The thing I dig about Collier is that with him it's all about "Look at this amazing thing that music can do, these amazing musical possibilities" and not "Look at what I can do with music, this amazing person who is me"
I've been craving a new analytical music channel that's on par with Adam Neely, Charles Cornell, Aimee Nolte, Nahre Sol, David Bruce and the like. Can't get enough of this kind of stuff. Thanks for making all this stimulating, high quality stuff! You're great. :)
Not content with solely furthering our collective musical knowledge, Brian is a pioneer in bringing attention to new areas of research in biology like physio-gnomy(?) 3:00
For people who are willing to dive into the deep end with metal and are already into more experimental classical music such as Ferneyhough, Stockhausen and the like, I think Jute Gyte's recent themed trilogy of albums Ship of Theseus, Perdurance and Oviri ought to intrigue them. Adam Kalmbach actually studied serial and aleatoric composition, and his use of microtonality, nested polyrhythm and weird electronics in conjunction with really strong riff-writing instincts is simultaneously bewildering and intoxicating. For those more into the Late Romantics and Expressionist composers, however-say early Schoenberg and Berg-I think the densely harmonised melodic black metal of Krallice and Yellow Eyes will serve them well. Lots of strange, heavy yet luminous chords with highly evocative melodies. Also, Liturgy! Her stuff is wild.
Anthony Braxton was singing Lee Konitz's "The Song is You" solo from the Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre album, in case anybody wants to "fact check" his rendition.
As a side-note on the question on "electronic music", have you in any way researched the work of Holly Herndon? I feel like that is a rabbit hole of her music, research work and activism would be in your taste! EDIT: throwing in some reccs for Jute Gyte and Liturgy for some great crossover between metal and new complexity, two CRAZY projects
Ayyyy, someone else shouting out Jute Gyte and Liturgy here! :D Particularly JG, who I rarely see come up outside of the nerdiest of metal and experimental music conversations. Also Holly Herndon, whose work is wonderful and often horrifying and just very conceptually intriguing? What I'm saying is you have good taste. But Brian's just a chill dude who attracts a good crowd in general.
Thanks for the kind recommendations! I listened to a lot of Liturgy on the road with my band in 2018. I have not heard of Jute, but two recs is enough to make me take notice. I *LOVE* Holly Herndon! Thanks again, keep it coming.
@@ConvincingPeople Agree, saw you shouted out Krallice and Yellow Swans too, two bands I have only familiarised myself on a surface level with, will have to change that now! I hope you're following Holly's newly started podcast Interdependence? It is SO good, it has put me on to some amazing people and resources! It is a great expansion of her lectures that exist spread out here on youtube.
@@1998Cebola I have not! Will be checking that out. :3 And while you mean Yellow Eyes, Yellow Swans were also great! Definitely more of a noise thing, however, although they do have a kind of psych-rock/kosmische edge to their sound, like a much heavier, nastier Emeralds.
Today I did everything I could to try and wrap my head around what I could do to make my music sound better. Then you go ahead and upload something like this.
I feel somewhat relieved hearing your answer on complexity. I thought I don't click on videos of Jacob Collier because of my envy but I actually get the same vibe you mention - he seems to be the epitome of today's narcissistic culture which is an expression of a statement: ”Look at me!! Ain't I marvelous?!”
Just added to my play list : Anna Werber/Cloclwise; the last Napalm Death; Wolff Parkinson White , a 2014 EP; something with Beat Furrer in; and the last Steve Coleman. Very insightful video! Thanks ^^
I just wanted to mention that my question around 13:40 sounds a lot more negative towards "complicated" music than I intended. Just bad wording by a non native speaker. Thanks for the really well thought out answer! Regarding Shostakovich: I'm (obviously) a big Shosta fan and highly recommend you to check him out but obviously that takes quite some time so I wanted to give you a quick overview of the pieces that you'd probably enjoy. The 2nd piano trio is just insane, so is the 7th string quartet and if you like the 15th symphony you'll probably really like the 9th too (it's one of the more "funny" ones).
Hey Brian, loved your interview with Ben Sidran and super happy it lead me to your channel! Do you have a mentor in your life? Musical or non-musical? Just someone you turn to when faced with life and career decisions. Musically, I feel I am missing a mentor that I can turn to about how to move forward and am wondering how to go about finding that kind of relationship with someone. Thanks for the great content!
Hey Seth. Believe it or not, my closest musical mentor is a guy named Bryan Crook. He took me under his wing when I moved to New York about a decade ago, gave me a lot of my first jobs, and has continued to check in on me. On the other hand, I’ve looked for mentorship relationships with musicians I admire and have felt disappointed. I’m really not sure if there is a way to make this happen other than to work hard every day, and to be open to whomever you meet. I wish you the best!
Ahhhh Joyce is so good! I am currently trying to read Ulysses and it is quite the ordeal... Speaking of XXth century beasts, have you read Hopscotch? Also, complexity for complexity's sake is always fun...
Awesome video as always, Brian. The question at 11:02 made me wonder: Do you think it applies to John Coltrane as well, even though it was a different time? This might be too specific, but I've been thinking about Trane for a while. Also, the "Crescent" video is amazing! Thanks again.
