style of music is called morse code bossanovacore
Haha! 🥁😂👌
I spoke with Morgan back in Feb 2020 during the first days of the Devin Townsend Empath (North America) tour, and he was working on playing with MAGMA for a special concert in Summer 2020. That would have been EPIC to see
Wow. I did a Magma vid recently and it was crazy also.
Devin Townsend took Morgan Agren for a leg of his last tour. He even played on a song or two of his last pre covid album.
Wow! Thanks Aaron! 🥁☕️💯
I was there in Denmark, flew 1500 miles to see that show.. what a treat!
Think of the drummers Fredrik has in his life: Morgen Agren and Tomas Haake. What a life, haha. :)
Wow! HAHA
They are all from the same small town or area in northern Sweden as well.
Imagine this is from an album that came out in 97. Talking about being streets ahead.
Totally Borys!
Pierce, you've got great taste for a baby boomer
Find someone who looks at you the way Thordendal looks at OAgren.
That's what every mother should tell her daughter when the time comes.
😂👌
I own Morgans old Pearl Reference. Took a lesson from him a few years ago also. Great guy!
Wow Erik! Nice kit!!!
I started playing drums around 1999-2000 and this video was life changing for me. This sound was still so unique back then and I’ve probably seen this at least 500 times. Completely changed how I look at drumming and time.
That’s awesome Matthew!
That find someone who looks at you comment had me in stitches
Haha Lachlan 👌😂
Oh man, Morgan Agren is one of my favorite drummers, thank you for this one. Mats/Morgan is a Jazz Fusion band he was part of and they were phenomenal.
Also Morgan was one of the 3 drummers on Devin Townsend last album (along with Samus66 and Anup Sastry). Morgan actually was the touring Drummer for that album.
Morgan also brought his stove onto stage and played on it. dont remember the song though.
Played a stove!? 🤔I guess anything can be percussion! 🥁👌
Mats/Morgan are still playing.
Thats amazing. Remember first time i watched Morgan Ågren was when he and Mats Öberg was guest playing with Frank Zappa in Stockholm. Mats was going totally nuts on the keyboard, Morgan was actually trying to pull him away from the it, all while the audience was extatic and FZ himself + band just stood and cheered on stage. One of my top concert moments.
I was there too, amazing experience!
Me three...
Was there as well. Unforgetable!
Back when this video first surfaced, I was enamored with how tasty those snare licks were, the ghost notes, the single hand rolls, the right hand hitting the snare and immediately afterwards hitting a cymbal. His coordination was so inspiring to me. Between Fredrick (guitarist), Morgan (Drummer), and Tomas Haake (drummer), I had inspirational leaders in their perspective instruments who paved a way for this type of extreme talent to be the spotlight and allow young creative minds venture into areas unexplored.
Thank you for doing this reaction, because there aren't enough words to describe how next level this was in the early 2000's
I first saw this in 07. It rabdomly pops in my mind
HAHA! Yup!
I've been watching that Morgan Agren show over and over for years. Absolute legend.
People will still watch this clip of Fredrik and Morgan in 2050.....
HAHAHA!
5:30 Hell, it's so refreshing to see you start smiling and enjoying it as much as I do.
We need more of it, especially nowadays.
I'm not a drummer (was a guitarist 20 years ago) but I'm starting to love drum clips because of your videos. :)
Cheers from Germany!
That’s great to hear! Thanks for watching 🥁👍
We used to stacked crashes back in the second half of the 90's. I have mutual friends with Morgan so we hit some pubs together back in 99-00.
Nice!
Finally someone reacts to this! 👏👏 Morgan is in my top 3. You should definitely check out Mats & Morgan Band!
Also highly recommend checking out Morgans CZcams channel, he post all kinds of weird stuff. He's really a drum madman. Tomas Haake once said "Most of the time, I have no idea what the hell he's doing" and if that ain't a compliment 😅
Haha! Awesome 👌
❤️
This drumer was mentioned on an interview by zappa when he was like 17.
He actually went overseas and played with him
Crazy town Paul!
I watched this originally on Kazaa. Thats how old am I
I'm so glad to see this here. The whole part where Morgan inverts what seems like a fairly straight 6/4 beat at 5:50 is one of the sickest things I've ever seen and it's always a favorite to watch. Interesting to see a drummer look at it. Keep doing what you're doing, Andrew -- really awesome stuff!
This video (and reaction) shouldn’t get any dislikes...ever!! Stellar reaction mate!
Thanks David!!!! 🤜
YEESS! I have been hoping for this one.
Great Leon! 🥁🤜
Brilliant. So stoked you reacted to this classic all time favourite
Morgan came to my town for a show with his jazz band and it was totally amazing to see, so gifted both of them! And I got to shake his hand and tell him he is greatly admired. :)
That’s amazing! 🙏
Its very experimental (Wiki calls them jazz fushion/progressive rock) and theyre called Mats/Morgan band. The man he started the band with Mats Öberg plays the keyboard and he is blind. You should check them out. The music in it self is a bit too much for me, but they are so talented that they are a treat to hear anyways.
Thanks for the video. (Sorry I´m three years late.......) He got famous for playing Frank Zappa music with his blind (!) band partner Mats Öberg, who also is a "guest" on this TV-drum show. In Sweden these guys are huge heroes among (Real!! 😁 ) musicians!! Once they were invited on stage when Zappa had a concert i Sweden. (CZcams link below) They have been doing all kind of great stuff and are still going strong. Thanks for showing a small piece of the Swedish Music Wonder! 😍🥳
czcams.com/video/-0u2psaFU0k/video.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats/Morgan_Band
(Morgan is of course famous for his one hand drum role on the snare, and his lighting fast one pedal bass drum.)
No matter where I find this, I LOVE it
Great Bill!
One of my most watched and adored videos. ❤️🐐
Watched this air on TV and was blown away. Was already a Meshuggah fan, but that TV show was the start of my never ending Morgan fandom. 😍👍
Great to hear Anders! 🥁🤜
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Loved your reaction, you get it. 🏆👍
Best with this is, it was a Swedish education program for kids. So it was broadcasted on the State television (SVT) and their learning program was called UR.
Mats & Morgan Band is where he really shines
Thanks for the tip Charlie!
Soy fanático de Morgan! Gracias es de lo más increíble que he escuchado!
Absolutely phenomenal musicianship, killer all the way around. Thank you
Yes Rob! I agree
The people praisng Neil Pert (respect) at this time haven't seen this video. This is video (and drum playing) is out of this worl, even for beeing 2022!
Both amazing drummers :)
In 1988, at the age of 20, Morgan Ågren was, along with Mats Öberg, invited by Frank Zappa to do a guest performance at Zappa's Stockholm concert. Impressed by Ågren's skills, Zappa invited Ågren to the States to partake in several projects, including the 1994 Grammy Award-winning CD Zappa's Universe with Steve Vai, as well as a sold out New York performance of Zappa's classical program at Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series in Avery Fisher Hall. Ågren also shares the drummer's seat with Terry Bozzio on Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa's band AZ/DZ's album Shampoohorn. In 1996, Ågren toured throughout Europe as a member of Glenn Hughes's band, and later to Japan in 1997.
Thanks for the info Mikael
@@AndrewRooneyDrums No worries. Just love watching your drum reactions and Morgan is one of Sweden most technical drummers ever.
Yoyoka brought me here, but i'm staying because of you. You're fun, Andrew! Love your videos😊
Yesssss🥁🎶☕️🙌
I saw this live on TV at the time. This was "the exercise of the day" from UR (educational radio) on Swedish national TV and I was 19 years old. 🤘
What an education Andreas HAHA. Love it!
Did you call the police because of what that man did to the drumset?
@@hatebreeder420 No, not sure why I would, but it got me into Meshuggah so I guess it was a success on their behalf.
Not strange that swedes own metal 😉
They seem too for sure!
These videos and channel continue to amaze me!
Oh man. My life has actually changed since covid... and starting to do these vids!
I had to go digging through the playlist to see if someone put this up ..and im SO glad you have this one ... What a great clip of this duo .. Fredrick and Agren are phenomenal .. The Album .. Sol Niger Within is a pretty wild ride.. lots of mixed off-timing.. Texture and spiritual journeys =)
That may be my faborite snare sound ever recorded.
Awesome - one of my favourite drum videos out there!
Excellent Lee!
I have watched the full length jam session of Sol Niger.. An absolute Masterpiece, along with being an Amazing piece of Swedish Metal History... Nice pick by the requester!
I beleve this video is older than 2001. The album that this song they play is from 1997 so I think it was around that time when it aired on Swedish TV.
The Album is Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects: Sol Niger Within, and its truly a work art.
I remember seing that on swedish tv back in the day..
HAHA Insane Swedes :)
Back around to this one again and I noticed something interesting (to me), Thordendal was there to set the stage for the drums and was quite happy to operate the spotlight. Refreshing. Maybe the gig was supposed to be that way but he was genuinely a fan as much as a proper guitar player on that stage.
What a claassic! Andrew you react to all my favourite videos! Thanks a lot
That’s great Humberto! 🥁🤜
I was trying to remember where I'd heard Morgan Agren's name before; he played on Zappa's Universe, a live tribute for Zappa's 50th b-day. Fantastic performances, stage crammed w/talent, & a great live recording to boot.
Excellent Frederick!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Glad you like it. I enjoy your channel, I like seeing people expand their horizons, learn to appreciate new things. I also like modern heavy music, here's something else that I think you might appreciate:
czcams.com/video/1_dNh352RE0/video.html
Oh, nvm, I see I missed it!
Benny Harvey, RIP big man, gone but not forgotten.
Regarding “stacks”. They’ve certainly been around for a long time. More notably Dave Weckl’s cymbal/china stack from the mid 80’s (which he still uses to this day) ✌🏻🤩
This shit cranks I love it, great timing!
i play guitar since i'm 15 ... almost 27 years now ... but when i first hear that vidéo from Agren and thordendal (some years ago) ... i don't give a shit to the guitar ... just hearing the beauty of the drums :D so amazing. Morgan Agren played on the devin townsend album called Empath :) Enjoy
Thanks for the info!
I have have waited for this
Yes!!!! 🥁🙌
His last name is pronunciated "awe"gren, which is very fitting...😂
That’s true Simon! 🤯
I was going to ask for this one!!!! Helllzzz yeahhhh!!
Great Bonnie! 🥁👌
Good to see that a fellow Austrian has sick taste like this.
I rarely see people who even know about this, and everyone who does watches it a thousand times.
I think the word you were looking for was real musicianship. These guys are one unit, ears open and feeding off each other's energy.
That’s it Benny! 🎶💯👌
legends
Yup!
So damn precise and technically gifted Don't shoot me but he reminds me of Gadd..
Best episode 😀 such a classic
Incredible Steve
again and again, this is soooo good! Just a music fan
Yes Sven!
What a pick, thank you!!!
You bet!
Love it! Way ahead of their time.
Yup! 🥁👌💯
Crazy good stuff this !! Love your reaction when you turn it back to appreciate it 😅
I dug it Jamie! 👌
Bang on about Larnell! Lingus has that ostinato on kick, and keys that are reminiscent of "djent" or "mathcore". Also, Larnell is an absolute beast!
Yes Julien you’re right! 👌💯
Finally!!! I also requested that song some months ago.
I think I did too at some point :)
Glad to get to it! Plenty of requests though 🥁👌💯
Oh man, some good old Special Defects. This is always some amazing stuff. Fredrik from Meshuggah and Morgan Agren here first collaborated on a solo project of Fredrik's back in 1997. Riffs and drum patterns were borrowed and lifted to and from Meshuggah as well. Quite a trippy release.
Wow! Thanks for the info 🥁🙌🙏
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Whole album here: czcams.com/video/RZx4e1pdq1Y/video.html (from Frederick's channel)
Morgan and Fredrik are best buds. They created Toontrack Together if I remember and Most samples for a long time were played by Morgan. Now look where Toontrack is today and what its done for soo many producers and bands.
YES, YES, YES, YES, FREAKING YES :D Thank you!!!!
Aaaand one more YES 🥁☕️🤜
Andrew Rooney Drums yes... 😃
Top Bantz from Andrew here 🤣😂. Been watching this for over a decade, it still blows me away, love that snare ringing. As other commenters are saying, check out the Mats and Morgan band, their version of “the chicken” is full-on.
Oh wow! Can’t wait
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Yo! The whole band is on one, MVP for me is the bassist though
Morgan is so good! Mats/morgon band is what I use to relieve mental obstructions/bad mood
That’s great to hear! 🥁💪
Check out Morgan on a recording he did w. Bill Laswell called Blixt. Wild!!!
Thanks for the tip
I was thinking throughout the video where I've heard that name... and then realized... Casualties of Cool (Devin Townsend) 😜
Oh wow! 🙌
Love your work!! I live in Sweden where this is filmed by our goverment controlled state television. The studio production quality hasn't changed a bit, still as awkward today.
HAHA Amazing!
Thank you, and
Oh man, That is an oldie!! What an epic performance! Morgan was in the last band that toured with Devin Townsend. For the first time in Devin's career, he chose to forego having backing tracks and rely solely on the musicians on stage to make the songs work. He also had an improvisational segment in the middle of the show where Morgan would jam on a small contraption of a drum (name escapes me) Still sad I missed the show!
It is called "Gigpig" :-)
Wow! This is all piecing together like a big puzzle 🧩
guitar player from meshuggah... so . the composition sounds like that. please see some videos of Mr agren. the new ones. you will like it. great chanel... and great humble and funny owner. and very diverse on the type of drummers.
There is a new video posted 2 weeks ago called Neyveli by Morgan Agren. It is some of the most interesting and dynamic drumming I have ever seen.
Thanks Shane!!
Agren is nuts!
Morgan absolutely crushes this tune.
This is why sweden is so cool. This comes on the Swedish Television. :D
I know - can you imagine?
This one is bonkers haha. Hope you’re doing well, friend!
Bonkers is a great word for it! Masters of the craft
The TV show "Trum" was hilarious. Basically all I remember was Morgan showing some simple (ish) concepts and then playing Meshuggah or Captain Beefheart or the weird Zappa stuff XD I also remember a blind keyboardist as a guest but the name escapes me.
Holy crap. What a TV show Christian!
Thanks Johan. I'll have to check him out also!
Mats! Och/and Morgan. Mats is the blind keyboardist.
YEEESSS!!
Yup!
At last Andrew.....an good reaction...🇸🇪...this one of the best on the "tube"...my opinion......🇸🇪🇳🇿
It’s great! 🥁🎶🙌💯
I cannot describe what hearing this for the first time in 2001 was like. Already indoctrinated into Meshuggah this still blew me away.
Blows me away in 2021! Sooo good
Epic!
Yes John!
there's a reason meshuggah is the godfathers of djent. those polyrhythms! not to mention thordenal has the high 3 strings taped off because who needs extra noise when you can dj0nt like that
When Max Cavallera went 3-string it was because he couldn't be bothered with technicalities, when Thordenal does it it's a statement of arts.
Well noted! 🥁🙌
@@AndrewRooneyDrums i see what you did there aha.
This actually aired on national tv in my teens. Just as Meshuggah was starting to catch my focus. That was about 20-25 years ago...
Wow! Crazy they’ve been around that long! 🥁🙌
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Meshuggah was formed in 1987.
YES
Yup! 🥁☕️💯