The Contortionist - The Parable (Rediscovered) 

I feel stupid asking this but would you happen to know what it is that he grabs at around 3:33? Whatever it is he's using to hold the note. I need me one of those.

@@rancelvalerio23 Not a stupid question at all. The device he grabs is called an electronic bow for a guitar. It sends a continuous small electric signal through a guitar string to sustain notes indefinitely, or something like that. They go for $100 on Guitar Center.

@@rancelvalerio23 ebow

Im still holding out hope for a pan flute

Reminds me of that 1996 Phish Tour w DMV, where in midset, and middle of song, lights go dark for 5 secs, and band would play musical chairs while not missing a beat...So PRO

Looool

Hahaha 🤣😂

Dude straight up 😂😂😂

Me too. Hug your mom if you can!!!!!!

Last chance to reason too. Same vocalist as the contortionist

+MintahDrums i found this on LSD....dude, you have no idea, this is pure brilliance on every level.

+MintahDrums for me it was exoplanet! that album is a masterpiece. Cheers!

+MintahDrums Oh I feel you hard on that one man. You took the words right out of my mouth. It feels like they themselves have become pretty spiritual about their music which I think is great. One can only imagine what their next album might sound like.

+Fat Milky lucky dog. It would have been the end of me if I heard this for the first time while tripping.

+Jorge Martinez Palacio Oh yes. Oscillator got me feeling some amazing things.

The subtle syncopated rhythm is so mesmerising!

Oh man, for me when he says "A son is what a mother's for" I literally lose it... happy, yet melancholic tears man

Agreed 🤘🏿

This whole album makes me cry

wow very similar avatars here

Chills everytime...

Also it's a double entendre, a 'Sun' is what a mother's for. (Mother meaning Earth.)

I'm not crying.... You're crying...

Brah thats true

@@matusbohuncak2988 brah!

Rock has no savior

Me too brother. It made me realize alot of shit I've been struggling with and been being an asshole about. It was an amazing experience that I'm glad happened. And I watched an interview with the singer of this group. I can't put into words how much of a great human being you are for doing what your doing. I had a cousin who was basically my bro. He passed when I was a junior in high school. Playing guitar was what me and him did all the time.Ihad alot of potential, that's what I was told by many people I didn't believe in myself and Instead I chose drugs over music to numb the pain, and didn't follow my intuition. You got alot of heart man. I'm so glad that I took the time to watch that interview and your guys albums mean a shit ton more to me now. Thankyou

​@@seancurry2531 In general: great statement/message, mate :) I just would disagree in the uncritical praise of LSD in the comment you replied to. Much of the same effect is just due to music and taking time to talk and reflect/introspect. Having experienced a a friend losing his mind over supposed safe and "spiritual" drugs (in his case "just" cannabis) I'm kinda cautious when people give "softer" drugs a free pass - especially when it is stuff like LSD. He developed a schizophrenic psychosis in our skiing trip and never was the same for several years, he later found a somewhat normal life (through some medication) but never was the same again. So while I'm quite liberal regarding drugs in general I still try to raise awareness when it seems to an uncritical praise or a solution for real problems (like in the first comment). Some other recent musical masterpiece (other than Clairvoyant) regarding this topic is Antimatter's "Black Market Enlightenment" (where Mic Moss also talks about his own psychological struggle through drugs in a short making of on the bonus DVD on the Album).

Same bro, same

@@Xul exactly why psychedelics should be legalized, at the very least clinically. That way someone could get properly tested for underlying conditions prior to tripping. Based on all the studies that have been done, odds are that your friend would have had a psychotic break sooner or later. Psychedelics don't typically cause psychotic breaks, they force them out. You'd have to really be abusing the shit out of psychedelics to have lasting mental effects.

​@@VoraxUmbra Oh he *did* abuse the shit out of them being basically a walking cannabis plant ;) But, most of us didn't really bother since we were naive teenagers and it was "just" marihuana. Yeah I'm totally for legalization of most (if not all) drugs via controlled use. Prohibition just doesn't work and gives rise to such issues of abuse and uninformed use. And of course it creates crime problems that otherwise wouldn't be that uncontrollable.

+Jorge Jiménez Its not hard to do

Jorge Jiménez literally took me like one hour

Welcome

Same here

Me too:). Helps with my depression.

unfortunately

check out TesseracT and Karnivool, you won't be sorry.

​@@krenwregget7667can't really find a great entry point for karnivool, and recommendations?

Hope you are still feeling alive . Have a good day for yourself .

Most definitely, their music really help me deal with my PTSD, their music got me through some very dark times in my life.

I too feel the same. all the music I love takes me away. I guess that's why I love it. it makes perfect sense to me. I am, you are, matter. energy condensed to a slow vibration. so why wouldn't these elegantly arranged sequences of vibrations we call music speak to us. in some ways like u said music can help center us.I suppose its only an opinion to other people ,maybe even jiberish to some. so i guess its a good thing that the only truth is u and what u make true.

FatedCircle that's what real music does to you, nothing stupid about it

fatedcircle- I know exactly what you mean man used to think meditation was for the birds.... had to plunge from a heroin addiction to a dark place for me to be open to meditation was so closed off from so many things my whole life then got into recovery and started widening my mind and expanding trying new things meditation helps immensely with my ADHD

Dude fr. I forced my friend to meditate, he can't thank me enough😂

Are you?

@@jpowell6418 well i know i am. and i was here 7 years ago

@@geoffbremner193 I listened to it again last week lol

+Sleepy start practicing

+Matteo Boscolo Oh I have, on and off the last 20 years.

+Sleepy practice more lol

+Sleepy psychedelics help too....a lot more than most think

+Sleepy you are. follow what you love and do it relentlessly, most people know deep down inside but aren't willing to put in the work. i think the 10000 hour golden rule is a good start towards that.

im working on it

Yes they should have different artist submit some art work that represents the band and pick a winner :)

+Whitest White glad that i wasnt the only one annoyed :/

I will personally make them a language banner for the channel

Look again! Now they have it

Idk, a lot of this music seems like its only intellectually stimulating but emotionally dead. It takes both a very high IQ and a high EQ to master making music that is both intellectually interesting and emotionally inspiring. They've got the intellectual part down, but the emotional part is just ok, its not bad, but it could be better in my opinion.

Lol yeah they have been watching too much Rick and morty

@@denglish5275 Obviously you're one of those people that don't watch enough Rick and Morty because you "don't always get the jokes". Also this song is beyond emotional. This song is about the singers friend that passed away due to addiction. This song specifically describes that there was so much help for this person and if he had the opportunity he would say what this song says to his friend. If that's not emotional enough for you, then you are a terrible person. You probably already are though if you don't care for Rick and Morty ;) (Damn dude you got told by a Rick and Morty fan... Feel stupid yet?)

@@hk4lyfe59 Did you even read the lyrics? Maybe you're just not properly interpreting them... too bad

@@keykeeperwingo wingos wingo hahaha you just made my day man. No I don't watch Rick and Morty. I think Dan Harmon did amazing with community but just don't seem to find the time to watch the show. I'm not actually making fun of the show in saying what I did, instead I'm being ironic and making fun of the fanbase and how they think they are so intelligent because they watch it. But thanks for the little lecture. Really drove home my joke. R/woosh. As for the song I think to say a song is devoid of emotion because they are technical or too focused on intellectual stimulation is ridiculous. Emotion in music is completely subjective so to say some one has too much iq is a bit odd to me. I respect his opinion but definitely don't think it is true. This is why I mocked him by comparing him to the Rick and Morty fanbase meme of "I have such a high iq". Also I don't think he is saying the lyrics aren't emotional but the instrumental Melody instead.

+Gabe Lube they are!

+Gabe Lube No they aren't. They are doing The Source, Language, Primordial Sound, and The Parable (Obviously)

+turd furgeson Source for this info, this blew me away and can't wait to see more!

+turd furgeson Yee mang where'd you hear this ish

yeah you're right I looked at it wrong. Damn I wish

Vooligans!!!

ArcFlash 64 Oh fuck yes!

ArcFlash 64 yessssssss, that’s what I like to hear.

Lol good idea, now i want to try it

Ahaha that's gold😁

i had the pleasure to do so, kinda weird at the beginning to hear that innocent music buuuut it feels wholesome to get your ears massaged while you get your ding dong massaged lol

We all do. 😊 🕊️

i miss the old contortionist, i wish they could do something like the old stuff but it is what it is

chris tomkins my daughter falls asleep to this song ❤️ she’s now 6 months. Congratulations!

Shit its still good even at 1.5x

0.5... my brain just melted.

1.5 is like club time

lllmmmaaaaooooooooo

Dude, 3:25 is pretty tight